April 25, 200718 yr so I'm going out to look at a svx and was wondering what to look out for. the guy said he installed a alt and it blew or something and wires may need to be replaced. otherwise is sounds like a good car. any info on these would be nice. looking for info about your experiences with a svx.
April 25, 200718 yr Three words Transmission Transmission Transmission. Do not buy one thats not running, since you REALLY need to test drive the car. The AWD SVX's have transmission issues. They easily overheat. The two common fixes are to install a legacy tranny or install a manual. If the tranny seems the slightest bit odd in how it shifts, its a sign of impending doom. It cant just be fixed with a flush. If the tranny is original have an tranny oil cooler and a filter added. the filter should be changed frequently. Other things: Rear LSD Rear Wheel Bearings Very expensive windsheild. Engine seems to run forever. i would like one myself. nipper
April 25, 200718 yr Author he said it ran with a jump so i will be able to drive it. i hate auto though and have heard of a 5 speed swap from a legacy in conversations out side the board. any one done this? and if so what donor car did you use?
April 25, 200718 yr he said it ran with a jump so i will be able to drive it. i hate auto though and have heard of a 5 speed swap from a legacy in conversations out side the board. any one done this? and if so what donor car did you use? http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/ They have it all there. nipper
April 25, 200718 yr Author wow! how many subaru boards are out there!... nice info thanks. any one from "here" over "there"?
April 25, 200718 yr wow! how many subaru boards are out there!... nice info thanks. any one from "here" over "there"? i think there are one or two ... nipper
April 25, 200718 yr I am over there and so is Hocrest, though he doesn't post much here anymore. Like nipper said TRANNY IS THE KEY you might also want to start hoarding parts b/c there were only 15,000 of them some in the US and they are getting rare. Luckly most of the parts are interchangeable w/other EJ cars. I have owned mine for over a year now and had not hand any major problems. In terms of the replacement tranny, a local subaru Guru who works for a Sooby rally team said that I should replace the tranny w/a JDM WRX tranny, not the STI one or the RA geared one. The JDM WRX tranny will work well with the EG33's torque. Enjoy "SUBARU's car of the FUTURE" BW
April 27, 200718 yr I am over there and so is Hocrest' date=' though he doesn't post much here anymore.[/quote'] So this is why my ears were ringing... Toro, I saw your post over on SVX.net. When I saw that you also had a lifted wagon, I figured you were over here too
April 27, 200718 yr Author So this is why my ears were ringing... Toro, I saw your post over on SVX.net. When I saw that you also had a lifted wagon, I figured you were over here too the lifted wagon.....the give away....... i was hoping to raise a few eye brows:eek: . when i did some research and found out how few of these cars are left it made me a bit nervous. but heck its a Subaru! ...when its all said and done the only things left in this world will be cockroaches, Cher and Subaru's.
April 27, 200718 yr the lifted wagon.....the give away....... i was hoping to raise a few eye brows:eek: . when i did some research and found out how few of these cars are left it made me a bit nervous. but heck its a Subaru! ...when its all said and done the only things left in this world will be cockroaches, Cher and Subaru's. Well we all know Cher is god (snicker) nipper
April 30, 200718 yr the lifted wagon.....the give away....... i was hoping to raise a few eye brows:eek: . when i did some research and found out how few of these cars are left it made me a bit nervous. but heck its a Subaru! ...when its all said and done the only things left in this world will be cockroaches, Cher and Subaru's. Don't be nervous there are lot of Subaru out there with parts that will bolt right up to the SVX, turbo's, 5/6 speeds, big brakes and a whole bunch of other things, if you just read the Subaru sites. svxman
April 30, 200718 yr Don't be nervous there are lot of Subaru out there with parts that will bolt right up to the SVX, turbo's, 5/6 speeds, big brakes and a whole bunch of other things, if you just read the Subaru sites.svxman And in most cases the Legacy parts that bolt up to them are far better then the original SVX parts. nipper
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