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jacks brumby
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 11:04 am
by wrxer
hi all, am new here, but have several subaru, i have 97wrx wagon with plenty of work, mrs has 2.5 gen2 outback with cai and 3in exhaust. and reason im here, is the brumby. i got a smashed my99 wrx a while back and stripped it with the intention of selling motor and box complete with loom. on looking around and seeing wrx/brumby i knew i would like to have one. the clincher was selling the excel so now i have the budget.
so will have ea81 for sale in wa soon as i test it.
chasing pass window for brumby
chasing wiring diag for my99 and brumby, or leads and links.
also, can i say that without this site i wouldnt have tried the conversion, so thanks to those that have put in the my conversion pics.
neighbours are up, so its time to start the grinder!
jack
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 9:31 pm
by Matt
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 10:59 pm
by El_Freddo
Good luck on the conversion! Keep the pics coming as you do the build!
wrxer wrote:neighbours are up, so its time to start the grinder!
And this is the reason I love living outta town... I can't see my nearest neighbours
Growing up outta town didn't help with moving into town for uni though...
Cheers
Bennie
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 11:48 pm
by AlpineRaven
El_Freddo wrote:Good luck on the conversion! Keep the pics coming as you do the build!
And this is the reason I love living outta town... I can't see my nearest neighbours
Growing up outta town didn't help with moving into town for uni though...
Cheers
Bennie
Oh yeah that is the best thing living in the country as you can make as much noises anytime! I used to get pissed off with nextdoors at 730pm after grinding or drilling or welding and they'll complain!!
Cheers
AP
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 1:09 am
by wrxer
brumby manual link doesnt work matt, is close tho.
http://www.ch601.org/engines/files/Suba ... Manual.zip
maybe they moved it. rest is good tho, why is it not mentioned that the ej20 plus 5sp wont lift in together, or maybe i not trying hard enough.
chassis and x member chopped to size is about all today, tomorrow will lower x member,advise is 1 inch will measure anyway
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 7:51 am
by Matt
It a link directly to the zip file, just click save.
It worked for me just then. Can someone else try it?
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 11:32 am
by wrxer
yea, now works for me too. is awesome ea81 engine manual, but no brumby wiring, so still chasing if some one has.
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:30 pm
by wrxer
dropped chassis rail 1.5 inches, turbo fits under master cylinder now. trimming of chassis and cross member finished, will fit gbox to motor to see what we cen do regards gbox member. hope will be no negatives with lowering xmember that far, as will prob lower brumby as well around 4in. lower arms will prob be flat.
jack
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:16 pm
by mattl200
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:52 am
by wrxer
work has called so we off to the bush for a couple weeks, pushed brumby into corner. did leakdown test on wrx motor and looks like passenger side head needs lifting as badly leaky exhaust valves. when i took belt cover off motor has 1 alloy gear on inlet side,the rest are plastic. maybe donk has been damagedand repaired previously. thanks matt for link, i should have looked there.
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:55 am
by wrxer
have got a engineer, he has been around. all looks good, continue he said.
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:18 pm
by wrxer
what steering rack fits?
spent the day on brakes and clutch master cylinders, using wrx master cylinder, wrx booster dont fit, so used brumby one, clashes at vacumn pipe so was going to run booster upside down, but you can bend pipe out the way. did the accellerator cable while there, just ground oval hole so wrx one twists and locks in. there is spacer behind booster so i milled that at angle (hacksaw and file) to push master cylinder up and towards strut to get away from turbo. clutch pedal is drama, using wrx pedal box, have to bend and shorten pedal. holes in firewall need to be low enough to clear spring on pedal that rises up when pedal is depressed. phew, big day.
looking at threads is a bit unclear. i going to use impressa struts, hubs, discs and l series lower control arms which is well documented, but are the wrx drive shafts the right ones, and i want to use wrx power steering rack which apparently bolts in (lowered xmember) but is it to wide for lseries arms? and is bump steer affected?
looked harder and threads reckon wrx rack is ok. will find out soon enough
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:11 am
by wrxer
got the wrx seats in, cut bracket off old steering column and welded to imprezza one, modded wrx guages to fit behind brumby glass. looks ok but needs neatening up, getting a laser cut piece of stainless to go in. used heat gun on dash panel to remove brumby light/wiper switches, need another go at that tho. clutch pedal is in and good with holes patched in fire wall. looks good pics coming.
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:28 pm
by TOONGA
do you still need a passenger window as i have one but Im in Australind so you would have to be prepared to come get it it will only cost you your fuel and time
TOONGA
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:33 am
by wrxer
thankyou. pm'ed
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:37 am
by kndkris
Hey mate, the ea81 from that brumby still running? Im chasing one
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:58 pm
by wrxer
never even started it, just ripped it out. have been meaning to test it and will do it tomorrow. didnt have much water in it, but water pump intake is corroded, and had a heap of oil on outside of motor but oil filter was real loose, so maybe ok. was 280 thou on speedo, and plenty of used picks under the seat
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:26 pm
by wrxer
motor continues to be in an out. got shifter bracket done and gbox member is close. used part of wrx one and included the rubber chassis isolators. next is exhaust and rear diff. would have been better to have mounted clutch clyinder higher as would have more room for exhaust. see how we go.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:53 pm
by wrxer
ust wanted to share some info back cauce of all i have learnt from this site, so have had a go at attaching pics of how i did the gbox member for my brumby. i utilised part of a wrx/liberty member and redrilled to fit onto gbox rubber isolators. then burred out the end holes to suit the other isolators that wrx/libs use. finally welding sume cut down rhs onto underbody pieces, and tacking bolts and nuts on top.
gearbox is low enough for shifter to clear tailshaft too.
pics here
showthread.php?t=14543
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:59 pm
by wrxer
also pis of the spacer behind master cylinder to offset cylinder up and over towards strut and away from turbo
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