True2Blue Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 take a 85 brat with bad engine and gut my 88 wagon to fix it up good. put my d/r in it as well as my new engine and my 4" lift kit:cool: what kinda work is that? wiring harness swap:confused: just wondering before i seal the deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellow65 Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 take a 85 brat with bad engine and gut my 88 wagon to fix it up good. put my d/r in it as well as my new engine and my 4" lift kit:cool: what kinda work is that? wiring harness swap:confused: just wondering before i seal the deal got to notch the frame to make a ea82 fit. the lifts are different and yours wont work on a ea81. the wiring has been done before, just find GDs write up on spfi swap onto an ea81, it would be the same wiring just different motor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True2Blue Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 i was wonderin about the frame brats are so freakin narrow. then its a no deal:rolleyes: thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 was that the white brat in lynnwood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True2Blue Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 Yep was that the white brat in lynnwood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 heh. i thought about it but the pic is crap and he wouldn't send more. :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomRhere Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 The EA-82 engine will fit between the frame rails of a 2nd Gen BRAT, Hatch, Wagon, Sedan with no re-work. Tight,,, yes,,,, only 1/4"-3/8" clearence each side between cam covers and frame. But it does fit.... Can't really say that all of the lift will fit, but do know that the bolt pattern for the engine crossmember, and the mount plates for the radius rods are the same between EA-81 and EA-82, it's just that the EA-82s are wider. So if the lift isn't tied together at those points, it should bolt up. Then you have the strut top difference, 2 bolt vs 3 bolt. Scot, (SJR) made sko a set of strut lift mounts, EA-81 top and EA-82 strut end for his BRAT, so it's doable. The rear is a whole different story.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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