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Someone just pointed me to this. Near enough to me in MD but nothing I can get excited about now, given the state of my project.
Real nice base for someone doing a Spyder build or having the skill and ambition to try to make their own SAS style Speedster. Those ej22T blocks are rare and special, it is said.
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OK Ed -I will bite being as my ride is still not complete - location? Miles on the engine? PM me
Waldorf, MD
$500!!!! for a complete Turbo engine and 5-speed?!?
Five. Hundred. Dollars.
... and here I am shoveling money into the ACVW boiler as fast as I can earn it. $500 buys me a pile of badly made Type 1 parts from the far east, as long as I don't expect them to be shipped to me (that would be an additional $100). $500 would buy an nice shifter for Berg 5-speed (the ridiculously fragile one... that costs about $5K).
$500.
Half a set of Dellortos. An A1 Sidewinder (as long as I don't get a muffler). A Raby DTM. A single LN Engineering "Nickie" (one cylinder). An ignition system (if I don't get carried away).
Five hundred freakin' dollars. For a turbo. And a 5-speed.
Sometimes, it hurts to be the retro-grouch.
I'd imagine it's all included, but what about the computer and the harness? Those seem like they would be critical in any sort of speedster application. While not specifically called out in the brevity of the original message, it might be worth confirming.
Ted
Feeling like I should've gone and grabbed this already to flip to one of you moneybags. It's a screaming deal if the motor is good. Big IF though.
If the motor needs going through you could spend $2k right quick, I'd guess, and still be only half through it. Timing belt kit set me back $350 or something just now. The head gasket kit was something like that too, if I remember right. That's before you get into hard parts and machine work. So. IF.
The harness is a be-otch to make even if you have a donor car (as I do). But there is a guy in CO or Canada (I forget which) who will sell you one for like $600, give or take $100. I'm probably going to end up paying him to do mine.
The computer is a boneyard item. Hard to get to but not too expensive, I hear, and they don't tend to go bad. The ECU from any older Sooby will work fine with a turbo setup, according to the boy racers on every Sube-centric board. For what that's worth.
Or you buy the megasquirt and study-up.
"Yeah", to all of that Ed.
I know nuthin's free. I also know that horsepower after 150 or so is pretty dear in the Type 1 world. I can pay $15K for something that runs about like a 350 SBC with a mild cam and some cheap headers.
The crazy part is that I don't care how cheap Subis or small-blocks are-- I'm committed (or will be soon, once the guys with the straight-jackets find me)
Ed...that lad that does the harness is Tom Sheils. Google him and check out the website. He has some cooling ideas too and an adapter / spacer for the thermostat housing which will prevent the very effective heater / rad placement combo from outsmarting the stock stat. To get around this, I'm installing a BWM inline stat on the hot side of the upper coolant manifold. We'll see.
And please...where again can I find access to " my previous posts " ? Can't see it anywhere. Thanks.
Yeah, Shiels. I been in email with him already. Thanks, David.
And Stan: Big respect. In my fantasy life I build these P-cars all the time, and always, always air cooled. It just seems right, even though it's getting harder and harder.
The Chinese-crap-everywhere problem is no longer VW-unique (if it ever was). I sent one water pump back for the Soob cause the impeller was stamped steel instead of a cast. And the old idler pulleys on the front of the engine were Made in Japan. The new ones=Korean. The replacement timing belt itself was made in Italy. And so on. And the timing kit I bought was the spendy one.
I'd imagine it's all included, but what about the computer and the harness? Those seem like they would be critical in any sort of speedster application.
Ted
Not always critical in all sorts of speedster applications, Ted. You can always kiss FI goodbye and install a carb and make things work if you don't want to mess with the electronics. Can't seem to upload pics again but a Weber 32/36 works pretty well.
There's the blinkin' pic. 2.2l Soob with a Weber 2bbl carb center mounted on a plugged up Soob manifold with an EMPI / Weber carb neck welded on.
Ed, I had good luck buying OE Soob parts at the dealer. Valve cover gaskets, cam and crank seals, water pump and belts were less than $300 from the dealer 5 years ago.
Never did have to do head gaskets.
Tom Sheils is a great guy, I know two people who Soobed there Vanagons and got harnesses from Tom.
