Picked up a Donor SVX!, 3.3 liters of fury Options

[Chris H.]

Finally found a deal that I could not pass up. 1995 SVX with rust issues...mechanically and engine-wise it's great. It's been said before but the SVX is dang fun to drive. Apparently the reason they never offered a 5 speed version is that Subie did not make a manual trans that could handle 230HP. They should have pursued fixing that. The Subie 4EAT automatic trans is not a great match for this motor. Not going that route any more...

Anyway, thanks to BigKat 83, Ian Megale and others for the Subaru education over the past couple of years along with the awesome build threads from several members. Can't wait to get it pulled, sealed, and slapped in to the teener!

Here she is...BTW there was a body kit on it that someone ripped off, taking a bunch of door sheet metal with it.




Does the sunroof seal look factory? It leaks a little...

[charliew]

I think it was more of a luxury car than a hotrod. If the buyer wanted a performance suby he had to settle for the sti or the wrx which was a lighter car and had fewer luxury options. 400ft lbs in a suby with awd is the tranny breaking point but of course a person can break anything if he or she tries, as the kids on nasioc prove daily. Also the weight of the wrx and sti with the traction of the tires is in the equation. The 914 with only two driving wheels will stress the tranny a lot less.

That should make a nice street car.

I bought a few motors just for the fasteners and associated fittings and tubes.