October 21, 201015 yr Ok i have been gone for a wile just working odd jobs and looking for a full time or part time spot someplace but im doing ok. That brings this project along i have been thinking about doing it for a wile and i have started getting the parts together i have the motor and i have the car and i have the harness the car was a big part for a wile i could not decide i wanted to do the RX sedan that car needs quite a bit of work and i have no money to move it at the time so im thinking the legacy but that makes it hard due to it being my DD so i thought i have my Gen 3 Brat project that lost rev. in the tranny and has been parked and donating parts to keep other cars on the road. Now most of you know the car im talking about Bill omlin did the body work and the bumper and a few other things here is a pic of before and after kinda its not done. This is it now only imagin it in a pasture with dirt all over it and no motor. Now this car was a 2wd auto coupe i put a 5 speed and made it awd with wagon parts i had also swapped in a 2.2 duel port exhaust engine out of a 95 impreza with a legacy intake diamond coil pack and JDM injecters really sweet engine it seems to have some good power. This is what i am going to be puting in it I am going to remove the dash and reloom the harness with the harness for this engine and try to make it look like it should be there lol. But we will see so i guess this will be the build thread. I am not going to use an adapter plate i'm going to be using a transmission i built with a EJ tranny and EA tranny i used the EJ case front half with ea82 3.7 S/R internals and tail shaft so i have 3.7 gears in an ej case so i wont need the adapter plate or flywheel so i can use a better clutch and pressure plate and with the ea tail shaft I am eliminating the V/C and giving me the option of FWD OR true 4WD. I will have pics of that later. That is all for now. Thanks Rob. Edited October 21, 201015 yr by subaruguru
October 21, 201015 yr Glad to see your getting back to this one. If ya ever need help im always around. Hopefully soon we can both get our Brats out of Bills pasture -Andy
October 22, 201015 yr Glad to see your getting back to this one. If ya ever need help im always around. Hopefully soon we can both get our Brats out of Bills pasture -Andy Your Brat's down? I thought you would have replaced just about everything on it by now. Jacob
October 22, 201015 yr Your Brat's down? I thought you would have replaced just about everything on it by now. Jacob Well i can only get down to Bills every once in a while, and only for a few hours in the evenings, so its a slow goin process. But in a couple weeks yea everything should be replaced -Andy
October 23, 201015 yr Author Haha i hear that im only 15 min away and i have a hard time getting out there to do anything but this one will be back on the road for next years subaru show. Rob.
March 7, 201115 yr Author Hey everyone the Gen 3 brat is back at my place and with my new job i hope to get it road worthy before wcss13 with the 3.3 a nice set of mags i picked up 3.7 S/R EJ turbo trans (home bult) LSD rear and some body and paint work. here she sets now right out front of my house haha. DON'T CHANGE THAT DIAL! Rob. Edited March 10, 201115 yr by subaruguru
March 10, 201115 yr Author well guys here are some teaser pics LJ and i dropped it in to mock it up a little bit, let me tell you it is going to be super tight but no doubt it is going to be one hell of a ride when its finished i started a new job 3 weeks ago and things are going great! So i plan to bring this one to WCSS13. Enjoy more to come, rob
March 13, 201115 yr Author figured out how i'm going to run the radiator i think it will work really well and not take away from the look of it... lol plans for paint are dark grey with black bumpers.
March 13, 201115 yr Call 1-800-wheresmyradiator Nice project....the should be able to tear up the road !
March 16, 201115 yr Wow you weren't kidding - tight fit! Looks awesome though! Hope i can see it at wcss13
March 25, 201115 yr Author Haha thanks I really hope everyone gets to see it at the show if it goes as planned i think it will be a head turner and i am proud to say she will be sporting XT6 non air struts and full five lug swap exited this guy Thanks Rob.
March 27, 201115 yr Author This was LJ and I picking it up yesterday i was in my legacy lj was steering the xt6 after removing the rear driveline because it was not fully bolted up and replaceing a camber bolt that was missing we towed this baby 28 miles or so. pulling the running gear for my brat i will be replacing the air struts with std,. struts and using all the 5 lug parts to swap it over this week =) we are stripping it today and tomorow so if anyone has any parts other than engine drive tran running gear parts that they need/want let us know prices are cheap parts in ok shape grey inside. good doors and fenders hood and trunk , uncracked tail lights, ect. thanks Rob.
March 29, 201115 yr Author pics of the tare down XT6 lovers look away. 4000 lb engine hoist VS XT6 challenge accepted o_o Pulling a few parts that where requested then its off to the big yard in the sky for this one but its parts will live on... Cheers R.
March 31, 201115 yr Author Getting geared up to pull the sub frames of the brat and roll the XT6 sub frames under. after paint though pics will be posted. cheers R
April 1, 201115 yr WHAT A PROJECT. I sure wish I could take that xt6 off yer hands for some PARTS completness for my XTDL.
April 1, 201115 yr Author As much as i hate to see a subi go to the crusher this one has lived its life to the end of the line and a good sum of its parts will be on the road both here in the us and in Europe thanks to a few members on here. her last moments where noble as she fought back but in the end she made it on the truck. May you rest in peace XT6. Cheers :-\ R
April 1, 201115 yr Author I think i am seeing a connection here subaru lovers like motorcycles as well i know turbone had a bike ratty2austin has a bike i have a bike you seem to have two bikes lol hmmm> Cheers R.
April 1, 201114 yr It's sad to see an XT go like that, especially since so very few made it over here But it's good to know that a small piece (or 2 actually) will live on halfway across the globe Btw, I also have 2 bikes and a moped What are your plans for the radiator? I once saw an EG33 equipped brat which had the grill moved forward about the depth of the front bumper so there was room for a custom alu rad but that'll cost you some serious money..
April 2, 201114 yr Author the Rad is gong in the bed with a ducting setup and copper pipe running along the frame rails under the car. It will be a nice setup cheers R.
April 2, 201114 yr Btw, I also have 2 bikes and a moped I also got 2 and a half Mopeds of the Rabbit varity. Fuji Rabbit S102's I remember a guy in Oz did the same thing in his brumby. Had a EG33 and had the raditor mounted in the back.
April 2, 201114 yr Author hmmm any possibility of pics from that guys build kiwi? or was it just a guy you heard of and saw once or twice that built it out in the back woods of oz. XD Going to pick up new front struts today got a call from jerry the other day (bratsrus1) some wheeling and dealing and..... you will just have to wait for the pics hahaha. Cheers R.
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