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by Willy Fisterbottom
Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:15 pm
Forum: Subaru Chat
Topic: is this a forum member ?
Replies: 10
Views: 3676

Those were Fugly wheels.
by Willy Fisterbottom
Sun Aug 16, 2015 3:34 am
Forum: Wanted
Topic: wanted: MY front wheel drive 5 speed box in SA.
Replies: 8
Views: 2479

Drove it like I stole it fully loaded.
by Willy Fisterbottom
Sun Aug 16, 2015 3:32 am
Forum: Subaru Chat
Topic: Subaru FF-1 at Subawreck
Replies: 2
Views: 1855

It belongs to Kingsley, subareck are just storing it.
by Willy Fisterbottom
Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:29 pm
Forum: Wanted
Topic: wanted: MY front wheel drive 5 speed box in SA.
Replies: 8
Views: 2479

steptoe wrote:makes it easier for a home build exhaust - straight out down the back with a tidy exit just below the tailgate. She is a little screamer :p
Oh yeah, forgot took you for a spin at Subinats mate.
by Willy Fisterbottom
Fri Aug 14, 2015 5:13 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: L series 13" mags + 185/70/13 tyres + nuts
Replies: 11
Views: 4682

I'm in Adelaide, do you want to sell these?
by Willy Fisterbottom
Fri Aug 14, 2015 2:49 pm
Forum: Wanted
Topic: wanted: MY front wheel drive 5 speed box in SA.
Replies: 8
Views: 2479

I take it that your series 1 Brumby is not 4WD ? Take it easy on the trip back, make sure you get home safely ... :) Ciao, Bantum ... Cheers mate. I took out all the 4WD running gear as I'd never take it of the road and it's my daily driver doing 200km a day, fwd 5 speed uses less fuel and goes bet...
by Willy Fisterbottom
Fri Aug 14, 2015 2:02 pm
Forum: Wanted
Topic: wanted: MY front wheel drive 5 speed box in SA.
Replies: 8
Views: 2479

Don't worry, I used a synchro hub out of an L series. Seems to work, will find out on the 1400km drive home.
by Willy Fisterbottom
Fri Aug 14, 2015 9:18 am
Forum: Wanted
Topic: wanted: MY front wheel drive 5 speed box in SA.
Replies: 8
Views: 2479

wanted: MY front wheel drive 5 speed box in SA.

My red Fugly Brumby died in South Oz about 6 weeks ago, synchro hub picked up on the 5th gear running surface. I pulled them out and drove back to NSW in a 84 Touring wagon I bought for an American Subie nut coming over for a holiday next year. I cleaned up the hub and gear on a lathe and flew back ...
by Willy Fisterbottom
Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:57 am
Forum: New South Wales and ACT
Topic: 2015 Subinats 6-7 June
Replies: 5
Views: 26481

Have been on the forum in ages, did I miss anything? https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11425829_10152940358831453_3151648674309180783_n.jpg?oh=55a92ee573db637ca303ae1ab51e7321&oe=56378165 https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/11407141_10152940358996453_477...
by Willy Fisterbottom
Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:31 am
Forum: For Sale
Topic: L series 13" mags + 185/70/13 tyres + nuts
Replies: 11
Views: 4682

Where abouts in South Oz is pick up?
by Willy Fisterbottom
Thu May 07, 2015 9:04 am
Forum: For Sale
Topic: MY Parts
Replies: 17
Views: 5841

grewi wrote:Willy, one 2wd 5 speed gearbox still available
Sweet, I'll see if I can get up to QLD soon. Is the coupe glass still there too? Cheers.
by Willy Fisterbottom
Thu May 07, 2015 8:59 am
Forum: Subaru Chat
Topic: Factory EA81 twin carb RX 4WD coupe
Replies: 34
Views: 12632

steptoe wrote:anyone noticed the firing order in the casting of the head with the blue goop?

Never seen a firing order cast into Subaru stuff before !!
All my EA63 engines have the firing order on the heads.
by Willy Fisterbottom
Wed May 06, 2015 6:54 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: MY Parts
Replies: 17
Views: 5841

Any fwd 5 speeds left?
by Willy Fisterbottom
Wed May 06, 2015 10:06 am
Forum: Subaru Chat
Topic: Factory EA81 twin carb RX 4WD coupe
Replies: 34
Views: 12632

Safari heads I've seen you could see the 2 centre top head studs and nuts. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a192/JesZeK/Subaru/safari-2.jpg This head has the casting for the holes but they haven't been drilled. http://i60.tinypic.com/2yvl5j5.jpg I'm guessing it has shorter studs in those spots and ...
by Willy Fisterbottom
Wed May 06, 2015 9:15 am
Forum: Engine, Gearbox and Diff
Topic: EA81 slight knock on cold start
Replies: 10
Views: 3383

The relief valve in your oil pump might be leaking and letting the oil drain back into the sump.
by Willy Fisterbottom
Thu Apr 23, 2015 9:57 am
Forum: New South Wales and ACT
Topic: 2015 Subinats 6-7 June
Replies: 5
Views: 26481

2015 Subinats 6-7 June

It's nearly that time of year again. Can we beat last years record of 3 EA powered Subarus? Will the the defending Ausubaru champion Steptoe be there with he's mighty Vortex?

https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/eve ... 706879752/

http://membership.wrx.org.au/page-1825814
by Willy Fisterbottom
Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:51 am
Forum: Subaru Chat
Topic: Your Subaru "unobtainium"
Replies: 11
Views: 4177

by Willy Fisterbottom
Tue Apr 14, 2015 4:05 pm
Forum: Exhausts
Topic: EA81 Unequal Length Headers
Replies: 85
Views: 31827

steptoe wrote:Commercials had to have cats, may be condfused with O2 sensor control ??
That's not what I learnt at TAFE in the late 90s.
No doubt this rule has changed now.
by Willy Fisterbottom
Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:48 pm
Forum: Exhausts
Topic: EA81 Unequal Length Headers
Replies: 85
Views: 31827

My thoughts are to build a set of these extractors and keep the 2 inch "cat back" (really it's a "Y pipe back") system that's already there. If that's not sounding decent then start playing with mufflers. Of course this is unless my exhaust builder says he knows something that'll be heaps better fo...
by Willy Fisterbottom
Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:16 pm
Forum: Exhausts
Topic: EA81 Unequal Length Headers
Replies: 85
Views: 31827

May be just in my head but, but I think the exhaust sounds better and better each day.

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