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Not driving yet, rear subframe is in, rear strut towers are getting built today. Once it is a rolling chassis again I am going to tow-bar it to the car wash to hose off the ea81 before i pull it. At that point the new engine/tranny goes in. The distance from the end of the bellhousing to the shifter position is within 1/2in between an ea81 tranny, and the rotary tranny. The distance from the shifter position to the engines front pulley is almost identical between EA and RE, I'm telling you these were made for a rotary swap Isaac p.s. You're more than welcome to stop by anytime Brian.

I'm no stranger to rotaries I have owned 11 rx's over the years and my current rx7 has a built 13b in it. I contemplated running it in the sube, but it breaks rx7 parts, it would have turned sube axles to pretzels.

With a bit of cutting, welding, and fabrication the legacy rear end just about bolts in Once I mount the strut tops and fab the crossbraces I will be moving on to engine/tranny installation. Until next time...

Having come to a point in my life where i have more motors than project cars, I have decided to move forward with a little something I have been dreaming up for ages. Gloria is an 83 Subaru Leone coupe, with GL trim, and an EA series drivetrain. As you can imagine, the whole thing is begging for a rotary engine (RE). Glorious 80s digidash. Everybody likes mouse crap All Leone coupes came as fwd, but being no stranger to old subes, I had planned to swap it to 4wd, and use a kennedy engineering adapter plate I have acquired to run the rotary through the subaru trans. As time progressed and parts collected dust, I decided that 4wd wasn't going to cut it and I wanted another small lightweight RWD rotary. As luck would have it an entire 1st gen legacy rear suspension showed up on craigslist for a paltry $20. Money exchanged hands and soon I had a plan, but where was I going to get an rx7 drivetrain? In hindsight I should have played the lottery that week, because I acquired a free '83 gsl in running condition that had been in a front end collision. I will be using the engine and tranny from the gsl for now, and upgrading in the future (bridgeport 12a ) Out with the old In with the new

Unfortunately no one on the forum owns both a tape measure and a 1st gen legacy The good news is I flagged down a passing leg wagon and the owner acquiesced to my requests of climbing in the back with my trusty measuring device. In case anyone ever needs them in the future, the strut shaft top center to strut shaft top center measurement is 43 1/8in, and the outer bolt to outer bolt is 47 3/8in.

Would the strut top center to center measurement be the same on a 2nd gen legacy? I have a 2nd gen rear suspension as well as the measurements for it, but the 1st gen rear has good brakes on it, and the tapered spring setup would fit nicely into my available space.

I am using a 90-91 legacy rear suspension in a custom application, but I do not have the donor car to take measurements from. If anyone with an AWD leggy would take a moment and go out to stretch a tape measure I would really appreciate it. I need to know the distance between the strut shaft centers, and/or the distance between the farthest outside mount studs side to side. My other question would be if there are any parts of the legacy rear end geometry that could use modification, or is it a pretty well sorted setup? Isaac

I rebuild Rx7 clutch type Lsd's quite often, and they are the same basic setup. If you need to add lockup in a pinch or compensate for worn discs, use a shim between the last cone washer in the stack and the housing. A red bull can with the ends cut off and flattened out is the perfect shim stock for a little massaging. standard soda cans are a hair thicker if you need more lockup. Isaac

what do you need?

Lets make a whole one (yeah, i know its not a brat doing the hauling)

Not in a subaru per se., but funny enough to go in this thread. I have hauled some pretty crazy things in the soob though. Thats my dad, and 1/2 of a brat (supposedly for a trailer build)

*scratches head...OH... so they aren't supposed to be a yellow plastic with empty squares in the middle?* those are beautiful lol, i have honestly never witnessed a set in decent condition up close. Your going to need a padded case i.e. a car stereo faceplate case, to keep them in when your away from the car. isaac

it will run 65 no problem, but over 55-60 and fuel efficiency drops dramatically. isaac

LOL, i have the exact opposite problem on a feedback sedan. when i turn left it drops rpm, if a make a sharp enough left turn with it in neutral i can actually kill it. isaac

there was a hatch kit offered in europe/japan long ago. on a side note, the aftermarket front dam off my 1st gen rx7 sits very nicely under the late model ea81 bumpers, ill try to get a pic.

in the last 7 months i have run 22,000 miles in my ea81 sedan. do not underestimate the power of a subaru isaac

if your going to tow it behind an rv (in neutral) please make sure its in neutral lol. my $50 coupe was towed at freeway speed in 2nd behind an rv needless to say i wont be using any of the engine parts in the rebuild. isaac

just thought i would pop in and say "hi." im a spokanite as well Daily driving an ea81 sedan(silver and rusty) and modding a gl-10 coupe. isaac

i dont have any pics, but i have hauled mattresses on the wagon, all manner of engine/tranny combinations, and i have had the rear seat out of my sedan for about 6 mo now using it to haul stuff(job box, pellet stove, kitty kat snowmobile) that cracks me up, my dad does the same thing, he has 4 parts wagons atm all being used for storage. isaac

whatever year that is the donut spare was pitifully small i would say leave it together, i find its easier to get a part off said "parts car" if its still bolted to the car in original locations, as opposed to "box 7:sub-box 3: divider 6" being the location of whatever you came looking for. isaac

straight pipes arent bad, but having the exit at the back of the car makes all the difference, if the exit is under the car it is damn loud. isaac

i ran my sedan with just headers for a few weeks , as of now its headers to straight pipe (no mufflers) and goes ~500mi a week like that. isaac

that is indeed in front of your place monstaru that brat is cut up more and lined up behind one of my parts rx7s lol, thinking really hard about a super ute. isaac

I was born and raised in eastern Washington, so naturally we had Subarus. since i was a wee lad i helped in motor swaps, axle swaps, just about any other swap a person could do lol, and general maintenance of early model scoobs. My dad taught me how to turn wrenches on them, and how to fix just about anything (if it wasnt fixable surely there was one on a parts car:lol: ). Now that i am older and have a family of my own i get to teach my own child how to wrench on the old subaru. "oh...we dont have X part, lets take a trip up to grandpa's house, hes sure to have one" I dont post much around here, but do lurk in the shadows. Im here because old subarus demand a certain type of people, generally crazy, but the type that are always willing to help/re-engineer/rebuild/tear down/ or just plain sit and have a beer with a fellow scoob nut. see you around Isaac photo is of my dad, thought it was funny enough to throw in

i have found that using a much larger spring gives a better clutch feel, and helps counteract the fact that the pedal bushings/cable are usually worn, but that is just personal preference. isaac