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Oregon Bugaru

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  • Birthday 09/06/1987

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    I am converting a 74 VW Super Beetle to be powered by A water cooled Subaru 1.8l mpfi turbo. Not to mention I am a Subaru enthusiast for life.
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  1. valve covers are pretty easy, and Elite was right about changing the grommets, is a simple extra step to give peace of mind that it was done right. If you go with the liquid gasket it's really easy to put too much on the surface. Just be mindful of that. I had a first gen legacy that would leak oil right onto the exhaust manifold. Whenever the car would stop smoking after going up a hill I would know it's time to check and add more engine oil... Cause there wasn't enough in there to leak out....
  2. Whoah! long time for me not to reply on this build! sorry about that. But yeah the weight now that you mention it should be really close to the same. Just double the ponies about. I'm gonna put up some more photos this week of all the rest of the progress that I have been making. I have a goal of a mid May test run. Fingers crossed!
  3. Thanks man! I got the fan enclosure idea from a couple other people who had installed the radiators up front. My main goal with that is to keep from superheating the fuel tank. And yeah, the front end is soooo light on that thing, cornering will be a definite challenge. I'm thinking that it will require stiffening the rear suspension and lowering the front end a little bit. and putting something heavy up front like a bag of cement or something hahaha!! I almost finished up my plumbing of the fuel system on sunday, but I got caught up riding the motorcycle instead. I'll update the thread this week sometime with some more photos and info of the progress. Thanks for the interest in the build though man. It's a long going project needing to get finished.
  4. Dude its been so long since I've been on here, I completely spaced that I had posted pics and progress of my bugaru on here... kinda feeling stupid now. I'll update my vw/Subaru thread later today with some good pictures and info.
  5. Oh snap! Nice dude! That just made my day! So connected to that port is an evap line from the tank then? The engine is in a 74 vw super beetle. I'm plumbing all the fuel lines yes right now. So I'm thinking if that's the case, I could run my evap lines from the fuel tank, to the third port, and utilize the original Subaru canister. That sounds reasonable right? I have a thread going on TheSamba to watch the build going if you wanna check it http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7155977&highlight=&sid=cc7b5fde6dd495ca1179e63e99b20848#7155977 Thanks again man! I owe you for that fast reply.
  6. I have a 1.8L EA series MPFI turbo model engine. It's out of an 87 gl-10 sedan four door. I am re-plumbing the thing after its been apart for years and need some help. Next to the fuel pressure regulator there are three steel lines. One is high pressure fuel from the pump. The second is coming off the regulator and going back to the fuel tank as return. But the third... No idea... Any hunches on what needs to be connected to it? I traced it to both the throttle body and thermomvalve. Other than that I am stumped.. http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1196390.jpg"
  7. I need help again.... Its been about two years since these looms were taken from the vehicle and my photographic memory needs some photoshop... This red connector... Its right next to the ecu, and is pretty integrated.... Any ideas on where it connected to?
  8. Sweet!! Thanks man!!! I may be moving to portland area or Boulder CO, so keeping it emission compliant is a must. In goes the charcoal canister, egr, CAT, and so on. Thanks for second pair of eyes. My guess is that the computer tells the solenoid to open up to the egr valve when its not boosting and when the o2 sensor sniffs and says it needs some dirty air in the intake
  9. Successfully got the essential wiring for the suby engine isolated. Just need to add a new circuit from the bus bar up front to power the ECU, injectors, and ignition system.
  10. Thanks Timber! I should try my desktop then for sure, I tried to do that copy and paste tactic with phone and iPad and couldn't make it work.
  11. That's an awesome platform to work with! Tons of room for modification.
  12. Alright suby folk! I have triva for you! It's a game of "WTF is That and What Does it Do?" Following the photos from left to right. 1> two wires go to this solenoid looking deal that has vacuum lines going to it... 2> from the solenoid an air line travels to the backside of the engine where it pulls on this vacuum device.. 3> what the heck is this circuit and what does it do? Is it part of evap picking up exhaust has and dumping it back into intake for emissions? (I should add that from the vacuum device near the distributor there is a copper line going down to the exhaust port where the manifold bolts up...) Help would be awesome! Im don't have any literature to guide me along, so I'm swimming just as far as i can see.
  13. Sooooo I am feeling pretty Un-savy right about now.... How do y'all get photos to paste into your 'replies' full size? I see photo, photo, photo, comment, photo.. Etc. I'm working with my Ipad and all i've figured out is 'attachments'.... They don't quite tell the story the same.... Any ideas? Do i have to use my desktop computer and just paste the photos in?
  14. Thank!! Me too!! Kinda wish it would work on itself while I'm at my day job but I keep forgetting to push the autopilot button when I leave...
  15. Had you discovered the cause of why the 1.8 loyal was blowing head gaskets? I'm working with a 1.8 turbo mpfi and haven't before. Just wondering if there are some things to look out for.
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