R100 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Just finished building this for a mate. Its a 1995 Legacy wagon. Standard Toyota 1UZ with auto and factory ECU running both engine and trans. RWD only running standard suby diff (yet to see how long it lasts) Been cruzing round in it allday. Runs and handles great. Sounds like a dirty old HQ with its 3" exhaust and single rear muffler. Been building it with certifier keeping a close look and so far hes happy. Will post up some finished pics in the next few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 looks like an interesting conversion - I guess putting a V8 into a Subaru makes sense - their motors are already longitudinal and they have plenty of space between the chassis rails and they already have a bit of a trans tunnel to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I hear through the grapevine that an old flatmate of mine chucked a small block chev into a Legacy a few yers back.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 And their standy motors are yuck. That bit makes sense to me. They're nice to drive too, those shape legacy's, took one for a test drive once, and was notably impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Not bad! I was sent photos of one up north running a lexus but through the stock AWD gearbox. Personally I would run a VVTi EZ36 flat 6 from a late Legacy -Well no personally I ran a forged EJ205 and VF35 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyBreeze Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Heard about v8 (nissan vh) imprezza in Auckland that handled terribly due to bumpsteer from spacing down crossmember. Driver managed to crash it on the motorway and killed his mate in passenger seat. THink the nissan v8 was too tall to fit in with bonnet on or somesuch. Lexus shorter i guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R100 Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 Not bad!I was sent photos of one up north running a lexus but through the stock AWD gearbox. Personally I would run a VVTi EZ36 flat 6 from a late Legacy -Well no personally I ran a forged EJ205 and VF35 lol A 2 door eg33 impreza RWD with toyota 5 speed conversion is on my list of things to do.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Not bad!I was sent photos of one up north running a lexus but through the stock AWD gearbox. Personally I would run a VVTi EZ36 flat 6 from a late Legacy -Well no personally I ran a forged EJ205 and VF35 lol A 2 door eg33 impreza RWD with toyota 5 speed conversion is on my list of things to do.... NICE!!! I always wanted to do a Impreza hatch 2 door conversion* with a eg33, if only money was no object lol *GF8 hatch with the doors, pillars, sills and rear panel work from a GC8 2 door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Francis Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 wtf lols Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esprit Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Know of a WRX Wagon being built with a LS6 with a MaHOOOOOOOOOSive churbro hanging off of it. V8 supercar front struts, extended wheelbase, thing's gonna be mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 there was a mustard yellow one on tme a while ago,i think it had a 302 or something in it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Heard about v8 (nissan vh) imprezza in Auckland that handled terribly due to bumpsteer from spacing down crossmember. Driver managed to crash it on the motorway and killed his mate in passenger seat.THink the nissan v8 was too tall to fit in with bonnet on or somesuch. Lexus shorter i guess? nissan v8's are about a 1m cubed much bigger then a lexus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutiny Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 tehres a wrx down here at al marsh automotive apparntly getting a wankel put in it, yuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Francis Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 yeh i seen a first gen legacy wagon with a 12a init. filter out the bonnet. LOLz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 was that in papakura??? rotors have been put into just about everything under the sun. its quite funny cos people buy a $500 car and put a rotor in it and expect $10000 atleast... over rotors... getting an itch to get a v8....more of a hot rod than a sporty v8.. family cruiser....should be all good.. legacy conversions make sense,cos as soon as you dissable the 4wd they handle real well,and lots of aftermarket gear for them..good size engine bay and tunnel. the weak part would be the diff..but ive seen skyline diffs put in these to make them a wee bit more reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyBreeze Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Subaru rear diff should be able to take a bit of shit, they are R180s so same as non turbo skylines and laurels etc i think. Maybe wont last that long behind lexus with sticky tyres. An R200 should be a pretty easy swap though, and they are strong and easy to get LSD's for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Subaru rear diff will not be able to take a bit of shit, they are R160s, deff won't last that long behind lexus with sticky tyres Fixed a bit Some/most STi's had R180s but Legacy's should have R160s, it will need a custom rear subframe to fit an R200 /\ Is a R200 from a J30 Leopard in a hacked Grandwagon subframe, most of the R200 conversions I have seen use a custom tube subframe. http://www.rs25.com/forums/f8/t105825-rwd-thread.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyBreeze Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 AH my bad. Yeah only really researched STi's etc. Year R160's aren't too strong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 r160 are rl srtong if they are locked lol. r180's arnt any stronger then 160 in open form they have the same sized spiders pretty much and both have the weak 2 pinion type . r180lsds are stronger but no stronger then a r160 lsd etc . r200 rule weigh about 26kg and look near indestractable lol (get back to you on that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 r160 are rl srtong if they are locked lol.r180's arnt any stronger then 160 in open form they have the same sized spiders pretty much and both have the weak 2 pinion type . r180lsds are stronger but no stronger then a r160 lsd etc . r200 rule weigh about 26kg and look near indestractable lol (get back to you on that) Did you find an R200 bro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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