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5spd now a go!!!
i am activly pursuing a 5 spd to replace my very lazy auto, can someone tell me which donor car to look for, like year and model, which is the cheapest way out and if the donor car will have nearly everything i will need to do it, except for the act clutch of course is it an awd legacy wagon, like 92 or 93???
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Go check out "how to" in personal lockers then go to the link "Huck's under $1000 5sp conversion". It will pretty much talk about all that stuff. The legacy does seem to be the best. I believe Huck used one from the XT, but you can read about it at his site.
Good luck Paul |
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I used the pedals from an XT-6(because I had them laying around), but the XT-6 tranny won't work on the 3.3, it has the old style bellhousing(ER2.7, EA1.8)
But I believe the pedal assembly from the early Legacy's will be the closest to a direct bolt in swap. So if you can find an early Legacy for a donor, all the componets you need should be there. Although I think the Impreza shifter boot works better with the SVX console. Hope you find this helpful
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Huck Subaru Ambassador 92 SVX LS-Tour Magnaflow Exhaust, 5-Spd-AWD 88 XT6 AWD 5-Speed "Bride of FrankenWedge" 15 Impreza Premium Sedan 15 Crosstrek XV 5-Speed My 5-Speed "How-To" Write-up 1976 Pontiac Firebird Formula Current Count of Subaru's Owned.... "70" |
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huck??
another question, you guys are saying "early" legacy, which years are they, and are they wagons, and are they turbo or non turbo to look for??
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THere is a XT in the junkyard in Chicago.
Lwin
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Lwin M. Maung (Member # 147) Current SVX: • NONE Previous SVXes: •1994 LE Barcelona Red 107k • 1992 LS-L Pearl White 143k • 1994 LSi Bordeaux Pearl 220k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 184k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 145k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 102k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 123k Other current cars:•2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Black If at first you don't succeed, CHEAT!
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i've been thinking about doing this durring the summer, as we have lots of subbies in our junkyards. My only this is it seams to me that the older legacy trannys wont be able to hold the power of the H-6. Like it'll slip a lot durring hard accelerations, and jumping off the line. What have you guys noticed that have done this? I hear good things about driving it, but not about starts.
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Re: huck??
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All years Manual tranny is basically the same, though the Turbo’s tranny is most likely to have been abused. The Turbo Legacy’s also have a slightly higher gear ratio 3:90’s opposed to the standard Legacy’s 4:11 or on rare occasion 4:44’s. the bigger the number, the better the take offs, but the lower the top end. The SVX has a very high 3:54 gear ratio, so any of the above will net you lower gears. As for how do they take off with a five speed…. I’m still running the cheap clutch, but believe it will still take off faster than it did with the auto and the higher gears, but it will smoke the cheap clutch under a hard launch. But the cheap clutch works fine under normal driving conditions. I think everyone else learned from my mistake, to put a good quality clutch and pressure plate in their conversion that will take the torque of the 3.3.
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Huck Subaru Ambassador 92 SVX LS-Tour Magnaflow Exhaust, 5-Spd-AWD 88 XT6 AWD 5-Speed "Bride of FrankenWedge" 15 Impreza Premium Sedan 15 Crosstrek XV 5-Speed My 5-Speed "How-To" Write-up 1976 Pontiac Firebird Formula Current Count of Subaru's Owned.... "70" |
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sorry for all the ???'s but
huck, does it matter if it is a wagon or not?? is the difference in drive shaft lenght?? will i need a different driveshaft either way...also, i wonder if the turbo tranny might be better, becuase of the higher gearing, i bet the mpg would be better, i have seen someone complained about the excessive r's with the lower gear, well, anyway, its a trade either way, do i want acc., or do i want mpg...my first thing i guess is acc but maybe the mpg would be better suited, i guess i have some decisions to make... but if you have an answer on the wagon ?, that would be greatly appreciated
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Re: sorry for all the ???'s but
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A wagon is probably a good choice as most people don't flog a wagon, but I'd try to avoid one that has a hitch on it, as towing something might have put undue stress on the tranny internals. As for the mileage issue, I do believe my highway mileage has dropped a couple MPG, but think my city MPG has improved, probably from less HP required to get it going from a stop with the lower gears. Just a few of my thoughts.
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Huck Subaru Ambassador 92 SVX LS-Tour Magnaflow Exhaust, 5-Spd-AWD 88 XT6 AWD 5-Speed "Bride of FrankenWedge" 15 Impreza Premium Sedan 15 Crosstrek XV 5-Speed My 5-Speed "How-To" Write-up 1976 Pontiac Firebird Formula Current Count of Subaru's Owned.... "70" |
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The BEST 5 speed transmissions to use are ones out of JDM Impreza STis. Look for a used STi Version 3 or Version 4 tranny... some of them had the same final drive ratio as the SVX, you'll have to do some research on it. If you get a manual tranny with a different final drive ratio, you will need to replace your rear diff with one that matches the tranny. Front wheels and back wheels at different speeds = very bad for the center diff.
The STi trannies are driven with up to 276hp and 280lb/ft of torque STOCK.. that's why they are so much more appropriate for an SVX application. They bolt up the same, and you can give them a lot more abuse than a US market unit without worrying about it. This solution certainly won't be under $1k, but it won't be incredibly exorbitant either. I would reccommend getting a driveshaft fabricated, there are several shops that can make one for you for a few hundred $ if you give them the dimensions. Last edited by Porter; 06-06-2002 at 06:53 AM. |
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I've seen them used for around $1k. You can probably find them for less than that if they have more than 50k miles.
You can actually get an entire STi front clip... engine, tranny, electronics, hardware, suspension, wheel hubs... everything - for around $3500-$4000. |
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what about a regular Impreza tranny though? Those are a lot easier to get ones hands on, will they bolt right up? And with all the aftermarket stuff out there for them, you could easily beef it up to what the STI is. and possibly for less $ |
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The Impreza and the Legacy use the same tranny, I used an Impreza tranny in my swap.
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Huck Subaru Ambassador 92 SVX LS-Tour Magnaflow Exhaust, 5-Spd-AWD 88 XT6 AWD 5-Speed "Bride of FrankenWedge" 15 Impreza Premium Sedan 15 Crosstrek XV 5-Speed My 5-Speed "How-To" Write-up 1976 Pontiac Firebird Formula Current Count of Subaru's Owned.... "70" |
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