FS: 1992 SVX 5-speed

[gsodonis]

SOLD!!!
As of Saturday, 4/5/2008 to Eric Suich

State SVX is in: Tennessee

Year:1992

Model:LSl

VIN:JF1CX3530NH100160

Paint Color: Ebony

Interior Color: Gray

Miles: 156,000

Location: (Knoxville)

Options: Rear wing

AWD or FWD: AWD

Modifications:
5 speed conversion (see transmission details below)
Alcyone silver hood badge
New hood struts using the hood strut mod
New trunk struts using the trunk strut mod
Headlights, side marker lights and center waterfall grille polished and clear coated
Painted wiper arms (all three) with Valeo Ultimate wiper blades
Hella air horns
Lightened Perrin aluminum crank pulley (1 pound, vs. 5 pounds)
Stebro full exhaust with Euro resonator
New muffler hangers @ rear Stebro muffler Mar, 2008
New custom Y-pipe, August, 2007
- limited 25,000 mile warranty (5 yr, 50,000 mile on stainless cat body and flanges)
- 2 high-flow Magnaflow pre-cats (75305)
- One high-flow Magnaflow 2 to1 main cat (75273)
- All piping in stainless steel (not aluminized steel)
- The Y-pipe wrapped in header wrap and painted with high temp silicone paint.
All new exhaust manifold studs and new Subaru metal exhaust gaskets
New PWR aluminum Radiator, Mar, 2005
- Motorsport Warehouse blue silicone radiator hoses
- Stainless T-bolt clamps – no cheapo screw type clamps here
ECU Tune 2v4 chip
Grounding mod
Ground control springs and Koni shocks
Lifetime alignment at Firestone
$15, 15 minute mod
Rear sway bar bushings replaced with Prothane, urethane bushings
Cross Drilled rotors with Akebono ProAct ceramic pads all around
Stainless steel braided brake lines
Rebuilt brake calipers, F&R (with Subaru OEM rebuild kits), 2005
Smoothed, polished calipers (casting roughness removed using a 4” hand grinder w/flapper disks)
Calipers powder coated 2005 Chevy Corvette Victory Red.
Matching keys (4) + one WRX STi stainless steel ignition key cut to fit SVX lock cylinders
Black Motorsports Warehouse floor mats – with grommet and retaining clip mod: 9/10/2004
The very first WRX steering wheel conversion – but no airbag. Original SVX wheel w/good bag included
White faced gauges with needle centers painted a matching white
All dash bulbs (inside of the gauge cluster) replaced with white LED’s
Nighttime gauge faces are blue. You can change this color to any LED available.
Footwell accent lighting - blue LED
New style Keyless Ride remote (red) + 1 good stock SVX remote
Rebuilt retractable radio antenna with new Subaru OEM mast

Major service: 5MT swap performed by PO.
AC system converted to R134 Jun. 2007 by Earl Duff Subaru
Timing belt replaced @149,000 miles, October, 2007 (Work done by Huck, father of the 5-speed conversion). At the same time, we replaced:
- cam seals
- crank seals
- cam plugs
- timing belt
- water pump
- thermostat
- bypass hoses & clamps
- timing belt tensioner
- accessory drive belts (Gates premium)
Fresh Prestone coolant, 50/50 premix
New accessory tensioner bearings, SKF 2RS - double seal - (both AC and PS/Alt)
New valve cover gaskets and valve cover grommets, @ 152,000 miles, 12/27/2007.
New temp sensor, 9/22/2004
New spark plugs (NGK Iridium) @ 120,000 miles
New O2 sensors: 10/20/04
New ignition switch (not the keyed ignition cylinder but what’s behind the cylinder), July, 2005
- This is the culprit that causes the infamous ‘my SVX won’t start’ syndrome
- Car starts EVERY time
New Red Top Optima battery, May, 2007
- 36 month direct replacement
- 80 month pro-rated replacement
Remanufactured Beck & Arnley 95A alternator, October, 2007 (w/2 year warranty)
Replaced cam position sensor, August, 2007
Rebuilt driveshaft with new serviceable (greasable) U-joints, front & rear, Jan, 2008

Engine Condition: Excellent. Starts right away and purrs like a kitten
No leaks of any kind (see last major service above).
No missing or hesitation.
No 5SP stall issues

Maintenance Records: Yes - I have all documentation and receipts from 8/2004 - present

Transmission condition: Excellent
5 Sp. WRX transmission (hydraulic actuation), stock flywheel and clutch,
Front diff, rear diff and transmission fluids just recently changed August, 2007
All driveshaft boots good
New B&M WRX billet short shifter and urethane shifter bushings @150,000, Dec 2007
Rebuilt driveshaft (new U-joints front and rear) @150,000 miles, Jan 2008
New STi Group N Motor mounts @150,000 miles, Jan 2008
New STi Group N transmission mount @149,000 miles, Dec 2007

Glass condition: Perfect window glass all around (no chips, no scratches, no cracks) with perfect 20% tint, w/limited lifetime warranty: installed 9/24/2004
All window switched work perfectly

Type of tire and remaining tread:
Set 1 (on the car): Firestone Wideovals (ultra high performance, summer), 225/40/18’s with 40 – 50% tread remaining
Set 2: BF Goodrich Comp TA all season, stock 16” size – 50% tread remaining.

