SvRex

Pulled it from a front end wreck which damaged the timing pulley. The seller sold it for $200 assuming it was trashed, as it is an interference motor. I'm going to have to open it up before we get started. I'm hoping for valve damage only. If so, I'll put in a few valves and hope for good things. If the motor was damaged beyond repair, I'll go back to plan A which was to use an SVX motor. It also came with no wiring harness. I'm going to have to put an awful lot of effort into hand building the wiring harness. My labor is free in the GRM budget. Good thing!

Some of you may know we've had limited success competing in the Grassroots Motorsports Challenge with a car we call the SVreX. It's a '92 SVX with fully adjustable Koni G/C suspension, nitrous, and nearly 1000 lbs of excess weight shaved off. The car was built by home schooled High School students and has done pretty well for 2 years. The GRM event is a triathalon where cars are built for under $2000 then raced on an autocross course, a drag strip, and concourse judged for appearance and creatitivity. We are now starting our latest little monster, and I could use all the help I can get, so I invite your input here. Meet The Justyfier. A 1988 Justy DL driven by a turboed 2.0L from an '02 WRX. The motor will be mid engined, and the drive will be RWD. It will ride on inboard suspension from a Yamaha R-1 and be held together by a significant cage, probably about 20 point. Finished weight about 1800 lbs. It will be patterned after the Renault R5 turbo. When finished, it will sport extremely wide fender flares (about 10") and will wear Black Java Pearl paint from an STI. It will also be completely street legal. Yes, it WILL be built entirely for less than $2006. And it will be built again by High School students (if I can buy enough pizza!). Anyway, we are trying to think through as many of the design problems as possible before we grab the sawzall. I'm currently trying to envision the rear end. With the powerplant sitting where the back seat used to be and the tranny (fwd from a '95 Impreza) behind that, there is going to be a lot in the way of the rear end. It was suggested I use the tranny itself as a tension member in the rear end with no rubber motor or tranny mounts. That idea sounded very very bad to me. Latest suggestion is an XT-6 rear end, but I'm still trying to envision the whole thing. Once I get the rear figured out, I'll have to come up with a shifter linkage. The tailpiece of the tranny will be basically at the rear bumper! Some considerations: -Autocrossing is by far the most important part of the event. We must end up with a car that can handle. -There are no exceptions in the budget. Expensive ideas won't work. -Parts cars I've already got to steal parts off of: the Justy, a '95 Impreza, a '92 SVX, and an '02 WRX. -I'm trying to keep it as much a Subie as possible. So, again, I invite your input. Like I said, I need all the help I can get!!