finally getting my soobs tomorrow

[dragonwingsubaru]

well after almost a week of waiting for them to get towed to my house i said hell with it and im paying someone to tow them over tomorrow morning, and ill have my motor from my parts car out b4 evening so i can get it all regasketed and hopefully drop it in the good body car on sunday afternoon if the weather cooperates with me. i do have a question though does my 5spd d/r 85 have the same rearend as my 87 auto? i think i remembered reading that the gear ratio would be different on them? if they are different ill probably go ahead and sell that rearend since it is almost brand new from what i was told. as soon as i decide what what parts i want off the parts car ill have some parts up for sale on it.

1 more question is the driveaxles the same between the 2 cars?

[northguy]

Have fun with them. I'm not up on specific years of wagons, but if you look at the motor markings, you'll see either ea81 or ea82. If they are boththe same ( and my hunch is that they are both ea82s), the axles are interchangable. If not, no.

[dragonwingsubaru]

yeah they are both ea82's so at least i can use those for backup axles in case i break 1 which knowing me i will lol

[dragonwingsubaru]

well its kinda funny i hadnt even looked at the milage till today when i was up there getting the titles. kinda funny my good motor has 205k on it, and my siezed motor in my good car only has like 90k on it. i hadnt even thought of looking at the milage since it was a soob. the 2 i have bought in the past years both had over 300k on them so i didnt even wonder till today what the milage might be.lol:confused: