like the title says.

 

after scrolling thru the fsm and htkysa pdf's that i have, and doing a search in the photo gallery, i have come up with nothing. I am looking for a shot of the entire underbelly of an ea82, like if it was up on a hoist, or flipped on its side... anybody have one? or care to take one if your car is up on a hoist right now?

 

i want to ponder some mounting points for a crazy idea that i have....

 

i'm too embarrased to say what it is yet... :-p

sweet, thanks for the hookup. i like the exhaust styles on that one... Anyone else have have different angles maybe?

 

is that your beast on its side?

well, i decided to not be so effing lazy and go and jack up my car to look under it. and uh oh , bad DS ball joint... but that aside it looks like i could sit the car on a frame at the engine crossmember bolts in the front, and on the pipe that the trailing arm mounts to in the rear (who's technical name i do not know.)

 

this is all regarding building a subframe to run a set of 32" wide snow cat tracks. strip all the suspension and steering off my 93 loyale and bolt it on top of the subframe. i had ideas to use the suspension originally, but i had a good look at a proper snowcat today, and using the suspension would make the thing like 11 feet wide.

 

anyway, mock on, , i'm going to go get a ball joint.

sweet, thanks for the hookup. i like the exhaust styles on that one... Anyone else have have different angles maybe?

 

is that your beast on its side?

 

yep, thats from about 3? weeks ago, we were bored, went to kill some time...

snow cat

 

must look up this "snow cat" (we must not have enough snow to have any here)

must look up this "snow cat" (we must not have enough snow to have any here

 

hah, check out this - http://www.pistenbullyusa.com/

 

i wanted to buy a snowmobile, but i read some articles about how one day on a sled in the mountains pollutes the same as driving a 4 cyl car around for one year... so, might as well take a 4 cyl car into the mountains..

 

I stress that this idea is still in the R & D phase, but i have seen it done once before with an old lincoln continental

It's a crazy idea, that's for sure. But I think that the drive on these things is hydraulic with a big lump generating pressure, that why they pollute so much.

 

And even if you were able to make it a mechanic drive, I don't think the subaru engines have the power/torque at the proper rpms to drive the tracks.

I'd still love to see like a hatch or something on treads..... that'd be cool.

 

thanks for the link I was picturing G.I. Joe's snowcat!

 

I guess I wasn't too far off.

There are a couple threads with a video of a hatch running tracks on it, do a search for hatch with tracks

omg........ I need some.

 

hey when the snowcat project is done I want a ride!

There are a couple threads with a video of a hatch running tracks on it, do a search for hatch with tracks

 

the matt tracks dont have enough flotation for me, i'm talkin true snowcat style. 2 12 foot by 32 in tracks make 64 square feet of footprint. if it weighed 5500 lbs, thats .6 psi.

 

 

But I think that the drive on these things is hydraulic with a big lump generating pressure, that why they pollute so much.

 

when you say lump, are you referring to the cam? sorry, i dont understand. Mechanical drive, you're right, i could never have enough torque to turn them. The Princess Auto shop in Calgary will design a hydraulic system for free if i give them the details of the motor, wheel dimensions, etc, so they will give me the final word if the ea82 will be able to run a sufficient hydraulic pump.

 

the idea is to use the 4wd output shaft to turn a pump mounted in place of the diff.

 

then theres http://www.all-track.ca that has parts and such, so i could grab some drive sprockets , and a conveyor belt site that i cant remember right now that stocks the goods to build the tracks.

 

that pistenbully that i looked at uses 13in rims so the wheels should be cheap.