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Vortex love VS GL5

Post by sven '2' » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:38 pm

There is a lot of Vortex love on the forum of late.

I had always wanted a one, in like a poo brown colour, lifted to take on club trips to show the Ls and later the Foresters up.

Don't get me wrong, any positive attention to our Subaru heritage is a good thing...but, I would suggest the the GL5 is being overlooked in the current vortex-love-fest.

For example, this tidy unit - link here

A teaser...

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Post by TOONGA » Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:14 pm

I love the GL5 or any of the coupe variants, Ive seen a silver one down here about a year ago and I should've left a note on the windscreen telling them if they ever wanted to sell get in touch.

It would've hade a quite upgrade to an EJ20 or EJ22 with you guessed it an AWD carby and dizzy setup. It may still happen. :)

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Post by coupe » Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:09 pm

Well i had a GLF 82.
It was a bloody nice car to have. it was great on gas, i got 650 km per tank on P/ ulp.
I only sold it to buy the vortex. I had always wanted both. I love the simplicity of the ea 81 i could tune it with my eyes closed. The handling was great, i only modified the camber from 1/2 deg pos to to 1 deg neg. and tuned the car for unleaded from leaded.
The vortex was a love affair from the first time i sat in a new one at a subaru dealer.
Finally i got the chance to buy a vortex but had to sell the coupe to do it.
It was the bittersweet moment having to give up one for the other.
To this day i still miss having the coupe, but i dont regret buying the vortex.
Heres some photos of my babies lol.
the coupe is a 82.
The two vortexs are a 85 auto.
its slow and low and a joy to cruise long distances in.
The turbo is a 87 ax7. spider manifold. single range all wheel drive.
its a bloody quick gokart.
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Post by Thalass » Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:25 pm

I do love the 2 door GLs. Wouldn't mind one after i sell my outback. Might make a good electric conversion, if i ever have enough money to do it.
Living in Canada now. Looking at all these SVXs for sale...
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Post by Corax » Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:34 am

Jules,

That GL5 lives in scary park down near Britton rd I think. See it down that area all the time on my way to work. Would be good if someone could save it, don't think it see's a lot of love.

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Post by steptoe » Sun Jun 12, 2011 3:48 am

That pic came up in my Vortex searches, looks ballsy.
Ian, LegacyTT has done EJ GLF with Foz rims - looks good too.

GoKart ? Why'd ya have ta say that? Mine has a lotta work before I can test that claim :(
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Post by Gannon » Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:08 am

Where did you get that spoiler ?

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dont mean to clutter the thread but i think i love MY Coupes....

Post by 2coupedup » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:17 am

some pics of my rides in various stages of builds and parts swaps etc...
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Post by H-top » Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:30 am

i loved my GLF :(
too much rust.
i leant it to my mate and he blew it up.
it was 4 years ago, i already had my first vortex
and i didnt know much about cars so i knew i couldnt
fix it :(

i would love another one...........like, really would...........


they are both amazing cars, im addicted to coupes'

great thread, brings a fond tear to my eye :D
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Post by coupe » Sun Jun 12, 2011 12:23 pm

GoKart ? Why'd ya have ta say that? Mine has a lotta work before I can test that claim :([/QUOTE]
The rear wing came with the car on the auto tex. both cars handle really well the Auto is almost like a go kart. It is very low to the ground like a porche,you would struggle to put a coke can under the sills. She is a great cruiser and sounds like a WRX.
The Turbo has thick varible ratio king springs, they dont give in the corners, my cooper S had more lean than this lol.
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Post by steptoe » Sun Jun 12, 2011 12:49 pm

there you go again - frustration coming on thick and fast. fidget, fidget....

2coupedup - nice to see someone else has more than one Subaru at a time, and guess the missus has a choice of what to drive, the coupe, or the coupe or the coupe, or .....

I feel better :)
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Post by El_Freddo » Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:05 pm

For me, it's not just the GL5 - the MY coupes in general with a good tidy up look awesome. They don't have quite the same soft spot as the Brumby but they're up there.

Its a shame that Subaru didn't bring the L series coupe over here - I'd have one of them in the driveway in a flash! I'm partial to the L's overall...

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Post by Gannon » Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:59 pm

Nah see i like the earlier pre 79 coupes like this RX 1400
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Post by H-top » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:36 pm

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Post by steptoe » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:43 pm

It was something like this or the GSR that blew past me on the Hume many years ago at 90 miles an hour that impressed me !
Fill those 'ugly's guards and maybe they look sweet too?
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Post by littlewhiteute » Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:46 pm

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My favourite, a sleeper for sure.
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Post by Silverbullet » Sun Jun 12, 2011 8:05 pm

Gannon wrote:Nah see i like the earlier pre 79 coupes like this RX 1400
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Just beautiful :-o

the shape of the back end kinda reminds me of the Datto 120Y, I like those too :cool:
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Post by 2coupedup » Sun Jun 12, 2011 8:27 pm

steptoe wrote:there you go again - frustration coming on thick and fast. fidget, fidget....

2coupedup - nice to see someone else has more than one Subaru at a time, and guess the missus has a choice of what to drive, the coupe, or the coupe or the coupe, or .....

I feel better :)
lol nah had to get rid off all but the silver coupe and the 1600 sedan :mad:
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Post by 2coupedup » Sun Jun 12, 2011 8:30 pm

littlewhiteute wrote:My favourite, a sleeper for sure.
i wish, just the little old ea81, weber, coil n dizzy upgrade with a 2" poo pipe...

but now with 27's and ej20 "S" to come coupled with a 4.44auto hmmmm

p.s. GUESS WHAT "S" MEANS.... lol

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Post by guyph_01 » Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:26 pm

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