July 4, 201114 yr Idealy - have a glass hood laid up and cut out for the stacks , make a scoop. Sounds like a lot and its not cheap but possibly worth investigating given the need for work in many shops these days. I'm thinking around $300 - 400 gets you the hood ready for you to do the rest and paint. That's a hood blank , you'd apply hinges ,etc. Just a thought. You're going to be sporting a semi hotted up rig (compared to stock) , a little extra mustard on it would look pretty cool. Good luck and of course we're all behind you on this.
July 4, 201114 yr Author Luckily there is a shorter air filter, which means I can still use the box and only have to spend like $10 on a new filter. The velocity stacks though, either ditch them entirely or find some super short ones...
July 4, 201114 yr Aww man , I was hoping on seeing stuff popping out of the hood , car snorting like a bull , that sort of thing.
July 5, 201114 yr Author Got a little ahead of myself again A few parts are actually installed permanently, like the water pump, intake manifold, alternator brackets, etc. Don't have the distributor on 100% yet but I wanted to check the plug wires and how they lay out among other things. Oh and ignore the squished oil filter, thats just for break-in.
July 5, 201114 yr Man Kost that made me make a mess outta myself. That is some XXX Subie porn right there man :eek: . Cannot wait to see the final product.
July 5, 201114 yr Looks awesome man! Keep at it! I absolutely understand the frustrations with the little problems. Sometimes you have to just leave it, and do something else. That's where I'm at with my 4runner project now.....but I'm not giving up. It'll get done sooner or later.
July 7, 201114 yr Author Does anyone have the clip for the throttle cable from any of the 70's Subaru's? The brand new throttle cable I have which fits perfect doesn't have the clip, and the original throttle cable was different with this car. Nobody seems to have the correct sized clip! Its kind of like a brake line clip, but smaller...
July 7, 201114 yr Author oddly enough, i do have 2they are yours if yu pm me an address Woot! PM sent
July 8, 201114 yr Author Quarter Inch (1/4") for where the clip clips on. I don't know the size of the clip in general though, never even saw one.
July 8, 201114 yr Author well dude. it took me three freekin hours, but i found the clip, its on its way Awesome! I've got the clutch all connected now, and that clip was the only thing holding me back from connecting the throttle to the carb. I think I'm getting close to time to start wiring everything.
July 8, 201114 yr OMGURRRD that suby is maken me HURRRP DUURRR hard cores very good job sir. Cheers R.
July 9, 201114 yr Author On the electronic distributors, which color wire is the positive and which the negative? I have a yellow wire and a black wire with a white stripe.
July 10, 201114 yr Author Ah good, thanks. I don't have much wiring experience, so I'm trying not to make any mistakes... Anyway, couple photos from today. I've got the vacuum lines and such all sorted and a couple other things done. Also got the air filter to fit now... JUST BARELY!
July 10, 201114 yr Man that is tight. Hope you got good motor mounts in there. Lol Is that bar across the fenders a test fit peice?
July 10, 201114 yr Author Thats the base for the final piece. I'll have to attach a radiator to it somehow and then of course paint it when its done.
July 10, 201114 yr Author The original support was designed for the dual radiator system, not to mention it had the hood latch. It was also a rusted mangled piece. Its gone. I'm going to run a single large radiator with a fan on the right side.
July 10, 201114 yr If you are going the single radiator route you going to make a cowl from your blower fan to the radiator so you still have heating on the cooler days Cheers Thierry
July 11, 201114 yr Author Ya, I checked the cowl vent thingie fitment and it doesn't fit anyway because the motor got moved forward. I also need to figure out how to attach it to the bottom and if a radiator can come with the overflow tank built in.
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