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sawtooth
post Aug 23 2008, 05:56 PM
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Wanted to start a build thread for my na suby conversion. The car is my newly acquired '73 2.0L fi. It is very clean, appearance group, 2nd owner, 88K. I currently use it as my daily driver.

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I want to do a suby conversion because I believe the overall package will have the performance, drivability, and dependability I'm looking for.

EDIT: I've changed motor selection slightly and am also taking a bigger plunge by going with a suby trans, see Post #49.
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sawtooth   the sawtooth build thread   Aug 23 2008, 05:56 PM
KELTY360   :wttc: Nice looking car. If it's as nice as ...   Aug 23 2008, 07:19 PM
zymurgist   I've got no problems with doing a suby conver...   Aug 24 2008, 08:47 AM
DBCooper   Could be, but how much less would a well converted...   Aug 23 2008, 08:12 PM
KELTY360   Could be, but how much less would a well converte...   Aug 23 2008, 08:59 PM
brant   pretty car neat project I kinda agree with the abo...   Aug 24 2008, 09:09 AM
DBCooper   Could be I guess, I don't pay attention to use...   Aug 24 2008, 09:37 AM
jasons   I'm not opposed to conversions, but your car l...   Aug 24 2008, 10:40 AM
DBCooper   Make him an offer...   Aug 24 2008, 11:22 AM
jasons   Make him an offer... LOL I already have a 73 2....   Aug 24 2008, 11:41 AM
DBCooper   Brant says $8-9K...   Aug 24 2008, 11:23 AM
KELTY360   OK, sure. Hey sawtooth - I'll give you ...   Aug 24 2008, 11:32 AM
jasons   FWIW I don't know how the original posters ca...   Aug 24 2008, 11:52 AM
DBCooper   That's crazy, those are prices that I've s...   Aug 24 2008, 12:45 PM
jasons   Anybody can ask anything, but what it's worth...   Aug 24 2008, 01:05 PM
DBCooper   What I know for sure, his car won't be stock ...   Aug 24 2008, 02:13 PM
jasons   But to call an end to this discussion, he said in...   Aug 24 2008, 02:18 PM
tronporsche   Good points made here. Not to keep things going , ...   Aug 24 2008, 03:37 PM
sawtooth   tron, that is an amazing looking car. And from one...   Aug 24 2008, 07:44 PM
jd74914   Sawtooth, Hopefully these guys didn't scare y...   Aug 24 2008, 07:45 PM
sawtooth   Sawtooth, Hopefully these guys didn't scare ...   Aug 24 2008, 08:55 PM
carreraguy   Sawtooth - FWIW , for obvious reasons I'm tota...   Aug 24 2008, 09:48 PM
sawtooth   Sawtooth - FWIW , for obvious reasons I'm tot...   Aug 29 2008, 03:28 PM
KELTY360   So I guess this means I won't get a screamin...   Aug 24 2008, 10:11 PM
brant   I'll buy your running F.I. drive line for 1K (...   Aug 24 2008, 11:01 PM
Sleepin   I'll buy your running F.I. drive line for 1K ...   Aug 24 2008, 11:21 PM
sawtooth   I'll buy your running F.I. drive line for 1K ...   Aug 25 2008, 07:41 PM
Sleepin   I'll buy your running F.I. drive line for 1K...   Aug 25 2008, 07:46 PM
sawtooth   [quote name='sawtooth' post='1071291' date='Aug 2...   Aug 25 2008, 08:55 PM
tronporsche   Sawtooth, please don't get me wrong, basically...   Aug 25 2008, 02:55 AM
tronporsche   So out of curiosity, do you have a final plan and ...   Aug 26 2008, 03:20 PM
sawtooth   So out of curiosity, do you have a final plan and...   Aug 29 2008, 12:22 AM
bfrymire   So out of curiosity, do you have a final plan an...   Aug 29 2008, 03:51 PM
charliew   Do the guys wanting to buy the motor realize you a...   Aug 30 2008, 11:02 PM
computers4kids   That appears to be a very nice 914 and for the pri...   Aug 30 2008, 11:23 PM
sawtooth   It's been a few months since my last update. T...   Dec 28 2008, 06:56 PM
pktzygt   I'm following your progress. I'm still con...   Dec 31 2008, 01:09 PM
Zaney   :bump: From one Suby guy to another... How goes...   Sep 23 2010, 02:07 PM
sawtooth   :bump: From one Suby guy to another... How goe...   Sep 23 2010, 02:45 PM
Britain Smith   When you say motor mount arms...are you talking ab...   Sep 23 2010, 03:00 PM
sawtooth   When you say motor mount arms...are you talking a...   Sep 23 2010, 03:34 PM
Hontec   Love the Subaru conversion, doing it myself, only ...   Sep 23 2010, 03:38 PM
sawtooth   Love the Subaru conversion, doing it myself, only...   Sep 23 2010, 03:47 PM
Hontec   Love the Subaru conversion, doing it myself, onl...   Sep 23 2010, 03:52 PM
charliew   Sequential tranny as in the new suby sequential tr...   Sep 24 2010, 01:11 PM
Hontec   Sequential tranny as in the new suby sequential t...   Sep 24 2010, 01:26 PM
