Curious

[elkaboom]

So I was tearing apart the parts wagon a the local scrapyard, and I noticed that there were no less than six GL-10's scattered about the import "section" in various stages of disrepair . One GL in particular was a FWD turbo with what appeared to be every available option you could stuff in one of these things. The vehicle is strangely intact, although it is missing the intake manifold and has a seriously whooped on interior -largely due to exposure to the the elements.
I'm curious about the track history of these vehicle, specifically the FWD turbos. For a second I toyed with the possibility of converting the turbo for use with my Legacy, but I'm almost certain it would be more trouble than it was worth.
Anyway, does anyone have any experience witt the GL's? For as many of them as there are, I might try and pick one up -Hell, I have a veritable stable of parts vehicles at my disposal here so I wonder if they were known to be reliable, easy to maintain/work on, durable, etc.

[ciper]

Where do you live?

[elkaboom]

NE Ohio -near Akron. I only wish there were more Legacy's around, or rather turbo Legacy's
Lot of GL-10's floating around my local junkyard though. Weird.

[georryan]

the ultimatesubaru boards would be better suited to answer your questions, but to be brief, the GL-10s came in awd (full time 4wd), 4wd, and fwd. Then there was the RX's which I'm not sure specifically what the differences are. They are a bit more rare. The GL-10's weren't fast by any standard, but the turbo did help give it more staying power. I could sustain speeds conisderably better than the nonturboed versions. I've heard of people shaving the flywheel on those cars and getting a lot better response as far as acceleration. The engines themselves weren't condusive to heavy modding, though. I think some of of the problems involved poor flowing heads and poor cooling design. I could be wrong on that. It didn't come with an intercooler and the turbos were really small.

On a side note, there is a guy on the ultimate subaru boards who put an ej22T (I think) into his RX along with 17 inch wheels and a few other custom stuff and his little really light rocket moves. I vaguely remember a story about him toasting wrx's. (Toasting is relative of course)

-Ryan

One thing I always loved about my GL-10 is that even though they didn't put in a boost guage, they had a green light that said "turbo" that would come on when the turbo was spooling. It was kinda cool. Cheap cop out, but shoot, that's better than nothing (like what my legacy has).

[TheSubaruJunkie]

The EA82T's had their problems, like any Subaru engine of its time did. There are 3 generations of EA82T heads, and you should learn some about them if you plan on building one at any time. The best thing is they're small. 1.8l and have as much potential as any EJ20 or 22T. I've never owned one myself, but ive driven a few, and know plenty of owners who live by the EA82T.

As far as the FWD, i say "why?". Its a Subaru, right? FT4WD (AWD) was available on most Turbo GL10's from 87 to 89, and they had Dual Range AWD available on the RX Models. Stay away from the auto's and stick to 5spd's.

Here are some pix of my friend's RX Coupe. He's done quite alot to it since he's had it: http://www.subarutex.com/gallery/RX

-Brian