Started a new thread to post updates. The process has started. Before weight is 1728 lbs as currently configured:
2054 cc engine; extended thinline sump; external oil filter; external oil cooler, full size spare; breather box; lightweight battery and heater boxes.
Old bits coming out soon
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Tom Blankinship posted:Started a new thread to post updates. The process has started. Before weight is 1728 lbs as currently configured:
2054 cc engine; extended thinline sump; external oil filter; external oil cooler, full size spare; breather box; lightweight battery and heater boxes.
Old bits coming out soon
If you have minimum options I'd bet the car will finish off in the low 1800's . Mine was 1780 I think with the 2.2l Soob and a heater behind the back of the back seat area. Your 2.5l engine is larger / a little heavier.
Tom, you think the Subie 2.5, along with the piping and radiator will add around 100 pounds?
And if it's around 100 pounds I wonder how much of that will be in the rear.
How exciting!
Tom Blankinship posted:I think it will be lighter. Lighter chassis to start with.
> On Jan 7, 2016, at 4:37 PM, SpeedsterOwners.com <**************> wrote:
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What would the lighter chassis have to do with any weight change? Are you changing the chassis too ? You're still starting with 1728 lbs, no ? Too bad you have to lose the spare.
Best be prepared to have many eyes in, on and under the car at Carlisle. (-:
Good luck with the swap! And have fun.
Last run of Natalie's AC engine before getting pulled. Made me a little sentimental
BTW, video file uploaded directly from my phone. New site changes rock Theron!
Tom, Aww, you're making me cry . . . The death of an era, as far as you are concerned. Going over to the dark (water cooled) side -- we'll miss ya.
Tom
welcome to the dark side where the air is crisper in the garage and the reliability/power/fun factor is ever in your favor. There arent many of us so maybe you can become the President of the Republic Of Subyville or something.
Bye bye
Hellloooo!
Is there any additional supports that need to be installed on the chassis to accommodate the su
by?I have an older beck with the thought of subj power and just want to know what is involved-thanks
I drove my 2.2l Soob in the Speedster about 30,000 miles or so with no rear support. We'll never know what caused it, but last Fall on closer inspection I discovered my left, rear transmission mount was broken completely. The car has 59,778 on it now and I bought it in late 2010 with 8,500 on it. No idea of earlier history.
So, while upgrading to a 2.5l Soob Frankenmotor now, I have decided to upgrade the transmission and add an aux engine mount at the very rear end of the engine compartment. I bought two longitudinal engine mount bars from Small Cars and will build a custom transverse mount from that when I see what's what when the engine is back in. My thoughts are that a rear mount can do no harm and not having one may do some harm or wear out other things more quickly.
In a nutshell...to answer your question...I just don't know. I think the Pro's that are installing Soobs now recommend some extra support.
I'm heading out for Elizabeth, Pa early tomorrow to deliver my transmission to Geno. Shytty weather for traveling but I do like a road trip now and then.
tomrsr posted:
by?I have an older beck with the thought of subj power and just want to know what is involved-thanks
What's involved in a transplant ? Check to see which Soob engine will fit inbetween your existing rear frame rails in the engine compartment. Mine measure 29" inside. A 2.2l engine will fit in there. A 2.5l engine is wider.
You'll need a Kennedy Engineering adapter plate. You'll need a HI torque starter...then a rad and then you'll need to decide if you want stock FI and ignition or take an old school option with a simple with a carb and Ford EDIS ignition.
Ed Ericson and I have each figured out how to do it either way in a homebrew, low bux conversion. Depending on your experience and availability of a suitable donor engine you might be surprised how economical it can be. YMMV of course.
TRP posted:Hellloooo!
Ted,
Are you saying, "Hellloooo!", as in "Helllooo, you just bought Tom's motor???
Inquiring minds want to know. If I remember correctly it's annual bonus time for you and last year you purchased some new Tecnomagnesio wheels so the timing would be right for you to have purchased Tom's motor.
At this time, I can not confirm or deny that "Toms Motor" motor will be talking it's talents to California.
Just FYI: Stroud's original Suby swap was righteously "low buck." Mine, alas, was not: Total in about $4,500-$5,000, snafus included.
Smarter and more experienced wrenches can get things done faster and cheaper than I did.
OK, lemmee guess:
You've cornered the market on bubble-wrap?
Or maybe you've been seduced by Angela to go over to the "Dark Side"?
You must have a heated work space or that paint ain't never gonna dry.......
I'VE been posting on FB, but here's a few recent ones.
I see in your second photo, that Carey, et al, have invented the "Solid State" version of a compact radiator.
Cheap, too......That wood gonna be Oak in the final version? Polished or painted?
Oh....wait......On closer inspection, that may just be the protective cardboard on there during shipping...
Would have looked good as polished Oak or Walnut, though.
Get yer glasses checked, Gordo. That's corrugated cardboard wrapped around the radiator to protect it. 
EDIT: Looks like posts that pass in the night, huh?
By the way, what's the thing in the picture above the radiator pic? It looks like a flux capacitor encasement device. 
Seriously, though (which is hard, when you're taking care of a 3-year-old grandson for the day), it looks like the SE boys (and you) are making good progress on the conversion and the detail bits are looking great.
Is it the plan that it will be ready for Carlisle? Sounds like there will be quite a few "cars of note" showing up this year!
Lane: Quit taking "coffee breaks" and get back to work! My Junior crew chief, Joshua (top of the photo), and I are headed out to work on the heater (60F here right now!) - He works best in small spaces......
"Sounds like there will be quite a few "cars of note" showing up this year!"
Yeah, and many of them are from Carey and Co.
And at least two from Henry and Co. 
Lane Anderson posted:Get yer glasses checked, Gordo. That's corrugated cardboard wrapped around the radiator to protect it.
EDIT: Looks like posts that pass in the night, huh?
By the way, what's the thing in the picture above the radiator pic? It looks like a flux capacitor encasement device.
Fuel surge tank with secondary fuel pump for spirited acceleration :-)
Kinda figured something like that, but you know I have to be a smart arse.
Not, my car, but another Suby Beck. Mine will be flashier with black, powder-coated bits, but you get the idea.
It's going to look great, Tom.
Ya know, I am an air-cooled die hard, through and through, but you Subie guys keep chipping away, and little by little I am beginning to get the picture. I'm still on the side of the air breathing angels, but I can feel the edge of the slippery (dare I say "wet"??) slope . . .
Tom Blankinship posted:Bye bye
Glad to see it crated without the rain hats
Tom Blankinship posted:
Just saw your comment Gordon. I'm sure that they're quite dry in this picture because they spent some time in a powder-coat oven ;-).
Carey is kind enough to send me photos once a week (usually Fridays) of whatever he can photograph to ease my waiting pain.
That doesn't always happen, though, due to multiple builds going on, some with earlier deadlines than mine.
Hopefully, more to share today.
