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Post by steptoe » Fri May 11, 2007 11:31 am

the genuine rally stuff available in New Zealand in the early 1980's

rumoured to be special manifold for EA81 that allowed a weber to be mounted above each head

anyone seen them, got one or got photo or got one for sale ?

rumour came from a gifted Kiwi welder I met who was in the rally scene over in there at the time - Possum Bourne drove the stuff

musta been a big cam to go with them ?!



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Post by Xtreme_RX » Fri May 11, 2007 11:49 am

Its called a Safari Model. It was fitted to a twin port EA81....
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Post by steptoe » Fri May 11, 2007 12:24 pm

I don't doubt what you say at all...but wasn't that just the twin hitachi set uplike I got on mine or similar to the UGLY GSR. Brian, was his name said it was a factory kit that you had to install, not just an option box to be ticked.

I doubt two webers would fit on my manifold. He said carb went directly over each head, think would need alternator shifting

I repeat, I don't doubt what you say at all

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Post by Suba » Fri May 11, 2007 7:36 pm

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Not a very clear pic of the safari engine but thats what it looks like . :)

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Post by Timmeh » Fri May 11, 2007 9:27 pm

Thats HOT!!! I've been dreamin gof something like that all DAY today... Can't believe its real!!! I want one!!!!
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Post by steptoe » Sat May 12, 2007 10:05 am

DROOL !! You know Extreme, when you said safari it rang a bell and related it to the twin carb manifold i had. The photo above, photoshopped or not, says a thousand words > KICK ME, KICK ME.... that photo I will remember

any more info, specs ? guys

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Post by Loyale 2.7 Turbo » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:21 am

Suba wrote:Image

Not a very clear pic of the safari engine but thats what it looks like . :)

Mike.
Sorry to Bring back an Old Thread but I want more info about the Safari Twin Carb EA81, do you have more Pictures?

I'll Love to see the Whole Subie.

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Post by subaruby » Tue Oct 11, 2011 7:47 pm

Dont know anything about it but found some old pics on my computer

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Post by Silverbullet » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:16 pm

Did I hear correctly that there was only 1 or 2 of these "safari" setups built? would be fun if one was sitting in a garage corner somewhere, owner not realizing what a valuable piece of subaru history he has covered in dust :)
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Post by El_Freddo » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:20 pm

Awesome photos Richard!!

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Post by spike » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:30 pm

yeah ive been digging up as much info on these as possible, looks like somone else has too =P

those 2 photos are the only ones ive ever seen. And i only expect they are 2 different units, the rumour is they were sold in Australia and NZ, america has never heard of them.

and as there are lots of members from both Aus and NZ on here wed hope they would have been found if they existed?

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Post by Loyale 2.7 Turbo » Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:29 am

subaruby wrote:Dont know anything about it but found some old pics on my computer...
Thank you, Those Pics are Awesome!

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Post by mud_king91 » Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:59 am

spike wrote:yeah ive been digging up as much info on these as possible, looks like somone else has too =P

those 2 photos are the only ones ive ever seen. And i only expect they are 2 different units, the rumour is they were sold in Australia and NZ, america has never heard of them.

and as there are lots of members from both Aus and NZ on here wed hope they would have been found if they existed?
my guess is they lived the same fate as every other limited production car thats touched our roads.... someone heard it was good then took it that tad to fast around a corner like the holden coupe4 AWD monaro who wouldnt hahaha
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Post by spike » Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:30 am

the parts would still be around though, this was back before crushing cars. The parts would be sitting in a wreckers or somthing if they still existed.

I expect that the ones used in the safari would of been destroyed like most, they get thrown off the boat on the way back so they dont have to pay import taxes

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Post by mud_king91 » Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:32 am

hahaha why would you throw something that cool off a boat
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Post by mud_king91 » Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:33 am

i reckon the parts are sitting on some beast of a brumby in N.Z or here in S.A check out the rallies if you find a unit of a brumby in there then you know where the safari gear went hahaha
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Post by 1111giles » Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:51 am

OK so who is up for re- manufacturing some of these ?
With todays modern rapid prototyping techniques, making some would not be out of sight, what we would need is a blueprint or a fresh drawing / design.
With a Parasolid 3d cad file in x_t format I reckon we could stamp the first one out in about 3 days :mrgreen:
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Post by spike » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:19 am

i was thinking about it giles, but whats the point in carbies they might be cool but even these would be no match for FI.

mud_king91 wrote:hahaha why would you throw something that cool off a boat
mud_king91 wrote:i reckon the parts are sitting on some beast of a brumby in N.Z or here in S.A check out the rallies if you find a unit of a brumby in there then you know where the safari gear went hahaha
youve got a lot to learn haha, when nissan made an attack on the ARC in the 60s, 70s and 80s the cars had to be returned to nissan after they completed there work, it was so noone could buy and thus steal theyre technology. They realised it would cost nearly 100 000$a (apparently) on the import taxes back to Japan, so they scuttled them.

These parts are not used on anyones race cars, believe me ive looked. If they still exist theyre in somoones garage and theyve been lost.

OR!!!

somones seen them and bolted them onto a VW?

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Post by Brumby Kid » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:24 am

So somewhere there is a heap of rally nissans swimming with the fishes, at the bottom of the sea.
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Post by mud_king91 » Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:58 am

spike thats nissan hell i dumped my last one at fraser their gay... cam it was 50yrs ago so chances are the salt water worked its magic those cars will never be found
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