well i convinced some one else to, suburize Options

[scotty914]

a newer member with the name of mongol something or other real name evan ordered his 2002 suby 2.5 engine yesturday. the motor is a 60 K mile engine for 1600 complete including the harness, exhaust mainfold, ecu ie everything. he looked locally but they wanted 2800 for everything. the only down fall is the shipping from kali to maryland ran him 285.

basicly he puts 300 to 400 miles a week on his car and wants more power better gas milage than his raby parts 2056.

the funny part is after i gave him a test run and he says his 2056 with about 120 hp feels like a dog. the great part was when i gave his GF a ride she did not but giggle and said he does not need that much hp

we east coast 914ers are taking over (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/assimilate.gif) and i am forming a subculture of suby conversions (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/pray.gif) , with a few seeds thrown around the country ie Tony

[TonyAKAVW]

Reliable is of course what you make of it... But the engine does have a lot to do with it of course. I was thinking of building up a 2056 or a 2270 before I decided to go with the Subaru engine and all the talk of the lifters and cams having issues, heads with cracks etc. got me nervous. 914 engines also require regular valve adjustments, etc. etc. There's nothing wrong with type 4s, or with V8s or whatever. A subaru engine will for the most part last a very long time with little to no maintenence and thats where the reliability issue comes in.

Reliability in a conversion is a function of build quality. If you know what you are doing and do it right, it will be reliable. There are an awful lot of every kind of conversion that have been done poorly and reliability is correspondingly low.

Wiring up a Subaru engine is definitely not a weekend project. There's a LOT to it, and its the single most complex part of the conversion, but it IS doable. I've been working on the wiring design for my conversion for about three weeks (a few hours here and there) and I've still got a long ways to go.

-Tony