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Post by justycr on Jun 15, 2007 15:10:01 GMT -5
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Post by cameron3200 on Jun 16, 2007 18:35:47 GMT -5
now that is cool, Mine will barely do 123 kilometers per hour! Wonder how they changed the gearing to go that fast? My ECVT can easily go 170km/h, I haven't tried to take it any faster.
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Post by ronan on Jun 17, 2007 8:29:39 GMT -5
Man that is impressive. You can go 170km/h. That equates to 105.63 mph. Just on a whim and having a wild hair up my backside, I opened my 88 4wd up on a isolated stretch of flat highway and wound it up to 95mph a year ago. I think if I grew some "bigger nethers" I could have squeezed another 5 or more out of it but the car was vibrating from tire problems. I have since then rebuilt the front drive line and had a 4wd alignment and new tires recently installed. Time for another Ohio flat land test. ;D
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Post by blackjusty on Jun 17, 2007 20:32:45 GMT -5
I am sure the Justy holds the unofficial record in 4wd too
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Post by fraser9764 on Jun 18, 2007 6:20:26 GMT -5
i wouldn't say that is too impressive, i have had mine to 108mph with a rather heavy passenger, quite confident i could hit 112ish with a good enough stretch of road and just me in the car. mine is in a good state of tune though, 1.2 carbed 89 4wd but running in 2wd, i rekon mine will do 0-60mph in about 10 seconds if i get in some good gear changes.
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Post by 1200gli on Jun 18, 2007 6:27:30 GMT -5
see how unreal the justy looks in this environment. heat, haze, ozone...mystic of the dessert!
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Post by blackjusty on Jun 18, 2007 7:47:39 GMT -5
What rpms does it take to go that fast? Not that that speed is all that fast. But for such a small motor, you betcha baby. It has taken 20 years to catch up to the Justy. Way ahead of it's time.
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Post by fraser9764 on Jun 18, 2007 9:48:05 GMT -5
about 6200rpm is 110mph...
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Post by milfordcubicle on Jun 20, 2007 5:44:24 GMT -5
Just because it was reading that speed doesn't mean it was doing that speed, the reality could be over 10MPH slower.
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EF12 Turbo 12psi
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Post by Dunk on Jun 21, 2007 9:26:37 GMT -5
09:19 Feb. 25, 2002) 1988-1989 Subaru Justy LSR Salted Scooby By JOHN MATRAS It’s called bench racing, those idle discussions about what if and just maybe. Most go no further than that. Reality and the crush of day-to-day life usually set in. But occasionally lunchroom chatter becomes a world land speed record. It happened with nine Subaru employees and one pre-production 1987 front-drive Subaru Justy. The lunchroom group discussed taking a Subaru to Bonneville—easier and cheaper than racing any circuit for a season—but the records for the classes for turbo-charged and normally aspirated Loyales were “pretty stout,” recalls team member Roger Banowetz, now at Subaru Research & Development. “One of the guys suggested the Justy and we all laughed at him.” The 1.2-liter mini-Sube was long on economy, EPA rated at 38/41 mpg, but wasn’t without performance potential. It had an sohc two-intake, single-exhaust valve aluminum head that made the little three-cylinder a nine-valve engine. Another asset was the composition of the team. The group of volunteers from the California-based Subaru Technical Center brought a variety of talents to their after-hours project of making a racer from the Justy. The car would compete in a “production” class, which naturally doesn’t mean “stock.” It did mean a stock body and standard layout as well as a carbureted engine running on gasoline. As no car had ever bettered the Southern California Timing Association’s base time of 115 mph for I-Production, the team from STC destroked the 1190-cc triple to displace 997 cc. A custom billet steel camshaft, 12:1 pistons and steel tubular exhaust headers were fabricated for the engine, as was a custom intake manifold to mount the three 40-mm Mikuni motorcycle carburetors in place of the stock two-barrel Hitachi carb. Engine mods included using titanium valve spring retainers, removing the balance shaft and removing the springs from the bearing seals to reduce friction. A stock, Japanese-market 1.0-liter Justy crankshaft and connecting rods were used, however. As Banowetz says, “In all, very few racing components were used. [It was] a very stock and strong Subaru Justy.” Indeed, it eventually produced 120 hp at 9200 rpm, against the stocker’s 66 hp at 5200 rpm. Rules allowed lowering, so the Justy was dropped three inches, decreasing frontal area, and a small Japanese- market front spoiler was added. Although stock trans-mission and final-drive ratios were used, the gearbox ran ATF for reduced friction. A homemade cool-fuel can looks like it was made from your grandmother’s cookie canister. “Cool” air was routed via the cowl and from behind the grille, the airbox made from a Pampers box and duct-taped together at Bonneville. Although an accessory tachometer was installed, the Justy’s dash, front and rear seats and even carpeting remained. A full roll cage was installed. The STC team took the Justy to Bonneville in August 1988, achieving a two-way average of 117.553 mph, a new I-Production record. A return the following August after a year of engine work yielded a “down run” speed of 123.938, with a return speed of 122.570, its engine screaming at 11,900 rpm through the traps. The two-way average was 123.224 mph, a new record and one that stands today. The Justy still exists, but it hadn’t run since it set the record. Subaru put it in running order again, and we not only heard it but drove it—a little—as well. Don’t doubt we heard it run. The unmuffled exhaust gathers an immediate crowd. The three-cylinder actually will idle, though it has a lean stumble until revs are added. Then it’s like lighting a fuse on this nickel rocket. The Justy’s curb weight is only 1700 pounds, so 120 horses launches it hard.
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No, a boxer will not fit in a Justy.
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Post by SeattleJusty on Jul 2, 2007 12:43:17 GMT -5
Dunk, thank you for posting the above article. Most of us have known about this for a long time and I certainly enjoy reading that article about once a year. I think it should pretty much put an end to the silly bench racing and theorizing that floods these message boards. Really, at the end of the day it does what it does and speculation can stay out. I once worked a sales job where my manager would ask me what did you sell today? And on a bad day I would tell him the; "I have this one couple that's coming back tomorrow and this other guy is just about ready to buy" and he would reply "Show me your hand. What is in your hand?" I would show him my hand and it was empty. I think that pretty much says it all. Everyone, show us your hands.
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Post by gearheadeh on Aug 31, 2015 14:26:53 GMT -5
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Post by southerner on Sept 2, 2015 12:10:47 GMT -5
That front lip spoiler..
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