The Money Pit!

[mysticj]

so basically you have a six speed FWD tranny with a tubular member, correct?

[xd_01]

5 speed

[coconut]

Sure, how much does he want for them.

50$ but he told me he drilled through one of the holes to try to make it work. I can provide pictures when I get home.

[xd_01]

Oh then its not good for me then. That would be the same as what i have now. Thanks any how.

[coconut]

He only did one hole on one of the sleeves and realized he could use the megan sleeves.

[xd_01]

Rolled out of the garage ready to go to the fab shop for new down pipe and other safety items. Heres a open pipe video, its cutoff right before the oil pan. Sounds awesome but obnoxious.

(does anyone know how to post the actual video instead of just the link??)

That was actually a couple of weeks ago, I picked it up a couple of days ago but brought it straight to the Evo shop Ive been going to for years for them to inspect my work and set the clutch and run it on the dyno before I take it to the track.

First track outing in two weeks.

[Black8GV6]

That's awesome, I was waiting for a rev though

[xd_01]

I wanted to but it was loud enough as it was, I didnt want to annoy the neighbors.

[4g63lover]

Car looks awesome B! That about as loud as my car with the side exit.

[boosting90]

😍😍😍😍 wow so many goals i see on your car i want. Car its fire. I didnt know were an offical race car. (Caged, gutted, etc....) so awesome.

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[xd_01]

Thanks man, its finally back in my garage and Um prepping it for next weekend. Ill post up pics soon of the work done by the fab shop.

[mysticj]

So how close of a comparison between the Evo and Galant LCA?

[xd_01]

There pretty close geometrically, the rear bushing and bolt are vertical as opposed to the 8g rear bushing and the front bushing and bolt face the same way although i never measured to see if they were the same size. The ball joint slips on to the 8 g knuckle fine and the biggest difference is the weight. The evo lca weighs significantly less the the 8g lca. Is it a direct swap? No, you would need the tubular subframe.

[spdracr]

There pretty close in geometrically, the rear bushing and bolt are vertical as opposed to the 8g rear bushing and the front bushing and bolt face the same way although i never measured to see if they were the same size. The ball joint slips on to the 8 g knuckle fine and the biggest difference is the weight. The evo lca weighs significantly less the the 8g lca
Is it a direct swap? No, you would need the tubular subframe.

Brian told me the control arms swap on directly and the tubular subframe is for fitting the transmission and transfer case without the need to hack the stock subframe to make it fit.

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[xd_01]

No thats not true, if you go back to some of my pictures youll be able to spot the major difference which is the rear bushing.

[spdracr]

No thats not true, if you back to some the of my pictures youll be able to spot the major difference which is the rear bushing.

Well then maybe minor modification is needed? Because we all know Bryan used the evo tranny before he got the tubular subframe done. I haven't him compared your pictures yet. I will take another look

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[xd_01]

No he never used the evo 8 arms.

[spdracr]

No he never used the evo 8 arms.

Ok then I got myself confused for no reason. The evo transmission swap needs axles and hubs. Not sure why I thought control arms are needed. Scratch my previous comment, it's still too early for me lol

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[xd_01]

Lol no problem, it doesnt need the evo arms its just the subframe was designed using them.

[mysticj]

There pretty close geometrically, the rear bushing and bolt are vertical as opposed to the 8g rear bushing and the front bushing and bolt face the same way although i never measured to see if they were the same size. The ball joint slips on to the 8 g knuckle fine and the biggest difference is the weight. The evo lca weighs significantly less the the 8g lca. Is it a direct swap? No, you would need the tubular subframe.

I notice the Evo 4-6 uses a similar lower arm to the 8G but I'm not sure on dimensions on those. Maybe I should ask the Mirage guys about them.