Rusty, The Faithful Justy

thunder039 · Apr 4, 2012

i worked it out on my gadge each quarter is about 12.5 liters givig me 50ltrs all up plus the 8ltrs when the light is on

mr turbo · Apr 4, 2012

G'day Cañon Carver & :welcome:

to ORS.

thunder039 said:
trust me i know the pain of price of petrol! (gasolene)

taza said:
Same here, I pretty much go through a tank a week at $1.55

Yep, it's about the same here in NSW at the moment $1.53 a liter.
My consumption is usually around the 11-11.5ltr / 100km's (or 24-27MPG) for city driving.

Regards
Mr Turbo

Cañon Carver · Apr 4, 2012

I thought I would post some of the ideas I have for Rusty

-First up, Rocker Sliders. I figure I have a ton of rust on my rocker panels, so why not just cut out the entire rocker, and weld in some super sturdy steel panels, along the same lines of the OEM Jeep Rubicon rock sliders. Something simple, like this

-Next, I want to make some tubular front and rear bumpers, with a winch, front and rear

I already own a Harbor Freight 2000 LB winch, and 1 more on the rear would be an awesome duo in a case of emergency offroad. Something like this

carljwnc · Apr 4, 2012

Howdy and

Cañon Carver!!!

Cool, I think your the first Justy to join the board.:ebiggrin:

thunder039 · Apr 4, 2012

i reacon once the justy is done it will very capable offroad just due to the lightwieght and size

Cañon Carver · Apr 5, 2012

carljwnc said:
Howdy and Cañon Carver!!!

Cool, I think your the first Justy to join the board.:ebiggrin:

That is pretty cool if I am

Solo Justy, lol. I have to say, the little guy stands out in a crowd

Thank you for the warm welcome.

thunder039 said:
i reacon once the justy is done it will very capable offroad just due to the lightwieght and size

My main goal for this Justy is basically an Overland/DD vehicle. I will be adding a roof rack later on that will house probably 3-4 fuel tanks, along with water, full size spare('s?), and some other handy items as well. I can go about 400 miles on a full tank (9.2 Gal), and with the addition of extra fuel tanks I hope to extend that by at least another tank, so 800 miles worth of fuel if all is perfect.

I do believe because of it's small stature, weight, and so on and so forth, that it WILL be VERY capable offroad, especially with a lift, turbo 1.2, and some new axles MUCH later on (I have dreams of Sami axles under Rusty :bcool:

)

Like I stated before in the journal, I have a couple different Subie projects going at once, and I take my time carefully planning every move before I do it. Less mistakes tend to happen this way

-Jamie

thunder039 · Apr 5, 2012

what other subie projects are you doing?

casm · Apr 5, 2012

Nice to see a Justy on here. I always kind of liked those little buggers; they remind me a lot of the Fiat Panda 4x4 (the real Panda 4x4 - [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I5IDIrtYzI]this[/ame] one) I used to have

One thing about rocker guards: I really don't recommend cutting the sills unless you're going to do a straight-up replacement of them, then running the rocker guards outside of them. I've seen both methods done on unibody 4x4s (XJ Cherokees, mostly) and while just replacing the sills with heavier steel can work, having a little bit of leeway between the two helps when you've got a pile of weight on that part of the vehicle.

I used to run these double-tube rocker guards on my XJ, and it's a design that works remarkably well. Granted, I don't know how well it might translate over to a Justy - but having just that extra little bit of space between the rail and panels made a world of difference to maintaining body strength in a slide.

Other than that, I'm really interested to see what you come up with for it. I've got a weird love of ultralight 4x4s, so am very interested to see how far you can take it.

Cañon Carver · Apr 5, 2012

thunder039 said:
what other subie projects are you doing?

