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The fuel economy with my 'L' is pretty bad. Lucky if I get 100k's on 20 bux around town. It does seem a bit better on a run. I think I might start with a can of engine cleaner and maybe a carby rebuild. Thats pretty shocking. Maybe you are just going a little hard on the accelerator. Most people th...

username wrote:Does anyone know if there is any gen1's there? Planning a trip on sunday

Cheers,

Jake.

Last time I was there, there was 2.

One was slowly getting stripped down and the other (near the entrance) was almost complete

Count me in

I have always wanted to see how many extra HP I can squeeze out with the new exhaust on (doubt it will be too much but would be nice to know)

Just to let everyone know I emptied the tank and went and got some premium the other day. Put in 7.6L (was $1.40 per litre and this was just as an experiment so thats all i put in) And to my amazement I got 120km out of that (6.3L/100km) (actually I am lying the fuel guage said I still had a bit mor...

One of the members on USMB had a Chev 350 in a L series

TOONGA wrote:
check to make sure its not the rocker cover gasket

TOONGA

+1

The rocker cover gasket is pretty common to leak oil on EA82's and isn't anything you should be overly concerned about.

Mine does that every now and then too (mines only done around 120,000km)

Il replace it one day

Keffa wrote:what drugs are you on?

alex

a few :P

But its just personal experience.

Had a few AWD boxes crack under pressure when going offroad but I am yet to kill an EA box and I have been pretty rough on it

Damn, wish I lived near there. Will cost me $12 in petrol to get there haha

In my opinion the EA 4WD gearbox is alot stronger, and tougher then the EJ Gearbox.

The only downfall with keeping the EA box is that you will need an adapter plate to bolt the box to the engine

wow that sounds really good mine is an auto :( i dont know if that makes a difference but im after something that sounds like that but a little less cop magnet :P im on my red P's at the moment so im a magnet for the cops ahaha would a 2.5" cannon do the trick? also i dont know if this is legal or ...

either a "hot dog" muffler or a canon would be the best bet to get that boxer rumble. Both our subies have 2.5" straight pipe to a 5" canon and they have one of the best noises I have ever heard from a car (except the rumble of a small block V8...that can't be beaten) sound like this: http://www.you...

Someguy, How many K's has this EA82 seen? I'd be looking at cleaning out the carbie, then tuning it. Make sure your plugs and leads are in good condition and the air cleaner is clean - if you don't know/can't remember when it was last replaced, replace it. My old EA82 got 400km to 50+ litres. Perfo...

twilightprotege wrote:what about E10? has octane between regular and premium, and cheapest of all!

Its cheaper because it burns faster.

That will just make my economy even worse


And I have heard mixed reports on how healthy it is for your engine

Thanks for the info guys.

Im not so concerned about the performance.

More the economy, I have heard mixed reports....some say I will get better economy with premium some say I won't

I don't really want to pay 10c per litre extra if im not going to get any gain from it

Hi All. Over the last few weeks I have noticed my EA82 has started to ping while sitting in 4th. It also seems to have lost alot of its power. I have also been getting around 13-14l/100km which seems a bit high for an engine that small (i don't drive it hard either) Now I have been told that this is...

Hmmm. This is an interesting one. So it is a CV joint. Not much you can do IMO unless you want to fork out for new shafts. Cheers Bennie Thanks Bennie. Looks like I am getting a new shaft. Repco quoted $240 (then another $60 to get it installed) (just spent $400 on the rear drums) so I won't be get...

it doesn't knock when im accelerating or braking.

It only happens when im rolling at speeds under 20km/h

I just checked the shaft and the pin is still in but the left side is pretty wobbly connecting to the gearbox where as the right side is fairly stiff

I actually had thought it might have been the radius rods originally but I shook them and they were very stiff. I also replaced the bushes just to be on the safe side.

Keffa wrote:is the pin still in there?

sounds more like a worn out radius rod bush or something to me

alex

Where abouts would the pin usually be?

Do you have a pic as a reference (sorry I am pretty new to FWD cars, and I didn't install the original shaft)

Hi all. Over the last few weeks I had been noticing a clunk when driving under 10-15km/h. After jacking it up and having a look around underneath I have come to the conclusion that the L/H CV shaft is a little loose (you can slide it up and down a few milimeters). Is there a way to fix this or do I ...