Subaru EJ25 progress thread - 2020 Modifications, Turbo, Engine Cleanup, Interior Upgrades Options

[malaga_red75]

So, tomorrow the exhaust is being welded on. Then it will be putting the car back together and driving it for a while and work out any kinks. I have a few more pictures to post, which i will do later, and also resize some of those previous ones.


-PEter

[malaga_red75]

oh, and a little matching bling i got for my car today...

[bfrymire]

the shop...

Awesome looking shop!

When is your car going to be back on the road?

Going to be LOTS of fun. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

-- brett

[malaga_red75]

Hopefully in 3 weeks. That is when I have to go back to school (3 hours away) and I plan on driving it there. I have been able to drive it around the block a few times and give it a few good pulls from 2nd... wholy s#$% it was awesome. It should be making about 190hp with the EMS computer(although I will probably get it tuned/dyno sometime after it is has been running for a little bit), and I can definitely feel it.

Exhaust goes on tomorrow, then I should be able to start giving it a lot of test drives...I CANNOT wait for that to happen.


-Peter

[malaga_red75]

It was a very exciting day today! I got my car registered this morning and had to wait all day for the exhaust to arrive from my uncles shop. Finally, around 4, he showed up. I put on the exhaust and took for its first true test drive...


IT DROVE GREAT!!!! The temp stayed steady the entire drive, tons of power, shifted great and sounded great. oh, the sound.... After driving it, I have realized that the exhaust is going to be too loud in the long run. For now it is fine, but it will have to be changed. I will most likely drive it until I get pulled over, then switch up the exhaust system... Im thinking maybe a boxster muffler might work well.

anyway, I am so excited that after 2 YEARS my car is back on the road and driving...this time however, with a subaru motor. life is good!!!

-Peter

[charliew]

After you get it running and quieter if it has a noisey valvetrain you've got some bent intake valves. My son's sti had 8 barely bent .008-.017 bent valves and still ran good but the valves were noisey at about 3k. Compression and leakdown was still pretty good we think the valve stems were flexing and allowing the valves to seat while it was at tdc when we were doing the testing. Amenson had a similiar situation.

[malaga_red75]

charliew-
I will keep this in mind when I get the exhaust on there.

Also, I had been struggling with the cooling for the last week or so, but got it figured it with help from Mike and Chris. Thanks guys!! you can read about it in this thread..

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=109827

Anyway, I now have the car in Chico and have been showing it to all my friends and they all dig it. Once school starts I am going to show it to my engineering buddies who will have a little more appreciation for what is actually going on in there. In the meantime I have been cruising around town causing trouble (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) and all is well so far. I am just waiting for the next issue to present itself... but until then i am just enjoying it! Its not that I don't trust the car... I just know that after 2 years of working on it, something is bound to happen, hopefully it wont be to big a problem!!!

If anyone is ever in chico, or is close by and wants to get lunch or something and go for a ride in the car, let me know.

-Peter

[malaga_red75]

Hey guys-

Thought I would post an update on the car. I had the car in Chico for about a month and I took it back home to my parents house a few weeks ago for the winter... and because the starter motor is done. Right before its death, I started to notice it was cranking slower and slower each time, finally it just would barely crank once.

I kind of expected this, especially with a JDM (higher compression) motor. Anyways, not really a big deal, but what starter motor do you guys use? I am thinking about the 911 high torque motor, but have heard that there are some issues with clearance?

So, conversion guys, what starter motors are you using?

Thanks,

-Peter

p.s. a 914 subaru conversion is everything I imagined. it was awesome to drive around, and cant wait to get it running again.

[bfrymire]

I can't speak for the conversion, as I am not at that point yet.

But, I bought a HT starter from GPR for my 914-6 and I love it.

-- brett

Hey guys-

Thought I would post an update on the car. I had the car in Chico for about a month and I took it back home to my parents house a few weeks ago for the winter... and because the starter motor is done. Right before its death, I started to notice it was cranking slower and slower each time, finally it just would barely crank once.

I kind of expected this, especially with a JDM (higher compression) motor. Anyways, not really a big deal, but what starter motor do you guys use? I am thinking about the 911 high torque motor, but have heard that there are some issues with clearance?

So, conversion guys, what starter motors are you using?

Thanks,

-Peter

p.s. a 914 subaru conversion is everything I imagined. it was awesome to drive around, and cant wait to get it running again.

[Andyrew]

I used one of the ebay high torque starters.. I tried a 911 starter in my v8 and it just wouldnt kick. Ebay starter has never left me stranded... However back when I bought it, it was ~ 150...

[cymaster007]

For my 914 ive been using the Porsche 911 930 Bosch Starter 1970-74 for the ej20 and have not had any problems yet.

[malaga_red75]

So, since my car is off at paint with andyrew, I thought I would update this thread.

Over the last year I painted the car with rattle can black and drove it whenever I was home from school. I also painted the inside with POR-15. The car drove mechanically great for the last year and so I figured it was a good time to move forward and get it looking nice. I saw Andyrew's paint thread and I PM'd him right away and we started working out the details. I am VERY excited for him to work on my car. I saw his car up close and it looks amazing!

I am going to be going with GT3RS Green and matte black trim.

Still up for debate:

- matte black the sail panel/targa bar or replace with new vinyl
- matte black the chrome or leave as chrome
- rolling rear fenders
- matte black or body color for the window bar

Here are some pictures of everything...

[malaga_red75]

how bout a little bigger...

[malaga_red75]

marked out...





cut and fitted on...

[malaga_red75]

laying down the POR-15.






finished inside

[malaga_red75]

removing things..





the heads of the window screws just twisted right off. I will have to probably drill these out.

[malaga_red75]

...even labeled things with drawings so I wont forget which screws go where.

[malaga_red75]

and right before loading it on the trailer...



ready to go!!!!




-peter

[Andyrew]

The Window mirror screws are going to be a PITA, Im going to soak them in some blaster to try and loosen them up, We will need to get a reverse drill bit and it should pop these suckers out in no time if they have some lube in them. I'll leave that one to you (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I know the subaru radiators dont take much cooling, but have you run that bumper on the car in stop and go or high speed traffic? I think you might need a little more than that. Also your wheel well openings are a little bit small (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) We can talk about that next time you come down.

PS those little screws are pretty much all the same and probably need to be replaced.

- matte black the sail panel/targa bar or replace with new vinyl
Matte blacking the sail panel will take a couple hours of sanding smooth and maybe some filler, then again new vinal will cost money. Personally I dont think the vinyl will look good if you have matte black on the rest of the car as complimentary colors, I think you should matte black it.
- matte black the chrome or leave as chrome
Black
- rolling rear fenders
You'll kick yourself later if you dont do it now.
- matte black or body color for the window bar
Personally I think this area should be body color.

[malaga_red75]

Andrew-

Funny you mention the size of the opening, my dad said the same thing. Up until I brought it to you, I had been running with the bumper on to check the cooling situation. I don't think I was ever in heavy stop and go traffic, but normal city driving (and a little freeway) the temps were a couple degrees warmer than usual (maybe running between 178-183 as opposed to 175-180), but it never overheated or felt like it was going to overheat. maybe I will cut a little more out of the lower valence or widen the opening on the bumper.

I figured those screws were the same, but I seperated them anyways.

I am leaning towards matte black too for the sail panels/chrome, just something that came up when I was taking things off the car.


-Peter