Has anyone else done it yet apart from adrenalin that has scratch built using 4wd running gear and the engine from the impreza turbo fitting the engine possibly in the front.

regards mick

commercial wise i dont think so.

there is the Quad bike that has been around for a while.

but im sure i read somewhere that someone has done one offs using the scooby running gear.

i contemplated it myself, i even still have all the running gear in the shed.

I know you can put cosworth 4wd running gear in a Dax Rush, so the general principle is established, just need to swap it out for scooby gear.

Incidentally, is there a way of converting said scooby engine to rwd?

this uses subaru engine.

http://www.kitcarmag.com/featuredvehicles/0707kc_550s_porsche_spyder/index.html

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Originally posted by meany
this uses subaru engine.

http://www.kitcarmag.com/featuredvehicles/0707kc_550s_porsche_spyder/index.html

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There's an RS200 replica that uses all subaru running gear

I quite like the idea although some think it's sacrilege.

The trouble with using a Scooby motor is it's laid out like an Audi with the front diff in the gearbox & driveshaft outputs coming out either side of the front of the box so the whole engine is ahead of the front axle line.
Where as with the Ford setup the drive to the front is brought back forward from the gearbox so if wanted you could put the front diff (& wheels) way ahead of the engine using a long prop.
The Scooby lessens the effect of having the engine way out front by having it all-alloy & its short & low thanks to being a flat four but that makes it wide & you still cant alter it's position in relation to your front wheels. I cant see it being practical in a 7 but mabye you wer'nt think of that anyway?
You could easily make one RWD by locking the centre diff or using an early box which had no centre diff & were either FWD or 4wd so you'd leave it in 4WD & just not have the front shaft in place. Or just adapt it to a conventional RWD box but that would loose the dual range side of the transmission.

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Originally posted by meany
this uses subaru engine.

http://www.kitcarmag.com/featuredvehicles/0707kc_550s_porsche_spyder/index.html

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That is rather nice! I wonder what gearbox they use

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i did originally look into using it a 7 type, RWD though, you can lock up the centre diff, i have a link to a web page that shows you how to.

strangly enough, the problem is not the width, i was going wider anyway, the problem is the exhaust manifolds and ground clearance seeing how the manifolds come off the heads on the underside.

plus also, the out put from the gearbox is quite high which stops you lifting the engine too much to create clearance.

checkout my archive and look in the misc folder.

[Edited on 5/7/08 by meany]

IIRC the Forester is RWD.
There have been a few articles about this as a conversion in PPC

forester is AWD

IIRC this guys use it