Scooby powered T25 build

Discussion in 'Modified Shizzle' started by whereuromnosecity, Aug 10, 2014.

  1. A few weeks back i purchased a T25 (i know i should be getting on with my viking resto)
    So I've decided to but the bay on hold and get the T25 on the road with scooby power

    Hence this build thread, which i reckon will be of some help to the few members currently doing the same conversions

    Some pics
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  2. rickyrooo1

    rickyrooo1 Hanging round like a bad smell

    what injun is the t25 currently on stu?
     
  3. The van came pretty much complete just minus the original water boxer DG engine

    But the following things needed sorting apart from the scooby conversion bits
    New brake caliper, pads, wheel cylinder and a couple of brake pipes - sorted out the pedal going to the floor
    New clutch slave cylinder
    A selection of relays, and a couple of sensors for the rad and header tank level
    A couple of tyres completed the list - still got 2 little welding jobs to complete before MOT time but will get the motor in first
     
  4. So whats need for the scooby conversion?

    Well i had already bought and stripped an impreza in prep for putting in the bay (looks like i need another now;))
    All thats need from the donor is the engine and wiring loom, but depending on who's conversion parts your going to use you need to keep the starter as well, i also kept the exhaust as it may come in handy

    The conversion parts required are pretty much the same whoever's bits you use
    But mainly you need
    Bell housing or adapter plate and relevant clutch parts
    The loom modifying + vehicle speed sensor
    The fuel tank modifying to accept the return for the injection system
    Electric fuel pump
    Cooling system - rad, header tank, pipe work etc
    Engine suport bar
    induction pipework etc

    With mine being a water cooled T25, i don't have the water cooling parts to sort out and the fuel tank already has the return fitted, but all the other parts are still needed

    After reading the hundreds of threads around on the net i decided to go with the RJES bell housing and associated parts, if using the bell housing in a bay the gearbox mountings on the chassis will need to cut out, but on the T25 no chassis mods are needed
    I'm also using RJES for all the other bits as well, water pipes, engine bar, loom modifying etc, but you could do all this yourself saving a fair bit of cash
    All what i'll been making up from scratch will be the exhaust
     
  5. So some pics of progress so far

    The T25 engine bay before and after a lick of paint

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    Loads of room to play with here, helps having the fuel tank up the front on a T25

    Not done masses yet but do have a load of parts waiting to get fitted

    Made a start on the box, here with the bell housing fitted and fitted a new bush to the clutch arm

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  6. and the scooby engine, power steering pump and air con removed
    Having the coolant transfer pipe modded for better routing to the original water pipes that run to the rad at the front

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    Off on my summer hols next week but hoping to get finished and on the road for September o_O
     
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  7. Fitted the clutch shaft today

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  8. And made a start on the fuel pipes

    need to step up from 8mm at fuel tank to 12mm at the electric fuel pump
    Found this brass step up on ebay and order a few meters of R6 fuel pipe

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  9. nice work so far
     
  10. cool watching this closely
     

  11. me too...:thumbsup:
     
  12. Great stuff :)
     
  13. Not much to report for this week
    Still waiting on a few bits from RJES should all be ready in a couple of weeks

    So over the last few nights got the fuel pump mounted, still can't decide where to mount the filter (either next to the pump on the chassis rail or in the engine bay[​IMG])

    I also had a play with my new hole cutters
    Rust had taken hold around the fuel filler so the previous owner had cut out the rot and put a flat plate in with the thinking of fitting an alloy filler cap
    So after picking up a filler cap i set about fitting it

    64mm hole drilled in the wing and 6 holes for the bolts
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    and with the filler cap, looks ok me thinks
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    while i had the drill in my hand, another hole appeared on the rear bulkhead for the scooby loom
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    Next up for tomorrow is fitting new steering rack gaiters and track rod ends
     
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  14. Had an email off Rich at RJES, my loom and other few bits i need will be ready for collection on Monday, hoping to get it all in next weekend;)
     
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  15. Picked these bad boys today, should puckka in back of the T3
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  16. they look like the main bridge in star trek

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  17. Ideal for warp factor 8;)
     
  18. Picked up the modified loom, coolant housing and engine support bar yesterday
    So all systems go for engine installation on Saturday
     
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  19. Made a start on getting the engine ready today after work

    Modified coolant manifold fitted
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    Clutch fitted
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    Ten got the box ready, clutch release bearing fitted

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  20. Then with a little wiggle the box and engine where reunited for the first time
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    and how it sits now, ready to be lifted in to place tomorrow
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