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My Driveway (GC8 & CP9A), Displaying my Evo 5 and STI TypeR cars
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QUOTE (Gio_55 @ 16 minutes, 24 seconds ago) | sir i like to if is possible to convert an orig right hand evo 6 to a left hand drive w/ just buying a dashboard... and some harness kits.... |
There's more to it than that.
JDM RHD and CADM/USDM LHD steering bezels are different - as in the turn signal stalk and wiper stalk are mirrored.
Also, don't forget about the pedals, brake booster, throttle cable.
And also, JDM headlights are aimed to the opposite side of the road than CADM/USDM. If you have powerful headlamps, you might blind oncoming traffic in the other lane, rather than illuminate the signs and road ahead of you sufficiently in your lane (although, this can be negated if the headlamps have adjusters - i know this cuz my Vivio has adjusters).
Alot goes into getting a car to NA side driving spec.
Oh, and btw - nice engine - which version is it?
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QUOTE (WRX DEMON Type R @ 27 minutes, 26 seconds ago) | There's more to it than that.
JDM RHD and CADM/USDM LHD steering bezels are different - as in the turn signal stalk and wiper stalk are mirrored.
Also, don't forget about the pedals, brake booster, throttle cable.
And also, JDM headlights are aimed to the opposite side of the road than CADM/USDM. If you have powerful headlamps, you might blind oncoming traffic in the other lane, rather than illuminate the signs and road ahead of you sufficiently in your lane (although, this can be negated if the headlamps have adjusters - i know this cuz my Vivio has adjusters).
Alot goes into getting a car to NA side driving spec.
Oh, and btw - nice engine - which version is it? |
ok tnxs.. im planning to buy evo 6 straight from japan... may i ask my great mechanics on what to do... i just ask for 2nd opinion about it
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I was saying that the pedals (and bigger, more important things like the brake booster - which also means finding a way to lead the brake fluid tubes to the master cyl) would have to be moved to the other side, so converting a whole JDM EVO to LHSteering might be a tad bit more work than - he'd need a new firewall for the EVO6.
swapping everything over to a mirage might be easier.
Also, yeah, I'm looking to get my 2.5RS (1998) swapped to STi finally this year too. I picked that thing up in 2005. Finally completed most of the body work and some suspension work right before I left for Japan. Gonna get her swapped with version 8 STi engine, tranny, diff and hubs - but I wont go brembos just yet. I like the 16 inch 5 spokes, so I'll hold on on brembos, but slap on the FHI 4 pot and 2 pots I have sitting around at home - along with a quick ratio steering rack (quicker than stock STi).
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QUOTE (WRX DEMON Type R @ Yesterday, 9:02 AM) | And also, JDM headlights are aimed to the opposite side of the road than CADM/USDM. If you have powerful headlamps, you might blind oncoming traffic in the other lane, rather than illuminate the signs and road ahead of you sufficiently in your lane (although, this can be negated if the headlamps have adjusters - i know this cuz my Vivio has adjusters). |
No amount of headlight adjustment "negates" the design of the headlights.
It'll still throw the light on the wrong side of the road ( there are a few exceptions, but those are projectors, I don't know of any RHD/LHD reflectors ).
That's the reason I didn't drive my grale at night ( unless I had no choice >_< ), until I got the Evo lights.
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Yeah paid registration on LR is actually nice. You get so much cool swag it's not even funny.
Anyway, I forget where you live, but in Cali, I don't really consider any of the Evos or STIs fast at all. They've detuned them so much just to work with 91 octane and thin air, that the quoted "300hp" is so off and it shows on stock dyno numbers around the city. With that said, I've driven an Evo X and it feels like the power has the same top HP pull as the 8-9, but because they use an aluminum block and re-adjusted the map down low, the power curve feels very linear. Almost NA. Instead of the sudden power kick you get with the Evo 8-9, it just starts low and early so there's no suddeness about it. It actually feels like a Subaru, now that the turbo/exhaust is in the back, the block is aluminum. That's the only reason why the Evo X will pull in front of an 8-9 stock, but there after it'll be "walkin the dog". This is why a stock CN9A or GC8 conversion with a JDM engine with proper fueling will out perform a stock CT9A or GDB here in California. It's lighter, has a stronger air/fuel tune, and no emmission limitations holding engine performance back (egr, 2ndary evap, etc).
The link you showed me is very suspicious. In the picture, they have a rear GSR assembly, and what looks like a Nissan rear assembly. I'm working on my friends 350z rear diff upgrade and I must say it looks VERY similar. But definetly nowhere is pictured a front undercarriage from an Evo 4-6...just the rear. If I were you I'd just do a 5lug conversion in the front since it's easy, and then for the rear, do the 5 lug conversion or just wait to do the rear awd swap.
This post has been edited by my3awds on Mar 19 2010, 03:00 PM
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The most budget way to go for 5lug on a rage is to press out some 5lug hubs from a 1g (1990-1994) DSM (eclipse, talon, laser). They don't even have to be from a turbo, just an N/A will do and these knuckles should be a dime a dozen. At the local yard, I can get them for around $30 a knuckle iirc. Once you have the hub pressed out, take off your rage front knuckles and have them pressed in with new bearings and your done Just be aware that the Evo 5-9 brembos aren't bolt on with this 5 lug conversion. FYI though, the dsm stock front calipers are the same size as the Evo 4 caliper so if you're doing a full Evo 4 conversion then it won't matter. If you do want big calipers though, the dsm has a wide selection to choose from. Or just get custom brackets made for the evo brembos. I did this conversion when I first bought my car until I swapped over to a complete evo driveline/suspension. The rears would be the 03 oz rally stuff you're thinking of. An even cheaper route would be a 88-90 mirage rear hub, redrilled to a 5 lug, then custom caliper brackets purchased from 89mirageman. Both options are there, and I would only go with the 03 oz rally stuff if you plan on staying fwd. Temporarily solutions should be as cheap as possible imo.
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