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They're not that different... I've converted 3 sedans now, thinking of doing another....for myself..... Stock height or Lifted..... Hey moosens....Whats the story on Russ's Wagon..? John

Scott...Looks Wicked....Glad to see someone as crazy as me...Suggestion... Leave rear drivetrain alone and Cut 10-12 inches out of rear of body/taigate....If you bring the rear to just forward of the cubby compartment back there it works really well.... All depends on the type of fabbing you want to do.....Sheet metal or structure for running gear.? How much if any did you overlap the marrying of the front and rear section back together...? Hope to see it at the Show this year.... John

Several Of us from Eugene Are going on a Nite run tomorrow ( wed) .......Give me a call if you think you can be in North west Eugene by 5:30 pm tomorrow 541-232-9958 John

There is another option.....it will gain you 2-3 inches of physical ground clearance before tires , and is All suspension lift.... It can net you more if I include a Block kit to it as well....But you are still limited unless you trim fender to clearance for tire diameter.... Pm me if you want more info on it.... John

The Green Gen One Pictured in the photo above with the Monster XT-6 Is local here in Eugene also....Not SkankinPickle....?... We did However call it the Pickle...It has however gone to Subaru Haven Finally, And the Lift, Motor , and Trans are now In a 1980 Wagon affectionately named Pickle II ..... John

So with this 4" Lift kit.....??? How much tire clearance Are you going to gain...? And with 4" of lift how much is suspension, and how much is Block...? Total ground clearance when Done...???? over stock..??? Sorry, After seeing the Ea-82 Lift, I gotta ask these questions.... inquiring minds wanna know....... Ps....Heard You went for a drive today in the woods.....Inquired about my Bumpers....??? Turbo car Took care of Its Operator......If your going to build them, Build them right...... John

NOT MUCH SUBARU LEFT IN IT.....????????? XT-6 Motor, 5 speed Hi-Lo tranny to Nissan T-case, and toyota solid axles... It is still running strong here local in Eugene......It is still very Subaru at Heart... John..........

Man ...A guy doesn't stop by once in a while and the info hwy gets all whacked... Ok here is how it is in the AWD auto .....you guys are getting a 50/50 split when you clip the # 11 wire....This means instead of a 60/40 or 90/10 to the rear you get 50% to the rear...My problem with this In the BEAST originally was 50% allowed the clutch pack to still slip enough ( It was supposed to ) That the thing wouldn't drive over a curb with 33" tires....? I was using only the rear output shaft, so I Needed 100% to the rear all the time....To do this I had to get sneaky and redirect fluid flow through the valve body...Had nothing to do with Duty solinoid C , I Just made the Clutch Pack for the rear Output Lock up completely 100% ....Then Ran it to the Nissan T-case, and down to my Subi Diffs...With this Set up the thing will Climb a wall....And did at the Rubicon.... I am actually setting it back up to run that way again as we speak.....For this years Show...... Hope that clears it up for some of you...... John

Cool.....On Hood River.... Do I get to Build The Pit Again this Year... I volunteer..... I Promise To have the BEAST There in All her Glory.....Might even let some newbies run it in the Pit area....I was saddened to see all the Monster Rides Broken At WCSS6 ...We will have to keep that from Happening this year.... Are we going to Get to do a rally event as well....???? I'll call ya soon Eric/Ken..... PS....Eric.....A toyota....????? What are you thinking...??? Ok I suppose if it's running a Subaru Motor.......

As far as your poor milage and hard start cold or hot.....I have found several times now on the 90-94 Legacy's that the idle air control valve goes bad or is sticking internally.....And WILL NOT THROW A CODE.....? or May as you have said will make the code light blink while driving....? This unit is just to the passenger side of Center on the intake at the back side of it....You will find a Large hose ( about 3/4"-7/8") running from it to the air intake just under the Maf.... If this unit is gummed up or carboned up it can stick cuasing all kinds of weird grief..... It sounds like you have already checked and done the other things related to this , so I would check it next.... Also, HAve you checked the thing for actual codes....? It might tell you exactly where the problem is....... Good Luck, John

Also Are you talking front diff or rear diff..? Interesting...???

Fry The Car your talking about was a Rock Crawler, and He did a 2.2 first then a Turbo 2.5 I believe...? Does really well at Competitions with it.....And yes he married it to a Chevy trans and I think Allison Custom t-cases...... Here is What I found to be the best So far In al my Rides I've Built... 2.2 motor and AWD auto I locked the rear output clutch so it was running at 100% to a Nissan T-case....Out of this I ran subi Rear difs, but a person could run solid axles just the same and If you are building it Full custom from the Ground it is what I would do... I ran this set up with 4:11 gears and 32" tires on the Rubicon trip with no issues ....Till I hit a rock the wrong way.... Have fun......John

Check this thread.... http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=32987&highlight=3%3A90+LSD+tranny Also, This is first hand info, I've gathered from all the MANY CARS I"VE BUILT AND DRIVEN.... A Legacy or Outback or Forrester is a car with an engine pushing 135-165 hp..in a car weighing roughly 3500 lbs give or take...Also running 14-16 inch wheels... If you take a 3:90 trans out of a car that had a motor running 90-102 hp and wheels in the 13inch rage and you stuff it behind the bigger motor it will effectively be Ok even with larger tires.... Example...I took a 4:11 AWD 5 speed out of a 98 Forester....and replaced it with a 3:90 2WD Hi-Lo tranny from a GL....We stuffed the Phantom LSd in the front diff, and a stock Subi LSd in the rear Diff....He runs 27-28 inch Mud terrain tires on it and It gos as well if not better now than it did before.... When thinking about this you need to remember Subaru Geared 1-5 in the 3:90 for 13 rubber and less hp....and they geared the 4:11 box for more hp and bigger rubber...... Make Sense...? Good....John

Noah....I posted in Vanislru's post over in off-road topics but this is not an easy bolt in task..... http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=48347&page=3 Also, FRONT LSD is very easy....I've done it 5 times now.... Shane's Forester is Still running just fine with his Hi-lo Lsd 3:90 trans..... I can sell someone the components to stuff one into a trans, or a Re-sealed trans with LSD in it already....If Folks look back in the For sale Forum far enough they will see them for sale..... http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=32987&highlight=3%3A90+LSD+tranny LAter, John

Vanislru..... I've researched this extensively myself as well....Here is what i've found out... the 2WD Hi-Lo 5speed trany is Not going to allow the 4:44 gear set to marry in as it sits stock...The Pinion shaft bearings sit in different enough locations that EXTENSIVE re-constructive surgury( welding of case,machining of case ) will have to take place....then the other MAJOR issue is the length of the pinion shaft is set up for an AWD model tranny, so it is roughly 50mm longer/shorter than the Hi-Lo trans.....I can't remember......So the tail end of the Hi-Lo box won't marry to it either.... I have talked Person to person with A guy who back in 93-94 Did a 4:11 swap into an RX AWD hi-lo tranny...And in order for that swap to happen he had to use the tail section of the AWD 4:11 trans, and LOSE the center diff Lock that was in the RX tranny..... I Sincerly hope your Machine Shop guy has a Magic Wand....and can make this Happen....I would Love to see it I have been wanting to post to this for you to have more first hand info, but HAve been Oh so Super busy... Today's the first chance I've had to sit and breath in months.... Hope this brought a bit more insight into your endevor...... John in Oregon......