subaru six cylinder

[Baloo]

yummi, fastcorvairs or anyone who knows their scoobies,  l have been looking at the H6 engine powered cars on ebay they are very cheap probably due to the very high tax we have to pay on cars over 2.5 lt ,  what the story with the engine over there ? is it any good l dont see many used in buggies ?  l was looking at the turbo l bought and thinking what a snakes nest of pipes and wiring maybe the 3lt na would be a better bet, less plumbing and maybe more instant grunt from tickover  what your views on them ??

Andy

[fastcorvairs]

yummi, fastcorvairs or anyone who knows their scoobies,  l have been looking at the H6 engine powered cars on ebay they are very cheap probably due to the very high tax we have to pay on cars over 2.5 lt ,  what the story with the engine over there ? is it any good l dont see many used in buggies ?  l was looking at the turbo l bought and thinking what a snakes nest of pipes and wiring maybe the 3lt na would be a better bet, less plumbing and maybe more instant grunt from tickover  what your views on them ??

Andy

Not allot of them used in buggy's over here Baloo because people are scrweed of them.  Nice engines.  bullet prof if you don't turbo them.  Put a turbo on them and you need to do a lot of work to them. Head gaskets studs pistons and such. If-en you run more then about eight pounds of boost.  Keep the boost down under that ant wow.  Now with that said your not going to be running them wide open 7000  RPM in the dunes like we would over here.  So yes they have a lot more bottom end then the four banger.  Grunt as you would call it.  would make one hell of a rock crawler boondocker type buggy motor.  I would say go for it.  John at OutFront uses one that is getting about 800 to 900 HP.   

[fastcorvairs]

Hey Yummi I just noticed.  Where's my little green car?


Never mind there it is. 

[Baloo]

hi

 6 pot sounds ok to me but l havent quite got a handle on how much they are worth,

l am following this one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170768022180?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

will have a punt on it if it dosent get  to dear

if it does this one might be an option  also  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250976721123?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

l have already acquired this twin turbo legacy but are having second thoughts when l looked at the complexity of the wiring and vacuum  hoses      might have to sell this one on or park it in the barn for a future upgrade




the 2.5 na above with the rear damage sort of makes sense as it low miles and less complex
 and should give me less grief installing it,  got some mods to do to the gearbox also as the rear output is driven through a set of clutches that is hydraulicily varied  to split the torque front to rear, as l am only using the rear out put l dont want these l need 100% of the drive all the time,  l have a spare box in bits on the bench to see what makes it tick







these are the clutch plates in the back of the gearbox



there are teeth on the inside and out side of alternate discs which rub together and transmit the drive



l am thinking of lazer cutting new discs that have the teeth both on the inner and outer of each disc thereby giving direct drive,  do you think that will work ok ??

[fabr]

No reason I can see why it won't work.