ding-dong production (class) is dead
Posted by Gravity Fed
Grant Hughes Senior Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
Kevin Turner Ultra Moderator Location: Newark, DE Join Date: 01/27/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 364 Rally Car: 2wd Impreza... dude you should do an sti swap |
Grant Hughes Senior Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
Don Kennedy Super Moderator Location: Reading, PA Join Date: 10/05/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 227 Rally Car: Impreza |
AaronJMcConnell Ultra Moderator Location: Evergreen Colorado Join Date: 04/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 76 Rally Car: Subaru Impreza |
Jason Powers Elite Moderator Location: Lyons, CO Join Date: 08/02/2011 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 326 Rally Car: 02 WRX, still to quiet, but it finished a rally |
Dave Kern Professional Moderator Location: Centennial Join Date: 07/11/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 1,085 Rally Car: Compact M3 & Evo IX |
How many subaru engines did you melt at PPIHC? Time to get back to your inline 4 roots. 
Dave |
John Vanlandingham Ultra Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
steve czwalga Infallible Moderator Location: Pittsburgh, PA Join Date: 09/16/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 376 Rally Car: 95 awd celica |
Banned Mega Moderator Location: La la land Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 3,740 Rally Car: Not a Volvo |
Banned Junior Moderator Location: Calgary, AB Join Date: 03/27/2009 Age: Ancient Posts: 1,798 Rally Car: (ex)86 RX-7(built), (ex)2.5RS (bought) |
Why does it matter? One thing that's been proven is that Subies, in stock-ish trim - are reliable over the long haul. A 'built' motor can be shredded up by anyone for any number of reasons. Some might sat stronger is better but in practical terms strong enough is just as good. First Rally: 2001 Driver (7), Co-Driver (44) Drivers (16) Clerk (10), Official (7), Volunteer (4) Cars Built (1), Engines Built (0) Cages Built (0) Last Updated, January 4, 2015 
|
John Vanlandingham Ultra Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
I don't? Geeze, I thought those diffs sticking out of the sump in my black car had halfshafts going out to the front wheels..And since it has a rear diff too and I made of point of getting the 9095486 'selected 50 N/m' so called pumped up center diff. And i went to all the trouble to make the front diffs up to motorsport spec drilling and tapping the stock 6mm screw holes out to 8mm, red Locktiting in M8 studs like this (oh shit I have spares in different ratios!) 
Then making "gravel spec" ground flat strengthening plates 
and then going to all the trouble of very carefully drilling the covers to make the fit a light interference fit 
I was all proud of myself making these things stronger, cause lord know with the grip in a AWD car there's more stress seen by the box. 
But maybe you're right I don't have any first hand experience with AWD.. But wait...What's this thing sticking out of my sump? 
And this car seemed to have diffs and halfshafts at both ends too, just like my black one. 
And I do seem to remember some long distance calls to a guy so I could pass several guys---both Subie and Misterbitchy along to people who could mod their viscous diffs, Somebody I first spoke with back in 91? 93?
And as far as anybody I've talked to locally with their AWD cars and supposededly AWD "ex-spurts", nobody was familiar how they worked and importantly, what to do to get them to work correctly for gravel--aside from "Buy this".. Gee but maybe you're right, I those cars I own and have built aren't AWD (they just have front diffs and axles and center diffs but aren't real ) so no first hand experience... 
except when the cranks break in half, or the rods bend, or they leak, or the pistons burn, or the studs pull out... The poor kid dropping off a motor for a nice warming up said he'd done 2 different engine rebuilds because they popped, so I guyss he was jst unklucky.. He sure seemed to feel a lot more confident about the size and stoutness of the Volvo stuff... Whatever, they work fine but they are not "fine" they are barely adequate without a lot of expensive work. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Kevin Turner Ultra Moderator Location: Newark, DE Join Date: 01/27/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 364 Rally Car: 2wd Impreza... dude you should do an sti swap |
Banned Mega Moderator Location: La la land Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 3,740 Rally Car: Not a Volvo |
Anders Green Mega Moderator Location: Raleigh, NC Join Date: 03/30/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,478 Rally Car: Parked |
Yeah, that's my job. 
Anders, shut up, you idiot.  Grassroots rally. It's what I think about. |
Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.