hi/low tranny into current AWD subaru

[greg donovan]

holy crap just saw this over on USMB

http://www.ultimatesubaru.net/forum/sho ... hp?t=32987

this guy converted a forester to a dual range 5 spd. trans.

very cool. and the price for his kit to do it isnt too much.

[THAWA]

I think a better idea than this would be to get a JDM Legacy GX or Forester X transmission and throw that in. You wouldn't have a front LSD, but you'd have a center LSD instead of a center open. Plus it would bolt right up no problem. It would also be a stronger transmission design than the EA cars design. From what I hear though the input shaft doesn't like a lot of power. Also, it may be possible to just toss the input shaft into a non-hi/lo tranmission, maybe even a pull stlye transmission, but really you'd have to do some measurements to be sure.

[free5ty1e]

Wait... this guy took a standard 5-speed tranny and somehow gave it high and low range? That's pretty bad ass...

And he's offering the modification to the public for a small fee?

Neat.

[THAWA]

Oh, I must have misunderstood that.

[All_talk]

This mod mates an EA series 5MT D/R transmission to an EJ engine and adds a fritction type (phantom grip) LSD. The largest engine the factory ever used with the EA trans was the ER27 from the XT6, 145HP/156TQ, and they held up quite well. So this could be a good setup for a stock N/A EJ22, but I think a turbo or built N/A 2.2 might tear it up pretty quick. But if you read the referenced thread you’ll note that he has installed one in a 2.5 Forester… time will tell.

Gary

P.S. If anyone can figure out an affordable way to get the non-USDM D/R EJ boxes into the US I’m sure they would sell very well.

[THAWA]

I'd love to have one. Until it crunched up.

[VRoman]

Didn't Subaru used to make a Hi/Low option for europen models in early '90s or late '80s?

[THAWA]

I dunno about european models, but at least some first gen JDM legacy GX's had them for sure. And I believe one trim level of all JDM forsters have them.