New Suby build on my old v8 car- Change of plans, Selling this car to a buddy. The WRX motor will be going in my green 914 Options

[JRust]

I've put this car off long enough. I am buying a 2004 WRX motor to put in. As well as a suby tranny. I plan to get everything up & driving in this car. Then swap the drivetrains with my green car. We'll see how that plays out.

I need to replace the firewall section that was cut out by the PO in the late 80's. I'm going to replace the lower cutout of the firewall first. I like the idea of making the upper section of the firewall removable. Nice to have access from the front if possible. At least while I am getting it all setup. If I don't feel the need later I'll just make the firewall stock.

I've got the 911 rear axles already so will need to get those resplined for the suby CV tranny side. I've got the suby tranny I'm buying from Bob. I plan to do my motor cradle mount a little different. Not really planning on a cradle. I'll draw something up on it & post it later. Basically will use the engine bar mounts. But I plan to have an bar arch to the firewall where there will be another mount but a sideways tube. So there would be three mount points on the bar. the typical spots for the engine bar. Plus the front mount which will pivot. So when bolting in the drivetrain. You would get the front of the motor up first. Then lift the tranny up & bolt in place. Then the engine bar mounts. This will keep everything nice & out of the way for the exhaust. I came up with this thinking of the Porsche 6 firewall mounts. Anyway it will make more sense with a picture.

For the WRX motor. It has the Stock ECU with wiring setup for a 914 with the ECU flashed. Not sure if I'll be keeping that setup or using my spare Stinger ECU. Motor has a round 55k on it. I plan to do the timing chain & head gaskets while it's out. I'm also looking into getting bigger injectors, Fuel Rail & bigger turbo. I may wait on that but getting all my options of upgrades before it goes in. My plan is for this motor to go in my green car eventually. I'm going to get it all up & running in my old v8 car. Then make the decision to swap it. Then my old car will get sold.

Well there is the start of the plan. I'll update as things come in

[JRust]

I am getting the engine complete with exhaust. While I am looking into bigger turbo & options. I probably won't be doing much there until later if at all. Just pricing things out to see what makes sense & prioritize. I am not getting the cradle as he is building his ls1 off of it. As far as the turbo routing. Lyle had it in the stock spot. He was running a 901 with the adapter plate. Since I plan to run the suby tray we talked about Bob. The suby tranny output CV's sit farther forward right. Which means moving my motor back so my cv's aren't at to big an angle. Which would mean the turbo isn't going to fit without cutting up my rear trunk.