Oh, just a few

I have my OBS that will be used primarily for Time Attack/Time Trials, nothing major(I am not Ken Block, lol), and I also have a '94 Impreza L Wagon that I plan on making into a major highway vehicle for my wife who commutes pretty far every day for work. The L Wagon is FWD, so the goal is to have the longest running gears possible, mated to a 6 spd trans, with the 1.8 pepped up a bit, PnP, etc, mostly MPG mods

The OBS build can be seen here...
https://www.rs25.com/forums/f145/t153383-canon-carvers-canyon-carver.html

-Jamie

Cañon Carver · Apr 5, 2012

casm said:
Nice to see a Justy on here. I always kind of liked those little buggers; they remind me a lot of the Fiat Panda 4x4 (the real Panda 4x4 - this one) I used to have

One thing about rocker guards: I really don't recommend cutting the sills unless you're going to do a straight-up replacement of them, then running the rocker guards outside of them. I've seen both methods done on unibody 4x4s (XJ Cherokees, mostly) and while just replacing the sills with heavier steel can work, having a little bit of leeway between the two helps when you've got a pile of weight on that part of the vehicle.

I used to run these double-tube rocker guards on my XJ, and it's a design that works remarkably well. Granted, I don't know how well it might translate over to a Justy - but having just that extra little bit of space between the rail and panels made a world of difference to maintaining body strength in a slide.

Other than that, I'm really interested to see what you come up with for it. I've got a weird love of ultralight 4x4s, so am very interested to see how far you can take it.

I see this is a great forum all ready

I really appreciate all of the warm welcomes. There is only one other site that has welcomed me so well, and I frequent it every day, I hope this place is the same :biggrin:

I will take your rocker rail options into great consideration as I am not that avid of a 4 wheeler. I have had only a couple major "rigs" in my day( '93 full size Bronco W/ Supercharged 302, lifted '93 Ranger), but wheeling in a Subie is a whole new ball game to me. I have a couple sketches drawn up that I would like to somehow post here for approval/further ideas. I guess I need to learn how to use Mac Paint a little better, lol.

-Jamie

Cañon Carver · Apr 5, 2012

Casm,

I just got done fiddling through a couple Panda vids on Youtube, and I am pretty happy with what I see. The Justy and the Panda have what seems to be about the same approach angles, short, stout wheelbase, and just enough pep to turn the rubber when needed

With that said, I am now having 0 doubts that this will be an awesome little trail monster :lildevil:

Now I am even more eager to start modifying:lol:

-Jamie

Cañon Carver · Apr 5, 2012

I thought I would post up some pics of my other Subies

'94 Impreza L Wagon-Yamaha Raptor 700(Sold

)-'97 OBS

'97 OBS

-Jamie

stilson · Apr 5, 2012

Dude I think I love Rusty!

Can't wait to see it as an offroad weapon.

Cañon Carver · Apr 7, 2012

stilson said:
Dude I think I love Rusty!

Can't wait to see it as an offroad weapon.

Lol, it does grow on you

I let my buddy drive it to get coffee this morning. When he came back he was grinning from ear to ear, so I asked "What's up with you?", and he replied "I don't think I have ever driven a car that makes me feel like a little kid playing with a Matchbox car, except the fact that I just DID drive a Matchbox car!". I now have him searching for a Justy for his own DD, lol.

-Jamie

Cañon Carver · Apr 8, 2012

Update-

I started more rust removal last night, and I hope to have Rusty fully rust free in a couple weeks

After the rust is all gone it will be sanded down with some 80 grit and blasted with Speedliner bedliner, courtesy of a friend in the business

The scheme will be White bedliner on top, with Black trim on the bottom. Something like this scheme...

(I know, it's not a Subie, lol)

I also started mocking up my gauge panel. I love making panels for anything, in fact a majority of my friends come to me for stupid custom stuff all the time, lol. Here is a panel I made for my OBS a while back...

These are actually my gauges that will go in Rusty

-Jamie

mr turbo · Apr 8, 2012

Cañon Carver said:
Here is a panel I made for my OBS a while back...

These are actually my gauges that will go in Rusty

Very nice work mate :raz:

Regards
Mr Turbo

Cañon Carver · Apr 8, 2012

Thanks Mr. Turbo, just wait until you see the panel for Rusty

-Jamie

mr turbo · Apr 8, 2012

Cañon Carver said:
just wait until you see the panel for Rusty

Looking forward to it

I'm sure it's going to be a beauty :biggrin:

Regards
Mr Turbo

Cañon Carver · Apr 8, 2012

nipper · Apr 9, 2012

All I have is a lowly 89 with 30,000 miles and a CVT

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