country side drifter/ RWD 98 wagon drift project (update dec

[country side drifter]

so finaly my rwd wagon drift project has begun. i will keep this project simple to go drifting with it. i will keep everything mostly stock engine wise for this year.

1998 brighton 5spd
engine and mecanic: 2.2L stock
RWD center diff convertion
vlsd rear diff
suspension: stock
exterior: stock for now
interior: stock a/c and cruise. crank windows and manual locks basic
wheels: none yet lol. got a few sets posting pics in the futur as it goes

just got one exterior pic for now.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/03/subirwdproject-1.jpg

removed exhaust, drive shaft and shifter taking off to access removel of rear cover to remove center diff
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center diff with rear cover
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center diff welded up. the section comes apart with ring clip. viscous coupler for front diff removed. rear drive gear and spider gear put back in and welded up. then front part put back on with snap ring.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/03/subirwdproject5-1.jpg

welded a beed all around the gear at the back forgot to take a pic of that side
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/03/subirwdproject3-1.jpg

painted blue crossmember
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/03/Photo0349-1.jpg

so i had such a hard to remove shift link onto tranny i had to cut it. i had a first gen tranny so i wanted to take the link. but as you can see completely different. shorter and everything is oposite.
first gen bottom and second gen up
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/03/Photo0346-1.jpg

so took the end piece and welded it
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/03/Photo0347-1.jpg

little blue paint
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removed rear diff and put in this vlsd from a 2000 legacy outback winter package
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swap out axle from original diff. because of drum brakes and no abs. the wouldnt go in properly.
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thats it for now ill keep working on it. now to do. fixe drum brakes. put new bearing and put back front suspension and knucles.

[Rubie_25GT]

awesome project man! always thought about doing something like that! Especially to a wagon! extra points for that one +100

[chuckthefuk]

Wicked!! Love the pics! Its about time someone showed pics of the center diff getting welded.

Cant wait for more updates!

[Danny-G]

Welding the rear diff might be best. If left unwelded, it could cause something similar to this, http://bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=47241.

[country side drifter]

ya i know for vlsd. ive been drifting for 3 years with only vlsd. i find there not bad. but i will see once on the track how it feels. then ill see. i am trying this diff i got a frigin good deal for. my stock open diff is seased so thats sucks cant weld that one up.

[country side drifter]

little crappy cell phone video of the first test

http://s681.photobucket.com/albums/vv176/03pierluc03/?action=view&current=Video0020.mp4

[Huffer]

Points for backyard mechanics!
More points for welding stuff, and even more points for building a drift wagon.

You should ditch the rear glass and rivet in some lexan plastic - it'll dramatically change the weight of the tail making it even easier to rotate around. And you can weld in some x-bracing from the roof to the floorpan. At least with a wagon you can put your race wheels in the back and still drive it on the road. :lol:

[1996Battlewagon]

Props for not just removing the front axles and calling it a day. This thing will be legit.

[Alcology]

That is really cool, nice work!

[country side drifter]

so finaly an update yeah!!! so finaly finish the car to get it moving. so so far i drove around here and there and all is working good. still not complet but it will for now to hit up the track. and i will keep working at it slowly. i will be be going drifting this weekend.


new angle after mod. it wasent a bid differents but everything helps. and it wasent had to do. took grinder remove a good section of the abs censor and drilled a new hole and shaped it like a cone inside.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/Photo0399-1.jpg

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dual muffler welded up

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/Photo0424-1.jpg

exterior mods for now legacy outback 2000 side skirts, rear gt lip and ford festiva rear wing

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/Photo0437-1.jpg

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[chrish8r]

Cant wait to see this thing in action....i also like the muffler setup with the dual tips. What are the front wheels??

[country side drifter]

the front wheels are XXR 006 17x7 plus 40ish offset. they were black and copper lip. but were scratch like crazy so painted them gold with white lip

[chuckthefuk]

love it!

[nikolaus.conrad]

Loving that muffler setup!! Seriously cool drift wagon!

[Dead91silvia]

Cool stuff! This has crossed my mind to build someday.

[country side drifter]

so finaly went out drifting on the track. everything went well without a hitch. the only thing is the shifter link under the car came out of the bushing quick fix with a new washer that was it. everything held up strong no wierd noise all good. so i am very happy with how it turned out so far. tricky a first to get back on the saddle but all good after a while. very happy with this platform hows it feels drifting. i like it better then my mk3 supra. the vlsd did its job, a couple of time it unlocks but understandeble on some corners when you miss and you get to much grip because of that. but when properly sideways it worked like a charm. and this way i like it better when it grips too much at least your wheel stops turning so its should less hard on braking something.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/driftlegacyfirsttimemay19201210-1.jpg

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heres a little cheap video, its dark but its something next time il will get better ones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyZbo27z ... e=youtu.be (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyZbo27zScA&feature=youtu.be)

[Dead91silvia]

Nice! now you just need to stiffen it up a bit and eliminate the body roll!

Wondering, hows the steering return?

[country side drifter]

the steering felt good no issues real happy with all

[country side drifter]

so went drifting for the 3rd time car is running good and strong nothing broke so far i m very happy lacking on power big time thought lol. the only mod update i got 25mm spacers 5x100 to 5x114.3

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/06/drift10juin13-1.jpg

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqkN17VN0AI

[chrish8r]

Haha.....hit the domo!!!! Im glad the car is working out for you and that you are enjoying it

[Bookem]

Do you have any e-brake mods or just clutch kicking?

[LeggyxPower]

im from ottawa too! where do you go drifting?

[country side drifter]

no e-brake mods i have rear drum brakes and works very good compare to to the disc with the e-brake drum brake style inside. and i do not do any clutch kicking i find its to hard on everything and i want this too last. i never clutch on any of my previous cars too to dam hard on things. and hey cool somebody from ottawa i went drifting at st-eustache. i live closer to there then ottawa. but i do want to hit capital speedway in ottawa this year too a couple of times.

[chuckthefuk]

You should come out to some of the Toronto meets :-)

[country side drifter]

hey, so finaly decided yo do an update finaly got some time. so it was a very good season lots of fun. the ran strong no issues wich is good very reliable. the only up grabe got some kyb excel-g on pro drive springs.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/12/kybonprodrivespring_zps5372aa2d-1.jpg

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here's a good little video of me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URuHcXeGGX8

so plans for next season is more power!!! i need that, so turbo for next season and paint. for the big parts and obviously lots of little tweaks and stuff here and there

[psalm51ajm]

Wow this is awesome!! Im very impressed by how well it does with stock motor. I would love to do this to my bk. But I would have to do a 5mt swap.
So a "RWD center diff convertion" is just removing the front drive shafts and welding up the front diff?

[country side drifter]

yes i love the car in rwd i had a few rwd cars before this station im in love with love the feeling. the 2.2 will do the work just for fun but is very underpowered theres lots of times i just dosent have the power the keep em spinning so it would just stop drifting.as for rwd convertion yes its not that hard just i little bit of time and effort and a good welder. you coulds just weld the center diff. but removing the front axle helps for understeer. just have the keeps the ends so wheels wont fly off lol