What kind of cooling would the turbo get? Being the 80's I would assume it's just oil cooled. First mod, turbo timer.
It really is a thing of beauty. If I had the money my collection would start with this, and an old school rx7.
I think the hood scoop supplies cooling air to the turbo. Look at the engine picture and notice the duct right above the turbo- only place I could see that going to is the hood.
Monowiper, 'nuff said! Used to have a few of these at the yard I worked at. I would've loved to get one up and running for a yard car, but the boss sold off the engines quickly from them.
I love this thing! If it was anything but FWD, it would be mine and I'd have one more car that the GF is embarrassed to ride in
We owned 2 of these. Our first was an 86 Turbo XT 4WD. The cockpit was overwhelmingly cool. We than bought an 89 XT6 new from Morries. Both cars were head turners.
I still have bits off of my XT's and RX's... The turbo is oil and water cooled and the hood scoop is the vent for the stove pipe over the turbo. I beat the h3ll out of an XT when RallyCross started in the SCCA.
Todd beat me to it. Yep, water cooled turbo. VF-11 or even TD04 swap is possible, but not too many people did much with engine management. There was a big article in one of the early issues of SubieSport magazine about Will Maham (RIP) running a Megasquirt system on his slightly newer version of that motor. Pretty sure he still blew it up.... It's a cool car. 4WD swap isn't too hard. I've done it. I don't think it's worth $5Gs though. It is rare, but hardly a collector item. Besides, the '85-'86 Fuel Injection system was goofy, problematic, and hard to get parts for (IMHO, making it the #1 worst engine Subaru ever made). Good news is that being FWD, it didn't have the awful air suspension....
I have a 1989 intake system and 2 sets of air suspension and the service manuals for the XT. Man, I need to collect less "stuff"!
Where's the fun in that? I have an XT6 intake manifold hanging on the wall in my shed. As well as a couple electric PS pumps, air suspension compressors, etc. etc.
