Kombi with EZ30 6 cyl and Subarugears 5 speed transmission

[ttriebler]

Not mine but a customer of Subarugears in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Uses two Honda Civic radiators and subie fans in the back for cooling and has no problems. Great looking package.

Thought you might all be interested.....























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[ElusiveStranger]

That does look nice

I'm very dubious of the rad set up. The fans must come on alot.

Are they running 2 O2 sensors somehow, or just the one?
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[ttriebler]

Owners comments re cooling from another forum :

- 2 dual core aluminium Honda Civic radiators piped in series for cooling. The standard subaru fans are mounted to these rads and are controlled from the Subaru ECU. So far so good with the cooling. Have taken it up about a 1000ft hill climb with no sign of high temperature. I won't say that it is a complete success until I have really loaded it up on a hot day up a long hill.

Not sure of the fan duty cycle although I can say that most of the time when I pull to a stop the fans are not running. I have a code reader that I leave connected which can display engine temp realtime. At idle the coolant temp will cycle between 88 and 93 degrees celcius as the fans switch on and off. They only stay on for approx 30 seconds at a time.
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[ElusiveStranger]

Add this to his posts (or give us a linky):

"If you want to run a "delta t" over the rads - you'll always get an "x"° above ambient. So if you do a "hard load/cold" weather and the temps hit "Y"°, just add the difference in ambient (hot days) to the reading.

If ECU controlled fans: Hook up the 12V switched to the fan (output from ECU Relay) to a 12V LED and ground, then you can see when the fans cut in.
I had a green wired to the A/C relay (lower temp/VSS ratio) and a red to the Main Fan"

I'm still a bit dubious of them not constantly cutting in though
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The advice you receive on here is worth the paper it's written on.
Your experiences are worth shed loads to others, including the f'ups - live and learn.
Wouldn't YOU rather learn by someone else's mistakes? So would they.

'78 Bay, 2 litre 091 box, EJ20 NA & the ashtray's on the 'right' side.
I don't lean forward for hills any more
Bugger, missed out on "Live fast, die young"

[ttriebler]

Here you go :

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=492898&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

cheers
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Reversed gears for Subaru Transmissions
Fit a 5 apeed to your rear engined car
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[tuzza123]

Anyone thinking of Subaru doing one of Todds (subarugears.com) conversions you will need special tool 499917500 for setting pinion depth.
I have one of these tools which anyone can hire to do their build.

Contact turrell56@aol.co.uk or 01922 415739

[ttriebler]

The owner has now change the 3.9 to a 4.1 ratio final drive. He tells me it's much better suited to the weight of the vehicle.
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Reversed gears for Subaru Transmissions
Fit a 5 apeed to your rear engined car
www.subarugears.com

[ttriebler]

Here's a video of how this package (4.1 ratio) drives.
This thing has certainly got some poke!!

http://youtu.be/1l2lQhqiGJc
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Fit a 5 apeed to your rear engined car
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