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Danceswithmutts

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  1. Since I have a few eyes on this post, does anyone know what the heaviest flywheel I can find is? My research says that a EJ25 flywheel is heavier than a EJ22.
  2. It doesn't sound like there is a reasonable way to do this without merging the loom. Sounds like the best way forward might be to find a cheap Forester or outback and put all the good bits from the legacy on it. The main reason I want an auto is for the center diff lock, a torque converter is a big advantage, but it'd be more fun as a manual with a locked center. This is a wacky idea, but I wonder if I could weld the center diff in the 5mt, and come up with a means to easily disconnect the driveshaft for road use. I'm sure a forester would be better, but so far we have pretty much evened the playing field in terms of suspension height, tire size and gearing. I hosted the pic on a different site, try again.
  3. I'm sure it will be fine, but were offroad junkies looking to make this thing as capable as we can, for as little money as possible.
  4. So, a loom from a same body auto legacy, and whatever combinations of ECU's and TCU's that make it work. I am starting to think that we could find a dual range JDM trans for less trouble. Edit: And thanks for the tip on the clutch!
  5. Now we are looking down the road, if this year goes well, we'd like to modify it further for next year. We are certainly going to build a 25/22 hybrid with these SOHC heads, and make this beauty queen run on premium only. I believe that a 4EAT from a na forester would be the best trans for this application. 3:1 first gear, a 4.44:1 final drive and you can do some wiring to make a switch that locks the center diff. I'm trying to find info on swapping a newer auto into this car and I am hitting walls. Not many people are swapping 5-speeds for Auto's. I am mostly concerned with wiring. I think we need a ECU and TCU from a auto car, but probably from a similar vintage to this one? Then would a newer 4EAT talk to those older control units? I have found that IPT used to make a manual controller for the 4EAT, and that would be ideal if they still sold it
  6. 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.
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