charliew   If you are talking about the new suby sequential t...   Sep 24 2010, 01:56 PM
Hontec   If you are talking about the new suby sequential ...   Sep 24 2010, 02:55 PM
sawtooth   Back on the project. Since my last update I have d...   Nov 12 2010, 12:42 AM
strawman   Great project (from another Suby guy)! ...   Nov 12 2010, 10:50 AM
sawtooth   Great project (from another Suby guy)! In the...   Nov 12 2010, 11:33 AM
BIGKAT_83   Looking great... You have about the same size inl...   Nov 12 2010, 10:17 AM
sawtooth   Looking great... You have about the same size in...   Nov 12 2010, 10:21 AM
sawtooth   Got some more work done on the car. Engine cradle ...   Dec 11 2010, 09:27 PM
Hontec   Nice setup, but I have a question: I have the same...   Dec 12 2010, 03:42 AM
sawtooth   Yeah, mine look the same as yours. That'd be a...   Dec 12 2010, 07:04 PM
charliew   Nice work. A person here makes the spacers for the...   Dec 13 2010, 11:44 AM
sawtooth   Nice work. A person here makes the spacers for th...   Jan 18 2011, 03:11 PM
sawtooth   Made some more progress... - Refinished fuel tank ...   Jan 7 2011, 09:29 PM
sawtooth   Got to drive my car for the first time in over 2 y...   Feb 1 2011, 12:04 PM
Ferg   :worship: :trophy: Very Nice!   Feb 1 2011, 12:06 PM
BIGKAT_83   Looks real nice. You used a cable clutch? I guess ...   Feb 1 2011, 01:21 PM
sawtooth   Looks real nice. You used a cable clutch? I guess...   Feb 1 2011, 01:32 PM
charliew   For good info on the strengths of the VARIOUS suby...   Feb 1 2011, 01:39 PM
sawtooth   For good info on the strengths of the VARIOUS sub...   Feb 1 2011, 02:11 PM
sawtooth   After a quick break for some honey-do's and en...   Feb 1 2011, 02:28 PM
charliew   Actually you can probably just get the legacy inte...   Feb 1 2011, 02:45 PM
sawtooth   Actually you can probably just get the legacy int...   Feb 1 2011, 02:52 PM
JRust   I'm so much more excited reading your thread a...   Feb 1 2011, 09:03 PM
sawtooth   I'm so much more excited reading your thread ...   Feb 2 2011, 12:00 AM
charliew   Matt's been around a long time and is very kno...   Feb 2 2011, 04:58 AM
sawtooth   Matt's been around a long time and is very kn...   Feb 2 2011, 09:22 AM
draganc   Congratulations!! Great wotk and I’m gla...   Feb 2 2011, 09:39 AM
sawtooth   Congratulations!! Great wotk and I...   Feb 2 2011, 01:15 PM
draganc   ... man I wish I could take you for a drive. It h...   Feb 2 2011, 01:34 PM
bfrymire   Dean, How did you handle the ignitors for the coi...   Feb 2 2011, 08:20 PM
jd74914   How did you handle the ignitors for the coils? I...   Feb 2 2011, 08:37 PM
bfrymire   How did you handle the ignitors for the coils? ...   Feb 2 2011, 09:51 PM
sawtooth   Dean, How did you handle the ignitors for the co...   Feb 3 2011, 01:45 AM
bfrymire   Dean, How did you handle the ignitors for the c...   Feb 3 2011, 02:04 AM
sawtooth   [quote name='sawtooth' post='1426416' date='Feb 2...   Feb 3 2011, 02:10 AM
sawtooth   Here's a short clip of my son and I heading do...   Feb 5 2011, 01:35 AM
bfrymire   Great video! Loved it. And always liked that...   Feb 5 2011, 12:59 PM
sawtooth   Great video! Loved it. And always liked tha...   Feb 5 2011, 04:57 PM
charliew   Boy that sure is good motivation. Nice job. Most o...   Feb 5 2011, 09:29 AM
sawtooth   Boy that sure is good motivation. Nice job. Most ...   Feb 5 2011, 02:52 PM
computers4kids   Great video...love these kind of "in the driv...   Feb 5 2011, 09:56 AM
sawtooth   Great video...love these kind of "in the dri...   Feb 5 2011, 04:05 PM
JRust   Looks great! This is close to just what I want...   Feb 5 2011, 05:40 PM
Hontec   Great video! the sound alone is food for motiv...   Feb 6 2011, 02:12 PM
Zaney   Thanks for the motivation posts!!! I ...   Feb 6 2011, 03:42 PM
sawtooth   Thanks for the motivation posts!!! I...   Feb 6 2011, 10:07 PM
Eric_Shea   That's one cute passenger!   Feb 6 2011, 04:34 PM
sawtooth   That's one cute passenger! Yep she's...   Feb 6 2011, 09:53 PM
Britain Smith   Man...that is awesome! I can't wait to ge...   Feb 6 2011, 11:41 PM
Eric_Shea   I say we try to get a group site at Pine Flats Cam...   Feb 6 2011, 11:51 PM
sawtooth   I say we try to get a group site at Pine Flats Ca...   Feb 7 2011, 12:01 AM
a914622   Love the build. Im looking forward to starting min...   Feb 7 2011, 12:21 AM
sawtooth   Love the build. Im looking forward to starting mi...   Feb 7 2011, 11:08 AM
Eric_Shea   Yup. Great site. We can be river rats and rent ...   Feb 7 2011, 01:12 AM
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