Subaru Fever, Choices, choices--2.5 or 2.0 T.... Options

[tgbo]

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

[fiid]

QUOTE (ArtechnikA @ Oct 27 2005, 09:44 AM)

QUOTE When I switched to a K&N filter and a cold air intake I notice significantly better engine reponse, coupled with better fuel economy did you have issues with filter oil contaminating the MAF? that seems to plague just about every MAF car that tries oil-wetted filters, and one reason i've avoided them. the Outback's intake is from the grille through a duct, into the rightside fenderwell and then into the filter and MAF plenum. i looked (very briefly) for some air source that would be both colder and in high pressure freestream air and nothing looked obvious. where do you take in cold air? i have given some thought to making the faux hood scoop functional but i'm a bit concerned about water aspiration... i'd also like to add an aux trans fluid cooler but there are no trivially likely freestream air sources at the left front corner either...

Don't quote me on this - but I think my Imprezza (2001) was MAP based, and I didn't have any problems with it at all.

I believe that most of the benefit of the cold air intake was having a virtually straight piece of 3" pipe for an intake. It was taking air from the fenderwell instead of from just above the radiator.

The stock intake had a number of plenum chambers on it and somewhat abrupt corners on it. It was also quite narrow. I assume this was to reduce intake noise.