Anyone interested in twin turboing a SVX?

[Earthworm]

Originally Posted by TomsSVX

And what exactly is wrong with that/?????

The problem is you will not be going straight!

On another note I just tried turning my Koni's (fronts anyway) to full soft for the winter.

[TomsSVX]

I will be going straight with LSD in both front and rear and I should have a dccd controller by then too Well as straight as I can make her go

Tom

[SVXtasy]

Originally Posted by Seraph

Remember guys.... What happens to your car with more power on the following items:

1. crappy SVX transmission
2. how about stopping the fast(er) car
3. how about suspension.

I think you have to upgrade tranny (Tom is on the right track). Not only tranny, you have to upgrade your brakes so that your now faster car can stop as quick if not quicker, and remember to improve all for corners suspensions and all your axels and drive shaft.

Just a thought

I just love it when people say crap like this. this is the kind of crap people were saying about my project when i started it. all this stuff you HAVE to have.

[Noir]

Originally Posted by SVXtasy

I just love it when people say crap like this. this is the kind of crap people were saying about my project when i started it. all this stuff you HAVE to have.

yeah the only thing you HAVE to have is:

greenbacks

[TomsSVX]

Originally Posted by Noir

yeah the only thing you HAVE to have is:

greenbacks

Or the ability... When you are not paying a shop to do it, things tend to be quite a bit cheaper

Tom

[dieingSVX]

sams right, people tell you what everyone else thinks they know. the biggest problem with the stock tranny is........ anybody want to say? the valve body. there are a few company's that make new ones for about 600 with an exchange. they are a lot of cars with the 4eat tranny that last forever. change the valve body and make sure you have a cooler that is up to the task. i'll be sure to let everybody know how much abuse the stock tranny with a few minor upgrades will take.

[Matthewmongan]

for less than 600 i could do a 4.44 swap, built to modern subaru standards.

[TomsSVX]

or for less than 2 grand get rid of the auto and get a 5mt... I Hate automatic transmissions...too much guess work for me... I like simplicity of synchros(burned out or not ) gears not selonoids valves and clutches...but that is just me

Tom

[Matthewmongan]

yeah, i agree. but anyone can do a auto swap, the 5mt conversion is a bit more involved. for his twin turbo application i would assume he would want longer gears. thus, the stock auto. it would be very rough to drive a 4.44 with more than 350 hp.

[dieingSVX]

i thought auto's suck to, i have a mustang in the low 12's on street tires with a tremec tko 600 5 speed. well low 12's are my best, usually it's a high 12, maybe low 13 second car. with an auto you have consistant runs, shifting, and et's. well it's a lot easier to acheive consistant et's with an auto. my subbie will stay an auto, stock gearing, with lsd up front and a spool in the back.

[mbtoloczko]

As far as I know, no one makes a front LSD insert for the Subaru 4eat.

[dieingSVX]

hmm, i haven't looked that far into the front part, i know i can get a spool set up for the rear, i can make that if i had to. i kind of figured that someone would make an lsd for the front seems how it's a farely common setup. i'll have to research it more when i get to that point.

[mbtoloczko]

If you can find something, that would be cool. I looked pretty hard, and found only the lame "phantom grip" diff insert. No viscous, no clutch, no torsen (incl helical and cam type).

[dieingSVX]

what the hell is the phantom grip?

[mbtoloczko]

Google it.