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HA! I spent 10 years acquiring the parts to make this shitheap happen. It wont be leaving my possession while I'm still breathing I have a backup chassis in white, and after that i would probably move it all to a 1st gen imp. My close friend (drives a 323gtx) has been trying to convince me to pay one of the Chinese forges to replicate the adapter a dozen times. the rest of the parts are modified subaru.

We have run two gamblers in it so far, and I've been daily driving it for the last 6mo or so. It gets run hard at the ORV park at least once a month, and the only casualties so far are clutches. I took a bunch of footage the last run out at the ORV park, ill post it up as soon as I trim out all the fat.

I would have made more of an effort to keep the hood intact if the car hadn't been built in 6 days in order to run the Washington Gambler500. On the other hand, the car has been totaled multiple times, and rescued from a field, so really anything is better than that fate

I bought the adapter plate and flywheel about a decade ago. It was a small batch casting, unknown manufacture. The flywheel is a subaru unit, redrilled to the mazda pattern and the center opened up to slip onto the mazda counterweight. Everything else is stock subaru parts. The australian Subarugears guys make a rotary adapter, but they want new $1000 for it last i saw.

Works good... Progress! FC cas, and .96 hot side t04e. probably a 57 or 60 trim compressor, should be fine for 250-300hp. https://imgur.com/vEROu8F 4x 550cc EV-14s, should support up to 280-300hp in fuel. https://imgur.com/OEGdapE Pile of Speeduinos... A v0.3 for the RXT, a v0.3 for a buddies subaru, and two NO2C boards for motorcycles. https://imgur.com/Cz8pW9T Some in car footage from the North Idaho Gambler. We averaged 38-42mph for the day.

Stock digidash was retained, and functions: https://imgur.com/v7URe4c https://imgur.com/DnMUo3W Next step was a lift... the front got loyale struts, and ford tempo springs, the rear is 2wd xt struts with 80s honda accord front springs. This resulted in a net gain of over 6in vs the sacked out stock parts. https://imgur.com/nSxp9eA https://imgur.com/y4imUTQ https://imgur.com/R5MIkmj https://imgur.com/ehA36Z2 Added some bigger wheels and tires, redrilled 6 lug truck wheels (subaru's 4x140 pattern can go codswallop a rake...) https://imgur.com/jSnS0OP https://imgur.com/Et7ibh8 https://imgur.com/YMxP2kr https://imgur.com/sQTKo63 https://imgur.com/vrh06gn https://imgur.com/yRf9pca Then we Gamble with it... 1st place at the North idaho gambler, and fastest time of the day on day two of the Washington gambler. https://imgur.com/Z9Y4Kw6 https://imgur.com/NQvE1B1 https://imgur.com/SCppDwO

The chassis started life as an '87 Subaru XT 4cyl turbo AWD. It was the highest trim level available in that year, and the most aerodynamic production car at the time. My dad bought it in the early 2000s and daily drove it for 100,000Mi or so. It has been totaled out three times by various insurance companies, and when the headgaskets went at 250K, he parked it in a field. Last year i rescued it, and set about to build a car I had been squirreling parts away for about 10 years. How she came home: https://imgur.com/S9Oytmk https://imgur.com/O0mVLdl Old motor out, new motor in: https://imgur.com/Z9Oynhy https://imgur.com/oqQADz1 Modifications were necessary... https://imgur.com/ooJtLRn https://imgur.com/LQTPCK3 https://imgur.com/cVrsqJW Adapter plate to mount a Mazda rotary to a Subaru gearbox: https://imgur.com/7SKQ95c https://imgur.com/OdMZ5s7 Semi-finished, but running and gambler500'ing: https://imgur.com/ZSDoHgN https://imgur.com/ZmCATQK https://imgur.com/r1hw5qJ https://imgur.com/OLHiDYp

Kind of short notice, but if i get a chance I will swing by in the legwag. I have property out that way, so i drive through the orv park regularly. If you see a burgundy 2nd gen legwag on OB struts and bigger tires give a honk and a wave Isaac

Make sure to use the OB rear trailing link brackets as well, in order to correct the rear wheel/wheelwell geometry.

check the clamps that connect the rubber fuel lines to the hardline at the manifold. I fix 3-4 a year for people complaing of gas smell when warming up. Isaac

I have had great success with the DTA axles, they are all new materials, no reman. The only axles besides low mileage stockers that dont vibrate in drive while stopped in my auto cars are the DTA's. Isaac

Don't give up on the outback, she looks so fine!

The autocrossers and roadracers put a lot of stress on things, but it cant compare to the extra leverage a lift block can apply.

If you are doing one side... might as well do them both

The early gen guys weld in fender washers to spread the load on the framerail better. The better solution would probably be to add "C" channel to the framerails, that is what I did on my ej rear suspension into ea81 swap. Isaac