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> Subaru Fever, Choices, choices--2.5 or 2.0 T....
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post Oct 26 2005, 09:02 AM
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Okay, all you avid Subaru converts, my 914 1.8 is up on stands for rust removal and re-engining...I'm mostly a Fiat guy who has wanted a 914 for years and finally acquired a one owner from a friend who just gave up! Been searching the Suby threads ( wow, some nice work) and made the decision to go with more modern power--sooo, what I have gleaned is this: the 2.5 (ala Scott T., etc) will allow radiator in the engine room, the turbos won't--correct? (Fiid's pix show way more cutting than I want to have to do). The Suby ecu will work fine, with minor fiddling--Fiid, are you willing to share some MS knowledge from your conversion? (yes, I have studied the squirter and may put it on the Datsun, too).

That said, motor mounting--Scott's bar or something like the Downunder bar seems the way to go. Scott, have you decided to make copies for sale, or are you allowing reproduction by members for personal use?

Last question for today: engine vendors -- lots on Ebay, any recs on non-ebay vendors for JDM or NA motors ( and price ranges on recent buys if you don't mind)

Yes, pix will come as the work starts!

Thanks,
John
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post Oct 26 2005, 02:47 PM
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QUOTE (horizontally-opposed @ Oct 26 2005, 02:31 PM)
So it appears that Renegade Hybrids takes the stance that even the NA Subie motors won't run cool enough with the radiator in the engine bay -- or at least cool enough to fit their liking. Then again, they are located in Vegas...


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nope wont work, cant put the radiator in the engine bay on a 2.5 NA, lets see i have 10 k miles on mine, drove it thru death valley at 5 mph for 2 hours, drove it around vegas for a day,drove it cross country, drove it in stop and go traffic in 100 + degrees here at home... nope wont work.

and i could do another conversion in 40 hours including fab work. and yes i would sell engine bars iff people wanted, heck i sort of have a kit with instructions and the radiator frame for 500, might sound pricey but its 1000 cheaper the RH, but they are giving you a clutch and engine bar for 2000
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tgbo   Subaru Fever   Oct 26 2005, 09:02 AM
Matt Monson   Try: www.superrupair.com They are a Subaru only ...   Oct 26 2005, 10:05 AM
airsix   I'm thinking about this conversion as well. He...   Oct 26 2005, 10:09 AM
TonyAKAVW   When I first set out to do this conversion I was s...   Oct 26 2005, 10:20 AM
Matt Monson   If there are any Subaru questions you guys have ev...   Oct 26 2005, 10:44 AM
lapuwali   Everyone I've talked to says the 2.0 turbos ar...   Oct 26 2005, 11:36 AM
Mueller   http://www.914wo...   Oct 26 2005, 12:37 PM
horizontally-opposed   So it appears that Renegade Hybrids takes the stan...   Oct 26 2005, 01:31 PM
Matt Monson   <...   Oct 26 2005, 01:40 PM
soloracer   If you want to stay normally aspirated but want mo...   Oct 26 2005, 02:01 PM
TonyAKAVW     Oct 26 2005, 02:31 PM
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fiid   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/...   Oct 27 2005, 11:29 PM
airsix   There was a thread a while back where we all repor...   Oct 27 2005, 11:51 PM
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