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subi conversion questions |
hockeymutt |
Dec 31 2017, 11:19 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 84 Joined: 4-August 08 From: NJ Member No.: 9,388 Region Association: None |
Hey everyone starting to get the pieces for my swap, currently have a WRX engine with complete harness. Picked it up for 1k complete with engine harness and body harness 80k on the motor. here are my questions:
Cooling: MR2 radiator with dual fans in the front? VW reservoir for self bleeding SIDE NOTE: I've been really interested in maybe doing something under the front bumper looks like porsche made a Mid mount radiator but my concern is its way to small (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/cdn4.pelicanparts.com-9388-1514740760.1.jpg) the other option is doing a deck lid mounted set up with 2 porsche mid mount radiators and using push pull flow fans, but can't find anyone that has succeeded with it? Cradle have a few options but leads me to my next question: TRANS: do i keep the stock and use the kenny adapters? about $800-900 or can pick up a forester trans with 160k for $175 plus axle splines, bell crank cables, shifter, pedal assembly with cylinders, 2wd conversion, GPS speedo, plus man hours i'll prob be close to $1500 to convert. my concerns with the subie trans are i would have to go to a floor mounted pedal set up and would have to figure out how to tie into the stock brake system. Think I've figured it out but seems like a lot of work and tweaking to get the bias correct. Resplined axles from dutchman should be easy, Cable bell crank is available online, 2wd is easy to get. thanks for all the help, this will be a long journey but will be worth it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) |
hockeymutt |
Jan 12 2018, 11:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 84 Joined: 4-August 08 From: NJ Member No.: 9,388 Region Association: None |
Picked up a 5mt. found a very knowledge fabricator and is going to help make cradles using my car as a mock up. Ill keep everyone posted. Looks like it will be a coldwater/ renegade style front and were going to figure out something for the trans. We're also looking into a cable shift step up. Hopefully will have something done in the next few weeks.
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rnellums |
Jan 13 2018, 09:02 AM
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Professional Enthusiast Group: Members Posts: 1,646 Joined: 26-November 09 From: Littleton, CO Member No.: 11,072 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Picked up a 5mt. found a very knowledge fabricator and is going to help make cradles using my car as a mock up. Ill keep everyone posted. Looks like it will be a coldwater/ renegade style front and were going to figure out something for the trans. We're also looking into a cable shift step up. Hopefully will have something done in the next few weeks. This is exciting news! In my opinion, A well designed cradle would re-use the soft rubber mounts that the Subaru uses for the engine and transmission, and then would hard-mount to the pickups on the body. In the current coldwater setup, he engine soft-mounts to the cradle, but the transmission mounts hard-mount to the cradle, which im sure sets up some bad vibration/fatigue issues. Also, using an engine mount that only picks up at the front stock mount points will have a hug cantilevered mass which will be a lot of stress on those forward mounts. I'm almost certain that the engine mount needs to to support the entire engine/transmission assembly as a single unit. |
hockeymutt |
Jan 13 2018, 05:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 84 Joined: 4-August 08 From: NJ Member No.: 9,388 Region Association: None |
Picked up a 5mt. found a very knowledge fabricator and is going to help make cradles using my car as a mock up. Ill keep everyone posted. Looks like it will be a coldwater/ renegade style front and were going to figure out something for the trans. We're also looking into a cable shift step up. Hopefully will have something done in the next few weeks. This is exciting news! In my opinion, A well designed cradle would re-use the soft rubber mounts that the Subaru uses for the engine and transmission, and then would hard-mount to the pickups on the body. In the current coldwater setup, he engine soft-mounts to the cradle, but the transmission mounts hard-mount to the cradle, which im sure sets up some bad vibration/fatigue issues. Also, using an engine mount that only picks up at the front stock mount points will have a hug cantilevered mass which will be a lot of stress on those forward mounts. I'm almost certain that the engine mount needs to to support the entire engine/transmission assembly as a single unit. thats what i was thinking. Going to see about getting him to do something similar to DBcoppers set up, using the subaru stock trans brace. the only issue i can see for my situation is using subaru rubber on the frame is space. Im running a wrx motor and with the stock down pipe its tight. |
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