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Aftermarket Ecu For 1985 Rx Turbo

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Hi All,

I realise this isn't a Skyline question, but I thought i'd see if anybody can give me any feedback.

My old man is restoring / racing John Atkinson's original 1984/85 Subaru RX Turbo rally car. The build date is a bit iffy as the car was a factory special build and was never fitted with a compliance plate.

He was asking me about fitting an aftermarket fuel only computer. I had a hunt around any couldn't find any direct plug in systems like the good old power fc. Does anyone know of any ? Or can anybody suggest a cheap(ish) easy to wire in fuel only computer ?

Thanks in advance,

Jeff

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I used to own one of those (street version)

had it dropped on 17" simmons - looked fairly tough.

. mate of mine used microtech on one . the thing would never start the second time around. (this was 10 years ago - they man have gotten better since.)

if its a rally only special with full cage post up some pics.

ECU - autronic or motec. may as well make use of the antilag option :)

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Cheers - thanks for the info guys.

Yeah I'll take a few pics next time i am over in Victoria. Actually come to think of it we are doing the BLCC Xmas Autcoross - i'll take some action shot then.

Thanks again,

Jeff

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well, i can pretty safely say that any info u want or need, PM me, i had a pretty ballistic 430whp ea82-t powered 1985 rx turbo leone. I ran a haltech and still had the stridubutor. we used a an early honda civic optical internals in the original housing so it would work properly with the haltech. i think it was an old F10-x from memory. Oh, and buy a few headgaskets and lifters, youre gonna need them. If you want to get serious with it, i have the numbers and drawings for a set of custom forged pistons we had by SPS in SA, from JE blanks and we got a set of Rods made by manely. Any sort of boost increase over 12psi will require an Oringed block. For a cheap and easy upgrade the early liberty RS turbo's are a bolt on affair, and much larger than standard. You can get 280zx injectors for a drop in upgrade too :)

Cheers, Allan

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well, i can pretty safely say that any info u want or need, PM me, i had a pretty ballistic 430whp ea82-t powered 1985 rx turbo leone. I ran a haltech and still had the stridubutor. we used a an early honda civic optical internals in the original housing so it would work properly with the haltech. i think it was an old F10-x from memory. Oh, and buy a few headgaskets and lifters, youre gonna need them. If you want to get serious with it, i have the numbers and drawings for a set of custom forged pistons we had by SPS in SA, from JE blanks and we got a set of Rods made by manely. Any sort of boost increase over 12psi will require an Oringed block. For a cheap and easy upgrade the early liberty RS turbo's are a bolt on affair, and much larger than standard. You can get 280zx injectors for a drop in upgrade too :)

Cheers, Allan

Far out - that sounds serious! The engine is forged build already (o-ringed, forged pistons, rods, etc etc etc etc) I think from memory it runs 14PSI, also runs a custom built clutch, clutch fork and thow-out bearing, along with an adaptor plate into a liberty gearbox as it kept blowing the standard RX turbo box (even with oil coolers & pumps everywhere lol) He mostly uses it for Autocross events now, as being a factory special built car it's a bit of history that shouldn't be crashed lol...

Thanks so much for all the info, i'll pass it along and keep in touch...

Jeff

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