VOX Subaru Swap build Options

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Hey guys i'm new, name's James, i've been surfing the forum for the last few weeks. At first i was planning on building a sr20 datsun 240z, but through some convincing by dlo, i decided to go with a subaru swapped 914. i just picked up the 914 yesterday and started working on it today. I'll try to document what i do in this thread. anyways im new at this and i'm working on a limited budget, so anything you can contribute would be greatly appreciated. especially knowledge and parts on a subaru swap. i'm a full time student so its mostly a weekend project, i hope to get done by summer.

picked up the 914 from dale in lake elsinore. who still has a red roller for sale.


heres how it sat when i showed up. it was sitting at the top of a long uphill dirt road which my car could not make it up. dale drove me and dlo up the hill to check out the car. very nice guy.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-10027-1305492155.1.jpg)


heres the front trunk and gas tank.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-10027-1305492155.2.jpg)


the rear trunk
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-10027-1305492155.3.jpg)

here we are towing the car down the dirt road with dlo in the cockpit.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-10027-1305492155.4.jpg)
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-10027-1305492155.5.jpg)

finally next to the street. along with my car and onto the tow truck!
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-10027-1305492155.6.jpg)
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-10027-1305492155.7.jpg)

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heres a picture of the battery tray, we're probably going to relocate it to one of the trunks. (IMG:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/EvoWizard/IMG_5306.jpg)
the other side
(IMG:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/EvoWizard/IMG_5277.jpg)

rust on passenger rear quarter panel
(IMG:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/EvoWizard/IMG_5276.jpg)



ps. can anyone find the face in the first picture from my first post!

and that dog in the picture with the van pulling the 914, it belonged to the neighbors, it followed us almost all the way down the dirt road, it belonged to the neighbors.

heres a story. after we got it down the dirt road waiting for the tow truck driver. that building behind the picture with the 914 and the prelude, belonged to a previous 914 owner. he came out and talked to me, told me if the tow truck didnt make it that night we could roll the car into his property and leave it there til morning if i wanted to. very nice guy, i believe his name was K.C. or Casey. he went back inside and grabbed some framed pictures and brought them out to show me. a 72 white with red accents with a 911 6 swap. he said he sold it once he moved out here to a kid who was an audiophile (maybe one of you?) anyways what an experience owning a porsche

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heres a picture of the battery tray, we're probably going to relocate it to one of the trunks. (IMG:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/EvoWizard/IMG_5306.jpg)
the other side
(IMG:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/EvoWizard/IMG_5277.jpg)

rust on passenger rear quarter panel
(IMG:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/EvoWizard/IMG_5276.jpg)



ps. can anyone find the face in the first picture from my first post!

and that dog in the picture with the van pulling the 914, it belonged to the neighbors, it followed us almost all the way down the dirt road, it belonged to the neighbors.

heres a story. after we got it down the dirt road waiting for the tow truck driver. that building behind the picture with the 914 and the prelude, belonged to a previous 914 owner. he came out and talked to me, told me if the tow truck didnt make it that night we could roll the car into his property and leave it there til morning if i wanted to. very nice guy, i believe his name was K.C. or Casey. he went back inside and grabbed some framed pictures and brought them out to show me. a 72 white with red accents with a 911 6 swap. he said he sold it once he moved out here to a kid who was an audiophile (maybe one of you?) anyways what an experience owning a porsche

If you go with a turbo subaru swap and decide to use renegade's intercooler relocation or your own solution, you'll have to move the battery anyway. Even if you don't plan on turbo, you'll eventually want more power, I always plan for an upgrade. I like to keep my targa in the trunk, so a front location makes more sense to me. In the front, you'll be closer to the fan relays anyway.