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06-21-2015, 04:17 PM | #176 |
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I have to ask - what's the point of using a subaru if you aren't going to use the engine or drivetrain?
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06-22-2015, 09:23 PM | #177 |
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Well ill take a stab at it.............................
..... I cant speak for all Suby owners but for my 04 STi...which ive owned for over a decade...i absolutely love everything about the car from the squishyness of dash to the superb styling and superior brakes. Cons..........engine............stock engine and built engines are all the same. incoherent garbage by design .( yes yes it displeases me as well but ...is as follows Boxers knock with decent ign timing unless using ethanol which is garbage and i cant even get it here anyways so...........boxers suck without decent ign timing. They will blow up with decent ign timing. Period. Now you can have a $5000 outfront V4 block... thats pretty good. Built like a freakin NASA rocketship. Pure precision. But itll break too...they always do. Despite the 100 people who say otherwise.A LS engine swap is cheap, lighter, will outlast me and you and makes 450 HP on piss gas regardless of knock and keeps on tickin.....compared to a built 2.5 making 450 that is beautiful!!!!Pure glory from the heavens........ But good for 10 passes. Besides if it does break.( LS engine)...parts are cheaper and you have tons of options on parts. Hell I even saved a few hundred pounds ditchin the EJ25 for a 5.7 V8. Not bad id say. My question is...... Why would you want yours to be just like everyone elses?????????? Be the black sheep my friend.........be the black sheep. Lol |
06-30-2015, 12:36 AM | #178 |
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when you turn down the Nissan hub and press it into the bearing what are you guys using for rotors and calipers? or just re use sti rotors ? is the hub the same distance so the sti rotor and caliper still play nice?
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07-04-2015, 03:37 PM | #179 | |
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I've done alot of research and reality is I have more seat time in a simulator than the real thing so I want a modest,reliable 300 - 350hp that I can slam off the limiter that's originally rwd drive intended and parts are dime a dozen and much cheaper than similar subi components. Reality is I love this chassis and I even Kumakubo (the owner of ebisu circuit and team orange) said he loved drifting this chassis, he said it was one of the most effortless cars to drift he had ever driven, I'd imagine largely in part to the rigity of the subaru's chassis I couldn't believe the amount of factory bracing and thickness of sheet metal subaru uses in these and what could be better for a purpose intended rigid chassis rwd drift car? In my opinion the Silbaru SrX http://www.rs25.com/forums/f145/t219...ml#post3314434 I quit my day job and opened a shop "Frankensteins Laboratory" FB page coming soon for weekly updates |
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07-04-2015, 03:40 PM | #180 |
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I'll have to see what's going to be easiest between having a gd hub ,s14 bolt pattern and extra caliper
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07-04-2015, 11:26 PM | #181 |
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Just measure where the depth is on the suby spindle and do the same distance when u mill the 1 mm off the shaft. Stock rotors work just fine. That's the point of using the same lug pattern which the 240s have.
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07-05-2015, 12:26 AM | #182 | |
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Or a 240sx r200? |
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07-08-2015, 09:06 PM | #183 |
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Yep. 350Z diff (R200) 240 spindles turned down and stock rotors work great.
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07-08-2015, 10:37 PM | #184 |
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350z is larger than 240sx r200. The 93-96 q45 r200 is the same size as a 240sx r200 and has the same output flanges as 350z diff so 350z axles will work. And yeah in terms of axles, the 350z axles have same spline count as s13/s14 so they work in the s14 hubs
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07-09-2015, 08:17 AM | #185 |
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Stock 240 rotors? On STI knuckles or WRX knuckles?
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07-09-2015, 12:50 PM | #186 |
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Here's the difference, you need the stis |
09-14-2016, 01:46 PM | #187 |
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what can be done to compensate for the front tires with out thee cv shafts and the wheel bearings
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09-14-2016, 01:49 PM | #188 |
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09-14-2016, 04:44 PM | #189 |
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I mean by removing the front cv shafts the front tires would bend inwards or just not have the same support. what can be done to fix that
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09-14-2016, 06:00 PM | #190 |
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That's not at all how it works. Maybe this isn't the project for you...
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09-15-2016, 09:06 AM | #191 |
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woah don't put me down like that haha I thought I read that without the CV joints the front end acts up. if I'm wrong that's all the better.
Now covering the wheel bearings how can that be done. I plan on using a Toyota transmission and rear by getting a custom bell housing fabricated to match the ej25 but as its been said the weight ratio would be an issue getting more grip to the back wheels any thoughts on that, or would throwing counter weights in the back work |
09-15-2016, 09:15 AM | #192 |
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If you go back in the thread, I did a whole post with pictures on how to do the stubs in order to keep your wheel bearings together.
Yeah, even my rally wagon was too light in the rear. It was fun, but I broke axles like it was my job, and it had a stockish NA motor. |
06-30-2017, 01:23 AM | #193 |
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So how many of the RWD owners here actually daily these cars?
I keep seeing people talking about rear diffs holding up from drifting and rallying, but nobody has outright said "I daily my whip and..." |
06-30-2017, 08:05 AM | #194 |
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Why would you do this just for a DD? There are so many other nicer, better, faster, more reliable ways to have a RWD DD.
I fully regret wasting the time and money on doing it. The cars aren't set up to be RWD, and they really don't handle well at all. If you really want a RWD Subaru, just find a salvaged BRZ. |
06-30-2017, 08:13 AM | #195 |
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BR-Z didn't come in a wagon and it's hella uselsss as a daily.
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06-30-2017, 08:15 AM | #196 |
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I daily drive a Corvette, so in my opinion, a BRZ is hella useful as a daily. To each their own.
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06-30-2017, 09:21 AM | #197 |
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Used to DD a CTS-V, now THAT was a practical car.
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07-03-2017, 08:58 PM | #198 |
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So has Anyone done a RWD conversion and kept the 5x100 bolt pattern and used a r200 diff?
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07-03-2017, 11:44 PM | #199 |
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