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In that website go to: technical help, drivetrain and subaru LSD there's a lot of interesting informations

this link might help some of you http://www.dimequarterly.tierranet.com/

here's an idea. I don't know if someone on the board ever tought of this but here it goes: what about using the rear differential and halfshaft from a datsun 510 year 68 to 73 and adapt it to the rear of your subie. It is the same diff. as subaru but shafts are U joints type and extendable and I bet that the stub axle are stronger too since they were design to take 100% of the torque instead of 50% for a 4wd subie. it is something really hard to find for me here in quebec, but for you guys in the west there's still lots of those cars kicking about.

Hi everybody. I used to break c.v. shaft all the time when I first lifted my hatch, but I have realized that it was more because of other components being too weak and bending like the mustache bar and front caster rods that made the c.v. shaft over extend or working in critical angles. I have since made a stronger diff support and redesign the front suspension using ea 82 longer front c.v.shaft and I have not broken another c.v. since. on top of it the skid plates on the front suspension arm have made the car much more capable in deep ruths. Now I wish I could find another hatch body to be able to keep on improving the system.

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Here's an interesting link http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/66912/subaru_hatches_a_golf_gti_chaser.html

Here's a justy that wont be laugh at!

For the ones thinking of installing a roll cage in there car, I would suggest you put in a 4 or 5 points harness too, because without it your only protecting your car from being crushed. in my case It was a really good thing we were not wearing our seatbelts .

everything on that lift is homemade

The big story is: I was at the bigest jeep jamboree in my area(500+ 4x4s)and part of it was taking place in a sand pit which I knew from the year before and looked unchanged. I was planning to go down a really steep hill,has I did the year before, but what use to be an almost vertical descent was now less than vertical: the result the heavy nose of my hatch made the car flip and landed right on it roof without touching the front end or the hood. after the impact I ask my 2 passengers if they were alright... no answer I panic,I get out of the car but I can't see them because the roof is crushed, at this point I could ear them so I knew at least that they were alive, of course there was a lot of people there and they helped my to put the car back on it's wheels while my to friends were still inside the car,that was a really stupid thing to do because they could have paralized. After that ambulance arrived we all spent the afternoon at the hospital for x rays , no broken bones just muscles pain and we all still have after 4 months, but It could have been much worst. I guess I have to thank god on this one;sorry for my bad english

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my 2 friends had to leave in an ambulance but in the end nobody was badly hurt. But It was a really scary experience.

It's still for sale unless somebody in the new england area has a good tub for sale.

Believe it or not I drove it back home the next day.

this is what happens when you think you know a trail and a loader dug a new hole in a sand pit that you don't know about. The lesson is alway check the land first especialy if it's a sand pit.