1uz in a subaru

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A while ago i started a topic about a 1uz powered Impreza. > http://www.clubsub.org.nz/forum/index.php?topic=2614.msg30295#msg30295

I ended my original post with saying i would fit one into a mates Legacy wagon as a bit of a trial fit.

So i did it, heres a pic. Car is 95% finished will be drivable in a few days.

Was quite a simple conversion and bonnet closes without hitting the engine.

The V8 looks at home in the subaru engine bay.

[WRXER]

Good on you mate for keeping at it, very often threads get started then never ever hear anything more of it. Im definitely keen on hearing how it goes/handles.

[Joker]

sweet

[nzkaosnz]

so how much cutting?

[Jammasta]

With a name like richard head, i thought it was another school holidays dreamer hahahahaha.

Cool work.

[Swindog]

Man thats awesome! I wanna see some wheel spin action.

Is it still gonna be 4wd or run a nissan rear wheel?

What sorta g/box?

[Joker]

 TURTLE said:

With a name like richard head, i thought it was another school holidays dreamer hahahahaha.

Cool work.

yea unfortunately the fun-police (committee) decided D|ckface was inappropriate (his name is Richard)

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I had this older dude run into the back of my Legacy years ago. When he gave me his card I saw his name was Richard Head. I thought he was taking the piss at first....

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 Swindog said:

Man thats awesome! I wanna see some wheel spin action.

Is it still gonna be 4wd or run a nissan rear wheel?

What sorta g/box?

would be sick if it was 4wd lol

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awesome, send us some youtube vids of the first startup

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 nzkaosnz said:

so how much cutting?

No cutting at all. Just had to lower the front subframe to allow the engine to sit right.

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 Swindog said:

Man thats awesome! I wanna see some wheel spin action.

Is it still gonna be 4wd or run a nissan rear wheel?

What sorta g/box?

RWD running factory toyota auto trans.

[Optical]

 richardface said:

By dropping the whole xmember it moves the steering rack down with the lower wishbone pivot points and wont effect the suspension of steering geometry.

Have you heard of roll centres and camber curves? I hope you dont expect this to go around corners

But nice work making it fit

[Joker]

um yea thats the same as what they did to the one up in Shannon....

[Johnnynz]

 JoKer said:

um yea thats the same as what they did to the one up in Shannon....

In case you havent heard the story it didnt end so well.

- Edit - Not aimed at joker btw...

[Optical]

I believe it wrapped itself around a powerpole 500m down the road and killed a passenger?

Making it fit is one thing, making it turn is another. This is not an engine swap i'd recommend for anything other than drag racing

[Johnnynz]

 Optical said:

I believe it wrapped itself around a powerpole 500m down the road and killed a passenger?

That pretty much sums it up.

I beleive it was a steering fault that saw it into a paddock I think at a decent sort of speed. As you say more than enough to kill one of the poor buggers.

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 richardface said:

Heres another pic showing the spacer used to lower the front xmember. Front xmember is spaced down 75mm using box section steel with crush tubes. 3 high tensile steel bolts are used instead of the factory 2 per side. By dropping the whole xmember it moves the steering rack down with the lower wishbone pivot points and wont effect the suspension or steering geometry.

Only if you space the struts down 75mm also....

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[quote name='richardface said:

Heres another pic showing the spacer used to lower the front xmember. Front xmember is spaced down 75mm using box section steel with crush tubes. 3 high tensile steel bolts are used instead of the factory 2 per side. By dropping the whole xmember it moves the steering rack down with the lower wishbone pivot points b]and wont effect the suspension or steering geometry[/b].

Only if you space the struts down 75mm also....

Could give the whole car a body lift by spacing the rear subframe down 75mm aswell. Would be a mint off roader then

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[quote name='richardface said:

Heres another pic showing the spacer used to lower the front xmember. Front xmember is spaced down 75mm using box section steel with crush tubes. 3 high tensile steel bolts are used instead of the factory 2 per side. By dropping the whole xmember it moves the steering rack down with the lower wishbone pivot points b]and wont effect the suspension or steering geometry[/b].

Only if you space the struts down 75mm also....

Wrong. Lowering the subframe 75mm is no different than lowering the suspension 75mm. The same way people put lowing springs or adjustable coilovers in there car.

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And they screw up the geometry right royally!!

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 JoKer said:

um yea thats the same as what they did to the one up in Shannon....

If your refering to the red sedan then this is NOT what they did. Because of that car being certed when it clearly shouldnt of been, has caused me a few proplems with certifying this one. The cert guys have been told to go real hard with any subaru conversions. Ive had 2 cert guys go over what ive done and are happy with it.

The red sedan had its steering rack moved down and caused the car to bump steer.

A combination of speed and that issue is what may of caused the crash.

Will post up more pictures next week. (:

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 boostin said:

And they screw up the geometry right royally!!

Good point. I guess what im implying is lowering the subframe isnt much different to lowering the suspension. The main thing to me is this car will be legal and safe to drive.

The car hasnt been built to race, drag or win any shows.

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Um, but if you're lowering the subframe you're also lowering the rack, as it bolts to the underside of the subframe....

My Legacy is lowered 50mm and it gets bump steer under brakes. It used to be a lot worse but we played around with the alignment settings for a while until we got a comfortable medium. If you're going half that again, well good luck to you.

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i have a vague feeling of deja vu here.

Why?