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
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
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
So some pics of progress so far The T25 engine bay before and after a lick of paint 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
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 Off on my summer hols next week but hoping to get finished and on the road for September
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
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) 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 and with the filler cap, looks ok me thinks while i had the drill in my hand, another hole appeared on the rear bulkhead for the scooby loom Next up for tomorrow is fitting new steering rack gaiters and track rod ends
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
Picked up the modified loom, coolant housing and engine support bar yesterday So all systems go for engine installation on Saturday
Made a start on getting the engine ready today after work Modified coolant manifold fitted Clutch fitted Ten got the box ready, clutch release bearing fitted
Then with a little wiggle the box and engine where reunited for the first time and how it sits now, ready to be lifted in to place tomorrow