Subaru swap stories?, where's fiid? |
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Subaru swap stories?, where's fiid? |
lapuwali |
Jan 3 2005, 01:53 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 |
I know Fiid was doing one of these, anyone else in progress or complete?
After doing the contortionist trick of adjusting valves with the exhausts in place a couple of times, I'm in the middle of pulling the HEs off my 1.7 to replace a pair of exhaust studs, and reminding myself how much easier the job would be if the exhausts were off, but thanks to the stock heater system how big a hassle that is. I hate exhaust studs pulling out (No. 3 cylinder, as usual). And all this trouble for only 80hp. 140hp or so from a water-cooled engine with hydraulic lifters (or 20K mile valve adjustment intervals) is starting to sound pretty good right now. If it were any easier to run water lines, I'd be all over this already. |
fiid |
Jan 7 2005, 12:16 PM
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Turbo Megasquirted Subaru Member Group: Members Posts: 2,827 Joined: 7-April 03 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 530 Region Association: Northern California |
I built a bar similar to the TC Design one, and the engine would bouce about 4-5 inches on the spring in the mounting bolts. The subaru mounting points are about a foot behind the stock mount positions which mean that the weight of the engine has a mechanical advantage on the body mounting position (not good).
I fixed this by using a couple of droplinks in a similar location to your mount bar idea, which I think is a good idea - but I think you need to refine it... here's why.... A good suspension setup in a 914 ought to be able to pull somewhere around 1G in the turns which means you are going to need to support the full weight of the engine laterally (preferably more if you want a factor of safety), so I think your design ought to encompass a little more diagonal bracing if you can fit it in..... Looks good though. Fiid. |
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