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WRX STi Suspension Compatability?
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:13 am
by Noodles
I've been thinking maybe, and its extremely remote, but if i was to get a '97 WRX STi front cut (very eccy) it could almost be worth it if all the suspension and brake components were modifiably compatible. you would end up with STi engine, turbo, cooler, computer, springs, struts, brakes, steering
, nardi wheel
(on the 1 that i'm lookin at anyway. hahah trivial, but its a damn nice tiller.) etc...
just wondering because my mate just took the whole front suspension setup off a 31 skyline and with minimal mods fit it to his 1200 datsun. so he ended up with R31 suspension and brakes. he just exchanged strut tops so he didnt have to modify the actual car.
what do ya reckon?
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 4:58 pm
by THAWA
the money you save going with the legacy can buy you better suspension/brake parts and lots of mods to beef up that engine to stronger than the sti
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 6:44 pm
by legacy92ej22t
I voted for the Legacy too on the assumption that it's an EJ20G block. At that price you'll have some money to play with.
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:21 pm
by Noodles
yeh i sorta thought that. but if i were to get the STi cut i'd be spending $1200 over the legacy and not gettin a box. thats a fair crack of the whip once its in the car. but 1200 squid still isnt goin to cover suspension let alone engine mods.
remember... these are lowly australian squid
p.s found another STi cut but with manual box for $4k
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:45 pm
by THAWA
ah, must have been a typo then. In the choices it says the sti one is $38000 which is why I said that. Either way I'd still take the legacy stronger engine.
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:59 pm
by ciper
What year is the legacy, its very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:08 pm
by Noodles
i got all of the listings of three different webpages (cept the STi frontcut, $4k with box) so i dunno what year... it'd have to be pretty ruff for $2600 and only 50-thou on the clock.
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:18 pm
by ciper
Mileage is not why, after 94 most ej20 aren't closed deck!
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 9:59 pm
by czo79
is the 97 STI one of the really nice ones? Like the last year with closed deck maybe? DOn't know for sure...
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 12:18 am
by evolutionmovement
I thought the RAs were the last with the closed-decks.
Steve
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 12:30 pm
by Noodles
pardon my ignorance/stupidity
, but what is open/closed deck? does that refer to the bottom of the block being directly open to the crank
??? (no idea on that)
over here price is pretty much an indication of quality (as it is everywhere i spose) so as i said for AUD$2600 with only 50,000kms its gotta be fairly rough.
whats open/closed deck do when its at home? its obviously pretty drastic. i'm not in the market for anuther 4-5 months (still organising funds etc) so i'm just sorta researching at the moment.
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 3:27 pm
by THAWA
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:09 pm
by Noodles
gotcha
what difference does this make and how can you tell (visually) whether a certain engine is open/closed deck short of taking off the head?
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:12 pm
by Noodles
so i want closed deck right?