brumbyrunner

Good to see your progress.

Good progress dude.

In my experience the stock subaru water pump doesn't have the capability to do what you need. We found it caused problems with priming, air pockets and cavitation causing wildly fluctuating temperatures. My setup is similar to yours but reversed, with the engine up front and radiator in the rear. I used an electric water pump, which cured the overheating issues but also picked up the added benefits of being able to easily prime the cooling system (which you've already discovered is very difficult) with the engine off and can also continue pumping coolant through a hot engine if forced to shut down. It also enables a faster warm up in cold weather by leaving it off.

build thread is on Ausubaru

Good to see my old Brumby made this thread. Here are some more.

Show me an offroad race in Australia that has terrain that exemplifies either Dakar or Baja. Sorry pickstock but you're not going to achieve anywhere near 200km/h with 30" tyres on a naturally aspirated Subie motor.

Hey McBrat, lookin' good. Been following this thread from the start and really appriciate the amount of work you've put into this thing and how it's turning out. Looking forward to some cool wheeling pics :cool:

Have you found the right driveshaft for the front yet? If not, just ring Jeff @ Crossbred and he'd be able to tell you the exact parts you need to find. Either that or he would send you the correct shaft ready to bolt in.

lookin' good man. I like how it ended up smooth underneath, nothing much hanging down. Are the wheel wells finished or is there more sheetmetal to come off?

Thanks for all that McBrat. Those body-on-frame conversions are pretty cool, and I'd seen them before, but your Brat is in a whole different league. The others I haven't seen. Must have missed the turd wagon build-up and now the pics aren't working. I don't know if any of those other conversions you listed actually got driving/wheeling. One day, if I get done with current projects, I might try my hand at live axles under a sube. I even have an '85 Toyota pickup wreck I can rip the axles out of. In the meantime, yours is coming along great, a real inspiration.

Do you know of any others with live front axles?

The Subaru CV joints won't handle more than about 26 deg. Even so I built a mock up front strut with 11" travel without altering the track.

Great pics. Whats the TT disconect? Is it an aftermarket rear drive disconnect or something? Why? Front digs? Like what you've done with the lower links on the rear axle. Nice and clean instead of hanging down. Not a lot of leverage but should be fine with your HP. Also like what you've done with the engine crossmember. Cleaned up that area nicely. Radius plates gone cleans it up even more. Great work.

Absolutely sensational. Keep the pics coming.