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PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 10:34 am 
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I have a 1997 EJ22 engine and 5 speed transmission, if I set up the combo mid-mount on my buggy and use the front wheel drive axle to drive the rear axles on my buggy, will that work fine or do I still need to do some work on the internals of the transmission? I was planning on building a metal box to hide the rear tranny output. Also does the tranny send 50%-50% output at the front-rear axles?


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:06 pm 
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i believe it will work.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:16 pm 
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Depends on the tranny, awd or 2wd. Theres a diff in the rear of the awd trans that you need to address. Theres a block that can lock all the power to the front wheels only.

http://www.subarugears.com/Products.html

They sell the parts to do this. Great guys!

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:52 pm 
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I heard nothing but good reviews about these guys but I was hoping to get some DIY information with some homebuilt parts or whatnot. Sounds like I will need their Subaspoon, and the plate would not hurt either. But that point I'll have about $500 invested and tons of fab work to do and an engine plate conversion is looking like a better deal. What do you guys think?


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 2:25 pm 
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If you can find a 2wd trans it would work

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 2:31 pm 
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Aruba1 wrote:
.......... But that point I'll have about $500 invested and tons of fab work to do and an engine plate conversion is looking like a better deal. What do you guys think?

The car I am building now will be the LAST VW trans I will ever use and the next one will have zero VW parts.
The only thing I would look into is the stock ring and pinion ratio. I think it's rather high something in the 3.??'s
Not sure if anyone makes a steeper ring and pinion for them, still worth looking into.
Keep this in mind, the prices on VW 6 ribs are always going up and their availability is going down. The price on Subie transmissions are not going up and they are plentiful. I would do what ever I had to do to make it work.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:36 pm 
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Stevo wrote:
If you can find a 2wd trans it would work


You got my PM?


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:46 pm 
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Finally, a DIY article on how to lock the awd tranny into fwd. I'll ad this to the list of things to do in this winter, lol.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php? ... 04513&st=0


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I need to learn more about this...


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