So my main project has had to be put on the back burner as this has to come first ........



After braking down one to many times it was time for a different approach .............


















2 litre Subaru turbo .............







petrol tank is now out as well, just got to wait for my new bell housing so i can mount the lump in for the rest of the fabrication work to begin..


This afternoon is gonna be spent stripping back the wiring loom:cry:

It's been a while but...

Cut in a t3 hatch for easier access



Rjes bell housing.........



was hoping to get the gearbox bracket done this weekend and have the engine sitting in situ.....sadly it never happened

Also got to weld these into the original bus tank



everyone likes shiny things......



Manifold has got to be cut here and there to re-locate the turbo as it originally sits behind the engine..in the bus that will in croach on the firewall and the petrol tank

so it's going to be somewhere like this

looks like as fine project there sir will be interested to see updates

Cheers dude , i was beginning to wonder if i'd done something wrong.. over 100 views and not a single comment ,good or bad.....

looking good dude should be nice with that lump in it, reliable and quick. What power is it standard and are you going for more or keeping standard for reliability? Gonna sound nice too .

oh yeah and what you doing for cooling?

Hey, from what i can make out they are 200bhp standard :pale: , so untill i can get an uprated gearbox ( even the later 2 litre bay boxes are going for around the £400 mark ) im going to have to be pretty light footed, not to mention the non servo 'have to stand up on the pedal to slow down' brakes taking a battering.....

Ideally i just wanted a 2.2 non turbo, but i was on ebay one night and this was a bargain buy it now.......and i just wanted the sound of a bloody great dirty dump valve:twisted: ..

Cooling wise ive got a big 'ol jag radiator that's going underneath with a scoop....

Best thing to do with old air cooled cars, fit reliable water cooled motors

Keep up the good work fella

I was going to ask why you didn't fit a subura NA engine, I can appreciate what your doing I just think its a bit of a waste in a camper. Very nicely though done I wish I had the time and patience on something as large as a camper

glad to see your going the rjes way, mate of ours got mixed up with a tsr conversion, not good least your can run the subaru starter now and from what we have seen from rjes its all good quality gear. get your rad well sorted as our mate had a lot of trouble with colling his

it will be a beast you will get to blow some chavs away in a vw camper thats my idea of fun!

One sweet project mate, looks like its gonna be a tight squeeze lol.

Cant wait to hear it tear past!

you have pulled your finger out then and done some work, more than me ay, im slacking big time,

i was behind you yesterday at the traffic lights outside the worx aka the jobcentre,

u have a good xmas?

Remy you old git, how you doing?....you wernt behind me dude, must of been the missus, i was laid up with flu......

My god it's been nearly a month doesn't time fly ..... So then, now the festive shenanigans are well and truly over ( i had flu for most of it ) it's time to get a move on.....

welded the swirl pot into the tank.....



Then using the section of subaru tank that held the swirl pot i sealed it up.........well after cutting in the mounting for the fuel pump



Due to the subaru tank being deeper i had to shorten the length of the pump........



Then ground back the welds and double checked that there were no holes before using a little etch primer to see off any rust before i paint next week..



hopefully by then i'll have the tank lining and get that part done and out of the way......
Also chopped and re welded the gearbox hanger, although im not overly happy with it and may change it a little......

oh tried to get the clutch shaft fitted................... only i got the wrong size repair kit