Type of wheels:
Set 1 (on the car): 18” Enkei RS-6 w/ Gorilla lug nuts, no curb rash.
Set 2: Full set of four stock SVX wheels w/2 Full set of factory SVX lug nuts. Center caps are in great shape, color matches the rest of the wheels – no fade.

Interior condition: Leather excellent – no rips, or tears, almost no wear marks. Treated with Lexol cleaner & conditioner 2X/year
Good carpets
New driver’s side door sill, Dec. 2007
Have stock, gray Subaru floor mats (decent) in addition to the Motorsports Warehouse Black ones

Body condition:
No accidents
Typical misc small dings and chips
Typical Paint - not perfect. Hood could use a serious machine buffing
Typical rear wheel well arch rust - passenger side only
Two rust bubbles, passenger door only
Typical fading of clearcoat on both rear sail panels
Paint chipping on leading edge of rear wing

Known defects or problems:
Cruise control switch – sometimes it takes a few tries to get it to stay on - have a good spare switch
Rear wiper switch – doesn’t always work – have a good spare clock spring and combo switch assembly
Typical sagging drivers side visor – passenger side is OK
EGR pipe (from stock passenger side cast exhaust header to EGR valve) leaks. You can replace it or block it (pinch it) off
Center console (armrest) button missing – have new replacement Subaru button
Sunroof needs an occasional nudge to open, but works perfectly otherwise
The before mentioned rust – I’m a mechanical perfectionist, so that has always been my focus. Huck has a replacement wheel arch panel from his spare car that I’m sure you can negotiate away from him if you try hard enough
Front rotors could stand to be replaced – I have a brand new set of gold zinc plated (made in the USA) Power Stop, cross drilled rotors, F & R

Comments about the car:
Adult owned & driven, fanatically maintained, daily driver 2-owner SVX: I purchased it from Michael Lay (long time member & still occasional lurker of these boards) on 9/4/2004
- I have a photocopy of the Illinois title showing the SVX was originally registered to the Lay family with 2757 miles on the odometer on 10/24/91
Did I mention no leaks of any kind
This SVX has been my daily driver since the day I bought her and has been extremely reliable
I'm selling her because I need a four door - my two kids no longer fit and I'm tired of constantly playing 'swap the booster seat' game
All maintenance records from Aug, 2004 – present

No low balling – the parts alone are worth more than I asking for the car.
I’m not interested in selling anyone a specific part at this time so please don’t ask; it’s a package deal at the moment.
Any parts that the buyer doesn’t want or need may be posted at a later date.

Additional parts included, not yet installed:
- rear diff bushings from Entsteele. This was for an upgrade – the stockers are still fine
- new rear tail light seals
- new Subaru center console (under the armrest) button
- spare Subaru temp sensor

Asking price: $4700

I’m working on the pics this weekend, so be patient – they’ll be up soon.

[sicksubie]

I have driven this car and can vouch for how well the MT swap was done along with everything else on the car. Gads is a perfectionist and whoever gets this car will get endless enjoyment out of it.

[gsodonis]

Here are some pics - I'll post more tomorrow:

My SVX:


Polished headlights - all:


Polished headlight left:


Polished headlight right:


White faced gauges with white needle centers:


Blue at night (can be changed to any color):


Calipers (before):


Calipers (After):


PWR Rad & silicon hoses & t-bolt clamps:


WRX steering wheel (the first):



More to come later

[gsodonis]

New alternator:


New rotor (rear):

[SVXyGirl]

WOW. That car is beautiful. Good luck selling.

[huck369]

Wow...I hate to hear you're selling it...
And I can say this is a very nice 5-speed SVX, and has been very well maintained.

What are you looking to get?
My Wife's Forester S 5-speed with the Preimium package is going up for sale soon...(loaded, heated seats and all)....but bet you're looking at Beemers

[gsodonis]

Huck,

Whatever I get has to be well rated by the IIHS (wife's requirements).
I don't buy new cars, so anything with some warranty left on it or a good CPO will work. Oh, and it has to have a manually tranny.

