subaru in an auto velle

Hi Chaps,

Take a look at these sites, lots of help and advise on there aswell.

RJ recommended a chap in Hearne Bay (Barry) to do the conversion, anyone heard of him? Feedback?

chaps, an update.

as of yesterday got every single bit I 'm gonna need to finish the project. Rebuilt the 2.5 a few weekends ago; pretty straighforward with only a couple of minor set backs. Appears the timing belt had jumped and there was an everso slight sign of collision from the valve heads on the pistons. These engines definitely are not non-collision, or whatever the term is. Head gaskets did already show signs of serious compramise despite looking like theyd been replaced at some point. Did it again anyway with the corrected parts from Subaru so expect a long shelf life. Couple of previously poor helicoiled repairs had to be fixed too for a couple of the tensioners. All done though and confident.

I also sourced a 2.1 box from nwvw with final drive, so that will be overhauled, with extra clutch packs put in to cope with cooling and extra power (taken from the Audi 100).

Unfortunately I had a motorbike crash and smashed my right ankle so am in Hospital now, but every cloud... my mother in law visited from California and brought over all my bits waiting for me from Kennedy, so saved a packet there.

Gonna be out of action for a few months now, but its winter anyway. hope to start hitting it again in early spring.




Edited by samuelvincentvella - 16 Nov 09 at 09:35

Looks like you need to re-build your leg before your van!!

ouch that looks nasty chap!!

Nice,  I have the rjes system, it's a great bit of kit. What air filter are you going to use,  stock or cone? I used a cone filter to start with but the induction roar was too much for the family in the back,  so put the stock subaru set up in,  much quieter inside.

I just got a regular cone filter one from halfords,  you'll need an adapter which bolts onto the airflow if you go down that route.