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> CptTripps' Restoration 2 - The Grey Matter Build, Back in Doug’s garage
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post Oct 29 2013, 09:59 AM
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Very nice!
I have a G20 turbo. I expect around 300 at the wheels. A 300 Hp subie is a blast to drive, so, like you, having 800-1100 lbs less as well as a lower center of gravity should make our cars an absolute blast.
If memory serves, I remember a story about stoplight racing a Maserati in Vegas with a 2.0 turbo 914. the Maserati could not out accelerate or out brake him. With this kind of HP, we are looking at serious performance.

I removed of all 4 fenders and replaced with FG as well as FG hood and trunk, I think I lost another 100-150 lbs in the process. I did add weight back in with a GT kit and long kit. I also removed all of the tar (replaced with lizard skin) and replaced the steel gas tank with an Aluminum cell, lost the headlight motors and all of the smog stuff.
At this point, I am both looking forward to getting the car weighed and worried about enough weight to keep my 9 and 11's planted. I will probably be adding weight to specific locations to corner balance the car.
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post Oct 29 2013, 10:37 AM
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when i bought the leg wagon it came with a binder of receipts. one bill for a failed radiator and all that went with it and "while you're in there", the shop installed new cyl/head studs. is that a 'standard' procedure when you tear these engines down? sorry for the hijack
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post Oct 29 2013, 01:11 PM
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QUOTE(rhodyguy @ Oct 29 2013, 11:37 AM) *

when i bought the leg wagon it came with a binder of receipts. one bill for a failed radiator and all that went with it and "while you're in there", the shop installed new cyl/head studs. is that a 'standard' procedure when you tear these engines down? sorry for the hijack


I'm the one hijacking! Man I need to shut up. But I do know the answer to this one....

Anyway Kev I saw that your car is a 97 from Kent's "manual" thread...and with those 2.5L DOHC engines there was an issue with the head gaskets (design flaw).

Here's some good info:

EJ25D

So to answer your question, yes, for those engines it was standard that any time there was a coolant related failure of any kind it was recommended that the head gaskets be changed/upgraded. That's probably what they did. Why else would they remove and replace the head studs, right (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) ? Anyway that's a good thing. Should be fine for a lot of miles now. My mom has a Forrester and she had the exact same thing done.
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post Oct 29 2013, 01:38 PM
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Same thing, 97 Legacy GT wagon back in the day, DOHC 2.5. New gaskets and the Subaru recommended coolant at 60K, kids used it to commute between school in California and home in Texas. Went another 120K miles with reckless dumb-ass teenage boys, racing and offroading, pretending to be rally drivers, never a problem again.
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post Oct 29 2013, 01:46 PM
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rule of thumb from the subaru guys here. if the motor is pre 05 just change the head gasket. Unless you have a receipt that it was done, you will not be happy.
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post Oct 29 2013, 02:38 PM
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post Oct 29 2013, 07:03 PM
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I would install ARP head studs while i'm in there, and get the torque lube. They are supposed to be torqued, lubed.

Hate paying for them, love the quality of the hardware though. Keep the deck down on my TDI, 40 psi of boast, never a problem.
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post Oct 31 2013, 01:07 PM
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ARP Studs/Lube: Already ordered.

Gaskets: Already in-hand. For $200, it's not worth worrying about it. I've come this far, and can clean a few things up while I'm there and see if I have other issues. Now is the time...right?
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post Nov 1 2013, 11:57 AM
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Not a lot of progress...but a lot of parts showed up today.

New rear trunk floor, head gaskets, ARP head studs, TGV gaskets, Fuel Rails, Blaupunkt Stereo, Targa seal...stuff like that.

Oh...and spraying that drive-shaft bolt 2X daily with PB Blaster for a three days did the trick. Well, I still needed a 4' breaker bar...but I got it off!
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post Nov 1 2013, 01:17 PM
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Not a lot of progress...but a lot of parts showed up today.

New rear trunk floor, head gaskets, ARP head studs, TGV gaskets, Fuel Rails, Blaupunkt Stereo, Targa seal...stuff like that.

Oh...and spraying that drive-shaft bolt 2X daily with PB Blaster for a three days did the trick. Well, I still needed a 4' breaker bar...but I got it off!


Awesome. Did it make that loud "screeeeeeee---eeeee-eee-eee---eee--cccchhhh" sound ? That's when you know you're getting somewhere.
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post Nov 1 2013, 09:21 PM
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QUOTE(Chris H. @ Nov 1 2013, 03:17 PM) *

Awesome. Did it make that loud "screeeeeeee---eeeee-eee-eee---eee--cccchhhh" sound ? That's when you know you're getting somewhere.


Ha! That's exactly right.
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post Nov 4 2013, 10:10 AM
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Picked up my Rotisserie from Garland on Saturday. I was up in Detroit to help my brother look at a couple Aeromates up there. We didn't buy either of them, but sure had a great time meeting with John and looking at all his awesome 914s. Wow.

So I've got a rotisserie in pieces, and a car that's still too much "together" to do anything with it yet. Maybe I'll see if I can set a record for the fastest 914 disassembly.
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post Nov 4 2013, 08:07 PM
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Sorry I missed you while you were up here. Had Harpo and BS Chairman over putting the back light and interior in the 6. Got the engine put in on Sunday.

Enjoy the rotieserie, it made the rust-or-ation much easier.

Let me/us know what modifications you did to it. I made a print of it for reproduction in the future.

Just in case, there is a Part Duex.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif)
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post Nov 5 2013, 11:21 AM
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Ha! Yeah, I was going to stop by, but we were in Detroit 3h longer than we'd planned already, and were running out of time.

Glad to hear that it's finally coming together for you.
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post Nov 9 2013, 01:08 AM
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Today's progress involved loading my motor up and sending it to a proper ship to get checked out. Matt from Slick Motorsports knows a thing or two about building 800HP Subie motors. I'm not looking for anything that crazy, but he's going to have everything cleaned, machined, and checked out for me before I start rebuilding it.

So it looks like it's about time to start breaking down the rest if the car to get it ready for some time on this rotisserie I've got now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


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post Nov 10 2013, 10:54 AM
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Soda blasting my struts and trailing arms. Ran out of baking soda after an hour. They look awesome though.


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post Nov 10 2013, 12:21 PM
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wow - blasted looks great - gonna paint or powder?

I think cadmium-like plate would be nice?

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Going to just paint. I'm not going to go crazy with the powder back there. Gloss black epoxy paint will be great and be easy to clean. I've thought about the hammered looking paint too. Going to try a few things to see what I like before I paint them.

I also need to weld a bit to the trailing arms. I'm going to tube them first before I paint.
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Got the computer (Hydra EMS 2.7) and a "flying lead" harness.

TurboXS Exhaust showed up.

Heads and Valve covers dropped off at the machine shop for cleaning and a check-up.

Block is being broken down and the pistons are going to get coated and re-ringed.

...and I'm off to Austin to watch cars go vroom!
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post Nov 14 2013, 09:47 AM
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QUOTE(CptTripps @ Nov 14 2013, 08:55 AM) *

Got the computer (Hydra EMS 2.7) and a "flying lead" harness.

TurboXS Exhaust showed up.

Heads and Valve covers dropped off at the machine shop for cleaning and a check-up.

Block is being broken down and the pistons are going to get coated and re-ringed.

...and I'm off to Austin to watch cars go vroom!


What is going on in Austin? Your the second guy I have seen mention a trip to Austin.
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