Aussieveedubbers · Non-VW Engine Conversions

with a dash of...subaru!

https://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/threads/66252/with-a-dash-ofsubaru

rocknrob ·

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I needed to see that redline😂

rocknrob ·

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i started out just to make a mockup to see how it would go...but then i added some paint and thought what the heck🤪

Baja Wes ·

sure beats buying aftermarket gauges doesn't it 🙂

rocknrob ·

yes i had this hooked up at the back on the original harness but thought if i don't start watching the road instead of looking back at the tacho😵‍💫 so just have to lengthen all the wires about 3 metres😂

Baja Wes ·

yeah, I did the same but I extended my harness from the start, so I never drove looking backwards 🙂


You've probably seen it before, but I did my dash a similar way with mdf. I didn't cut the cluster shape from multiple layers like you have, I just fiberglass in the original Mazda plastic surround;







rocknrob ·

Yeah yours is a classy job Wes👍 but i didn't want to fit the whole suby dash as it would be out of character for a kombi like mine😢 this is a prototype and when i'm happy with it i might do in some fancy wood with brass fittings🤓 or it might just stay this way forever👍

Baja Wes ·

If your like me, it'll stay that way for a long time 🙂

I put a temporary exhaust on my V6 made out of scrap, with the intention of making something better once the conversion was approved. That was 4 yrs ago, and the temporary exhaust is still there 😀

rocknrob ·

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I hear you about the exhaust...this one was fabbed from pink bedheads dumped on the footpath🤘 Well it is a "sleeper" now😂

Baja Wes ·

lol, at least mine was scrap exhaust piping, and I did pull it back off to paint it all one colour 😀