As the title states, A friend and I are building a 92 Legacy wagon to participate in the Gambler 500. If you aren't familiar with the Gambler, here is a Youtube post that explains it. The idea is that you drive 500 miles offroad, in a $500 car.
Here is our chariot:
(actually she sits about 1 inch lower than this pic, the suspension wasn't settled)
Here is where we are so far. Doug already owned the car, but it was just sitting in a field. She's a 92 mid-trim model, with a 5mt and 340,000 miles on the original drive-train. She's a total hoss, Starts up and drives great. Previously, Doug had installed outback struts and a rear trailing arm bracket from a outback, for a cheap lift. After a couple of patient months on craigslist, our tires presented themselves. 225/60/r16 studded snow tires with plenty of tread on rims for $165!
With the tires on, we needed to gear down to help the tired EJ22 turn those big meats. With another lucky Craigslist score, I found a 5MT, rear end, driveshaft and axles from a JDM forester STI for $400! That means 4.44 gears and a Suretrac in the back! We started with the rear end swap, because we had concerns about if the axles would work, however in another stroke of luck everything just bolted right in.
Now I need some help with the trans swap. Does anyone have a recommendation for a clutch? The clutch is probably going to be slipped and abused a lot, most of what I am finding online are people recommending a stock clutch. We also need to convert to a hydraulic clutch, but that seems pretty straightforward.
I need to fab up a couple of skid plates, and that's probably about all we are going to have time for before the event in June.