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Old 12-06-2016, 06:54 PM   #1
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[size=5]#ProjectNastyWagon - LS1, T56, R200 Subaru OBS Impreza GF

Hi Guys and Gals,
I'm Charley. I build stuff. Gods gift to me was my ability to drive and ride.I love the out doors and I tolerate the City. I hate "stock" anything. I take on way more projects than I should.

My name 3mlwhly means 3 Mile Wheelie. It's been my alias for as long as I can remember.

I also go by C star and you can follow me on @Cstar_built if you like fabrication and modifications.

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My car is a 1999 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport or OBS. I bought it as an Auto and swapped in a manual 5 speed with a welded center diff to make it RWD and did some odds and ends to make it work better and look a little better. Well the motor died so now I now have no choice but to put an LS1 5.7 V8 backed by a T56 6 speed transmission. I am also going to swap in an R200 with a Cusco 2-way in the rear.

[b]Lets get this straight right from the beginning... This is not a show car or trailer queen I am building this as my daily driver and full function drift car. I might make it look good some day but that is not my main goal.


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Well, hope every one enjoys.

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Old 12-06-2016, 06:55 PM   #2
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Old 12-06-2016, 06:56 PM   #3
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Old 12-06-2016, 06:56 PM   #4
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Old 12-06-2016, 07:26 PM   #5
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looks like this will be fun! excited to see this
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Old 12-06-2016, 07:30 PM   #6
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Thanks man!! me too!!
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Old 12-07-2016, 12:49 PM   #7
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Cool, can't wait to see more!
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Old 12-07-2016, 09:59 PM   #8
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The salvage yard hand delivered my LS1 tonight


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Old 12-08-2016, 11:33 PM   #9
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Front mounts burned in for the r200 diff tonight. I'll be adding more bracing too.




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Old 12-10-2016, 11:11 PM   #10
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Tossed the motor in to make some measurements to decide how I'm going to set it up. I'm hoping I don't have to drop the steering rack because then I'll need to build a new cross member.


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Old 12-17-2016, 11:39 PM   #11
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So hammered out the trans tunnel and now the trans fits just about perfect. I have come to the realization that I have to modify the front x-member and drop the steering rack. There is no way around it... motor fits the bay nicely though.



Also I finished the rear crossmember now all that's left is paint. I'm not stoked on my welds but eh... it gets the job done.









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Old 12-21-2016, 03:05 PM   #12
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Hey man this build is gonna be rad. i am curious about what you are gonna do for axles out of the r200. im sure you have more money than i do but im looking for a decent fix to running a rwd wrx and not snapping axles.
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Old 12-22-2016, 10:17 PM   #13
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Hey man this build is gonna be rad. i am curious about what you are gonna do for axles out of the r200. im sure you have more money than i do but im looking for a decent fix to running a rwd wrx and not snapping axles.

Thanks man!

Well I don't have a lot of money by any means. Actually quite the opposite. I will be running custom spindles, but that's all I'm willing to tell at this point ...

I want to keep a little surprise in this thread if you know what I mean. It will not be a really expensive option though so keep an eye out on here and you will find out soon ***127995;***127995;***127995;

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Old 03-07-2017, 09:04 AM   #14
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What's the deal with this any updates?
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Old 03-08-2017, 12:57 AM   #15
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I'm still working away at it. I'm currently working on my spindles and brake set up. I had to pull it out of the garage for some other projects for a while but I'm back at it now.

I've got a jig built for the front crossmember too but I'm contemplating some other ideas for that too.

I will give you guys some updates when I have some completed projects to show you.
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Old 03-09-2017, 01:08 PM   #16
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Awesome glad to hear you are sticking with it
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Old 03-10-2017, 12:47 AM   #17
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Oh yeah man. I'm going till it's done! I'm aiming for 1 month to be done which means it will probably be more like 2 months.
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Old 03-10-2017, 09:47 AM   #18
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Nice fab work so far. What did you source the LS motor from? What pan is on it, and could the cross-member clearance be fixed with a different pan?

You've probably already seen them, but there are some LSX builds in the Subaru Conversions forum. They might give you some ideas on the front cross-member.
https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/sho....php?t=2422908
https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/sho....php?t=2673115
And another from this Member's Car Gallery forum:
https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/sho....php?t=2709752
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Old 03-10-2017, 12:48 PM   #19
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Man, that is awesome!
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Old 03-11-2017, 01:48 AM   #20
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Thanks Patrick!! Yeah I've seen Ty and Teddy's journals since they were very new. There is a ton of ideas and good work on both of them. I am not doing things quite like either of them though. Gotta be my own brand of different.

As for the motor it is a 5.7L from a 2002 Camaro and the trans is a t-56 from a 2005 GTO.

I don't see anyway that the steering rack can stay in the stock location. That was my original hopes but It didn't work out as planned. I'm planning to run either a sikky front sump pan or a canton front sump. A rear sump was my original plan because it's the cheapest option but my measurements show it would be really tight and I don't see the point in buying a pan just to cut it and modify it.

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Old 03-11-2017, 01:48 AM   #21
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Thanks! ilikefunkymusic
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Old 03-19-2017, 11:03 AM   #22
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looking good, i like the hoop you did at the back of the rear crossmember for the diff
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Old 03-19-2017, 09:33 PM   #23
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Thanks Olsen!
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Old 09-16-2017, 06:08 PM   #24
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Any updates? Very interested in the rear end setup you have planned.
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Old 09-23-2017, 11:28 AM   #25
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Yeah I have some updates I need to post. I'll post them in the next couple days. It's nothing huge but it's some big parts of the rear end set up
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