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Terry's Tube-a-Ruu 400hp Exotruck

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My 98 Forester is rusting bad. But rather than buy another shell to swap my motor into. Im going to just build a tube car around the Forester drivetrain. I have started to tear apart the car. Everything from the drivetrain will be used. For now even the stock gas tank, suspension and crossmembers will be used as my initial focus will be to get PA tags and registration for it to make it STREET LEGAL. The end goal is a 400whp AWD Street buggy. It will also give me lots of future things to do. Like a finished project thats never finished.

Old Thread Terry's 415whp Forester diy budget build. About to be retired. - Subaru Impreza GC8 & RS Forum & Community: RS25.com


Current situation - Prepping for Road Course awesomeness

Driveline Specs:
Ej206 Stock longblock
2.5i Manifold
IAG Rails with 950cc injectors
Aeromotive FPR, set to 55psi base
Walbro 450
Legacy Outback 5mt
Southbend Stage 3 Ceramic Clutch
Borg Warner S252sx-e Turbo
Perrin FMIC
3" TBE to a Magnaflow Camaro Muffler
AWD
05 impreza 2.5rs front axles because shorter

Wish List:
92mm forged slugs
H-beam rods
Group N Motor Mounts
TS Rear Diff Mounts
Hydraulic Hand brake
265/35-18 Stickies
6 speed, derrrr








 

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Got a second wind and got a few more pieces in. I threw a seat in after and the shifter feels fabulous. I gotta find my shifter bushing thing a sketch up a plate to mount it to, then mount the driveshaft carrier. Then it's a toss up between getting and mounting seats or doing floor pans

 
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It's just to bolt a fiberglass seat to. I could probaby get away with a piece of flat bar. I wish I could put peices in the bottom of tunnel in case of a side impact. Then those seat bars would have some structural value but for now, it's a seat mount.
 
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