dear group, i am considering purchasing a late 1980's wagon with the 5 speed g/box, has anyone had experience in transplanting a turbo motor in one of these things? also what is the cost of replacing the cv joints, I am in melbourneAustralia. The wagons are fairly cheap to buy here, but I am unsure of cost of fixing them up...please reply to group,,and there will be more dumb questions to follow. Thanks in advance. Tim
a series of dumb questions
Sep 16, 2003
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Hi Tim,
I had an 86 L Series, that I transplanted the turbo from Leone XT into...
Fits in quite nicely, and once everything is running properly, is an extremely powerful off-road machine... Mine had a 4" variable lift kit, and a lower low range gear set fitted...
Took me 3 weekends to rebuild the turbo motor, fit it, and get it running... Then took it down to the Subaru dealer for a service... :-)
Not AWD, but if you have a donor car, the 4X4 tranny, rear drive shaft, and complete rear subframe (diff, torsion bar, arms, hubs, axles, etc) is an easy bolt on; way less intimidating than the turbo project will be.
ByeBye! S.
Steve Jernigan KG0MB Laboratory Manager Microelectronics Research University of Colorado (719) 262-3101
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