WRX via t1 transmission

[73notch]

when doing a motor swap, you dont rebuild them, you trash/part them out when they go bad and get another japanese engine. they can only have 30-40k mile on their engines before they need a new one in japan so they ship them to the US and other places and sell them off really cheap. the conversion costs money to do, but replacement motors are cheap, and when the time comes, you already have all the conversion parts in the car.

-Ryan

[rip]

Originally Posted by 73notch

when doing a motor swap, you dont rebuild them, you trash/part them out when they go bad and get another japanese engine. they can only have 30-40k mile on their engines before they need a new one in japan so they ship them to the US and other places and sell them off really cheap. the conversion costs money to do, but replacement motors are cheap, and when the time comes, you already have all the conversion parts in the car.

-Ryan

hmmm... never thought of that. good point

[Bruce2]

Originally Posted by kleinporsche

..... I called a guy last night who makes VW engine conversions and he advised me to stick to type1 engines (around 1850cc) and forget WRX's because it's to violent for the T1 trans.

IS IT TRUE THAT A EJ25 IS TO VIOLENT FOR A STOCK T1 TRANSMISSION???

The HP an engine makes has very little to do with whether the gearbox will survive. The biggest factor is the nut behind the wheel.

[kleinporsche]

Bruce, are you suggesting that you can run a WRX engine on a stock trans!?
Hell1 I think that i got to beef up the box if I go over 1835cc on a t1 engine!

Here's what I want to do with it: I certainly don't want to drag race it. I strongly believe that drag is mainly for Cal lookers; their cars are design in that spirit: high big tires and jaked up suspension out back, and skinny tires up front and nose down. While GL is more track oriented. Do you often see Porsche drag events or video. Or modified Porsches for drag? (ok I've seen one on The Samba with a chevy V8 and it's a shame!)

Anyways , I think I've got to rebuit the transmission: Synchro problems I think. The 4th gear pops out in nutral when I go up a steep hill and I hit the gaz... Any suggestion for gear ratio for a daily driver with occasional track? I think the 1st is too short. Thank you all for your replies.

I don't want to go rotary or GM because it's not in the boxer spirit at all. I don't want a f$#@?ing kit car!

[73notch]

Bruce, are you suggesting that you can run a WRX engine on a stock trans!?

guess what i am doing right now? haha yep, bone stock tranny mated to a ej20t.

it works, im sure it would work even if i had a big block mated to it, thats not the point, the point is, Who does all this work to put an engine in a car to haul ***, and never actually get on it. you drive the car hard at all, and id put money on it my tranny would give up, but im not driving it hard yet, im still tuning it to run right.

once the engine is tuned halfway decent, i have a 901 ready to put in it.
Then the fun begins

-Ryan

[Bad bug]

Steve c why did you change from the waterboxer to subaru.

[Steve C]

Originally Posted by Bad bug

Steve c why did you change from the waterboxer to subaru.

Hi

3 extra cams and 8 extra valves

Steve

[Bad bug]

What was the power output on your engine.

[Steve C]

Hi

No idea, but I broke a Quaiffe with it, like Bruce said, the nut behind the wheel will be the problem, it was in my case, I was stopped by a startline official because of junk on the track, lost my train of thought, thought I was in the water burnout area and I wasnt.

Steve