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Put out feelers - I have had people ringing me ! The Subie dealers parts fella chased me up on one customer heading back OS with a sweet Touring Wagon with a stuck thermostat - 3 weeks rego $250 some years back. Last one was dirty filthy and drove it home to - $100 owner not wanna fix the head gasket.
No need the CV shafts unless you are going the bluesteel track. Just the bits in the middl fly wheel back - rear diff only if ratio different to yours, console bits and shifter bits. The $100 one came with new near starter motor![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
No need the CV shafts unless you are going the bluesteel track. Just the bits in the middl fly wheel back - rear diff only if ratio different to yours, console bits and shifter bits. The $100 one came with new near starter motor
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Ok cool.
More problems.
One of the threads for the head studs came off. Could only do it up finger tight.
The others don't look the best but are holding. We have taken them all out and are going to ring the engine builder tomorrow.
More problems.
One of the threads for the head studs came off. Could only do it up finger tight.
The others don't look the best but are holding. We have taken them all out and are going to ring the engine builder tomorrow.
When life gives you a corner, drop a gear, pitch, and stomp the loud pedal
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car
EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
Mums Car 08 Liberty Wagon
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car
EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
"Bianca"
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oooooh stripped head stud? that must have been a horrible feeling ![Neutral :|](./images/smilies/icon_neutral.gif)
Could you get the studs out of the block? If so replace that one at least, probably best to do all of them if you can since they stretch every time you tighten them up.
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Could you get the studs out of the block? If so replace that one at least, probably best to do all of them if you can since they stretch every time you tighten them up.
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No no. The thread in the block.
I have new studs. And they are all out now.
I have new studs. And they are all out now.
When life gives you a corner, drop a gear, pitch, and stomp the loud pedal
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car
EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
Mums Car 08 Liberty Wagon
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car
EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
"Bianca"
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Dads Car: 02 Impreza WRX STi[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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EA82 are known to have weak timing belts?Brumby Kid wrote:Umm we were going to go 10:1 but I think it was just a bit too much.
Yeah ea82 with timing belts and that.
Phh put an ea81 in. No cert needed.
I chose to keep it on 91 for two reasons. Cost and availability. We were thinking about 95 but that is the hardest to get. Even in surburban / city areas let alone the country.
And 98 is way too expensive for me.
Yeah if we upped the compression and ran on 95/8 it would have given better performance.
But I didn't wanna have the extra fuel money, and don't think il need that power. It's the only thing power wise we haven't done yet apart from a snorkel.
Soon.
Cheers Cam
Or are they just a PITA to change, as I found out in April?
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Really?
Maybe an EA81 is a good candidate then.
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Does EA82 have any advantages over EA81,
other than higher peak power and peak torque ratings?
Do any EA81's come with air-conditioning and power-steering?
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Fortunately I don't have to rely on my L Series much anymore.
My L Series is more of a play-thing now.
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I want bigger tyres (205-70R-14 or bigger)
and I like driving at 15psi when in soft sand, so I need more torque.
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I know. I've heard of people reshaping the combustion chamber to resist detonation.littlewhiteute wrote:It's not just the compression ratio.
It's the combination of CR and combustion chamber design that determines minimum octane.
The EA81 has an inefficient wedge/bathtub 2 valve chamber that can't compete with modern 4 and 5 valve semi-hemi heads.
My 2008 Civic has 10.25:1 compression and is meant to be run on the lowest-octane petrol.
Better combustion chamger design and/or computer fuel/spark management.
L 5 speed into Brumby.Silverbullet wrote:From what I've gathered so far for when I convert mine one big issue is the tailshaft (L series being 2 piece, fitting a center bearing carrier to the car) If you don't have any body lift you might need to bash the trans tunnel a bit. G/box mounts are slightly different between the two, some mods needed there, You need a combination of flywheel/pressure plate and mod the pedal box to suit L series pedal and cable. There's also the shifter linkages which some say need cutting and shortening but others have done it without changing them.
Cue Jonno, he's done at least one of these conversions
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- Brumby Kid
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Thanks guys.
Yes EA81 did come with aircon and power steering.
Enough of the 5 speed for now.When the times right. ( and the money )
I'm turning my attention to these threads on the block.
We were more thinking about retapping them to a bigger size, which means new studs, again
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Didn't even cross our minds about heli coils.
Cheers Cam
Yes EA81 did come with aircon and power steering.
Enough of the 5 speed for now.When the times right. ( and the money )
I'm turning my attention to these threads on the block.
We were more thinking about retapping them to a bigger size, which means new studs, again
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Didn't even cross our minds about heli coils.
