Yeah, I was on the phone with him when he read your e-mail. I'm out in
Monroe, but hopefully I'll be moving to Redmond in the next few months.
E-mail me at
smotocon@hotmail.com and we'll talk more.
>From: "Gary Grahn" <
ggrahnVI@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To:
BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com
>To: <
BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: RE: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: Engine Size & Swaps
>Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 112:14 -0800
>
>Ian,
>
>where are you located at? Sounds like a project I am working on for a
>guy named Derek .... that would be toooo weird
>
>Gary
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ian Shastko [mailto:
smotocon@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 8:19 AM
>To:
BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RE: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: Engine Size & Swaps
>
>
>
>Well to be honest I wasn't considering the swap I have an EJ22t with a
>water
>to air intercooler to support the extra boost.I was just wondering
>because
>I'm sort of a "Tim the tool man taylor" when it comes to cars. I use to
>own
>a Honda with a B16A transplant and man that was a fun car, but there was
>a
>great lack of grip being a front wheel drive. I'm also about to put a
>H22
>prelude engine into a 2000 honda accord coupe that we are going through
>for
>turbo and NOS support. Its going to be a daily driver of my best friends
>
>with roughfly 400hp @ 17psi. So I know all about the costs for
>turbocharging
>and the benafits of engine swaps. The way I see it is that if subaru
>hasn't
>done the swap in a racecar then there is probably a good reason for it.
>
> >From: "Samuel Barrett" <
LEVATHIAN@sprintmail.com>
> >Reply-To:
BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com
> >To: <
BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com>
> >Subject: RE: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: Engine Size & Swaps
> >Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:18:46 -0800
> >
> >Ian,
> >
> >Have you ever put a V8 in a volkswagon beetle? Could you imagine what
>it
> >would be like driving one that had been modified that way? The front
>end
> >would be lightened considerably, even to the point of requiring
> >counterloading. The drivetrain would have to be beefed up and the
>mounts
> >for
> >the engine would have to be completely re-designed, etc, etc, ad
>infinitum.
> >
> >Now, with that said, I'm using an extream example here. A better
>example
> >would be putting a RX-7 rotory in a Miata... O.K. maybe not, but you
>get
> >the
> >point. Putting a SVX engine would not be as insane as putting a v8 in a
> >beetle. However, the handling performance of the machine would change
> >considerably. It would dive through corners more because of the added
> >weight
> >up front. All sorts of physical loads the chasis was designed for would
>be
> >weighted differently than what they were designed for. If you added any
>
> >kind
> >of additional goodies to the engine bay, like an intercooler, you'd
>have to
> >get real handy with welding torch and fiberglass to accomodate.
>Batteries
> >and things would have to be put under seats or in trunks... Anything is
> >possible with enough time and $$. But why? Why not get 350 horses out
>of
> >the
> >4 clylender and spend 3/4ths the cash, and have something in the end
>that
> >is
> >weighted correctly? Or go buy an Audi...
> >
> >-Sambo
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Ian Shastko [mailto:
smotocon@hotmail.com]
> >Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 11:57 AM
> >To:
BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: Engine Size & Swaps
> >
> >
> >
> >what does the SVX put out? it there that much more horse power to make
>it
> >worthwhile?
> >
> > >From: "Daniel Wilson" <
daniel.wilson@db.co.nz>
> > >Reply-To:
BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com
> > >To:
BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com
> > >Subject: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: Engine Size & Swaps
> > >Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:20:48 -0000
> > >
> > >Yep the SVX engine should fit.
> > >
> > >--- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., "Gregg Holliday" <shemeryahu@y...>
> > >wrote:
> > > > What's the max size (litres) engine that can fit in the US-spec
> > > > Legacies for our years (mine is a 93)? Somewhere, I thought I saw
> > >a
> > > > pic of a 1st-gen Legacy witn an SVX engine, but I'm not too sure.
> > >
> >
> >
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