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I might as well add my simple yet effective setup as well: Cheers Bennie

^ If I didn't know any better, I would have said it was photoshopped! Ruby Scoo, pretty much the same as in the lifted rigs thread, but she's had some work to sort some issues that "flying" created. This was January 2012: ^ Hopefully the ONLY time she'll see this angle. In action, Victorian high country creek crossing: ^ A snorkel is high on the list for the next mods! How I found her Friday morning at Mt Hotham: Cheers Bennie

There's something about the XT6 that intrigues me... probably because we didn't get them in over here! Glad to see that it didn't get parted out. Cheers Bennie

Awesome effort there TheLoyale! If this was in oz, A) it'd seem a little out of place with those retro decals and I doubt anyone would put this amount of time into it. I'm surprised how well the interior's held up, and in blue is different. I also like the instrument cluster, I've never seen one like that before Great to see all the work you've put in it so far, I can't wait to see the end result. Respray and fresh decals in the list of things to do as well? Something inside me wishes you kept it all original for preservation reasons, but I realise that this isn't always possible, plus it's not mine to do this with anyway, I guess that's just me though Cheers Bennie

This morning I had to scrape some ice off the windscreen to be able to start the car so we could use it after it had warmed up: Got a good drop of snow today between our 400km round trip off mountain. It's 3 weeks until the official season opening but it's awesome to see this amount of snow falling already It's at Mt Hotham, Victoria, Australia. I'm sure all the ski resorts are getting some good snow at the moment. Cheers Bennie

This is always fun too! Glad to hear you got the wiring sorted! Cheers Bennie

You'd actually need two pairs Yep. I got mine from fleabay. There was another set on there recently. Maybe if they're re-listed and your super keen the seller might look into international postage. I know it's easier to post items from the US than it is to post them TO the US. It sucks! Otherwise I could see me sending some EJ dual range boxes over there before they're crushed. Cheers Bennie

I totally agree with what you're saying - I want to build the radius rod plate lift blocks into one unit and the rear section with the cracking needs another brace to the bolt that holds the front of the K frame to the body. My rear crossmember lift blocks are in good shape and I'd leave these as they are. Things to do! Loyale 2.7 Turbo: The hand brake (e brake as you know it) is actually from the MY models before the L series came out. The reason for this is that I'm using the same centre console for the power window switches, the only way to get the hand brake to work properly was to keep the matching hand brake. It still actuates on the front brakes, so would be no help to you. Cheers Bennie

Over the last six months: I did this initially - it even cracked the re-welded section we did: Extra plating: From this: To this: To then being able to do this: And the "return of Ruby Scoo" photo - at Danny's Lookout, Great Alpine Road, Mt Hotham: It "only took 6 months!" But it's been well worth the effort. The first offroading trip will be the first weekend of June Cheers Bennie

ANd you were totally right mate! It did just that, cracked around the welding we did. Can do, I'll have to get some organised. I too feel that I need to make up some sort of C bracket to hold that bolt better. But with that said, being airborne under brakes in the first place is what needs to be avoided! An update - a long time coming! The damaged plate, ripped captive nut (while trying to remove the bolt the nut let go, I wasn't about to cut the bolt!) Plate removed: New panel in footwell to help with strength. Same done on driver's side too: Lining up the new plate - "stolen" from a parts bomb I've got out the back: Supportive plates welded in on both sides, the rusted area cut and new section welded in. Trophy photo: Went nuts on some more welding to help stiffen up the body, what they tell you about stitch welding the seams is a big job - well, they're spot on the money! This was an important day - getting it off the rotisserie: Then the slow process of putting her back together began. I fixed up a few things along the way and added some extended braided brake lines, well worth the coin and effort with this: I relocated some wiring - that created some more headaches. So far the only thing wrong is my Tacho doesn't work Dash in, this too was a big step! Out of the shed for the first time in about 5 months, hanging out with the new L "sheldon" that my sister now drives: Running and ready to have the brakes bled: This was a great moment: And now with the rear bar installed but not finished yet - I've got some extra panel work to add to it as well as some rear lights then a lick of paint too, this is in our high country, which pails in comparison to your high country! Mt Feathertop - probably the most typical looking mountain we've got in Australia: Mt Buffalo in the distance: This work was started in November 2011. I drove her out of the shed on the 4th of May 2012. There were a lot of other things that kept getting in the way of working on the project - christmas, new year, other little projects, searching for a job, the list goes on. I'm very happy that I got there in the end! Cheers Bennie

This is a common "feature" in the GL sedans and the touring wagons in oz. It's a cigarette ash tray in the rear door handle... Cheers Bennie

The guys over here take their EA clutch to a specialist and have the pressure raised to help combat this. This is done when the Ej conversion is done on an L series, which would be the same as what you'd be doing with the liberty/legacy over your way. So yes, it is possible to ship it over, but with the aussie dollar near/at/over parity with the US dollar you'll be paying much more than you would have been 3 or 4 years ago! But if you're willing it can be arranged. Working out shipping from Oz would be the difficult part, I've not done it before! Cheers Bennie

