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this is my brumby its a 1990 with the ea81 still
mods are as follow

4 inch lift
webber carby with ramflo pod
27x8.5 4x4 tyres
flash horn
air compreeor
40 led interior light
dual handbrake
blue park lights
rebuilt ea81
with race cam, over size pistons
LSD diff
LIBERTY SEATS

still to come

5 speed g box
ej22 or ej20g awd
a cd player
a dvd player


pics are here some are b4 the lift kit but im sure u can see the difference
http://community.webshots.com/album/559078488kXVuzk

i love the brumby's
looks nice mate.

Nice...and faster than most as it is red.

Viva la Brumby

cheers guys the car will be off the road for a week or to shortly to fit my new motor in just another gay ea81 for the time bein



tristan

Just a thought Tristan, wouldn't it be better and cheaper in the long run to go straight to the ej instead of modifying the ea81?

chris

it probably would have been yes
but the old man bein a mechanic is wingin bout me puttin the ej22 in the brumby

Do the EA81 with the cam, with the weber you will notice the difference, especially when the secondarys open. You will use more fuel, just so that you can hear the revs rise with the cam.

i havent fitted the cam yet but will be shortly

I bought a motor off of here for $50.00 with the cam already in. Just stripped the whole thing down, new rings light hone, weber on top, marked improvement, not quite legal, but closer to being legal instead of an eJ

you wouldnt happen to no wat profile cam was in the engine do you
still not 1oo% on the profile im gettin on my cam

cheers

No idea, got it off a member of the Subaru club of Qld, think his id is 92liberty

If you don't mind me asking what kind of average fuel economy do you get with the Cam and Weber? L/100KM?

mate u can ask me all u want but i have no idea as it is not in the car yet
i am assumin i will get someting around 11L/100km but it all depends on how u drive the thing

Dwayne you can fit an EJ22, EJ20 or even and EJ20T to your ute and still have it legal. My ute with the turbo in it was legal and insured.

im curious, can u fit an ea82 into a brumby?- or is it different mounts etc and not much gain. or is it no gain at all, i dont know anything about ea81's

the ea82 has small amount of power gain but it will fit if the car is at standard height and the chassis rail may require slight trim

To fit an EA82 the chassis rails actually require MORE trimming than they do to fit a DOHC EJ engine (Ask Tim about this). Although Tim's wagon is lifted, that does make a difference.

At the end of the day the gains in going to an Carby EA82 over an EA81 are barely there, certainly not worth the trouble (again ask Tim about this!). Some people regard this as a downgrade in engines too!

Would be worth it to do an EA82turbo I suppose but I'd go an EJ20turbo. As Brett says you can have that legal no worries.

nothin will ever stop a P plater from gettin a yellow sticker with or with out permits the cops will still find somethin to sticker u on


anyway my old engine is out and i have sent the cam in for a regrind and am currently chasin down some cam folowers as 2 of mine are stuffed
once these r sorced i can actually start to build my new engine yay

tristan

im now the new owner of Devils old wagon which is such a better drive than the brumby

congrats mate, Just remember to watch the speedo, hate for you to lose your license early. Have you had your old man look at the damage yet?

chris