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For Sale: Sylva J15
Street Legal, Titled and Registered in Arizona 2022
Subaru EJ204 engine with 5 speed transmission
SCCA Solo D/E-Mod, Track Day, Hill Climb
Engine, Chassis, and Body Professionally Installed
Build Photos Available
$17,000

What a great combo.
I'm a fan of Jeremy's designs.
I knew I'd seen this before: https://bigchickenhotrods.com/subaru/

Do you have a guard or body work to protect the transaxle?

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Miata UBJ: ES-2074R('70s maz pickup)
Ford IFS viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13225&p=134742
Simple Spring select viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11815
LxWxHt
360LA 442E: 134.5x46x15
Lotus7:115x39x7.25
Tiger Avon:114x40x13.3-12.6
Champion/Book:114x42x11
Gibbs/Haynes:122x42x14
VoDou:113x44x14
McSorley 442:122x46x14
Collins 241:127x46x12

Thanks for asking,
The floor pan extends to the rear, protecting the engine/trans from bottoming

Can you post a shot showing the rear?

Interesting that I don't think the J15 has ever been mentioned on this site before, and we've now got two (one never started kit, and this finished one) posted for sale within a few days of each other.

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-Justin

"Orville Wright did not have a pilots license." - Gordon MacKenzie

I thought I had but we can't search for less than four numbers/letters. I mentioned it on USA7s recently.
Very little overhang on the rear of a J15 so it would stick out pretty far but not much can be done except add a guard/ nerf bar.

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Miata UBJ: ES-2074R('70s maz pickup)
Ford IFS viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13225&p=134742
Simple Spring select viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11815
LxWxHt
360LA 442E: 134.5x46x15
Lotus7:115x39x7.25
Tiger Avon:114x40x13.3-12.6
Champion/Book:114x42x11
Gibbs/Haynes:122x42x14
VoDou:113x44x14
McSorley 442:122x46x14
Collins 241:127x46x12

I assume it is similar to this one https://youtu.be/SIwuJb0m-Ec

Also here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylva_A ... 0_Rear.jpg

This is a descendent of the Fury also a very sexy car.

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MGiata current build here: https://www.mgexp.com/forum/mga-forum.2 ... n.3898051/

Except that there is a longitudinal transaxle necessarily protruding out the back. Potential buyers will want to see how that was handled.

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-Justin

"Orville Wright did not have a pilots license." - Gordon MacKenzie

So this is the one in the build log listed above? It's a gorgeous car for what would seem to be a reasonable price. Would prefer to see an EZ series 6 in there, but I'm sure its a blast nonetheless.

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This is a descendent of the Fury also a very sexy car.

Sort of... in that its from the same designer, Jeremy Phillips (Sylva) but beyond some resemblance they are quite different...

The Fury and the vast majority of his designs were more traditional aero bodied sevens. There were very successful in UK circuit racing with both car and bike engine. Typically faster top end due to the aero and often lighter than direct alternatives. These include Star, Leader, Striker, Phoenix, Fury, Stylus.

Later he moved to mid-engine designs to address the reduced number of front engine rwd. donors and the greater availability and efficiency of transverse layouts. Jester, Mojo, Riot and J15/16 were all mid-engine. A quick look at the width of the tunnel confirms that it is structural and for coolant pipes and gear linkage only. There's no room for a transmission.
Duratec, zetec, MGF, Subaru, Ford Sigma (Zetec SE), Hayabusa, Fireblade have all been fitted to the J15.

The eBay auction has a But It Now of $11,900, amazing value.

Graham