Cheers Cam
When life gives you a corner, drop a gear, pitch, and stomp the loud pedal
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car
EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
Mums Car 08 Liberty Wagon
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car
EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
"Bianca"
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Dads Car: 02 Impreza WRX STi[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Mums Car 08 Liberty Wagon
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Ok thanks.
I think there m10.
No idea if you can get bigger studs or not.
Would a heli coil be strong enough?
First of all I will ring my engine builder and see what he says.
Cheers Cam
I think there m10.
No idea if you can get bigger studs or not.
Would a heli coil be strong enough?
First of all I will ring my engine builder and see what he says.
Cheers Cam
When life gives you a corner, drop a gear, pitch, and stomp the loud pedal
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car
EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
Mums Car 08 Liberty Wagon
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car
EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
"Bianca"
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Dads Car: 02 Impreza WRX STi[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Mums Car 08 Liberty Wagon
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Nope , some will swear black and blue there is no such thing as M11 but there is and these are it. A helicoil is strong enough if not stronger, made of stainless I think. Lasted me 180,000km , outlasted the rest of the over revved little racer
YES Virginia (ask yer dad) you can wreck an EA81 other than by cooking one. Mine developed a ripper of a knock and the mains bearing in the midle started to reshape the blocks bearing journals , still never let me down though
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Good news!!!
I rang tony knight this morning.
He said he had already heli coiled them.
So that means all I have to do is take it back down and he will re helicoil them.
Should be sweet!
Steptoe, my god you did what?
Technically you didn't kill it then did you if it kept running.
Ok it's m11, so my square lied to me.
Cheers Cam
I rang tony knight this morning.
He said he had already heli coiled them.
So that means all I have to do is take it back down and he will re helicoil them.
Should be sweet!
Steptoe, my god you did what?
Technically you didn't kill it then did you if it kept running.
Ok it's m11, so my square lied to me.
Cheers Cam
When life gives you a corner, drop a gear, pitch, and stomp the loud pedal
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car
EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
Mums Car 08 Liberty Wagon
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car
EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
"Bianca"
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Dads Car: 02 Impreza WRX STi[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Mums Car 08 Liberty Wagon
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Of course there's an M11, there's everything from M1 up to...some very big threads ![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic) :rolleyes:](./images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
Good to hear you can get it sorted, I guess this might have pushed back your plans for this week a bit?
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Good to hear you can get it sorted, I guess this might have pushed back your plans for this week a bit?
Will it ever end!?
-EA81 TWIN CARB!!!!
-L series 5 speed
-Custom paint job
-2" lift
-Full custom re-wire
-L series front end
![Image](http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae112/Jefferies991/sig_zpsazh7rvic.jpg)
-EA81 TWIN CARB!!!!
-L series 5 speed
-Custom paint job
-2" lift
-Full custom re-wire
-L series front end
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Yes yet again plans pushed back.
Originally I had planned for it to be done by my 16th in February.
Then we relised that there was more serious work other than a hg.
Then I thought before I go overseas.
Then before the end of school holidays, this week.
Now I don't know. When it'll get done. Life is just so hectic.
Cheers Cam
Originally I had planned for it to be done by my 16th in February.
Then we relised that there was more serious work other than a hg.
Then I thought before I go overseas.
Then before the end of school holidays, this week.
Now I don't know. When it'll get done. Life is just so hectic.
Cheers Cam
When life gives you a corner, drop a gear, pitch, and stomp the loud pedal
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car
EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
Mums Car 08 Liberty Wagon
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car
EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
"Bianca"
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Dads Car: 02 Impreza WRX STi[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Mums Car 08 Liberty Wagon
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Update
She's just about done, just a few things to tidy up before we drop her in.
To do that weird positioned nut behind the rocker gear we took the rocket gear off after each torque stage and then put it back on. We hope it will still seal and it should as I read in the fsm that you are ment to take the rocker off to adjust the tappats.
A few pics.
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Cam
To do that weird positioned nut behind the rocker gear we took the rocket gear off after each torque stage and then put it back on. We hope it will still seal and it should as I read in the fsm that you are ment to take the rocker off to adjust the tappats.
A few pics.
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![Image](http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc363/Bondy16/91373BEE-D980-431D-B025-5ED8B7425B7F-14915-000018330CF3F82C.jpg)
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Cam
When life gives you a corner, drop a gear, pitch, and stomp the loud pedal
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car
EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
Mums Car 08 Liberty Wagon
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car
EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
"Bianca"
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Dads Car: 02 Impreza WRX STi[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Mums Car 08 Liberty Wagon