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 pedrodamexicain
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| posted on August 31st, 2008 at 02:06 PM |
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subaru conversion advice please?
Gidday all
we pulled the heart out of our 79 kombi last weekend to find it is completely dead . So i am leaning towards the subaru option . any advice on
tracking down adaptor kits motor and instructions for a diy project would be greatly appreciated . or a tip on someone around brisbane to do whole job
{well} at a resonable price .cause as a mechanic i am a bloody good carpenter !
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| posted on August 31st, 2008 at 02:37 PM |
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speak to custom veedubs in brissy, they can do the whole job or supply all the parts u need to D.I.Y,
steff................
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| posted on August 31st, 2008 at 09:04 PM |
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Don't do it, rebuild the stock air cooled engine.
My opinion and shoot me down in flames if you like, but fitting a Subi will stuff the van.
Dave
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| posted on August 31st, 2008 at 10:04 PM |
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Don't do it, rebuild the stock air cooled engine.
My opinion and shoot me down in flames if you like, but fitting a Subi will stuff the van.
Dave
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No need to shoot you down ..
A subi will not stuff the van at all, it will make it much more enjoyable to drive and give better reliability and fuel economy. The Ej 22 doens't
need any body mods and if done correctly you can always put the POS aircooled engine back in later and no one will ever know.
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| posted on September 1st, 2008 at 07:32 PM |
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I agree with Brad's comments. I speak from experience, I have done it. Not just 'I heard'
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pedrodamexicain
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| posted on September 1st, 2008 at 08:14 PM |
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thanks for the words of wisdom guys ,i`ll take the advice and sus custom vee dub and go from there
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| posted on September 4th, 2008 at 07:19 PM |
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Sorry but I prefer stock VW bits & pieces as manufactured. For my own T3 we tosswd the Suby conversion but then opted for the 2.1 rebuild,this has
worked out well & we are happy with the results. Yes the suby may have been a little more powerful but we still like our van..
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| posted on March 25th, 2009 at 05:08 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Menangler
Don't do it, rebuild the stock air cooled engine.
My opinion and shoot me down in flames if you like, but fitting a Subi will stuff the van.
Dave
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No need to shoot you down ..
A subi will not stuff the van at all, it will make it much more enjoyable to drive and give better reliability and fuel economy. The Ej 22 doens't
need any body mods and if done correctly you can always put the POS aircooled engine back in later and no one will ever know.
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heckum
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| posted on March 25th, 2009 at 05:13 AM |
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hi brad did you use the same exhaust system and where did you put her radiator?I'am just starting my subaru engine .but still wondering where to put
radiator could use a good idea with out cuting body .Thanks heckum
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heckum
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| posted on March 25th, 2009 at 05:20 AM |
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hi my nameis heckum I was wondering were did you mount the radiator and what about her exhasust system did you use hte same one?
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| posted on March 25th, 2009 at 07:48 AM |
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hi my nameis heckum I was wondering were did you mount the radiator and what about her exhasust system did you use hte same one?
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Custom Vee Dub did my conversion.
Radiator was underneath in one of there under body cooling kits and I also used one of there Custom EJ into kombi exhaust systems.
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| posted on March 26th, 2009 at 01:15 PM |
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Radiator was underneath in one of there under body cooling kits and I also used one of there Custom EJ into kombi exhaust systems.
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I like to see a pic of that if possible. where underneath?, or are you talking about the hoses?
dak dak dak dak dak dak
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| posted on March 26th, 2009 at 07:53 PM |
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Here is a link to my conversion
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=38417
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| posted on March 28th, 2009 at 01:09 PM |
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I had a look at your conversion, very nice job and good pics too. Did you choose too mount the radiator underneath to keep the clean original lines
out front or was there another consideration?
dak dak dak dak dak dak
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helbus
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| posted on March 28th, 2009 at 05:30 PM |
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There was no where to mount it on the front as I took the bullbar off. I wanted it underneath, even if it is harder to bleed the coolant when filling
it up.
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