snow60x

Thanks for the info but i'm probably going to wait a few years before I tear up my car since it's my daily driver. Once I get another car I'm going to have a ton of fun with this one as long as I don't take it out of service before then lol

The struts and springs were about $80 from a junkyard

The trans was about $50 on half off day

I swapped my front diff from the 5 speed over to the dual range so I didn't have to make custom axles. I got my adapter plate for like $60 from a guy I know, and then the flywheel was $20, and the clutch was $130.so I guess before the tires it cost only like $340

I actually took the skidplate off when i rebuilt the trans so I haven't had it on for about a month. but for the week or so i had it on the heat was no problem. I would like to get some slots cut in it or some holes drilled to allow some air flow possibly. Good luck on the build and make a thread so we all can follow along and give input as needed.

Hey, i found this forum when looking into slapping some forester struts and springs on my 97 OBS and was wondering how much did ur swap cost without the tires and how is the skid plate doing with the heat? Thanks!