'73 Resto & Suby 6 Conversion, or a primer on "How to convert your 914 to a Subaru 3.0" Options

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What's it been? A year since I got Blackie running. I finally get it tuned to a daily driver status and should have been happy as a Lark then but what do I do? I sold the engine (w/90 hour's on the Hobbs) on the last Dawn Patrol GMR run. So I pulled the engine and began preparing Blackie for her transformation.


Before I go any further check out my Jack Stands. Min height 19.5", 12 ton and should hold up to a 6.7 quake or direct nuclear attack.


And out she comes.




One thing you have to love about these cars is that you can remove an interior in 15 minutes. 30 min's if you have a console. This was one shot before the interior is gutted.

and an hour later I'm scraping tar floorboards.

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I ground out all the brazing from a previous repair then filled holes and ground them down. This is the last of the welded holes.



Ready for weld thru primer.



Reinforcement piece 18ga.



Reinforcement piece welded in



Primed with weld thru. Ready for the hinge piece to be welded to it now.



Here's the new one. Thanks Restoration Design.



Primed and ready to have the nut from the back side welded in



Welded in place. It's ugly but substantial. It's a bitch to get that tip in there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)



And everything welded/primed and ready for the lid to be mounted, shocks slipped on make any adjustments necessary. The motion of the trunk lid is now smooth as a baby's (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bootyshake.gif) .



With that out of the way it's time to get back to the motor mount. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) This thing is going to have it's way with me but eventually (aka more $$) I'll get it. It's a start stop scenario so bear with me.
I took some 1/4"x 4" sq plates and used the Subaru piece as a guide. After I made the slots in each piece I realized that it wasn't necessary. A solitary hole would have been fine but now I have a little more wiggle room.



A quick test fit





One is the mirror image of the other so using 2 of the 4 bolt holes the plates are bolted together and the 1st piece is the template for the other.





The plates in place





I need the engine level to get these next measurements.



Right & left motor mounts are at 32 degrees.






Well I'm at the stopping point again (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) . I need the exhaust flanges before I can go any further with the cradle so I stuck some pieces up just for shits n grins. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif)