BRZ Rally Car

Angle iron is the solution 

TVR Scott (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :

That looks pretty close to me.

Speaking from near total ignorance on the Subie engines - would there be the possibility of making a gasket for that timing cover?  Seems like someone might have tried that.

Maybe, the problem is that there are multiple junctions (heads, upper oil pan, crankcase) behind it that are sealed with the same stuff, so it's sort of designed to fill the little misalignments where they butt into each other using the sealant.

A little more grinding and bracket is snug and fits like it's made to be there.  The sealant on the oil pan is drying, if I haven't had a change of heart when I wake up tomorrow I'll fill it with oil- if no leaks, into the car it goes!

Your making my raider build look like a slow-roll lol.....

In reply to irish44j (Forum Supporter) :

Yeah, this thread has a move on.

Step 1, fill self with delicious pinon coffee:

Step 2, fill FA20 with (presumably delicious by engine standards) synthetic oil:

Both are about the same consistency because 0w20.  If there's nothing dripping out of the engine by the time we've walked the dogs and gotten some food, it goes in the car.

I expect vrooms by 5pm

wheelsmithy (Joe-with-an-L) (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to irish44j (Forum Supporter) :

Yeah, this thread has a move on.

 

BRZ rally car by....later that day....

Hmm.. 

edit: 6.5hrs from oil in on the stand to running? You can do better 

In reply to bluej (Forum Supporter) :

Chris really wanted to stay at the barn longer before putting the engine in, I swear...I guess I'll take the blame for this one 

In reply to kodachrome :

I have a mental image of you brushing the horse and Chris standing nearby... starting to fidget uncontrollably. 

Ian F (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to kodachrome :

I have a mental image of you brushing the horse and Chris standing nearby... starting to fidget uncontrollably. 

Precisely

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ said:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/vdqAhumdqbY?rel=0

 

Now the question is can I win at rallycross with it ;)

it should be ok in SR especially since it has a dif

I just got back from putting 50 miles on it, not all of them paved:

This is actually the first time I've ever driven a fully functional one, all the others have been the broken crap I was looking at buying.  Time for some first impressions:

• The stock suspension is actually not terrible, although for rallycross I think it really would benefit from either more travel or more bumpstop on the rear.
• I think I already blew the right rear shock.
• The tires that came on it are hilariously bad on gravel.
• The traction control really needs to mind its' own business.
• It's not fast, but it's not that slow- anybody who thinks we'll give up a lot of straight line speed by going to this from the Merkur is deeply mistaken about how a 2.3T delivers power.
• The torque dip- it exists, it's annoying when you're trying to mess around on a backroad at a reasonable speed, and it's totally not going to matter in racing use because the revs stay high enough as long as you shift at 7k+ rpm.
• Also, I currently rally an 80s turbo car, where every application of the throttle is a torque dip.
• I like the steering.
• I like the gearbox.
• I like the brakes.
• This is, by my standards, an extraordinarily nice, quiet, comfortable car.  I almost want another one to not turn into a rally car.
• It has no trouble codes and all of the live scan data looks good.
• It gets freaking hot under the hood.
• The exhaust is too quiet.

Nice

It took you less time to swap an engine than it took me to bleed the brakes on my Subaru.  And I'm still not done with that task yet...

Very pleased to read your first impressions!

Sounds like a success! Cage it already. 

Put nearly 200 more miles on it today, including trips to the vet, the barn, and a socially distant dinner with my parents.  Both dogs have now ridden in the car, they seem to like it:

• The right rear shock is definitely blown.
• I should plan to pull the transmission with the engine next time and do input/output shaft seals and fresh fluid, it has a slow leak.
• The headlights kind of suck.
• The front bumper cover keeps trying to leave.
• I should buy an oil cooler before I hurt something.

I almost have everything to do the wheel stud change, and am waiting on quotes for all of the metal bits for the suspension and skidplates.  Onward!

All Subaru headlights suck, forever and for all time. Even the OEM STi HIDs that were in my WRX were awful, even compared to the sealed-beams in the e30 or Porsche....

So, the twins must have Subaru-sourced headlights, since Toyota's modern headlights seem to be pretty good. 

In reply to irish44j (Forum Supporter) :

I'm not convinced on the goodness of modern Toyota headlights.  Sure, they're nice LED things, and super bright, but their dip is pretty much on-to-off.  Anything below the dip-line is pretty well lit, anything above it is completely back.  They appear to have all the benefits of blinding anyone coming towards you while at the same time miraculously not illuminating the road farther than 100' away worse than sealed beams from the 80s, 

That's quite exciting

lxnm said:

In reply to irish44j (Forum Supporter) :

I'm not convinced on the goodness of modern Toyota headlights.  Sure, they're nice LED things, and super bright, but their dip is pretty much on-to-off.  Anything below the dip-line is pretty well lit, anything above it is completely back.  They appear to have all the benefits of blinding anyone coming towards you while at the same time miraculously not illuminating the road farther than 100' away worse than sealed beams from the 80s, 

I think this is the nature of LED headlights. My wife's '18 Explorer has a hard cut off but it is livable. I put LED bulbs in my '07 F150 and had to adjust the lights up 2-3 full turns. They were burning holes in the pavement 20' in front of the truck. I can see 1/2 mile with the high beams in the truck now. 

I've been living vicariously through this project. I can't wait to see how it does on the track(trail?). RX looks like fun. Unfortunately I don't think they do it anywhere near me.