NorthWet Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Get yours all done and then you can help walk me through mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubaruAlliance Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 ok so this is what i have found out with the power of google and about 15 minutes. 2008 wrx sti has a wheelbase of 100 inches first gen outback's 1995-99 wheelbase of 103.5 second gen outback wheelbase of 104.3 first and second gen forester wheelbase of 99.4 svx wheelbase of 102.8 most of this came from wikipedia i am wondering if i can use half a forester driveshaft and half of an outback driveshaft? at this time the only parts cars at my disposal are two first gen foresters, and between the both of them i should be able to come up with a driveline. i am thinking my best bet for a trans would be out of a forester XT (neither of the two at the boneyard are an XT though) since there is only a 3 horsepower difference in engines. i will keep researching and mix and match to get the best factory type setup requiring the least amount of mods and compile that for a general walk through on a manual trans and an AWD swap. as far as the issues with the svx board no luck there, i can't click on anything, i was trying to contact a moderator to help me out and aside from creating another account my only hope is that one of the moderators from that board will stumble onto this post and help me out. if anyone on this board knows a moderator from the svx board and could pass my info along it would be greatly appreciated. i will keep ya'll updated as i make progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWet Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) Honestly and truly, the SVX forum could give you the answers for which you are searching MUCH faster than Google and guessing. Several of their members (including myself, though I am more of a lurker) are members here, and I think that we could help you out by getting a moderator's attention. Would you like me (or one of the others) to do this? If so, it would be nice to have the screen-name you used to register. Or, have you tried "Contact Us" on the website? Edited February 28, 2011 by NorthWet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubaruAlliance Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 I just tried the contact us button and left a message. my screen name is Subaru Alliance. if this doesn't work then i may ask you to try and get ahold of a moderator on my behalf. thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I bet the length of the trans, and the distance of it to the diff would be the same, and the overall wheelbase difference would be determined by the length of the rear control arms and lateral links. just a hunch. you probably have a 99% chance of any part you could use fitting 99% correctly I would use the rear half of the svx driveshaft, and the front half to the donor trans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWet Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 From my understanding (remember, I have just looked at the procedure as written by others), the manual tranny is 2 inches shorter than the automatic, so the front section of the driveshaft would need to be lengthened by 2", OR a driveshaft from another vehicle could be used (95-99 Legacy 5mt), but with some modification required (move the center bearing???). Some SVX driveshafts can be disassembled ("component"-style shafts) and the others can't. (My understanding is this is due to the center joint/carrier-support design.) If you have a "component" driveshaft you can have it lengthened; if not you need to go a different route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubaruAlliance Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 very good information. i can move the center bearing if need be, just cut out the bracket on one of the foresters and weld it in place on my svx if it's that far off. I had to do that once before on my first soob 88 gl 2wd auto converted to 5spd 4x4. as far as the 2 inch difference my wheel base is 102.8 and a second gen outback is 104.3. i am not sure if i have ever seen a manual outback, but if i could find a tranny and driveshaft out of that i will only have a half inch instead of 2 inches to worry about. then just move the carrier bearing mount if need be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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