Pploco Sti-defiling a 914, such a BLAST! |
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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 |
Apr 9 2019, 02:52 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've got the hell hole fixed. I've removed the engine tray tin, and have been cleaning things up to prep and treat with zerorust, but wanted to wait until it warmed up a little. I decided to switch gears a little and focus on the motor and mockup.
I picked up a 2004 STI motor from an auction for 1200 bucks plus shipping. The description said it was part of a theft recovery and was missing the turbo. There wasn't a lot of detail, other than 104K miles on the clock and a receipt in the glove box that the timing belt had been changed at 90K miles. I knew it might end up being a box of rocks, but I figured that all the peripherals - manifolds, brackets, oil pan, etc would be worth what I paid. I decided to roll the dice and hope that the heads and internals weren't junk. I used Uship to find a cheap carrier, and for 300 bucks UPS delivered the motor to my driveway. Pretty good deal if you ask me. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1554908516.1.jpg) The motor didn't look too bad, but it smelled terrible. I can't really describe the stank, but it was bad. It smelled like water had mixed with oil and festered for several months. Damn! probably a blown head gasket. Oh well, I thought, I would at least use it for some mock up. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1554908648.1.jpg) Ian (Coldwater) lives in Boise, and so I called him up and begged him to hook me up with a cradle. BTW, he said he's still making these - they just take longer because he's super busy these days. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1554908653.2.jpg) About the same time, I picked up a '99 RS transmission. More on that later... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1554843163.4.jpg) Mocking the motor up, I verified that I would need to cut some of the trunk to fit the 20G turbo, the clutch slave, and starter. I wanted to brace the two rear towers, strengthen the corner that connects to the long, and have something to fasten the trans pitch stop to. I plan to go water/air IC and route the charge pipe similar to DBCooper's setup, over to the driver's side. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1554908653.3.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1554843164.7.jpg) I think this turned out pretty good - even though I used a ghetto homemade metal brake. Basically pipe wrenches, a vice, a 2x4, and a piece of angle iron. Oh yeah.... and some motor porn: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1554849622.1.jpg) |
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