Subaru Project

1Kingy79 · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:43 pm Post subject: Subaru Project

The decision has been made and I'm going for a Subaru conversion in my 1973 Bay

I plan to pick up a phase II 2.0L donor vehicle tomorrow and between now and the end of the show season I'll be looking to collect the other conversion parts needed

Looking to carry out the install winter 2015 so if anyone can help me out with the following and information or things to look out for when completing then please let me know

I'll need..........Radiator, Flat sump, coolant pipes, engine brace, Exhaust, Flywheel and adaptor, gearbox upgrade plus anything else u can think of then please let me know

Wilfred · Darth Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2013 Posts: 366

Welcome,

I love the subaru engines. I had to think with my wallet though and went for a turbodiesel.

cant help you with any of the parts, but would love to see some pictures.

Do you have a donor car already?
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Kai · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:11 am Post subject:

If your looking to upgrade your gearbox then you should defiantly be considering keeping the with the subaru 5 speed. It's by far the best choice in my opinion and provides a simple solution for the vehicle speed sensor.

In a bay window you should be able to retain the subaru radiator if you stick it between the chassis rails.

Burrow or steal a pipe bender and make your radiator pipes out of 28mm copper or steel tube.

Flat sump, check out ricolas sump.

With a phase 2 make sure you keep the immobiliser bits and pieces.

I've done all of the above with my conversion, it works and I love it as I don't have to do anything to my engine any longer a part from checking the levels.
Best of luck with your conversion matey.
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1Kingy79 · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:52 am Post subject:

Cheers both for your replies

I plan to pick up donor car today

I was planning on using my camper box with a longer 4th gear. Main reason is a friend is running the same setup

Don't know how much work is involved with using the Subaru box and is there an issue with the vehicle speed sensor im not aware of

I was always going to upgrade the rad anyway but if there is an option to use Subaru then I may keep it to one side before scrapping the car

I was wondering what diameter pipe to use for some reason thought it was a lot bigger but is 28mm what is used?

As for immobilizer are we talking about Key, Transponder pickup ring, Immobiliser module and Engine ECU or is there other components.

My mate is running a Phase 1 and have just done the harness on that so know of all the problems on that system but all he had was the above components

Another question will the lump fit in a bay without turning the throttle body? iv seen some pics where is has been turned 180

Thanks again for you comments and apologise for any silly questions

busyguyfish · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:01 pm Post subject:

The VW trans well be the easy route with a subi, But since you plan on changing the 4th gear which you really need to do and you need the adapter and need to beef up the clutch, and you need to, need to, need to. There really is no cost advantage sticking with the Existing trans. Go the Subi 5 speed and impress your friends. I had a Syncro with a SVX in it and over $2000 USD in tranny up grades. Never again

. The only major expense is getting the transmission to spin the right direction. Right now the the method used by most builders is to use the Reverse ring and pinion made by Todd in the land down under. www.subarugears.com

I'm making another reversing method for my transmission that's going in my 71 bay but right now it's a secret Happy

and until it's finished and working I won't share it. I well say mine will come in at less than half the cost. Grin

Steve
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1Kingy79 · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:35 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the info.

I've got a lot of thinking to do but have the time between now and probably September before I do the install

I was watching some YouTube videos for turning ring and pinion and didn't look that bad

What I can always do is just keep the gearbox and have a go at it myself.

I have bought the donor vehicle and luckily it is manual so the option is there

If I do use the Subaru transmission what do you do with the gear change mech?????

Also any other bits I need to keep to do it before letting the donor vehicle go

Kai · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:46 pm Post subject:

The gearbox coded TY754....... Lend themselves best for the Subarugears conversions. The earlier TY752's require the later style ty754 nose cone.

The gear linkage can be made up using the existing shifter, use a UJ or two to couple it to the subaru selector.

Get the fuel pump and the mounting ring.

Tod I believe is making kits to use the subaru brakes. Might be of interest to you.

Oh keep the engine subframe. You can use that and the brackets tod designs create a engine mount to go off the Subaru engine mounts.

Otherwise the engine and electrics and all that.
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