My short list:
- 2006 Saab 9-3 Sport Combi: Great deals used, they depreciate like no ones business, but working on them can be a nightmare. You have to lower the engine out of the car a bit to replace the alternator.
- 2005 and up Legacy preferably wagon, preferably GT. I test drove a 2005 GT auto and was really disappointed with it. It had 60K miles and the suspension was either shot or the Legacy is just a large car and I'm not used to the body roll.
- 2006 and up Honda Civic Si sedan - I have a soft spot for high strung Honda 4cyl's. Test drove a few, but all of the Honda dealers treat you like they're doing you a huge favor by taking your money.
- I do love beemers, but they're still a bit rich for my blood. You can get them cheap when they get some serious miles on them, but then their maintenance becomes very expensive.
- 2006 and up Audi A3 - with the 2.0T, this thing's rated to get better mileage than the Civic Si. I'm leaning toward a nice A3 I found over the weekend. The DSG is addictive! and it even gets better mileage than the manual.

[gsodonis]

Here are some more pics that I just took today. I haven't had a chance to vacuum or detail the car, so it may look a bit dusty. I just wanted to get some shots in today for an SVX'er in Canada. I'll have the car detailed this week and take more pictures when it's really clean.

Here's the dash:


Driver's seat:


Driver's seat again (make note of the Dk.gray/black Alcyone floor mats from Dayle at Motorsport Warehouse - these things are plush and last forever. They do need a good cleaning, but the black hides it well:


Passenger seat:


Passenger seat again:


Rear seat:


Engine bay with new Red Top battery:


Engine bay with new alternator and silicone rad hose visible:


More later

[gsodonis]

Proof of the car's 2-owner provenance:
Here's a copy of my SVX's very first title in Illinois. It shows that the car was purchased new 9/28/1991. The previous title was MCO (Manufacturers Certificate of Origin), so the 2757 miles on the title indicates to me that this was a well driven demo model. I'm the only other owner from 9/4/04 til now:


Here's the invoice from just yesterday morning when I had the alignment re-checked for free - thank the $107 lifetime alignment from Firestone. I try to have the alignment checked every 6 months.


Here are the alignment specs (before and after(actual)). All four wheels were within manufacturer's specified range for camber, caster and toe, but the right front camber was right at the limit, so I had them adjust it to get it closer to mid range of the spec.


More pics later

[SomethingElse]

Nice car it should sell very quickly.

do you have any shots of the rusted areas?

Also what year WRX did the tranny come from?

[gsodonis]

I'll take some pics of the rust when it's light out (as long as it doesn't rain tomorrow) and I'll have them up later in the week.

The tranny is out of a 2002 WRX. The syncros are in great shape, no grinding in any of the gears. But just as anyone with a bugeye WRX knows, just don't try to jam the lever into 1st while the car is rolling. Easy, deliberate gearchanges result in a smooth ride as if the SVX always came with a stick.
With the stock WRX clutch and flywheel, clutch takeup and engagement is like driving a stock (but a bit heavy) WRX.

Last summer, I had Earl Duff Subaru put it on a rack so I could check into a clunking noise. It turned out to be one torn stock engine mount. I donated the stockers to Mike @ ECUTune and installed the STi Gruppe N mounts (two at the engine and at one the tranny.) While on the rack, I had Earl Duff service the tranny, front and rear diffs, so all of the the fluids are really fresh.

I forgot to add, all I ever use in my engines is Mobil 1 full synthetic motor oil (10W30 in the winter, 10W40 in the summer) and either a stock Subaru SVX filter or a Purolator (whichever I have on hand at the moment).

[gsodonis]

I replaced the stock WRX shift lever (which I still have if anyone wants it) with a B&M short throw. The difference is incredible. It snicks into gears so much easier than before, now that there's less slop (I replaced the stock rubber shifter bushing with Prothane urethane bushings). Not quite as perfect as a Honda S2000, but pretty close.

Here's a link to what it looks like:
http://www.iptuned.com/ProductDetail...ductCode=45150

Here's a link to what the bushings look like:
https://www.precisiontuning.com/stor...?productid=293

[momzsvx]

Man this car is awesome. I cannot drive stick…..I would love to learn. You have done well for the svx. I would love to put my pearlie in your hands for a while. She would come back sharper then ever. Good luck with the sale.

[94SubieSVX]

$4700 is a steal for this SVX, it's practically mint. I wish I had the money

[gsodonis]

I was asked to show pics of the tranny x-member and frame rails so here they are (underside pics):

Y-pipe and tranny crossmember:


Driver's side frame rail and lower controil arm - no damage - no rust:


Passenger side frame rail and lower control arm - no damage - no rust. You can see where I mounted the air horns:


Drivers side lower control arm (from behind) - no damage - no rust:


Oil pan and tranny crossmember - no damage - no rust:


Wrapped y-pipe, Main cat, Stebro Euro resonator - no damage - no rust: