what'll work?

[subawoohoo]

im going to begin my project car pretty soon, and in order for me to begin to gather parts, id like to know what parts to get. :-p anyway. the victim is a 1980 hatch. ill be making it into a rallyx racer and well the 1600 and slushbox just doesnt cut it! so first off, id like to stuff a FI (fuel injected, not nesisarily forced induction) engine in her. now although i like the ea82t it seems like too much hastle for such a finiky engine. so onwards and upwards. probably the best bet would be a ej22 WITH the AWD box. (dont like the binding and the wierdness on fairly hard dirt. aka where i live) so! i know ill need the tranny, engine with all the electrical and im pretty sure the rear end as well. and as for the stuff im pretty sure ill need are custom driveshaft, different or "custom" crossmember, frankenstined exhaust and probably more.

 

now as for questions, if i do get a parts car and manage to cram the tranny and engine in, what will i do for axles? for the front will the stock ones fit, or will they need legacy d.o.js, or will i need legacy axles, and legacy hubs or what? same questions go for the rear axles too. keep in mind i have an 80 hatch with a 1600 engine.

 

i know a guy did it in australia and im going to search more for him but i cant find his info anywhere. so im asking here.

any suggestions or advice appriciated.

 

thanks, im sure theres more but im pooped and need to be gettin off to bed. thanks again

 

tyler j

[MilesFox]

if you do trashwagon's lower control arm mod, you can use ea82 axles and thus the 25 spline doj. this will also allow you to go 5-lug as well using stock xt6/leganus axles

 

the idea is to moint a ea82 loere control arm on the ea81 crossmember. but the mount has to be re-located one width back, as the ea82 control arm curves.

 

modify the ea81 strut cap to fit an ea82 strut and youre set.