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Subaru Conversion, Helpful Hints |
Porscharu914 |
May 17 2012, 02:12 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 17-May 12 From: Denver, Colorado Member No.: 14,439 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Recently I was gifted a '71 914. This car was given to me by a member at the country club I work at. In 1983 he took the car to a shop in Nebraska where he paid a guy 4k to do a FULL restoration to the motor and body. ($4000.00 went slightly farther than it would today) The guy was supposed to work on the car on the weekends and they planned the project to take 18-24 months. After the motor/trans were pulled and the body work had been done the shop closed down and the car had to go....NOW. The guy I got the car from picked it up from the shop and stored it, mid restoration, in a garage thinking someday he'd get to it. The car hadn't been touched from then until last 2 Sundays ago and I'm now the proud owner of a primed, motorless, transmissionless, brakeless, and interiorless 914. With all the resources and personal abilities I have I should be able to flip the car in about 2 years....hopefully sooner.
Since the motor and transmission were pulled and mysteriously went 80% of the way missing I've decided to do the somewhat frowned upon Subaru swap. Yesterday I picked up the FWD transmission, yes FWD, out of a 92 Legacy. I'll be going back for an EJ22 (non turbo) on Monday. I'm not worried about mounting the motor/trans or getting CVs that will fit. I'm most concerned about doing an ALL AROUND hub conversion for the sake of saving some $$$ on brakes and the versatility of a wider wheel selection. So with the novel out of the way here are a few of my questions: What hubs will be the best bet for all 4 corners? (consistent bolt pattern is a must) Is plumbing in a front mounted radiator the most effective water cooling solution? Do I need to upgrade the fuel pump? If so, to how many lph? Is there an easy solution to making the Subie conversion work with my guage cluster? (tach, speedo.....etc) Are there any non-mechanical issues I'm up against for bolting everything together? Also I would very much appreciate any added advice or tips to make this a smooth conversion. Cheers |
Dave_Darling |
May 17 2012, 06:08 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,990 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
What hubs will be the best bet for all 4 corners? (consistent bolt pattern is a must) The front hub is part of the front rotor, they're one solid casting. I don't know of any other hubs that fit the front spindle. The only rear hubs I know of that fit the 914 are 914-6 rear hubs. And those fall into the category of "rather expensive", even for a Por$che. It is relatively popular to change the 914 over to the five-bolt pattern (5x130mm) that the 911s use. You use 911 front struts which fit the 914 pretty much perfectly, and give you the 5-bolt hubs and bigger brakes. Swapping the cross-member, A-arms, and so forth is optional. The rears are tougher. The more common way to do them is to have the stock hubs drilled 5x130mm and studs pressed in. Then either re-drilled 914 rear rotors or unmodified 914-6 rear rotors can be used with the stock 914 rear brakes--though often a little grinding of the OD of the rotor or moving the caliper out a couple MM is needed when using the Six rear rotors. Other options include working up ways to use 911 rear rotors and calipers (sometimes including the internal drum brake e-brake), or machining hubs and bearings and doing mix-and-match to get things to fit. We know of people who have made adaptors to go from 4x130mm to 4x100mm. Those seem less-cheesy than the four-to-five adaptors, though they are still not that highly thought-of in some circles. --DD |
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