i mean, i know why he wants to do it.
i just dont think its a cool idea.
or a good one really.

but whatever. good job on the coilovers at least.

 

I hear ya man. I do. I know exactly where you're coming from.

I don't think it's a cool idea to drift an s13. But I understand why people do it.

 

Thanks, they're 2002 WRX coilovers on which I switched the Left and Right front hats and modified the rear brake line retainer. I had a friend measure his WRX before I odrered them to see if they would fit, and luckily he measured correctly.

I guess we just have different styles - I like the handle like a "swing like it's going out of style" identity car with some style on the side. I want to do it becasue of all the cars out on the road, the BC and BG Subaru wagons are my favorite. On top of that, having the wagon has saved our asses on the street many a time when stuff breaks as well. IIt's a good idea because these cars are seriously under-rated for performance potential (exact same suspension as 1st gen WRX, same motor as a 2.5RS, etc). It also gives me the chance to do something other than the 20v AE86 or S13 or 14 of any kind. Maybe when I have some better wheels, RWD, ITBs and a 4.44 rear end in it you'll think differently, but if not that's cool too.

Te coilovers are factory set height, and there is about 4 inches of drop left in it, even though there is only 3.75 inches of ground clearance left.

 

I like it and would gladly video it for ya when you get it done...

Think you might have it done by Sept 3rd? Would be nice to debut this beast at OGP =)

 

i totally respect making stuff work when you cant just buy it, or when the corect part is really expensive. so thats pretty awesome.
too bad this wasnt a little while ago, when my friend was selling his dms gold 40mm wrx coilovers for around 900$. that would have been pretty sweet too.

i know the cars are underrated, and i like subarus alot.
i just dont think that dropping the front axles, and making it rwd is going to work that well. but maybe theres more to it?
if it works, and is simpler than that, trust me ill be the first one to say i was wrong.

 

I need someone with a huge welder (like a 250) to weld my center differential into a mass (viscous coupling right now), because although the part numbers are the same, 2.5rs/wrx center diff doesn't fit the legacy transmission. Once the car is forced 4wd all the time, I will remove the half sshafts, leaving the stub axles in for support, and either cryo the rear axles or get sti parts.

I would love to have it video'd, but it would be cooler if we just did a Team Castro vid (me and Mark and ?). I am going to bust my ass to get it done by sept 3rd. Either way I will be at dd7, since I usually run the start

 

Interesting set up, ive read about people welding the center diff so it only sends power to the rear (or something like that), is that what you are planning to do?

And nice job on the coil-over conversion.

 

not trying to rain on the parade, but the only thing that holds those male axle ends in is a small c-clip, and the pressure from the axle in the hub.

whenever i do subaru axles, i always just lightly pry that part out of the transmission (it isnt any harder than any other fwd cv axle. and then press the roll pin out, outside of the car. and then reinstall it all together.

might want to find a way to keep those input shafts in the trany thats a little more reliable than a tiny, unsupported c clip.

oh, and the car looks good. i was parked next to it at cophers today

 

I may be able to hook you up with the welding.

I wonder how much power that would free up by getting rid of the fwd?

 

wow, i like it on its nuts, cant wait to see the 2 wheel wonder and how it slides!