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hehe ill never give up on subaru :) only reason im saying goodbye to the MY is because i need 4 doors. if i could afford to i'd keep it as a project car without hesitation. and no worries with helping you out mate. looks like theres a chance the RX will live on atm, so ill keep you up to date on how...

if anyones keen i plan on putting the RX together on 18th or 19th.. could do with a bit of help although it shouldnt be TOO much of a task but still mostly beyond me :P.. hopefully have the car licenced 2 weeks after that, just in time for my bday

damn i cant wait to get the rx out doing that with you blokes im betting that turboing would be better for getting up those hills too

aah yeah, only got the cooler, dont have the rest now you mention it.. forgot the rs lib cooler has a water system on it

just scored an RS Lib intercooler going to pick it up on sunday when i get the engine.

after i get the valve kit i think ill pretty much be ready to swap the engines \o/

woah thats awesome! saves me going out and getting gaskets individually

I've got a complete set of L series seat belts from my old car (recently chopped in half). They are far from as-new condition but should be pits passable. You are welcome to them. a. awesome, makes things a bit easier.. as long as the belt isnt burred at all they will be fine.. even if the edge is ...

AllanMajor wrote:go to supercheap and quote this part number, its for a vrs kit for an 82t.
# IS DN561. cost me 190 inc shipping, and 2 days wait.
cheers AL

VRS kit? seatbelts or something? :P

yea i know what you mean, but i figure that the cost to turbo the EA82 will be a few gaskets, and a bit more time, but other than that itll be all sweet i hope.. also.. one major thing that im after atm is L series seatbelts.. dont really want to spend $430 buying them from Subaru new, so if anyone ...

damn just took another big chunk out of my wallet :( $250 spent on the following.. set of Bosch Super Sports spark leads Bosch Super4 spark plugs Bosch rotor Bosch dizzy cap Castrol 5L 5W30 Syntheric R oil Castrol 5l Radi Cool coolant Castrol 4L Multitrax manual transmission oil all that and i still...

haha, to a guy who drives an untuned EA81 daily, a turbo EA82 is the fastest thing in the world :P but yeah i totally agree with what your saying, just hope i can save enough to get an EJ within the year or so! if any people who are keen on helping out for a day want to arrange a date that would sui...

haha yeah when the rx is back on the road ill be selling off the MY

i'd love to keep the MY but i need a 4 door car, something more practical for work, the coupe just doesnt cut it for a cabinet maker :P

had a bit of a chat with jaffa on the phone, from the sounds of it, turboing the NA engine is completely out of the question.. might be worth my looking around for an engine that is turbo'able as hes telling me there will be a lot more substantial power loss from the NA engine than i expected :( arg...

yeah so with higher compression, comes lower boost.. i was boosting up to 18psi on the stock turbo heads.. i figure 6-8psi on the MPFI heads should be fine.. were the turbo engine MPFI? ive got a feel that when the old owner got a new engine put in a few years ago they used an NA MPFI engine.. the e...

wee got the bearing kits, they are NSK which is 'apparently' a really good brand.. when i got to the store the guy realised that he gave me the price that he got them for, but he gave em to me at that price anyway :D had no luck on my steering bush.. subaru had nfi and the bloke from the bearing pla...

just tracked down wheel bearings $14 per bearing, or $37 per kit that includes 2 bearings and 2 seals, im about to go pick up 2 kits to have em ready for the engine swap

also can anyone confirm that the turbo manifold is not usable with the NA EA82 engine?

if so, whats the chances of being able to reuse the heads off my EA82T if they arent in too bad a condition?

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hehe, i would love to get it fixed, but i explained to Tim what happened to it, there was some hardcore damage done to the engine by someone else.. really beyond repairs atm..

when i pull it out ill most likely put it in the shed and use it for parts/use it as a tool for learning

well this was wrapped up quickly in 1 night :) seems like a new engine and gearbox for the RX, and hopefully bolting onto the turbo manifold from the existing engine.. and maybe a top mount if i score it off HoppyJake. thanks heaps already to those who are helping me solve the problem, and if anyone...

if you would be willing that would be awesome :) maybe some time you, me and tim could get together and tear the ole RX apart :D sorry to ask again, but how much do you think you would be looking at for the engine and box? just trying to sort out my finances. ill be going to subaru some time this we...