ok so i have a company that is either getting an 04 or an 05 from me at an auction. since i'm a noob at these gc swaps i need help coming up with list of stuff i need from the wrx. i wont be buying the whole car, just the pieces i need. the 04 has side damage so pretty much everything is in good shape. i have access to anything in/on the car. please post up anything you think i am going to need for the ej20 swap into the 96 L. so far i have: complete engine(tmic, alternator, engine harness, timing stuff, etc) tranny driveshaft axles rear diff ecu all car wiring: doors, fuel pump, etc(not sure if need) front subframe(not needed) engine crossmember turbo front sway bar pedal set clutch master cyl clutch slave shift linkage power steering lines from a WRX with the Resevoir and pump steering rack(not needed) Boost solenoid all Vacuum hoses (should come with engine) cruise control module throttle and cruise control cables fuel pump fuel pump controller radiator wiring stuff bulk head harness bulk head > engine compartment engine loom harness inside/outside fusebox ......
every piece of wiring from the doors and such if you have power windows and doors and a jar of asprin if your gonna swap the dash in trust me i know.
Engine crossmember, turbo front sway bar, pedal set, clutch master cyl, clutch slave, shift linkage Oh and countless bottles of Jagermeister.
or use a custom up-pipe to go behind the crossmember and axle. but if you plan on using the WRX ECU, I believe you'll need the WRX bulkhead harness too, not just the engine harness. strip it down to just the EM stuff...
so i basically need every piece of wiring on the car?? is it plug and play with the L's power windows and locks, etc?? yeah i'll definitely need all the stuff to convert to the manual. this sounds easy enough. i thought the wrx crossmember bolted in though ? updated the list inthe first post, thanks so far guys
GD crossmember WILL work. Mike Wray used one. He said he just made some spacers. But it'd probably be easier to just find a GC one for 50 bucks.
Its a matter of having the correct bracket on the motor fir the pump. For my old car, the turbo pump was larger and I had to use the turbo bracket. On the newer stuff, i don't know:dunno:
I think you should just transfer everything from one engine bay to the next, and everything that goes to the engine bay to the next/fuel pump etc. for wiring, again, transfer every aspect of the bulk interior, bulk engine and the lighting/ drivers side fender and fusebox, then just merge the door ends etc.
i just pluged the wrx door wiring in and cut and soddered some ends off the gc wiring to the wrx harness and it was easier to use the wrx window controls i just cut them down to make them fit in the door
um....actually...why dont you just do a eg33 swap? it'll be a lot easier..and produce just about the same amount of power....maybe i should give you a test ride....
+1 The GD x-member will work just fine however the spot where you attach the control arms (i thinks its this part) is alittle too big so you need a few "spacers" to fill in the gap. "Installation of the new crossmember is the opposite of removal, with one critical exception. The newer generation GDB chassis has a wider bushing on the front lower control arm, and the control arm slot on the crossmember is correspondingly wider. You must use a carefully selected stack of washers to fill the gap. Just a hint, though. Call them a shim stack, not a washer stack. It makes you sound smarter." http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/tech/0403scc_subaru_gbd_wrx_engine/index.html
more stuff i think.. power steering lines from a WRX with the Resevoir...these come from the steering rack Boost solenoid all Vacuum hoses cruise control module throttle and cruise control cables
You don't need the WRX radiator, and if used it sometimes causes fitment problems with the AC lines. What are you doing for a TBE? Other than that I think you are pretty much set.
hmm, so the L radiator doesnt cause cooling issues?..the fins are beat to hell on it right now. for tbe i'll probably just buy back my erx wrapped and coated downpipe then i havent figured out the catback. also i'll be prototyping a grimmspeed downpipe soon so if that is around in time i'll just use that.
I don't think that route is as easy as you think- a lot of the plugs and conection points for the '96 and a WRX are different for the HVAC, ABS, airbag system, lights, and a few other things if I remember correctly. If you have a later model L or RS the wiring and plugs get closer to being all the same. I know on a '93L just about every plug was different and the HVAC setup was much different.
so will a wrx radiator fit without problems or not?? it doesnt seem like the wrx is much thicker than the L one
I have been using the L radiator for 3 years now. In stop and go traffic in 100degree plus days in VA, the engine had no overheating problems. In autocrosses, the engine has had no overheating problems. I don't see any benifit to running a WRX radiator beyond extra margin. I have seen problems with fitting it in along with the stock AC condenser.
o yea im also running an sti radiator. so they should work just fine. just a little mod here and there
