bennwedge wrote:Great thread! This is exactly what im going to do very soon. ive bought the doner legacy which is an auto. just a couple of questions
Did you have to buy a subaru flywheel to replace the auto version if so was it or second hand £500 for a new one sends shockwaves and its cheaper for me to buy another engine with it already on then at least i have a load of spares aswell.
im going to convert the loom myself , what was the solution to resetting the ecu back to manual mode?
are you running a standard dk box? how have you found it now youve been for a good run? whats it reving at at 80mph?
thanks
ben
Hi Ben,
I got the manual flywheel from RJES with the rest of the conversion kit, can't remember how much it was but no way near £500.
SyncroAndy on this forum did my loom for me, best to ask him about the fix, I think in the thread it says about grounding the VSS wire, I can't remember if this solved it or whether something else had to be done. I think the loom conversion was around £300 but well worth the money.
Yes I have the DK box, 70mph is just over 3000rpm, but I do have 17 wheels with 225/55/17 tyres. You need to make sure your DK box is in good condition, mine only lasted about 6-8000 miles before a bearing went, I didn't realise how noisy my box was until I refitted it after is was rebuilt by Cogbox, now it is really quiet. I think gunning it off the line kills the box, so I treat it a little bit more gently as £800 rebuild cost hurts a bit.
Good luck with the conversion, well worth it.
Cheers
Tony