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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 |
Sep 16 2019, 09:52 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 got a full day in on the car this weekend. I had a daughter head off to college a few weeks ago, so garage time has been non-existent. Now that things are slowing down a bit, I hope to get back at this to get some regular progress going. I finished the radiator, A/C condenser and water/air IC exchanger - got all the shrouding done and sealed. I cleaned things up a bit in the frunk, and I'm ready to move to something else.
I still need to run the lines, but I plan to run the coolant lines through the center console, so I decided to hit the floor pan and see what I was working with. First off - got the radiator a/c cradle painted. I picked up a nutsert rivet tool that is pretty magical, so I may have gone a bit nuts with it (no pun intended) - but man its such a great tool! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1568649120.1.jpg) All assembled, painted, and sealed. I even hooked up a battery to the fans to test the flow - it definitely moves a lot of air. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1568649122.2.jpg) I'm torn on venting the frunk. I like the idea of a stock looking sleeper, but I just can't bring myself to cutting massive holes in the inner fenders yet. I'm starting to wonder if a hood vent might be better for structure - it seems you would really weaken the front of a car that already flexes quite a bit. Now I can already hear the purists groaning about cutting holes in perfectly good hoods, but my thinking is that a hood is much easier to repair/replace than inner fender wells. I don't know... I think I'll save this decisions for a future day. With the radiator done, I moved to the interior to see about running coolant and maybe water/air lines under the console. I've got a plan hatching to cut the top off the tunnel, clean up the rust, rearrange the fuel, brake lines and add in coolant, shifter cable. But I wanted to see what I was working with. I know there are a couple of spots to do some rust repair on. Ode to favorite tools number two - the scaler or needler = pure magic on the tar covering. Stripping most of the tar from the pans took no more than an hour. Before getting the wirewheel or putty knife - go grab one of these for 20 bucks at HF. There is nothing more satisfying than watching huge chunks of the tar peel off with little effort. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1568649122.3.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1568649122.4.jpg) There were three areas needing rust repair. Thankfully, only one was in the pan. There's a small spot under the passenger seat that should be pretty simple, then a spot at the base of the passenger toe kick, and a small spot in the firewall behind the driver seat. All in all, much better than I had thought originally. I also pulled the windshield out to see how bad the bottom corners were behind the seals. Thankfully, nothing major.. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-22225-1568649123.5.jpg) |
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