Unsp0kn Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Hello Ultimate Subaru, my name is Ty, I'm 23 and from Idaho. I own two Subies, 1st is a 2006 WRX TR, my daily driver here in the snowy mountains! COBB Stage2 Fujita F5 SRI SRS Type-RE 3" TBE SRS 4" Bellmouth DP 17" MB Weapons AC Boost Gauge Custom Billet shift knob STi Roof Vane STi Wing Yakima Rack Blacked Headlights I just yesterday picked up a 1989 RX Turbo coupe, EA82T. 1G Talon BOV Custom TMIC 3" TBE (WAY too loud, needs a resonator and muffler ASAP) 13" Enkei Bananas Short Ram I picked it up in Boise as a bare bones project car and it is. Runs pretty good, recently had a new fuel tank, Walbro 255 fuel pump and all engine gaskets replaced/installed, new MAF along with the TMIC and scoop setup. The interior is 99% gone, no heat, no AC, stock dash is gone, door panels gone, which is fine with me as I plan to rallycross this car in the future. For now, I just wanted something I could work on in my spare time that isn't my daily driver. I'll start a build thread soon, will have the car at my house next week, have to trailer it. It drove good, it's just really loud and totally illegal right now. The suspension felt nice, took the water drainages like a champ, nice and plush. I got plans for this thing! I'm new to old Subies so if anyone can point me in the right direction on what other parts work on this thing, lemme know! EA82 wagons, Loyale, GL, DL, what should I be looking at for parts compatibility? Thanks in advance, glad to be on the forum! Ty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Swap in xt6 suspensions, and retrofit impreza knuckles and struts in the front(xt6 control arms required), and from there larger brakes and rotors. nissan injectors will upgrade from the ea82's shorten the driveshaft and use a wrx trans with engine since the croossmember allows room for the turbo up-pipe From the fenders forward, the body panels fit the same as wagon/sedan rear of the car is ore like a sedan drivetrain is same design as any other ea82 subaru wagon/coupe/sedan/xt and 100% swappable I am jealous! if you paint the car or ditch the badges, i am desperate for gold badges! Nice ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unsp0kn Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 Awesome, thanks for the info! I'm not much of a welder (yet) so anything that is direct bolt on swapping is best. It'll be a slow build ($) and I'm still not 100% sure what my end goal is. First I'm focused on the interior. Oh and it doesn't have the badges, just the Subaru logo is the only one left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 the lower rear seat *should* fit from a sedan, and the upper rear seat should swap from a wagon. The front seats will swap with any, but the 3door has a flip forward feature for the front seats. Same for the xt, but you will have to modify the seat tracks to fit. the dashboard will be the same as any othe rGL. try to find one from a matching year, or at leas have a matching harness to swap into another dash. I do have a dash and harness from an 87 gl turbo wagon if you need a part once you start going together. good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unsp0kn Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 Thanks! I'm not planning on restoring the interior, it's going to stay stripped and receive some seats and 5 point harnesses along with a roll bar at some point. I'm debating on fabbing a metal dash/center console or just finding OEM ones, haven't quite decided yet. I'm not much of a metal fab guy, but I know some people that are good at welding. I'm leaning towards the metal as this car will be strictly for rallycross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazomatic Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 nice cars! good job! thanks for making me feel inferior about MY cars! jk...I'll give you a "gently used" 84GL for that WRX:banana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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