Well, it’s been a long time coming, and there were definitely times that i thought it’d never come to pass, but it’s pretty much finished.
I’m putting the final touches on the swap this week, with electronic issues being the culprit of a few odd behaviours.
I really do like the car even more now. It’s fast, lighter and feels much more balanced with operational AWD.
A lengthy writeup with pictures will follow.
In a fit of boredom this afternoon, i removed the crossbars from my roof rack. Well it certainly looks much sleeker. Perhaps when i get around to washing it, i’ll take a picture.
Perhaps when i get around to repainting it, i’ll get rid of it entirely, but until then…
Well, the transmission is here, as well as most everything else i need, but a few parts are still missing, among other things.
I don’t have the replacement crossmember or a spring that connects the two shafts from the shifter back on the transmission. Also, the pedal assembly i got had two broken switches and was rusted badly. All of these parts are being shipped to me, however, so the company is making good on its deal.
But here’s where it gets confusing. I’d ordered a 4.11 transmission and LSD differential. The problem is that John was led to believe that there was indeed a 4.11 transmission in the Legacy Turbo, and a 4.11 LSD. Unfortunately, neither exist, nor have ever existed in the US Legacy Turbo. So, instead i got a 3.9 Turbo transmission from a 91 and a 4.11 open differential from a 93 wagon. Oh well.
Here’s the plan right now: Keep the 3.9 transmission and install it with my stock 3.9 rear, use that till i can find a 3.9 LSD locally and just swap the guts.
This will keep the labor time on installation down a bit, so there are fewer things to do, and fewer things to go wrong, and the car should be on the road sooner.
This should all go down late next week, i hope.
You may notice a few things have disappeared and changed. In the interest of making the site more accessible and browsing friendly, i’ve eliminated some of the old and relatively useless areas and have done away with Turbo-Centric, merging it with Legacy Central. It’s much easier for me to administer, and should be easier for you, the reader, to get around and find the info you need.
Thanks for your support!
I received my pretty Chrome-moly Exedy flywheel on Tuesday and my clutch/pressure plate assembly today. Now i’m just waiting on the transmission to show up and i’ll get cracking…
I’ve found some more stuff to scan in and put up.
Noteworthy are the Subaru and Legacy press packets. These have nice glossed, photo-quality paper pictures included, as well as the usual press crap. One thing i did find in the Legacy packet, however, was a document by the SAE and written by the architects of the new Subaru 4-valve engines.
Check out The Library for details on the 90-press packet, and click here and please save the file for future reference. It’s a PDF document, requiring Adobe Acrobat, and is about 1.4MB.
Ok, here’s the status on the 4EAT-5MT conversion:
Transmission & all parts: On a truck between here and Sacramento. Should, should , arrive this week so i can get started on it.
Exedy Lightweight Chrome-moly flywheel: Should be here soon.
STi Group N disc, WRX (non-us) pressure plate and bearings: Ship tommorow.
Patience: Holding steady, suprisingly enough, considering the 6-8″ of snow on the ground and the usual jitters over the amount of money spent and the work ahead.
I got these from someone, or eBay, some time ago and just got around to scanning them in.
It appears to be from a collision repair manual and it lists all the parts on the car, time to replace with labor and some part numbers. Very cool reference guide.
It’s an Acrobat file, and a little large, but you can zoom in on it and it’s actually 25 pages.
Please right click on the link and save it to your computer rather than opening it up every time you want to see it.
Sometime in the last 24 hours, the page has passed 25000 hits.
It’s not an awful lot, but not too bad for 3 years.
More to come 😀
Ok, I found a place in California that can get me a full set of parts to swap my auto out for a manual, and for a good price.
Here’s the kicker: It includes a rear LSD.
Man, that’s just too much to pass up.