Brumby Project

velocityboy · Post by **velocityboy** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:08 pm

Yes, very nice! What are motor are you running in it?

Backyard_Brumby · Post by **Backyard_Brumby** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:50 pm

Cheers mate,

throwing in the a rebuilt EA81 (work done by forum member "little white ute") I think the specs are on the first page of this thread.

Due to me still being on p plates I couldn't go with the EJ upgrade

phantomD · Post by **phantomD** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:59 am

Your project is looking very similar to mine...respray and re-engine with EA81. We should compare notes down the track! Very nice!

Backyard_Brumby · Post by **Backyard_Brumby** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:12 am

Sounds good to me

love seeing what others do, plus it is always nice seeing another brumby haha. where abouts are you in the rebuild stage?

Backyard_Brumby · Post by **Backyard_Brumby** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:46 pm

Update pics, engine and transmission now in, car lifted and finally getting somewhere

Silverbullet · Post by **Silverbullet** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:30 pm

Such a nice job, I'm quite jealous

Keep up the good work.

revmax · Post by **revmax** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:45 pm

That is pretty neat, bet you have put some coin into that one.

Backyard_Brumby · Post by **Backyard_Brumby** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:48 pm

The rear bumper we managed to acquire, just been painted and sitting in position, required a fair bit of modification but will sit nice and flush when in place. Not sure if the red is a bit over the top but I will let it sit and see if it grows on me.

Any thoughts?

Backyard_Brumby · Post by **Backyard_Brumby** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:50 pm

hmmm and I am guessing it was only touch dry as you can clearly see my fingerprints ...

doh!!

Backyard_Brumby · Post by **Backyard_Brumby** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:25 pm

The power window kit in place, now just finishing off hooking up all the wiring between dash and loom and then exhaust and start the engine for the first time

Backyard_Brumby · Post by **Backyard_Brumby** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:18 pm

Starting to get the bits and pieces on....I think I like it better clean ......less headaches

haha

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:40 pm

I like the red on that dash board

Cheers

Bennie

Backyard_Brumby · Post by **Backyard_Brumby** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:38 pm

2 1/4 " pipe tucked up as high as possible

had to put the cat in to stay legal (this one is out of a pajero)

Rear lukey muffler (when the engine starts up we will see how this sounds and such and might end up changing it a bit)

On the trailer ready to go, it was a wet day and it took a block and tackle and alot of sweat to get it on that trailer

Backyard_Brumby · Post by **Backyard_Brumby** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:46 pm

Y piece from headers into cat

Header

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:53 pm

Looking good, thats a pretty serious exhaust

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:48 pm

Should sound pretty nice, i have almost the exact same system minus Cat, cause mine is 86...

and it sounds pretty good, maybe i bit loud for some people, but i needed something decent with the dual ports screaming... Insert evil laugh here..

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:04 pm

Looking awesome there James!

What size pipe do you have from the engine to the cat? I'm concerned for you that the exhaust might be too large too early...

Hopefully with the other upgrades you've done it'll all be a very sweet package

Cheers

Bennie

Backyard_Brumby · Post by **Backyard_Brumby** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:06 pm

Cheers lads for the kind words,

What exactly is the concern benny? I went with a 2 1/4 " system the whole way through on the basis of research here as well as other sources including the bloke who did the work. Luckily he had actually made complete custom systems for older suby's a couple of times and in fact introduced us to a bloke who has multiple very nice brumbies...who also very generously gave us the steering extension that we have been chasing for a long time.

After a good chat with the guy who did it he suggested starting it up and if I am not happy with the sound fitment etc I can get it changed including changing mufflers if it is too loud too quiet etc

Backyard_Brumby · Post by **Backyard_Brumby** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:10 pm

It helps if I read your comment properly Benny haha, What would you have recommended for the headers? I must admit I haven't measured them yet and from memory it did not look the same size pipe as the cat back section, I will have a look tomorrow to confirm

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:22 pm

BB,

I've been told many times over that you can't get much better if at all over the stock Y pipes on the subi's - NA anyway.

If the exhaust is too big you might not have the required "back pressure" which I think is actually mistaken for turbulence as the exhaust gas stumbles into an exhaust pipe that's too large.

This is one of the reason's for doing a cat back system - the other reason is the cost of knocking up another set of extractors on top of the cost of the rest of the exhaust...

If you've gone to a shop that knows subarus and has a fella who's got several sweet EA81's with custom exhausts then you should be right by a mile. Also the good indicator is the fact the guy is willing to swap mufflers etc.

I made my initial comment because I've got a 2 and a 1/4 inch cat back system on my EJ22 - it goes very nicely, not the cleanest note but it's loads better than the bodge job of plumbing the EJ Y pipe into the existing L series exhaust I had after the conversion.

Cheers

Bennie

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