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 |
May 28 2019, 10:21 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 found another transmission that I couldn't pass up on. I had originally found a '99 impreza RS transmission to use, but after a bit of research realized that the push-type clutch, and the hydraulic conversion were a bit of a pain to get to work with the STI motor. So I picked up an '04 WRX tranmission with a broken center diff for cheap.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1559060463.1.jpg) I pulled the nose cone off and disassembled the center diff. I expected to see it in bad shape, but it wasn't too bad. The little spacer on the spider gear had broken, but it hadn't done any major damage aside from locking the rear in. I guess I didn't realize that the WRX had a clutch pack in the center diff - it had definitely seen better days and went right in the trash. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1559060465.2.jpg) So I thought I'd take a crack at making a center lock. I started following this write up, but realized that there are some differences in this transmission so it threw me off a bit. The write up says to slice this: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-10736-1268020285.3.jpg) then weld the inside sleeve to the outside sleeve, and cut the flange off - (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-10736-1268020290.8.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-10736-1268020290.9.jpg) You end up with this: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-10736-1268020292.11.jpg) Here's my question. Why would you cut the flange off as it rides on the bearing that goes here?: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1559060466.3.jpg) It seems like you would want to keep the sleeve on so it continues to sit on the bearing. The other question I have is if you use a cut sleeve (or use the Bremar spline locking spool) how do you prevent it moving backwards off the shafts? Wouldn't it be better for me to do something like this? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1559060466.4.jpg) Or just pull the spider gears and clutch pack out and weld here: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1559060467.5.jpg) It would prevent the locked spool from moving laterally or horizontally and working its way off the splines?? |
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