First Time in a 5-Speed SVX...

Yeppers i met a felow SVX owner. I drove his recently 5-speed converted SVX. Very nice, noticeable accelaration. Tonite were going to the local race track to have a little fun. I will post the race video of a Stock SVX with stock tranny VS a 5-speed SVX.....

[Earthworm]

So when are you converting?

Originally Posted by Earthworm

So when are you converting?

The parts car i have will have a 5-speed on it. Soon as i get a helping hand on doing it. Anyone care to help.....

[Hocrest]

Originally Posted by tman6429

The parts car i have will have a 5-speed on it. Soon as i get a helping hand on doing it. Anyone care to help.....

Send me a PM when you plan to work on it, I may be able to help some...

Originally Posted by Hocrest

Send me a PM when you plan to work on it, I may be able to help some...

Do you think we can do it in 1 full day. I can get the 5-speed tranny, and all the neccesary things. 1 More thing, theres no trannn in the car that i am doing the 5 speed swap on. So basically everything is just bolt on.???

BTW you only live an 1 hour away.

[Earthworm]

I would reserve at least 2 weekends to do the swap.

The first weekend is used to find out what parts you are missing. The second is for when those parts arrive

[Mr.Pwrlite]

Originally Posted by tman6429

Yeppers i met a felow SVX owner. I drove his recently 5-speed converted SVX. Very nice, noticeable accelaration. Tonite were going to the local race track to have a little fun. I will post the race video of a Stock SVX with stock tranny VS a 5-speed SVX.....

tman, sounds like you drove the svx I put together 2 weeks ago. That was the first awd 5sp I drove . fwd is great, but the traction of the full time 100% awd is incredible. Now it's time to convert mine to awd. Anyone in my area have a spare rear diff and axle assembly for an svx?

Originally Posted by Mr.Pwrlite

tman, sounds like you drove the svx I put together 2 weeks ago. That was the first awd 5sp I drove . fwd is great, but the traction of the full time 100% awd is incredible. Now it's time to convert mine to awd. Anyone in my area have a spare rear diff and axle assembly for an svx?

Yeah i like it also. But i think he should have upgraded his clutch to a stage 2 or something, the stock legacy clutch isn't gonna handle extra power. Help me with my 5-speed swap and i will find you a rear end.

[Mr.Pwrlite]

The stock clutch is fine for what he's doing, but yes a street/racing clutch would be much better ($ $). Just remember although it seems the 5sp can take a little more beating than the automatic, you can still damage your tranny. A hp clutch assembly will definitely putting more torque to the ground which is good and bad.
I've been running with the same stock Legacy clutch since I first installed my 5sp. Once in a while I experience some slipping during hard acceleration, but I still don't know if I want to upgrade the clutch assembly yet. Anyone wanting to do this swap with their daily driver will have no problem using stock. Now because you race, I would recommend any upgrade you can afford to do.

If you'd like, we can meet somewhere over the weekend and discuss your plans. PM me and let me know. I may be putting my regular door hinges back on for the winter this weekend, so I'll be a little busy but I'll have time.

[Earthworm]

No clutch slippage with the stock WRX clutch.

[Mr.Pwrlite]

sounds good, but unfortunately we can't use the WRX clutch with the legacy trans. That's if the splined shaft on the WRX trans is the same as the Impreza. I found out the Legacys shafts are larger in diameter.