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Old 09-25-2007, 05:08 AM
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oh, one other thing for a true Alcyone visual conversion, the engine covers are different between the US and Japanese models,

the US version:


whereas the JDM cover lets you know its a BOXER engine:


not really worth it to get it imported new or pay $100 for it, but if you ever find one on an import/parts website that doesn't know what it is and how rare/valuable it is, pick it up for $25 like I did
Thanks! I'll keep my eye out for one!
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Old 09-29-2007, 05:05 AM
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Now that I know a little about where they got "Alcyone" from, where did they get "SVX" from? What does it mean?
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Now that I know a little about where they got "Alcyone" from, where did they get "SVX" from? What does it mean?
There are a number of suggested meanings for these acronyms Paul, and people tend to stick to the one they like best.

I have a Japanese Domestic Market brochure, and SVX has in brackets after it {Subaru Vehicle X}

This actually tallies with what the development engineers said it meant at the 10th Anniversary meet in Lafayette 5 years ago. They said when the car was in development it was apparently the 10th vehicle the design team had worked on, so the parent company used "Subaru Vehicle X" to describe it, X as you know being the Roman numeral for ten.

With no disrespect to these wonderful engineers, this particular interpretation would be most acceptable to me if they were able to show me what cars were SV V11, SV V111 and SV 1X.

I'm just a natural skeptic, I guess

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Thanks for the info
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Another deal on SVX

In Japan the XT was called the "Alcyone", the XT Turbo was the "Alcyone VR" and the XT6 was the "Alcyone VX" so I think "Alcyone SVX" is just a extension of "Alcyone VX"

I remember back when the Baja was in prototype stages, it was the "STX" for Subaru Truck, Experimental" (Was supposed to be a supercharged 2.5...) so I suppose "SVX" could be Subaru Vehicle eXperimental"...
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