2015 Update I

Subaru motor is installed and cranked over for a few minutes.

2013 Update I

On jacks all of 2013....

My Bro. Ray K

This year has been very busy for me, hence have been unable to complete the Subaru install. Remaining work is basic tie in of the ECU back to the dash. Plan to post 1st start video sometime 2014. Pictures show some of the exahust work we got done earlier this year. Thanks Ray.

Went with flex pipe solution.

Looking down.

2012 Update II

My latest update, my Bro. and I have made good progress the the last few weeks. Not much work remaining.

 Ray cutting the body for airflow through grille.

 -20 AN fittings  

PBS Cable shifter

Engine bay

Engine bay

Cockpit with new shifter

Getting close to engine start up

2012 Update!

Well the spyder is getting a new Subaru engine this year. There wasn't anything particularly wrong with the 2276 VW motor, It just need an update. The Subaru engine is a far better in terms of modern design and reliability. No more Carbs to give me fits with. My Bro. Ray came up from Texas hand helped me install the new addition last week.

550 Technical site added

The following url will take you to the technical site. I will be placing documents into the file cabinet, ie. wiring diagrams etc. for the Vintage Spyder.

https://sites.google.com/site/550technical/

Winter is here...
Cranked the Spyder up today for a five minute warm up. Just to get the oil circulating through the engine.

Test

1000 miles on Spyder now.

Just turned 1000 on the clock, have had carburetor issues. The Weber IDF's are poor in terms of fuel economy and the jetting is still not quite right. I had a low speed idle circuit clogged that caused much backfiring out the tops of the carb's as well as tailpipe. My plan is to have a backup set of carb's available, so the car is not down if this happens again. The Spyder has been a blast to drive this first year. With fall approaching I will likely get a few more weekends of driving fun in before Spidey get's beaded down for winter.

Open road testing

The Spyder has approx. 350 miles on it now, the last few day's I have been going further out into the Missouri country side. The Spyder seem's to be running rich at the moment and tends to be quite a little gas guzzler. No radio just the engine music is all you get with one of these.

Spyder Licensed!!!

Yesterday we were able to finally start driving the spyder, put about 100 miles on it today. Lots of FUN!

Engine sound's

DMV inspection

My appointment at the Highway patrol office to have the car inspected went off without a hitch. Got to drive the car there on a drive away pass good for 24 hours. Put approx. 30 miles on the spyder today, it was a blast to drive on the highway. My paperwork has now been submitted to the the state for titling.