Chris Rogers

get a later jap legcy box - auto, comeswith 4.44 lsd.

got them today - top guy to deal with!

looms aren't the issue, its literally a straight swap. unbolt the front of your car ,strip it and bolt the GT stuff in. I'm working on one now with the same swap in RHD.

to my knowledge they are only auto. that said they are 4.44 final drive with a LSD as std. in a 2300lb (1000kg) vehicle it will post a 12 sec qtr mile. plenty of power for a subie and mor than enough to embarass a V8.

EJ20R. available ex japan.

actually , leave it as an auto and get the jap legacy GT twin turbo - thats 280hp out of the box. in your case its a DIRECT swap. that will geiv you everyting needed to do it. (I'm dropping one of these into a GL10 Turbo ) why are you doing a postal vehicle btw?

ahh an early sambar.. they still make them in japan. that would be cool to find out here

tristan, thanks for all the help!!! (bought XT6 hubs off him.) they are ont he way here to me in oz now. great to deal with! (now about that dash cluster and shifter... )

he''s in brissy. had a chat to him a few nights back.

keep in mind that you have turbo axles under that and the other normal ones may not fit. the replies you have here are spot on whith what I told you.

I know the owner well and have several runs with that car when I had a green one. also know a bit about it. take it tot eh subaru shop they know it well.

true, with mine (85 turbo sedan) I put a twin core radiator in it. fixed my problem.

leon, I only know of one red RX- belonged to peter at oz post. is it the same one?

considering that GM has (or had) a 20% stake in FHI and they have heavy stakes in SAAB I can see a bit of merit in that statement. similar idea was hatched with the impreza years ago. and yes I would like mine in black please.

jerry, if you see one I need those bits. ta!

feel like grabbing a O/S person a few things. (loyale 4 spd auto shifter and matching gauge cluster. )

nice car/licence plate what do the Florida people say??

gt is twin turbo in 95-98. not sure on the others.

sounds like you did. do a compression check on it. think these run 9.0:1 so 135-150psi would be a good indicator. if you see that on all 4 drive it till it dies!

read this: http://ausubaru.com/main/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2467 much easier!

yep it works. there is a software package out here called Kalmaker. takes the std prom, recalibrates it and away you go. as for the engine mgt systems they are all locally made and race proven. the last megasquirt unit I saw didn't impress me as it did little more than drive an injector. at least with the GM systems it can be tuned with a stable idle. 1227165 is out of a 85-88 camaro or sunbird - if you go this route grab everything hanging off the ECU. if you are crafty remake that harness. it will only work on 4 cyl cars though.

out of a later subaru rex - 1990 model. as for injection (mine) it runs a modified 1227808 ( or '165) delco ECU from a GM passenger car. in your case you don't really have a choice. yours has to be aftermarket. mega squirt is crap in opionion. look at:wolf 3d , microtech,haltech,motec. google any of those.

I have an 84 model 4wd one (yes they do exist!) and I'm rebuilding it to new spec. only change is a Supercharged 700cc 4 pot and injection) original was a 993cc (EF10) I also have a smaller version of it (google subaru 700 or REX) as well.

found a set!!

rear hubs and backing plates. need them to fix the brakes on a twin turbo Loyale.. ( I keep running out of brakes!)