5 lug on gen 2 car??

[tailgatewagon]

anyone running 5 lug swap on a gen 2 car like 80-84 wagons type thing......

[Dr. RX]

anyone running 5 lug swap on a gen 2 car like 80-84 wagons type thing......

If those are Gen 2, what is a 85-89 car?? By teh way, it can be done, Qman and I figure out how to do it, but never got around to doing it. It is very similar to the EA82 cars, but you must replace the front strut tops with the ones off the EA81 series car (two bolts, EA81 versus 3 bolts, EA 82). Since you can put EA82 rear discs on an EA81, you can put the rear disc off a XT6 there too.

[ShawnW]

So which axles does this use?

[Dr. RX]

So which axles does this use?

Oh yea, that part, you need to replace the tranny side of the XT6 or Legacy axle with the tranny side of the EA81 axle. Again, without actually doing this, but looking at a Legacy axle (bare axle) and an EA81 axle (bare axle) it looks like it can be done. I would suggest that someone try this before going any further.

[tailgatewagon]

i belive they are called GEN JUNK,, not shure thought maybe Disk brake doner is better.......

 

i thought they were gen3 as gen 1 was pre 80, no mater what do i know.......

 

 

thanks for the great info Corky, you always amaze me, when the rest of the board think of a (new) idea to do with the ea82 cars youve already thought about it or know if its been done....

[Dr. RX]

Thanks, I'm one of those guys who can't leave well enough alone, I'm always trying to figure out ways to improve things (not just cars). I've been amazed with Subarus, there are so many parts that can be interchanged from newer to older cars, that seem like they belong there. An example, Subaru didn't make a two door WRX in 1996, yet when I did my conversion from a 96 Brighton to a WRX Type R, every place where I needed to bolt on something new that wasn't on the Brighton, there was a threaded hole for it, so everything just bolted right in place. Kind of makes me wonder why Subaru didn't make a 2 door WRX in 1996 or 95 (the first year of the 2 door), their first 2 door WRX was 97. When I did my first 5 bolt conversion on an EA82, I couldn't believe how everything bolted in place, as if it was meant to be there. On UltimateRX, the only thing that I had to mod with the rear section of the three piece tranny mount, and all I did there was narrow it, everything bolted right up. I've got a few ideas cooking that I'd love to try, but the wife gets upset whenever I talk about bringing another car around.