Engine swap options, and other stupid questions.
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:45 pm
I recently learned that the Gambler 500 was coming to Colorado, for the uninitiated, it's a 500 mail off road navigation rally event, where people are encouraged to bring weird/old/cheap cars and thrash them on roads that they have no business being on in the first place.
Enter the weenie:
This is the Green Weenie, my good friend bought this fantastic example of Japanese engineering about 8 years ago for $500. It has 370K miles and still runs strong. It's been sitting in South Dakota doing nothing for the past couple years, and we want to give it a proper sendoff.
It already has Junkyard outback suspension, we are going to throw some bigger tires on it and a paint job that pays homage to some of the famous Legacy rally cars.
On to questions. We are going to run it this year with the original EJ22, and if we have a good enough time we want put some more time and money into it for next year (and maybe some rally cross).
We want more power, and the obvious choice seems to be an engine swap. We aren't afraid of wiring and welding but we would like to keep the costs as low as possible. I think a H6 would suit it well, but I'm reading about CAN bus problems with those ECU's, and a stand-alone is really gonna ratchet the price up. What would you guys do?
I am going to park it in my driveway for a few weeks this spring and make some beefy bumpers and skid plates for it, I was also thinking about welding the rear-end, thoughts?
Does anyone know what size tires we can fit under this thing? I am looking on cragslist and seeing a lot of newer outback snow tires for cheap. 225/65/17's. Any idea if this will fit? Do newer subaru (5x100) wheels bolt right up on these? Correct backspacing and all that?
Enter the weenie:
This is the Green Weenie, my good friend bought this fantastic example of Japanese engineering about 8 years ago for $500. It has 370K miles and still runs strong. It's been sitting in South Dakota doing nothing for the past couple years, and we want to give it a proper sendoff.
It already has Junkyard outback suspension, we are going to throw some bigger tires on it and a paint job that pays homage to some of the famous Legacy rally cars.
On to questions. We are going to run it this year with the original EJ22, and if we have a good enough time we want put some more time and money into it for next year (and maybe some rally cross).
We want more power, and the obvious choice seems to be an engine swap. We aren't afraid of wiring and welding but we would like to keep the costs as low as possible. I think a H6 would suit it well, but I'm reading about CAN bus problems with those ECU's, and a stand-alone is really gonna ratchet the price up. What would you guys do?
I am going to park it in my driveway for a few weeks this spring and make some beefy bumpers and skid plates for it, I was also thinking about welding the rear-end, thoughts?
Does anyone know what size tires we can fit under this thing? I am looking on cragslist and seeing a lot of newer outback snow tires for cheap. 225/65/17's. Any idea if this will fit? Do newer subaru (5x100) wheels bolt right up on these? Correct backspacing and all that?