1st gen legacy vs imp?

[Uberoo]

So I have an 83 mazda RX7 that I would like to put a phase 1 ej22 in.While I am at it there is a few issues with the front suspension I would like to address.

1: despite the car's sporty nature it has truck type recirculating ball steering which is sloppy and lacks steering feedback.

2: the entire front suspension is weak and failure prone when abused in gravel or rough roads like those around here.

3.The car has a 4x110mm lug pattern on the wheels,and the cars with 4x110 are : old rx7's and 626's.Neither option came with 14+ wheels.My RX7 is rocking the 13" alloy wheels it came with,but to get good tires I would need to step up to atleast a 15" wheel.

 

To address all those problems I was thinking of just getting a 89-94 legacy or 92-94 imp and swap its front crossmember,engine/transmission,and rear brakes into the RX7.No, the awd is not being swapped.

 

The front track width on a lego is a mere 0.9" wider than the rx7,and the lego has rack and pinion steering and rally proven suspension.

 

While in stock form the rx7 has a respectable 6.1" of ground clearance, I would feel a bit more secure driving on the roads around here with a little more ground clearance and some strong and durable LT tires.The smallest LT tires I can find are about 27" tall needing about a 2-3" lift to clear them.With that much lift, I bet it would look pretty sweet dressed up like an old safari rally car:

 

like this:

 

or like this: 

so with that being said is there any practical differences between lego and imp front suspension that would make fitting 27" tires easier?

 

[Fairtax4me]

You'll need 96-99 Outback struts to fit 27" tires.

Stock outback size 205/70/15 (26.5" I think) won't fit normal Legacy struts. The outback struts have a higher spring perch which gives extra room to fit the larger tire.

 

 

There's just something so strange, wrong, and cool about a 60's mustang running 6lug Toyota wheels! Makes you wonder what else is going on underneath that body.

[Uberoo]

351,4 speed manual,spooled toyota rear axle,and from a pic I saw of it without the wheels on-coilovers in the rear,and springs/shock combo in the front.looked like toyota hubs/brakes connected to mustang suspension up front.

Edited September 9, 2015 by Uberoo