Subaru Transmission into 914, DAMN that turned out good!! Options

[DBCooper]

Some photos of my 914 being fitted with a WRX transmission. I'm sorry, we replaced bushings, adjusted and aligned three times and that 901 never even got close to being acceptable. The WRX motor was such a huge improvement over the VW that it only seemed logical to make the transmission just as modern. And "while we're in there" the air-to-air intercooler is being replaced by a water to air. You just don't get the air flow in the back of the car you'd want to make big power, and the next step with this car will be an STI motor. Power is addictive. Yes, I know better and you've been warned.

Anyway, the WRX five speed with Quaife gets introduced to engine.

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The forest of jackstands as positioning is worked out.

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The WRX transmission axle outlets are a little closer to the flywheel than the 901, which meant the engine had to be moved back to keep the axles aligned with the stubs.

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Flipped manifold. Enough space in there now for an EZ30 six, easy. Nice looking hellhole too, don't you think? Still needs detailing of course, but first things first.

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But moving the engine back meant he had to box a small part of the rear trunk. That's OK, this car isn't for hauling luggage anyway. Or lawn tools. Or groceries.

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Cable shifter at the transmission. Beautiful work.

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And inside the car, the modified MR2 shifter. Feels notchy, accurate, and good, which is what this is all about. That and more strength, especially in first.

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A video of the shifter, still in the prototype stage, showing the action in the front and the rear.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncmaxYd1WNI


Ask Abby what she thinks of Grandpa's car. She likes to show off those pretty new teeth.

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The water-air intercooler. It will go just ahead of the engine on the driver's side.

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In the car, you can see part of the new cradle, just tacked for the moment.

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Axles are aligned.

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Business end, seen from the rear. It looks so good we'll probably go without a valence, it's gotta be seen. I can't wait until in the rearview mirror I see another 914 guy who's pulled up behind and is trying to figure out what all happened back there.

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This work is being done by a wizard at a shop called 40-Thirteen in Modesto, CA. Quality of work is unmatched. If you're curious there are a lot more pictures of this transmission project, the engine cradle, what the car looked like with just the WRX motor before these changes, or more pictures of that beautiful granddaughter in an album at: http://photobucket.com/Corinthiano

More to come later. It was a monster before, but you had to be real gentlemanly with the shifter. To hell with that. I can't wait.

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[Zundfolge]

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But moving the engine back meant he had to box a small part of the rear trunk. That's OK, this car isn't for hauling luggage anyway. Or lawn tools. Or groceries.

Hmm...that almost looks like there's room for a radiator in the engine compartment. I wonder if electric fans would move enough air through one there.

[DBCooper]

Hmm...that almost looks like there's room for a radiator in the engine compartment. I wonder if electric fans would move enough air through one there.

I doubt it. That's a pretty sheltered location without much airflow, which is why we're changing to a water-air. This is where we had the air-air before:

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Not enough airflow there. One thought was to put a scoop on the bottom of the firewall, forcing air up, and if we found out we needed to we could compliment that with a ducktail spoiler at the back of the roof to create some low pressure over the engine lid, plus fans, of course. But wait a minute, take a step back and think how silly that is, to do all that just so you can put your radiator in that particular location, where it will still probably only work half-assed anyway. So we just put the intercooler radiator in the front in its more natural location. Done and dusted. Better aesthetically and more functional as well, so win-win.

This is where it will be, cute little thing, hidden in front of the engine radiator in the front of the car. An engine radiator where we originally had the air-air intercooler would be even more problematic.

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What's involved in flipping the intake manifold? Our EJ22 motor's throttle body is literally an inch away from the front of the rear trunk area. Would it be less work to just cut out that area and box it in or to flip the manifold?

It's pretty easy to flip the manifold. It's symetrical, so just turn it around so the throttle body's on the front, solves a lot of problems. You may have to grind off some bosses, I don't know about yours. Play with it. You'll also have to adjust the plumbing and cables, but it's not a big deal.

The new intercooler plumbing layout:

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Seen from car level:

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More later.

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