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Old 11-04-2008, 12:23 AM
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24 hour race?? maybe

so me and my friends want to to a 24 hour race in 2010 at thunder hill raceway in ca. . .so were thinking of a car that we could get for cheep and parts are cheep and easy to get.
. . . . .so our plan is to buy a impreza L awd, gut it put in a svx engine and a wrx 5 speed and the pump as much power as we can. . . . .

. . . any one put or hear of some1 putting a svx 6 in an impreza L?. . .

not planning on placing high as there will be real race cars there. . . none of the cars can be turbo . . .
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Old 11-04-2008, 12:38 AM
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Re: 24 hour race?? maybe

Honestly just start with a SVX or forget the engine swap
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Old 11-04-2008, 02:02 AM
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Re: 24 hour race?? maybe

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Honestly just start with a SVX or forget the engine swap
actually haveing driven both, an imp with an svx motor would haul serious ass. i wouldn't use the svx because its just as fun to drive but the impreza is just going to be faster.
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Old 11-04-2008, 03:08 AM
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Re: 24 hour race?? maybe

I'd say it depends on what the track is like. A 24hr long race, assuming they're not breaking it over multiple days, would likely not be a very difficult track.
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Old 11-04-2008, 04:53 AM
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Re: 24 hour race?? maybe

Is this a Lemons race?

If so, simple and reliable is the key to finishing.
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Old 11-04-2008, 05:05 AM
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Re: 24 hour race?? maybe

it would be intresting to see an svx do an 24 hour race
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Old 11-04-2008, 06:34 AM
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Re: 24 hour race?? maybe

I remember about 2 years ago that a group of Acura techs entered a stock TL-S that was only stripped, and they won by 50-something laps. I'd say don't bother with a swap (though I've seen 3 eg33 GC8 Imprezas in person and plenty more online...it's all the new rage right now) and just go with stripping the hell out of an SVX, and maybe a 5spd swap from there. If you can, try and find a 5spd STI transmission. I have a RA-R gearbox that I'm going to rebuild within the next year, and I'm caught between using it on the SVX or EG33 Impreza swap.

Stock, they are capable of holding 350whp without breaking a sweat, and you can wire in the DCCD from the V5 Type R coupe (that's what mine came out of) it came in. A used one typically runs in the 900-1200 range, which is a couple of hundered more than the wrx glass gearbox, and A LOT less than the STI's 6spd, specifically the (I believe it was) 05+ STI, which has the sought after gear ratios instead of the useless first/second gearing of the older ones.

If I recall correctly, someone here was able to take the SVX's weight down to somewhere in the 2700lb range, which is roughly 100lbs lighter than a stock 2.5RS coupe. The SVX's naturally aspirated mill puts out roughly the same amount of the turbocharged one availible in a stock WRX (until next year :P). From there, you could probably go with some headwork(we have so much to gain from losing our non-interference setup), either the ECUtune stg II or some kind of standalone, weight reduction (you'll save plenty on not having to have to upgrade brakes, less tirewear, etc.), and weld up some kind of intake/precat/exhaust combo to spec (if there is spec) in the competition. It'll be a fairly cheap and fairly reliable track car.

This post might've been a captain obvious move, but w/e. Cheapest way to victory.
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