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Pploco Sti-defiling a 914, such a BLAST! |
pploco |
Apr 5 2019, 03:47 PM
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Chief Toilet Flusher Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 15-June 18 From: boise, idaho Member No.: 22,225 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I figure its high time to start sharing my subaru conversion progress with y'all. I'm new to the 914 and have been silently lurking on the site gleaning as much knowledge as possible. I'm a few months into the conversion, and decided to gather up my pictures and start sharing.
Several years ago I shoe-horned a turbo subaru 2.0 into a 73 beetle 73 Subaru Conversion I had an ABSOLUTE BLAST flogging that poor little thing. But I quickly learned that the bug was not a very safe platform for a 300hp subaru engine. I could dust anything off the line and actually pull the front wheels off the ground. But it was a scary handful on the freeway. I ended up selling it and have missed that angry little blue bug ever since. I've always loved the 914, and have watched from the fringes as they creep up and up in value. So when two basket cases popped up locally on craigslist, I decided it was time to jump back in and do a proper conversion Lucky for me, I found these on a 2'fer one deal: 74: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1555094918.1.jpg) 73: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1554504271.1.jpg) The PO had stuffed a Pontiac v6 in the 73. He totally scabbed the conversion together - especially the cooling. No radiator fan, square tubing for coolant lines - its ugly. Not surprising, he cooked the motor. Then let it sit outside and rust. The interior is in excellent shape, but the rockers, longs, hell hole, and door jams are pretty bad. The 74 had been stripped and "prepped" for paint. His reality of "prepped" boarders on insanity. He was planning a LS conversion but didn't get any further than stripping it down and spraying it with john deere yellow (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) It basically came home in boxes. But, I picked them both up for $1500, then sold the 1.7 and trans from the 74 for $1K. Not a bad deal at all. I'm planning to use the 74 as my base. It has some hell hole issues and a few rust spots, but the longs are in pretty good shape and the pan is mostly solid. I'll use the 73 for an interior parts car. Now for a motor porn teaser - This is what I put together last weekend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/lh3.googleusercontent.com-22225-1554500840.3.jpg) |
pploco |
Jun 3 2019, 09:21 AM
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Chief Toilet Flusher Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 15-June 18 From: boise, idaho Member No.: 22,225 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I spent a few days in the garage this weekend on the conversion. At Chi-town's suggestion, I pulled the coupler back out and squared it off and rewelded; then put it back in with some locktite.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1559589080.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1559575286.1.jpg) My son called me a chicken for not attempting a back plate. So I went salvaging and found a 12"X12"X1/2" plate for 20 bucks. After two sawzall blades, three cutoff wheels, and a skinned knuckle, I managed to get one that looked half decent. My son says its the perfect spot for a mighty mouse sticker - we'll see about that.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1559575286.2.jpg) I got the transmission mounted, and bolted everything to the car. Then I laid on the garage floor for about an hour afterwards. Whew, that was a wrestling match. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1559575287.3.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1559575287.4.jpg) And there's room to spare (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1559575288.5.jpg) I've still got to figure out some better motor mounts. The stock mounts let the cradle hang too far down. And with the stock STI mounts, I'm not going to really need the rubber Porsche mounts. My plan is to have something fabbed up with urethane - dunno, I'll cross that bridge later. For now, the motor and trans are set so I can start mocking up coolant and clutch lines, intercooler, and axles. This felt like a big milestone. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) |
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