to those who said a mid mounted radiator would not work, well it did to the tune of 2100 miles. this includes cruising at 75 + for 3 hours at a time, and a 7100 foot altitude at 85 mph. milage ran at about 30 + mpg at 75 + mph, with temps at 80 degrees outside and radiator temps ran between 170 and 190, depending on hills and speed

and to the nay sayers

Gud job....I hear ya need an H gear.....

Bet you'd get 35mpg.....

Can't wait to meet you and Teri Friday night!

Jen

dude, you rock.....and I love the f#$k'em additude

I for one never said that. Keep on jammin!! I'm on your side. I mean you are doing something wild!!! I'm just trying to get a stock 2.0 there fron 200 miles. YOU DA MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right on Scott!

Way to show them the east coasters can build a car too.

WTG!!! Scott!!! See ya in Vegas!

anyone want to buy a fresh 2.3 Type IV with nickies???....ah just kidding, LOL

Scott, now you should be able to make a few bucks off this by making a kit or selling plans...you won't get rich, but a few buck here and there would be nice...

"I love it when a plan comes together..."

Way to go! I love to hear these oddball conversions come together! Great work!!!

Later,
Tom

you made me do it....

You're an animal.
See ya in < 24 hours.

Hey Miles...if'n yer nice to heem, maybe he can help you get yers runnin'....



Send him a gift....

Mine is running, but I am catching up to it, with great anger.


M

bahahahha

Jeez Mike, you're a freakin freak.

Oh yeah, can Miles come over later?

I just talked to Scott...Looks like everything is going great!

Good luck man!!!

Awesome

cant wait to see your rig.

QUOTE (scott thacher @ Apr 19 2005, 05:53 PM)

to those who said a mid mounted radiator would not work, well it did to the tune of 2100 miles. this includes cruising at 75 + for 3 hours at a time, and a 7100 foot altitude at 85 mph. milage ran at about 30 + mpg at 75 + mph, with temps at 80 degrees outside and radiator temps ran between 170 and 190, depending on hills and speed and to the nay sayers    :finger2:  :stooges:

modern technology and pioneer spirit!

nice job man. Kewl.

Rock on Scott! Hopefully I'll get to see your teener this weekend!

dude , thats awsome see you there

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Apr 19 2005, 08:16 PM)

you made me do it....

Damn I love that picture!

Where are the pics!!!

And I am taking full credit for your sucess. But for my $1 trans linkage dodad, clearly your entire plan would have failed miserably. I bet your temp would be over 300' AND you'd be getting 2 mpg.



Very nice work bud. You've got size 10 brass balls for taking it on a major road trip right out of the box. Gotta love a guy with confidence in his work.

QUOTE (Neo914 @ Apr 20 2005, 03:04 AM)

modern technology and pioneer spirit!

Great Scott! Now you are in covered wagon terri'try!


M

QUOTE (aircooledboy @ Apr 20 2005, 06:08 AM)

Very nice work bud. You've got size 10 brass balls for taking it on a major road trip right out of the box. Gotta love a guy with confidence in his work.

More impressively, Teri is confident enough to join you in the long trek...

Great work scott
you rule man, now i am confident enough to stuff that eg33 (subaru svx 3.3 liters) in my car, and not worry about setting a front mounted rad.
any pics of the final install? especially the scoop...
and once again, congrats...

Did anybody ever get some pics of his setup?

Does the water go in or out of the breather tubes??

Show us how ,,,,,

I don't remember seeing any. I'd like to though. You have to be able to do a mid mounted radiator for a subie motor.

scotty914 Last Active 8th July 2008 - 09:59 PM

Note: thread started in 2005 and OP has not been active here since 2008.

I said that... More or less.

I remember seeing the car in person and the setup looked better than i had expected.

I saw that setup & rode in his car @ the 05 WCR.
My 1st reaction was ...YOU DROVE FROM MD TO CA IN THAT !!!
The car wasnt the refined sorted conversion you might have expected.
More like the teen that you expected to see on the back of a flatbed.

But it ran GREAT, as he was giving quick blasts around the reservoir in back of the Hotel. The RAD setup was simple & apparently effective, since Scott then did the return trip.

I'd seriously consider a NA subie conversion if the front trunk could be spared. It has to be possible. 150-70 hp would be perfect for a 914.

You ninjaed me!

Zach

I rode in that car, the year we had the ECC at Kerry's house in Kennett Square, PA. First Subie conversion I ever rode in. Haven't really heard from him since then.

the track day was, shall we say...interesting.

k