Mikey's Ghia Thread...

[wrenchnride247]

Mikey, you could use some filler rods or coat hanger and bend to the correct angels. Then take that to the muffler shop . Just my thoughts. Have used this to bend 2in. 304SS tubing at work since we couldn't move the 150,000 lb. machine to the rebuild shop .

[Steve C]

Hi

Can you buy mandrel bends where you are? Thats what most people down here use to make custom exhaust systems.

Steve

[Rob]

Hey Mikey,

Good to see you are moving forward. I haven't done sh!t the last couple months... just couldn't get myself to go into the cold garage.

Pretty impressive to see your accomplishments. Maybe when the weather gets warmer I'll get going again.

Keep up the good work.

Rob.

[Mikey]

Danny, that's a good idea. Although I was told by Tim that a muffler shop couldn't make the real tight corners I needed, their corners have a smoother and larger radius.

Steve, I'm not sure about the mandrel bends. I'll have to look into it more once I get to my exhaust. I believe the water lines will work out fine.

Rob, I hear ya. I wouldn't be working out in the garage during the winter if Tim didn't have heat. I'd love to see pictures once you get going again.

Thanks for the kind words.

[Mikey]

YEAH! After almost 2 months and 1 failed deal on ebay. I finaly have my Subaru engine!

I started working on it a little tonight. Took off the intercooler, altenator, power steering pump, and AC compressor. It really started to take shape after a few of the bigger parts were off. I carefully removed all the parts that I'll reuse and the parts I won't. I didn't want to ruin something I might end up needing by ripping stuff off. I also began to more or less get familiar with the Subaru, running down hoses, fuel lines, vacume lines, coolant lines. To get a good feel for the location of everything.

I'm not sure where I'm going to go next. I might pull the intake, along with a few misc. peices, and start fitting it in the car. Then decide to either flip the intake or not, sort out the wireing, air filter/ intercooler, coolant lines, replace timing belt... A bunch of things to get sorted out. But at least I have an engine now.

I've also enclosed some pictures. It has a long way to go, but I'm definatly going to clean it up.

[wrenchnride247]

GO! Mikey! Go!

[yellow73]

I can't wait to see that going in. Thanks for the update Mikey.