Suby-conversion advice?

[volkdent]

Originally Posted by Axl

Being that it will be about two years , give or take , before I actually do anything (I am relocating in 1 1/2 years from Alberta , Canada to Indiana in the U.S. , so no sense staring before) , I am planning out EXACTLY what I want to do so when the actual work begins , I hopefully won't have too many problems . I also plan on using a 5-speed tranny , most likely a Porsche unit , which may effect the location . All of this , though , is giving lots of great ideas , as I want the cat to look reletively stock from the outside (no sheetmetal mods) . Axl .

You're a smart man! Let everyone else make the mistakes and then do it perfectly! I think that good long term planning will make the best outcome almost every time!

Scooby, post some pics for us!

Who's the moderator here? These kinds of topics should be edited and put under a sticky so that people don't have to keep coming in and asking questions that have already been answered. An edited post with lots of pics would be really helpful to all who are interested in this conversion.

Jason

[steve_d]

Hey everyone, kind of a weird place for a first post, but I know subynotch from nasioc, and was directed here by zen.

anyway, I've got a 1967 porsche 912 that I'm running an EJ18 (1.8L NA).

I can shed some light on some of the questions asked (and will do so in post 2)

I've started a subaru conversion specific site www.porscharu.com that has nothing there yet, but will eventually. I'm still setting up the forums section so come check it out if you like. www.porscharu.com/forum

sjd

[Axl]

Originally Posted by volkdent

You're a smart man! Let everyone else make the mistakes and then do it perfectly! I think that good long term planning will make the best outcome almost every time!

Jason

I am a mechanic in a GM dealership - the way we work there is , if someone figures out a new way to do something , it gets spread around to everyone , so we all can benefit from it . That's how I am approaching this , as well .

[volkdent]

I wish the moderators would make stickies out of good threads, like a suby conversion sticky, wheel offset sticky, porsche brakes sticky, so everyone can just get all the info quickly instead of having to search all over the place.

Jason

[libila]

It looks like I'll be joining the Suby swap club in the near future as well!

I've been toying with the idea of swapping a USDM EJ20 in to my '00 RS for a while, but I want to do something with my '71 Super. After reading through this thread it hit me like a duffle bag full of bricks, "Swap the EJ20 into the RS, then take my EJ25 and put it in my bug!"



I'm going to spice my EJ25 up via TechWorks Engineering bits. Or maybe I'll go all out and do something like- http://zzyzxmotorsports.com/news/300hpna

[steve_d]

also check out outback motorsports...they do lots of sandrail stuff. I have never dealt with them, so I don't know anything about their service.

www.outbackmotors.com

sjd

[73notch]

ive been to outback's shop, they have a really awesome setup. They have alot of bits that are useful in the conversion. They told me about a conversion they were paid to do for a customer, in a bug.

They are a great supply for all the little bits for these engines.

[Axl]

Hey , I was in another thread on transaxles , and came across some posts that raised some questions that maybe some one out there can answer . I saw a 2.5L SOHC turbo engine in a bug , and was curious about the HP difference from the 2.0L DOHC turbo engine . How hard is it to bump up HP and still have a strong , reliable engine ? I would like to approach the 400HP mark and still be fairly reliable , or am I just living in a fantasy world with that ? This car is going to be more or less a streeter , with some time at the strip (if my wife will let me!) , so is it better to keep closer to stock HP outout ? Am I asking too many stupid questions ? Enquiring minds want to know! Axl .
Any and all help is appreciated!