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Old 10-29-2001, 05:02 AM
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Things you need to complete this swap:

1. A 5-Speed tranny with the matching rear diff. and shifter (with the boot) from a Legacy or Impreza (I used an Impreza one), It need’s to have a cable activated clutch fork to go with my set-up, hydraulic is possible, but would be much more complicated to install, and add components to the list. I prefer the K.I.S.S. engineering points (Keep It Simple Stupid) to make it as easy as possible.

2. A Manual flywheel from a Legacy (not a turbo) or Impreza (I used one from a Legacy), be sure to get the flywheel bolts and the pressure plate bolts with the flywheel.
3. A manual pedal assembly, including the cable (I used one from a XT-6), I believe that the best match would be the early Legacy pedal assemblies, which from looking at the diagrams seams to be close to the assembly in the SVX, but you will probably have to do some cutting and retro-fitting onto the original SVX assembly, as I had to do with mine. On a side note this is where I cut my left middle finger to the bone (5 Stitches), sort of slowed my progress till my finger healed, so be careful.

4. If you’re lucky enough to have the component drive-shaft you can have the front section lengthened 2”(as the manual tranny is 2” shorter than the auto one), if not I advise you order one, I had an extension machined to mount to the front of the rear diff., which also meant I had to relocate the carrier bearing 2” forward, which would not be necessary if I had, had the component drive-shaft instead of the non-component one (you can’t disassemble the non-component one to put in a lathe).

5. Of course you’ll need a new clutch, pressure plate, throw-out bearing, and a new pilot bearing. I recommend getting a high performance clutch & pressure plate, as the stock Legacy one (which I used), won’t handle the extra torque that the 3.3 has under hard driving, but works fine for day to day driving.

6. You’ll need some misc. steel, about 18” of ½” solid round Cold Rolled Steel (this is used for lengthening the shifter rods) and some ¼’ plate for making some modified motor mounts. And access to a welder (also for the shifter rods). And a 1” hole saw for cutting the hole in the firewall to run the clutch cable through.

7. Of course you’ll need new grease for the tranny and the rear diff. And a couple cans of black paint (you want it to look good don’t you!) and a few cans of brake and parts cleaner, along with some hand cleaner (you’re going to need it).

I think that’s about it for the “What you need “ list.
I’ll try to start on a step by step on the procedure soon, stay tuned, same bat-time, same bat-station.
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Old 10-30-2001, 09:00 AM
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Re: What you need for a 5-Speed swap

If I want to do it on a FWD, is it going to be easier?

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Old 10-30-2001, 09:25 AM
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Re: Re: What you need for a 5-Speed swap

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If I want to do it on a FWD, is it going to be easier?

Lwin
Definitely, there would be no rear diff issue's nor would you have the rear driveshaft problems, of course everything else would be the same.
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