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So the clutch, flywheel and clutch cable were replaced after 32 years of great service. Replaced with OEM parts. Exedy clutch kit (Amazon) LUK flywheel (RockAuto) Subaru OEM clutch cable (Lithia Subaru of Oregon) I've had a Weber carb on it for years and now the clutch & shifting feel like when I drove it off the dealer's lot all those years ago. A few other things to attend to but nothing that affects how it runs.

Hi all. Bought a 1992 SVX, Pearl White in 1992. LOVED that car. Sold it in 1996 and have regretted it for the past 22 years. I was driving down a Vermont country road and BAM! There she was! No, not my actual love, but a beautiful 1992 Pearl White SVX with 100,000 miles, one owner. Paid $4,800 and am just as in love as I was 26 years ago! Parts are so hard to find, but it's a labor of love! Mark

Wow I did not know this! Very interesting... Thanks GD! Also a good way to force the consumer to "write off" a car due to low oil/oil starvation if not serviced correctly - only to then get a new car. Capitalism is alive and well! Cheers Bennie

Weld something to it to get it out.

The concept is that they are legal for 15 year olds to drive them. In the winter they are nicer than mopeds. I have built one already and the second is on its way. My kids are now 14 15 16 So we will have 3 tractors running...

Many newer dealers can't deal with older part numbers as they don't have old books to get part numbers from to even make a start in the order process. The part might be available even exjapan type order but if dealer can't get part number you may be told no longer available. This is where rocks data base can be handy to get genuine part numbers from. Have a look now, see if you can get rcg part number and quick call to dealer parts and quote the number for price and availability. Don't mention rock! Usually find very helpful because you have done hard work to get number

Oil consumption is normal. If you run synthetic it shouldn't increase much over the life of the engine. It's also a good thing for fuel economy. Low tension rings are now the norm. Get used to it and learn to appreciate the engineering and added fuel economy. You are laboring under the assumption that oil consumption is both unnatural and unwanted. It is neither. This is not 1980 and engines are not built to have zero consumption anymore. It is not possible to meet the EPA requirements and the increasing demand for economy without reducing friction and thus increasing consumption. GD

Will require head gaskets if they haven't been done or have been done with the factory gasket. These engine burn copious amounts of oil if they have had poor maintenance with non-synthetics. This leads to a fair number of bottom end failures. Usually just go into this expecting to do HG's, timing belt/water pump/idlers, and radiator/hoses. If they have been done it's likely they have been done wrong or with crap parts. GD

Drain and fill, could take 3 times to get all the old fluid out. Safer than power flushing. Filter on the outside of trans is supposed to be lifetime BUT... if you change it only use an original one.

I got the fuel pump today, wow it's nice. All brass.

Abandoned in 1993, Rescued in 2017, Work still in progress as of 6/14/18, but has been road worthy since 2/1/18 (will update with 1 more picture in a few weeks)

From Beginning to End. 1979 GL. Abandoned in 2001, Rescued in 2015, Sold in 2018.

Cool idea. Crap execution.

this is what the back looks like at Edmunds;

I like the way Porsche separates the fuel/electric systems. Using electric to drive otherwise undriven wheels is the way to go efficency wise. GMC showed a hybrid pickup several years ago that used the electrics in a novel way. It had 2 motors like the 918, but had one wrappedaround the rear driveshaft, the other driving the front wheels thru the front diff. I'm not sure why that never made the cut for production. It makes sense in a pickup.