Baby Ruby Scoo ^ with suby87's lifted touring wagon which is what I aspired to... Now she's all grown up: I've got a set... or two - they're awesome and I'm VERY glad I got a set: ^ All photos with the scorpions have the honda front spring swap in the rear end, the height of the rear is dependent on the gear being carried, this last one is un-laden where as the above two are loaded for a week and a half's activity with gear for beach to alpine! Check out this beast: EJ twin turbo, 6 inch lift (huge for Australia!) and I think it was 33 inch wheels. Build Thread I'm surprised that Hatchie - the supercharged EJ'd hatch from WA, Australia hasn't made it on here yet, here she is: More pics here "Monster wagon" - built at the same time as the above EJ twin turbo white touring wagon - on opposite sides of the continent! And Sunnie the Brumby: LOVE the targa top Brumby (BRAT)! I'm keeping an eye out for the right unit for me to play with Cheers Bennie

Sorry, was on a really slow internet connection at the time so didn't get to look too far in I had the build thread though! Cheers Bennie

Are you talking about the RX AWD dual range gearbox or the EJ dual range gearbox? The EJ dual range gearbox is one of the most common gearboxes we've got over here. Shipping them stateside wouldn't be too difficult if a shipping container was organised, just the initial collection of gearboxes would be difficult. Then there's an issue with people paying - I know it's all good to say you'll be up for something but it's another thing to have it organised and pull out of the deal. It can be arranged, I know of a gearbox that's been purchased for a member in the US, I don't know if it's been shipped yet - but we've hunted around for sometime to get the right unit... Cheers Bennie

There's also this little beauty: Build thread here, best pics are up in the last pages like this one with it's sister that's gone to another owner now: Some quick details: WRX conversion, WRX dash and most of the interior parts that he could use were installed. Awesome unit, would love to see it in the flesh! Cheers Bennie

And it's currently forsale on ebay over here - again. It didn't sell the first time around. It also sports an auto these days for better street drivability... This is one of the member's on ausubaru.com - 78sti is the owner, some info here, that's all the info I could find about it... But I'm sure I've read a build thread about it somewhere. Crazy good ol' subi that one! Very unique over here! Chris Roger's sweet as RX2 wagon build thread - and this main pic of this awesome wagon: I thought there were more but I can't find them Cheers Bennie

Looking good Numbchux!!! I don't know if you know this already, and I'm not meaning to insult you. The RX FT4wd dual range gearbox with locking centre diff has a longer pinion shaft than the EJ AWD gearboxes - for anything different to 3.7 or 3.9 final drive ratio you will need to cut and shut the pinion shaft: ^ This is my cut and shut 4.11 R&P gearset that will end up in my RX FT4wd gearbox with the 1.59:1 L series low range behind my EJ. I know it's up to the task as it was previously behind a version 5 EJ20 turbo. Also, the centre diff in this gearbox is open until you lock it. It is not interchangeable with the EJ centre diff. The EA pinion shaft is longer as the drive to the front diff is taken from the rear of the centre diff, the rear diff's drive is taken from the front of the centre diff. The EJ is opposite as subaru tweaked their design on this. I hope this hasn't thrown a spanner in the works for you, being with the rally team you might be able to get the cut and shut job done through them for cheap Keep up the good work! Cheers Bennie

Yeah it's a bugger, we still get paid out by the big 4wds for having a crap low range - and that we shouldn't be driving "those things" offroad... But that said the low range is better than nothing. And to get around the dual range issue you can fit an EA82 PT4wd or FT4wd 5 speed to later model subarus with an adaptor plate. The only problem with this is that you're stuck using the EA82 clutch setup which I don't think would be up to the task if you're upping the berries from the donk... This H6 runs a stock EJ22 clutch and pressure plate, it was decided that the clutch would be the weak point hopefully - rather than have the gearbox go bang, you can change the way you use the clutch, but there's not much you can do with a blown gearbox! Cheers Bennie

Early gearboxes that I've worked on - L series and up to Gen2 Liberty gearboxes have had the same mountings for the diff output stubs, so there's no need to change the diff carrier over with them. Cheers Bennie

Wow I didn't know that the 2.2 EJ came in the impreza - they certainly didn't over here in Australia, the Impreza only came in 2 litre and the RX impreza came with a 2.5. I'm not sure what years they were between though. Cheers Bennie

Well if you read the posts, it's been written about and it's a toyota GZG50 Century. 97-09. The thing that excites me is that this crazy project is in Australia But half a continent away, it's still exciting though! I'm pretty sure this is a conversion being done by a company in queensland, I've seen 2 conversions from this company and I must say that their work is VERY neat and through. Awesome work! Cheers Bennie

G'day Quidam, Can you give us some background information on why you're doing this? As far as I know there are carbie intake manifolds available everywhere, why not use one of them? Cheers Bennie

If the gearbox is from a carbie L series all you need is a replacement set that is for your model MY If the gearbox is from an MPFI or turbo L series you'll need to change the inner cups to a set from the model of L series that the gearbox came from. SPFI - I don't know about because Australia never had them delievered... Or you can split the gearbox and swap them to the 23 spline output shafts to keep your driveshafts as original off the shelf items. Cheers Bennie