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Subaru converters
Posted: 17 Jan 2016, 11:04
by jonnyoffcas79
Hi guys I've been a member here for quite s while and I think the time has come for me to go scooby! Can any body recommend a company that can do the job start to finish? Does such a master exist? I'm sick of being ripped off by half jobs! Any feed back will be appreciated
Re: Subaru converters
Posted: 17 Jan 2016, 11:45
by irishkeet
jonnyoffcas79 wrote:Hi guys I've been a member here for quite s while and I think the time has come for me to go scooby! Can any body recommend a company that can do the job start to finish? Does such a master exist? I'm sick of being ripped off by half jobs! Any feed back will be appreciated
Jonny where are you located?
Simon @ T3volution has done mine, build thread here
https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=141925
Re: Subaru converters
Posted: 17 Jan 2016, 12:55
by Thefamegame
Jamie Lockyer is in Wales but very good, I would avoid anybody in east anglia or Peterborough

Re: Subaru converters
Posted: 17 Jan 2016, 13:59
by silverbullet
From someone with only 58 posts and just over a year on the forum, I would say that the above statement needs some qualifying and/or justification.
Re: Subaru converters
Posted: 17 Jan 2016, 18:29
by Aidan
the later part of the post is a reference to the TSR cowboys
Re: Subaru converters
Posted: 17 Jan 2016, 18:41
by silverbullet
They are in Suffolk
ED IT: closer to Cambridge than P'boro
Re: Subaru converters
Posted: 17 Jan 2016, 19:04
by jonnyoffcas79
Westyorkshire mate! Seems there's a bit of bad blood on here, is there anyone happy with what they have had done?
Re: Subaru converters
Posted: 17 Jan 2016, 19:32
by silverbullet
My EJ22 was so awful and unreliable I took it out. It was an early example but even so...
Re: Subaru converters
Posted: 20 Jan 2016, 21:47
by Thefamegame
silverbullet wrote:From someone with only 58 posts and just over a year on the forum, I would say that the above statement needs some qualifying and/or justification.
Peterborough- magicbus.
Re: Subaru converters
Posted: 20 Jan 2016, 21:49
by Thefamegame
jonnyoffcas79 wrote:Westyorkshire mate! Seems there's a bit of bad blood on here, is there anyone happy with what they have had done?
Really pleased with my own work, it's a pretty easy conversion on the driveway

Re: Subaru converters
Posted: 20 Jan 2016, 22:30
by pionte
If you are handy with the spanners and dont mind a bit of work, it is fairly easy to do the conversion on a drive using axle stands and a hoist , I did mine last Summer ... and am very very pleased with it . However if you are looking for a drive in drive out conversion then I can highly recommend Jamie Lockyer
https://www.facebook.com/Js-Garage-1002 ... t.overview" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I have seen his own Bus and it looks a good conversion, He uses RJES parts, including speed sensor , exhaust and new fuel tank if required ( needs to be a injection one ) From memory he charges £4500 including VAT . ( 2.0 na EJ engine ) This is a bloody good price.. I spent that much and I did the work myself !
The difference between a good conversion and a poor one is huge... Hence the references to the people in Peterborough , who seem to have upset a lot of people with poor work .
Re: Subaru converters
Posted: 26 Jan 2016, 15:24
by syncroandy
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Re: Subaru converters
Posted: 26 Jan 2016, 16:14
by irishkeet
Re: Subaru converters
Posted: 26 Jan 2016, 19:05
by syncroandy
Ta.
Re: Subaru converters
Posted: 17 Feb 2016, 18:39
by ricp
The guys at Haynes Motor Museum, Somerset did mine 5 years ago. Ask for Bradley. Has never missed a beat since, unlike the crappy original 1.9 water-cooled.