questions on my girls 91 LOYALE

[bratclay]

Ok subi gang here goes;

 

My girls loyale is 91 subi loyale ea82-3at

Ok the question is what should I do or what do you recommend?

She likes to go up in the mountains and play(will post pics soon:grin:) and its the dd. I am planing on giving here the 2.2 swap for her B-day and our one year Annv gift.

 

The question really is she wants to keep the 3at cuz of the pushbutton 4wd(She loves it:grin:). I want to give her the 4eat 4.11 setup for more low end. But thats alot more money and moneys tight right now. So I was thinking for now can I just do the 2.2 swap and keep the 3at?

 

Or I could talk her into the 4eat then Ill just get the 3.90 4eat tranny and keep her rearend and axles and ill just have to make driveline work and swap front axle but thats not to bad.

 

I havnt found much on the ej22 with a 3at tranny. Can anyone help me out maybe some links please.

 

Thanks SUBI gang

 

Clay

Edited February 21, 2011 by bratclay

[NorthWet]

Go with the 4EAT. Much better tranny, better gearing and can get it already hooked up to the EJ22 (no adapter plate, so a little money saved there.) If you get a donor car with the 4EAT you are half way there.

 

Any particular reason she likes the pushbutton 4WD? I guess if you really needed to you could make the 4EAT pushbutton 4WD: FWD fuse and Duty-C wiring mods.

[bratclay]

She likes having it go from fwd to 4wd. She likes having the pushbutton 4wd. Kinda like the big trucks go from 2wd to 4wd, I guess LOL.

 

Yes Im looking to get a doner car. I did like what I found at the JY today was a 4.11 4eat. That would be awesome then she would do real good up in the mountains. Im goin to be runing 27" tires. Well I just hope my doner car is a 4.11:drunk:

[NorthWet]

I think that the 4.11 is the most common ratio, especially amongst EJ22s with autos. (Might be the only ratio you are likely to find.)

[bratclay]

At the upull it I was at today 3 out of 4 legy 4eat where 3.90 and one was 4.11. So I thought it was more common to find a 3.90 4eat.

But great thanks for the info.

Thanks Clay

[NorthWet]

I am definitely NOT an expert in this area, so I went searching other threads. I found several posts from people I respect that seemed to support my memory that most (all?) EJ22/Legacy should have a 4.11; certain other cars might have a 4.44. IIRC (always in doubt these days), the Turbo-Legs came with a 3.90, but I do not remember if they came with autos, and if so, what the ratio was.

 

Bottom line: My belief is that most Legacies that you are likely to find should be 4.11

 

I have no answer as to why your "Mark-I eyeballs" (technical term for actually seeing instead of merely sitting and typing about it as I am doing) found 3.90s. Somebody swapped in the wrong diff, then gave up and junked the car? Seems unlikely in 3 of 4 cases. I don't know.

 

A properly working 4EAT is a very nice thing... almost enough to make me give up manuals.

[bratclay]

I have another question, can I put on legacy front struts and hubs with brakes to the loyale if I change ball joints to legacy ones? Also I was goin to swap over the lift blocks to the legacy struts too. I am installing a 4EAT and wanted to use legacy axles with the front susp setup.

 

Any thoughts Ideas?

 

Thanks Clay