I've been driving my SVX around for the past two days and I'm in love with the car all over again. After reassembling the exhaust she developed some leaks. I guess the rust was acting as gasket material...
And holy gear whine! Reverse is rather loud, and all forward gears have some volume. It's like a race car
if this was my Legacy, I'd keep it as is, it really doesn't bother me, and it's louder inside the car than outside.
But this is an SVX. I believe this car deserves to maintain a certain level of refinement, so I'm going to revamp my crossmember tomorrow. I'll see if I can get a CAD savvy friend to do a proper iso/orthos.
BTW, anyone else doing a MT swap, if you neglect to lengthen the wires for the VSS, your car WILL run like crap. Right around 3k- 4k rpms the car would buck and surge with more than about 50% throttle. I assumed it was because I have no check valve for the iris. Can't wait to see what happens when I get a new one of those!
Stay tuned for a PROPER crossmember.