I just bought a Vanagon for the side shift trans. I'm looking into putting a Subaru in it and driving it for a while before removing the drive line to put into my buggy......as long a I don't feel too guilty about raping another vw for parts. I will be searching for a subaru donor car for the engine and other parts. Part that I will need are the adapter plate or conversion bell housing, exhaust, oil pan etc. The idea is to do this as cheap as possible. Any pointers or advise is also appreciated.

My general idea is that I will need to buy or fabricate an oil pan to regain ground clearance, modify the original wiring harness (diagrams available from Kennedy), fab or buy an exhaust, use and adapter kit from kennedy or bell housing from small car, create a motor mount, and decide where to mount a radiator. I read on here that I can just use a T fitting after the fuel shutoff to plumb in the return fuel line.

One thing that scares me is having some breech of the coolant system and getting scalded somehow. I'm not sure which motor I will use 2.2 or 2.5, guess it depend on what I find for cheap. I don't want drive by wire.

Thanks.

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Raoool. Playing for the other team huh ? Lol. What's really going on.?

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LET ER EAT !!! If you aint first, your LAST.!!.

Hahaha....Yeah, after spending too much money just to see it go down the tubes on stroker VWs I just can't bring myself to spend thousands again. If I was going to build one again I would use a block from http://www.pacifier.com/~yolla1/ as suggested by MadMike in a past thread but that block is about $1200 by itself.

With a suby, if I blow it up I spend a couple/few hundred on another motor. With a build VW, it's thousands.

Someone always told me to keep it stock but I had to learn the hard way (two busted 6 ribs, a couple broken 3 ribs and a spun rod on a stroker motor twice all sitting in the shed).

It's stock VW and 3 rib or stock suby and side shift for me from now on.......IDK, I really like that block from pacifier.com though......I may have a sickness!!!!!

It sounds like a loose nut behind the wheel and the problem lies between the accelerator pedal and the steering wheel.

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True, that's why I need something built well. Never broke even a single cv joint much less a tranny or spun a rod for ten years with the stock setup.

How much for the stroker stuff?

Well, I'm not ready to let it go yet. Probably after I get the subyin.....maybe.

Welcome to the dark side ! prepare yourself for trash talking

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Theirs no replacement for displacement !

Found a guy that has a 91 legacy wagon for $500 and he is close to me. He doesn't know which engine is in it. What do you guy think, is this a good year (pro's and cons depending on engine)? I'm not really in any rush so I can pass for now if it is not a good one.

If it has a good engine, you can easily end up with a free engine and wiring harness, after you scrap and part the rest out.

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