Started working on my wife's 71 Ghia again. We are swapping in a ej22 out of a 94 legacy. Motor had 137k on it when I pulled it out the donor. Started on this a bit ago. But going try and get cracking on it for real now.
Started working on my wife's 71 Ghia again. We are swapping in a ej22 out of a 94 legacy. Motor had 137k on it when I pulled it out the donor. Started on this a bit ago. But going try and get cracking on it for real now.
Next we pulled the engine
How I got the ghia up enough to yank the motor out.
Sent the harness out to Jeff @ Autoventures and this is it done.
Why won't it fit itself?
That about gets this caught up to where I am now.
Test fit of the radiator tonight
Outstanding!
I love it. Cool project for sure.
Fantastic. Love a hardtop Ghia resurrection.
My wife got put on call at work tonight, so she helped me tonight. We got the seats out, vacuumed it out, got the gas tank out, and got the shifter and shift rod out.
Wife got called in. So I did a little more on it. Yanked off the nose grills. Planning on cutting out the solid metal and make ducts to the radiator.
I for one am always a little sad to see these air-cooled motors get tossed. I understand though, as they are underpowered and inefficient. Anyway, glad to see a Ghia getting worked on and on it's way back to being drivable. These cars are too neat to be just parked and forgotten.
In reply to barefootskater :
And expensive to make power with.
I have put it off for years. But I want something that is actually reliable and can keep up with traffic. At least its still a flat four and makes 130hp stock.
It’s a relatively cheap if not easy doubling (plus) of the horsepower.
ebonyandivory said:It’s a relatively cheap if not easy doubling (plus) of the horsepower.
Yup and if I go with the 2.5 bottom end with the 2.2 heads and some cams you are getting close to 200hp
Very Nice. I love ghias, and approve of anything from a stock engine on up. They are too pretty to sit dormant.
Did a little cutting. Cut the bottom of the spare well out and the nose cone pieces.
One of the many reason I have no issues cutting her and going with the ej22.
Scraps
So what is the short version of what does it take to get the Subaru engine to propel a VW?
In reply to NOHOME :
Either an adapter plate and flywheel or a subarugears reverse ring and pinion. I went the adapter route because it was 425 vs about 2k for the reverse ring and pinion.
After that just wiring and plumbing.
In reply to bigfranks84 :
And the VW box will take the abuse? What is the ring and pinion ratio in the VW transaxle? Are all 4 forward gears relevant?
In reply to NOHOME :
It won't take clutch dumps over and over. But the Aussies been doing it a long time. BoostedVW on YouTube was my inspiration on it. He was one of the first guys to really document the swap years ago.
I don't remeber the gear ratios but I do remember looking them up amd 4th actual put in at almost the same rpm range as a stock subbie at 80mph. If I remember right it was 4100 rpm @ 80 with the VW transaxle.
Nice, going to be a fun ride
Love the build. I have 3 of them waiting to be made road worthy agin. A 66 and two 69s unfortanly the salt on the roads up here has made mine a lot of rust repair.
Keep us up to date on the build.
Great build
In reply to NOHOME :
VW transaxles come in a few different flavors but are pretty easily and cheaply converted and some are quite strong. The ratios are not exactly sporty but a stock box has a 4th gear ratio of something like .9 to 1 so it is technically an overdrive. Also there are "freeway flyer" trans available that have even taller 4th ratios. My parents last running VW would do 80mph at 3400rpm on stock size wheels/tires.
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