Fiid's Project Progress Thead., The Legend of Narparu Options

[airsix]

Hey Fiid, this is coming along! I'm really excited to see this on the road. Looking at your picture of rear trunk and engine compartment I got to thinking - have you considered moving the whole drivetrain forward a few inches? It looks like you've got lots of room in front of the engine. I know the SBC conversions typically move the engine/tranny BACK a few inches. You could use the same offset tranny-mount idea to move it all THE RIGHT DIRECTION. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) This is going to be SO sweet when you're done. Keep at it, you're getting closer all the time!

-Ben M.

[soloracer]

Update??? How are things coming along?

[fiid]

Hey! People bumped my thread!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif)

Well- the Transmission is back together, and DOESN'T SEEM TO BE LEAKING!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) I'm excited to be able to shift to 2nd and not grind gears.

I agree with moving the whole drivetrain forward. I might do that in a future upgrade - but for now - I'm trying to keep the stock tail transmission mounts.

There is a problem with the current motor mount setup. Basically - the mounts for the Subaru engine are at the back of the motor, which means that the weight of the engine has a mechanical advantage on the ends of the motor mount bar (and the bolts which hold it up.).

[fiid]

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[fiid]

as a result - the engine will bounce in it's mountings. BAD!

So - since I needed to add some rear strut tower reinforcement anyway - I am adding a couple of droplinks from the doubled up strut reinforcement bar down to the motor mount bar - which should take care of this problem once and for all.

I fabricated everything this past weekend and hope to get it into the car this coming weekend. Pictures will be coming then.

My five lug suspension is also mounted up on the front now! Now all I need are some lug nuts :-)

I also spent a bunch of time cleaning up my workshop and trying to get rid of some stuff (BRAD- where are you?).

[andys]

From a very loosely based observation , it would seem that a cradle would solve your problems.

Andy

[Root_Werks]

From a very loosely based observation , it would seem that a cradle would solve your problems.

Andy

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Something similar to what the 356 uses. Heck, even grab the "U" hanger from one and start there? <_<

[fiid]

Do you have a picture? I'm not unhappy with what I've fabricated to solve the problem - but it's always possible there's another angle I haven't thought of.

Fiid.

[fiid]

Yay! Got a bit more work done on the car today.

* Cleaned the garage a bit
* Removed the engine & tranny
* Pulled off Brad's dummy tranny
* Put in the Sachs Stage II Pressure plate and clutch disk
* Bolted and torqued the freshened tranny to the engine

Next up I have to clean out the engine bay, clean up some welds and do some painting. I'm thinking that just for simplicity I may bruch paint in there just so I don't have to figure out the spray gun in a confined space.

[rick 918-S]

Are you going for WCC "05"? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/aktion035.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving.gif)

[scotty914]

fiid are we racing to see who gets their suby running first.

i am aiming for next week end about 2 weeks, the radiator will be in on tues ( i hope ) then its on to electric. i was wondering how you are dealing with the shift bar, mine i think is going to have to curve slightly around the oil pan, or i might put a long dent in the side of the oil pan. but either way it will work.

what did you do for the engine bar would you like a drawing with my numbers.


basicly what i have left is:

make the radiator support frame ( 1 hour ) weld it to the car ( 1 hour ) build the shouding for the radiator ( 1 hour ) come up with the scoop for underneith ( 1 hour thought 1 to 2 hours making ). then make the harness pretty and finish the harness hook ups ( 4 to 8 hours ). a little welding to mount the body engine mounts ( 1 hour but my gas rig wont do it its not big enough ). make the support for the one side of the alt. ( 1 to 2 hours ) fill tranny with fluid ( 1/2 hour ). drive car with no tail pipe to exhaust shop ( 3 hours not the drive total )

finally figure out all lose ends and trouble codes on the obd2 computer time unknown but should not be long

[fiid]

I've been doing a little work to ready the engine to go in the car. Made this bracket for the coilpack.

[fiid]

Here it is - complete with EDIS coilpack.

[fiid]

Here is a shot of the front of the engine. Here you can see the belt required to run the alternator w/o the power steering pump. You can also see Muellers awesome EDIS wheel adaptor (super-THANKS!), and the bracked I made for the VR sensor (which needs a little adjustment). I also figured out I could fit a 914 oil pressure & idiot light sender (dangling to the left). The splice is where a TypeIVTurbo project almost happened.

[fiid]

Here is a new bracket I made for the throttle cable. I think a stock 914 throttle cable should work now :-)

[fiid]

I deduced a way of mounting the Megasquirt using the EDIS bracket :-). You can also see the nice new Walberg 255LPH fuel pump under the battery.

[fiid]

Here is a pic of my radiator install. I still need to make some more shrouds and get some fans.

[fiid]

Here are my water lines. For simplicity's sake I used 1.25 inch pipe in both directions, since that fits directly on the radiator.

[fiid]

I made a fiberglass shroud for underneith the radiator as an experiment. I may keep this or try and make it a little better. I used mesh to form the shape.

[fiid]

I bought these fantastic cookie cutters from SynthesisDV- they arrived today. I am very happy! Uh - interesting choice of packaging materials though (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif)