Date:         Sun, 23 Apr 2000 14:45:07 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: I'm Siiiiiinnnnnngin' in the Rain!
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The Japanese-market DOHC 24-valve EG33 engine (SVX) puts out about 150hp,
and with the lack of smog gear and ari mass-flow sensor, using the
programmable Link computer, mine will have about 260.

The 091-094 trans will not handle this for long before going bang, and
neither will the weak 4.86 diff. Which is why I'm going to fit a Porsche
911 trans. I have bought a 915 trans because I was told the much stronger
sweet-shifting G50 is very expensive and then needs $thousands of work
shortening the bellhousing to fit the VW (bad advice, I noe believe). I now
intend to sell the 915 and get a G50.

I doubt the VW trans will handle even the low-output US EJ22 Subaru engine.
The illustrations I see in the websites appear to show US-market Subaru
engines as SOHC; is this correct? As far as I am aware all Subaru
multivalve engines (apart from the troublesome ER27 six from the
Alcyone/Vortex) sold in NZ and in Japan are DOHC.

Andrew

Andrew Grebneff
mollusc nut
84 Caravelle
Geology Department, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz