subaru conversion kit?? Options

[mike373]

Anybody think a full conversion kit will be available in the near future, that will have everything you need to do a suby engine conversion. Meaning clutch, adapter, radiator, pre-fabricated engine mount. Basically everthing needed to bang it out. Im starting to fantisize about the suby 2.5 liter engine in my 914....


Mike

[lapuwali]

QUOTE (MidEngineFun @ Nov 8 2005, 04:18 PM)

Lurker here finally posting The Subaru motor conversions seem to fall into 2 sections, those that want a very clean install such as the Renegade conversion and those that don't mind the thrown together approach. I don't understand the later group, you don't want to cut the front trunk, yet there is no reservation from using junkyard parts and square tubing bought from Lowes or the local Hardware store. What good is the claim of no cutting when it looks like something out of Junkyard Wars? Mr Srbliss, I look forward to seeing your kit

The result may look bad, but if you removed it, the tub would still be exactly as it was when you started, and could be converted back to air-cooled four usage w/o re-welding on the bits you cut out to install the radiator in the front trunk.

Also, a lot of the thrown-together jobs are really just works in progress, and you're only seeing the early stages. I've seen V8 conversions that took several years to make nice looking, but the car was drivable most of the time. This, IMHO, is much better than having a car sit on jackstands for 8 years and not get driven until it's pristine.

Until you've actually done a swap, you really have no idea just how difficult the job really is. The last 10% of the work takes 90% of the time, and it's all in the details that jump out at people when they first see the car.