Fiid's Project Progress Thead., The Legend of Narparu Options

[fiid]

This evening I bolted the dummy transmission to the subaru motor.

Please excuse the mess in my garage.

Here is an aft view.

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Mister Tire of very large Rack sent me 4 Kuhmo Ecstas today as well (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif)

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There was some interest around engine mounts. You can see the two uprights in the following pic.

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The two uprights bolt to the following bar in the trunk:

[fiid]

And I'm Spent.

The 914Club sticker fell off, btw - need to get some more since I gave all mine away to the $(*#&*$&( - uh - other 914 owners in my neighborhood who never showed up here.

[ChrisReale]

Fiid, we still havent hooked up tp wrench. PM me or somthin'....I have a few extra stickers too (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif)

[14Maschine]

I just had to show my support. Looks like a sweet build. I want to do the same myself. I think I will start with the base EJ20. Do you know how much the mounting location varies from motor too motor, speceficly EJ22, 25, ER27 EA82?

[scotty914]

all of the newer motors have the same mounting points ie anything from 96 and up but the you get to deal with odb2. but it is not that bad to do obd2 you just want to fake a few signals with resistors. as for engine mounts stay away from any mount that uses the stock 914 mounting locations they are 14 inches forward of the motor's mounts.

[14Maschine]

I think Eric used stock mounting locations with his ER27

[scotty914]

the 2.7 liter uses the old locations they are a bit further forward

my engine bar pics this thread has pics of my engine bar set up, many people at the wcc saw how solid it is

[fiid]

This is a 3" (rice) stainless turbo downpipe from a WRX. It's a little too long for use on a 914 (no space for a muffler) but provides the right flanges and stuff. I will use it as a base to fab up my exhaust system. I need to get an appropriate muffler for this (I'm trying not to get that rice "farting in a large steel chamber" sound - I would like it to just be fairly quiet - except at WOT).

[fiid]

This is the other end of the downpipe. The "bellmouth" interface to the turbo seems to be fairly well constructed - I think it will create good "turbulent flow" in the pipe.

[fiid]

This is how you do turbo plumbing with DWV pipe from the despot. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif) This is designed to get me to the point where the car is drivable, then I will get it replaced with proper silicone/silica/whatever pipes and get the intercooler setup working.

The new megasquirt firmware I have can also do boost control which I will probably get going as well.

[fiid]

BTW: I tested the DWV rubber fittings with compressed air. They are good to about 20lbs - and usually fail because they slip off the pipe they are clamped on to. You have to make sure the fittings are very tight.

This turbo has no wastegate control - so as soon as there is enough pressure to actuate the wastegate - the pressure will stop. It is estimated this will provide about 5-6 pounds of boost - which should be enough to be moderately exciting whilst not destroying anything (esp without the intercooler). I don't want to get too aggressive before I've done too much tuning either.

I got my nice new aluminum pedals installed, along with a new throttle cable. The standard 914 throttle cable can be made to fit a subaru engine with a little cutting and a correctly fabricated bracket.

[fiid]

NB - In the previous shot you can also see the scars from clutch tube surgery. Thanks to Brad's article, I was able to do the clutch tube correctly - my first attempt was not nearly as secure, and has the wrong cable length to it.

Check out the new Forza seat and the laptop - used for Megasquirt tuning.

I also stripped the interior of carpet. I started pulling the tar out - but it got to be too much like hard work and I can finish it after the car is drivable on a weekend sometime.

[fiid]

This is my cooling system setup.

It's a 91/92 Golf radiator with a set of "universal" fans I got from the "Gotelli Speed Shop" in South San Francisco. The air will be vented out the bottom of the trunk, and some sheet something will be added to retain some usable trunk space. The spare will live in the rear trunk. There are side baffles for the radiator, and a fiberglass under-baffle - I need to add something at the top.

Inspection of the radiator on the Turbo 2.5 engine in our legacy was interesting - it's about half an inch thick and not much larger than this one, so I think this might be adequate to cool the engine. The MS can do various things based on coolant temperature as well - so we can cut boost in overheat situations.

[fiid]

The brakes are bled and the front wheels are on the ground. This is a big step and is making the project feel like it might actually be complete one day. One learns to ignore the condition of the paint on the car.

[fiid]

This is the megasquirt. I am running the megasquirt-extra code. It has been modified to support spark timing (for edis) being controlled by the LED17 line, and for PWM idle modulation. I set the idle speed in the software (for cold and warm) and it adjusts the idle valve to suit. I am constantly amazed by the quality and ease of doing more things with the Megasquirt. It's also very enjoyable to know how everything on the engine works.

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You'll notice the 914 oil pressure sender unit in the previous picture - this is hooked up to the subaru engine and will drive the VDO oil pressure guage.

I got hold of the Innovate Motorsports LC-1 Wideband Controller. This is an AWESOME product. Not only is it very clearly documented and comes with all the accessories you could possibly need - it also came with starch environmentally friendly packing peanuts which I dissolved in my sink. Very happy to have an excellent product and not to have to add to the 20 gallons of styrofoam I have in my basement.

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This is the knock sensor input circuit for the megasquirt. I made it out of parts from radioshack. This will be mounted inside the megasquirt box and hooked up to the stock subaru sensor. should be very cool.

[fiid]

This is the worst bit of rust on the car these days. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to best tackle this??? I don't really know what to do about it. I'd really like to avoid taking the whole fender off.