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Anybody else beside Todd have an EA71 block with the letter "M" at the end of the ID number ?

 

Mine is something like 47200M - yes a very even number that also caught my eye , but Todd's is from the same source and his is a random bunch of numbers. Anyways .....

 

Mine is a narrow case , external water passage engine. Pretty sure Todd's is too.

 

Any idea what this code might mean?

 

These blocks came from SOA's main joint in south Jersey. :brow:

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OK . stopping in quick while home. Speak , tell , talk .... is the cam in my "M" engine HOT ?? :D What's in an "M" ? :brow:

 

I really need to go over timing ,etc. I rushed a bit to get it off the rental property before they raise the rent. First ran smooth , then shut it off and it ran choppy when restarted. I moved the disty around to find hapiness but had no time to properly check timing. Also need to go over the valve adjutments - no biggie Jesse.

 

If I didn't know how off the timing is ,etc. etc. I'd say it has a lumpy cam. :-p

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Impressive!!! Will get back to this when not at work. Need cold shower now.

Can you find cam specs?

 

I'm not 100% Sure yet, but I Believe this engine belongs to another USMB Friend...

 

I already sent a PM to him, so I'll wait for his Answer.

 

If that is his Engine, I'll kindly ask him to post more info about it here.

 

Kind Regards.

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About the Special High Performance (Racing) EA Twin Carb engine...

Here you got Pics to see:

 

SafariRallySubaru.jpg

 

 

safariengine.jpg

 

 

 

Here, as part of a Japanese Brochure:

 

 

safari-1.jpg

 

 

Close View of the Engine in that Pic:

 

 

safari-2.jpg

 

 

Seems like That engine was Tested in a Hatchback too:

 

 

Safari1.jpg

 

 

The "Urban Legend" Says that the Safari Rally RX's were Sold from Japan, one of them is actually in New Zealand:

 

 

safari-4.jpg

 

 

safari-3.jpg

 

 

According to the Friends at Ausubaru.com.

 

 

Kind Regards.

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Pooparu wrote that he purchased that engine from e-Bay...

 

I bought this set up off of ebay a couple of years ago. I think I traded it to Bill for some stuff. It also came with some sweet racing valve springs too. This was a set up for a quad weber unit (very expensive and rare to find) so I bagged it. I'm sure Bill still has it in his stash somewhere.

 

Here: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=127197&page=41

 

I Already asked for more info about it.

 

Kind Regards.

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Earl , WTF ??? :-p:D

 

So what the heck do I have here? It seems to behave like it has a lumpy cam. Haven't had much time to set timing and go back over everything but I do have the old points and air gap set right. No time for any of this fun lately. I have the timing gun and am ready to shoot soon , but now what degree am I timing it to? :popcorn: I'm short three carbs not and even when I do get my dual carb setup rigged apparently I'll stil be short two carbs and none of what I have will be Weber either. :o

 

tsk tsk .....should of threw that used longblock in ....

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no other info but its a short block right now so im going to measure the movement of the lifters in a rotation both intake and exhost and see what the lift is . if someone has a normal 1600 short block maybe we can get them to measure them as well at least then we could compair the two....

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no other info but its a short block right now so im going to measure the movement of the lifters in a rotation both intake and exhost and see what the lift is . if someone has a normal 1600 short block maybe we can get them to measure them as well at least then we could compair the two....

 

 

THANKS !!!!!!

 

Should have asked Todd but I know he's very very busy.

 

REally needthis info since I'm going to try to spend some time today going over the timing and valves.

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ok so i tried my best to get a good reading on intake and exhaust valves. here is what i found

 

m motor

intake had a lift of .205

 

exhaust had a lift of .209.

 

now my findings were proabably a bit off by as much as .005.

 

i think ill be splitting the block on the m motor to repalce the cam sprocket since it got hammered in the shipping process. so ill spec the cam out fully then. anyway if you have oem cam specs in a FSM maybe that will give us an idea or at least let us know if i was way out of the ball park...

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