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green97gt
06-07-2009, 08:15 PM
not mine, but my dads, guess who does the work on it...

did the diff and trans, some other odds and ends.

$800 for the car-made horrible noises and smoked like mad

$600 in parts

total =$1400

runs and drives solid. needs new tires.

anyone know if theres any others in central florida?
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs041.snc1/4392_1090521386352_1326025800_30299346_21223_n.jpg

green97gt
06-07-2009, 08:16 PM
needs better wheels too

Huffer
06-08-2009, 12:11 PM
There's a ton of SVX enthusiasts around...they are super sweet cars.

green97gt
06-08-2009, 04:03 PM
:smt026

what else, if anything used the 6 cylinder in the SVX?

this one has the 3.3, but sadly is not AWD

Huffer
06-08-2009, 05:13 PM
It's not AWD?

green97gt
06-08-2009, 05:58 PM
its a base model. an L as opposed to LS or lsi

only FWD

how hard is it to convert to AWD? hmmmm :smt027

birukun
06-08-2009, 07:10 PM
How many miles on that beauty?

I was looking around because of your post, and a guy who has <16,000 miles on his is asking 14k for his. It is a 1996 LSi AWD and he claims a production run of only 1,111 for that year.

Too many cars so little time.

Car looks good - and big props to you for doing the work.

green97gt
06-08-2009, 09:34 PM
this one has 190K on it, they seem to be selling in the area for about $2000 and they all need something, theres one that says he has 65K on it, and wants 9 grand it too is an lsi.

green97gt
06-12-2009, 01:40 PM
some pics of the internals, he bought it from the guy said it had trans issues, but we took ot for a ride and instantly recognized diff noise. like an angry monkey with a hammer was trapped inside...
pulled the trans and this is what we found to cause the noise, since the trans was out, rebuilt that too.

the pinion teeth
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs006.snc1/2820_1068204308439_1326025800_30239319_2374334_n.jpg

ring gear missing a few teeth
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs006.snc1/2820_1068204268438_1326025800_30239318_2314324_n.jpg

pinion shaft and bearings, so far gone they just fell apart when removed, look close at that nut, whats missimg?
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs006.snc1/2820_1068204348440_1326025800_30239320_393794_n.jpg

the same nut, threads completely sheared off
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs006.snc1/2820_1068204388441_1326025800_30239321_3618650_n.jpg

i found the threads!
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs006.snc1/2820_1068204428442_1326025800_30239322_1330773_n.jpg

omahasubaru
06-23-2009, 08:53 AM
Awesome!! I <3 the SVX.

I miss my SVX, wish I still had it.

green97gt
06-23-2009, 07:25 PM
pretty sure this ones for sale = ) :smt026 :smt026

green97gt
07-16-2009, 03:17 PM
washed and waxed, going to the st cloud fl "cruise in" tonight.

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs161.snc1/6008_1107176802727_1326025800_30349220_8198074_n.jpg

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs161.snc1/6008_1107178322765_1326025800_30349222_4387029_n.jpg

you can really see the droopy front bumper in this shot...this is AFTER we bent it back into shape for the most part, we need a new one.
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs161.snc1/6008_1107179402792_1326025800_30349229_4332462_n.jpg

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs181.snc1/6008_1107179962806_1326025800_30349230_1453375_n.jpg

that a*s is almost perfect, except for that white ding in the spoiler, it drives me nuts.
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs181.snc1/6008_1107180882829_1326025800_30349231_8004364_n.jpg

Reason
07-21-2009, 02:15 AM
I would love to own one of these.

green97gt
07-22-2009, 05:01 PM
well, he(my dad) has been griping alot lately about wanting to trade/sell the SVX for a legacy/outback wagon, simply because he designs/builds speakers and they cant fit in the SVX...

Huffer
07-22-2009, 05:11 PM
You need to AWD convert that, or at least hook up a RWD system, that would be badass.

You could consider doing a black top and color match the wing to that:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/07/5174550-1.jpg

Booyah!

green97gt
07-22-2009, 05:44 PM
yeah, i like that color scheme

apparently it being FWD makes it more rare....i dunno, just more crappy in my opinion...

but this car hauls butt, even for 3800LBs or whatever. smokes the tires like a champ. :smt026

green97gt
07-23-2009, 04:56 PM
someone did some photochoppin for me. what do you think?

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs165.snc1/6168_1110404003405_1326025800_30358597_1919261_n.jpg

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs185.snc1/6168_1110404443416_1326025800_30358598_6750064_n.jpg

i kind of like the red...but is it to ricey?

Reason
07-23-2009, 05:07 PM
It needs contrast, maybe if you painted the top black like Huffer said it would look better with the red wheels.

green97gt
07-23-2009, 07:34 PM
yeah, we are daring enough to paint the wheels, but not daring enough to paint the roof...

also it seems that most i see with the black tops have the sunroof...

chaksq
07-28-2009, 12:06 AM
Thats really clean! I want to try and find an AWD SVX if I can sometime. Too bad yours isn't AWD but it still is a sweet car.

Huffer
07-28-2009, 09:21 AM
White gloss wheels.

dodik
07-28-2009, 10:09 AM
i think it can look pretty good with black wheels tints and tinted tails
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/07/6168_1110404003405_1326025800_30358-1.jpg
or gold wheels
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/07/4392_1090521386352_1326025800_30299-1.jpg

green97gt
07-30-2009, 05:09 PM
hey, those are pretty cool.. the car deffinatly needs tint, but as for the lights, ive been pulled over many times for the tails on my old pickup being tinted, i diddnt think they were to dark, but the fuzz did. they even had those bright a*s LED lights in them.

Huffer
07-31-2009, 09:32 AM
Speaking of SVX's, I found a 92 in pretty good shape with some engine mods (valves ported). It apparently "binds" up and the guy reckons it's a u-joint or something. I'm betting it's just the transfer clutch packs in which case it could be a pretty simple fix. $2000 negotiable. I would love one of these for a summer car.

green97gt
08-15-2009, 09:31 PM
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs151.snc1/5608_1123200963321_1326025800_30390281_7891462_n.jpg

4n70n1n0
10-17-2009, 11:10 PM
if only they came in 5spd. Im not willing to look into a manual conversion, but Id love to own one of these in AWD and convert it to RWD as Huffer stated. They just scream RWD. The things I would do to one of these cars

+1 on the white wheels idea. Throw the snowflakes on it and take pics for us. I think they would look nice.

green97gt
11-07-2009, 08:18 PM
i think think the snowflakes will fit. if i remember right the SVX has 5X100 and the legacy has 5X114

either way SVX is for sale now.

phi11
11-08-2009, 04:10 PM
SVX IS NOT 5X100

green97gt
11-08-2009, 08:06 PM
maybe its the other way around then? i dont remember. i just know they are different.