My german look 1302's

[wrxJim]

Hi everyone been sitting in the back ground for a few months and thought it was about time i put my 1302's on here. Ive decided that after about 3 years of owning the car it was time i pulled my finger out and put all the parts ive been collecting to good use. So resolution for the new year is to get on with it.
Spec so far:
Welded 1970 1302's shell (got that bit out the way)
944 S2 4pot brakes front and rear
boxter s 17" rims
911 915 transmisson
1997 subaru wrx turbo motor (lots of internal work to do to that)
IHI uprated turbo
megan racing tubular exhaust manifold
charge cooler
and so on.......
Im plannig on keeping body mods to a minimum as i like the thought of blowing the doors off a scooby or a porker in what looks like a standard bug.
Gonna update as i go so will keep you up to date on whats going on. Ive put some pics on of where im at (so much to do).

[ricola]

Welcome on board There isn't going to be much left of that nice new firewall soon!
Rich

[wrxJim]

Thanks rich like the web site by the way. Tell me about it dont think there's going to be much left at all as im planning on raising engine and box and moving forward to gain some ground clearance, shame really but never mind deffo gonna be worth it.

[ricola]

What engine management do you plan to use with all those mods?

Will you be cutting through the torsion bars?

The megan headers are quite low, are you modding them for more ground clearance?

Rich

[wrxJim]

Not sure about engine management yet hadn't thought that far ahead yet are subaru ecu's interchangeable between models? could possibly use a later model type or an sti.

Yeah gonna cut tosion bars out strenghten the chassis in the center and use a uniball set up from MBT which will do away with torsion bars.

Ive offered the header up to the engine and it doesnt seem to hang much lower than the sump so think ile see how it goes on the trial build.

[ricola]

ECUs seem to be interchangable but only if same year or very close... ie 93-96, 97-98 etc etc If you have a 97 this is probably one of the worst to go for as there isn't that much aftermarket support or tuning options, I think you will have to go aftermarket...

Rich

[wrxJim]

Got started mocking the bug up over the past month.

Chopped my fire wall out.

Mounted 944 arms.

Built up a motor and gearbox to get all mountings and body mods sorted.

My new 996 17x9's

[johnnyvee]

those wheels sure look shiny

[Eatoniashoprat]

if you're looking for an ecu go the nasioc.com forums and search there, you'll definately find something. I've put a 1998 ej22 in my 69 bus and there are a few things you need to do to trick the OBD2 computer, but its not too difficult.

[Turbo Haraune2]

That is going to be a nice car.
Im planning on doing the rear trailing arms just like you for thr next season.

Check out my site for build pics and tips.

www.v-dubs.no/haraune

[wrxJim]

Thanks for the forum info dude found loads on there. Great site turbo your bugs cool im hoping to get a similar final result ive got a long way to go tho LOL.
Got some more done last night, more chopping with my trusty grinder i must be mad hoping to hang the engine in this weekend/next week to get the mounts fab'ed up.

[chug_A_bug]

OHHH DUDE your USING ROPE NOT COOL

[wrxJim]

Originally Posted by chug_A_bug

OHHH DUDE your USING ROPE NOT COOL

Its good rope mate.

[hemitheus]

trailing arm rear suspension? HOW the????

Is that aftermarket or some 1302/3 thing i dont know about since i drive a standard

[ricola]

depending on where you are in the world, all supers have the trailing arm 'IRS', in europe semi-auto standards have it, in the US I think all post '69 bugs came with it as standard. You can convert early cars with some weld on brackets..