Prajekt L: 2700lbs of Fury

3 weeks....I be out againz! wan race!!!

 

yes, yes i do.

 

talk to me about sti quick ratio steering...is this something i could just swap off of an sti and put it on the L? i'd assume i'd just need the rack and column?

 

I believe the '04 rack&pinion would be a direct swap. The '05+ you need it's crossmember w/ the rack&pinion. OR you can just do a steering colume.

 

I'm looking just regering mine, we'll see how much Fab work it will take

 

You guys have any luck? I should be around tomorrow evening if not.

 

no and i dont think the press is going to get it out either...we can still try if you want though

 

Try the press. its worth a shot. make sure you apply some heat to it to ease things out. otherwise i would drill out the center of the axle spline and (completely destroy the axle) and force it out. otherwise just go to the junkyard and get another hub. pretty sure that any awd impreza hub should work.

 

but then he'll hafta get it pressed in, might as well get a bearing and seals while hes doing that. Get a big air hammer and soak the splines with PB blaster, and then just hammer the hell out of it, mine took half an hour of straight air hammering to get out, the axle was totally ruined, luckily thats why it was coming out, it was junk.

 

the way speedyham and i tried put more force on it than an air hammer does...and yep, we soaked it in pb blaster and put a torch on it. still no movement.

 

ya, that was crazy,

also, the amount of salt under the carpet.

 

i have front hub assemblies for both sides if you want to go that way.

 

sweet! i'll take them. how much you want?

 

does anyone have gc NON-abs brake lines? methodless?

 

I have the tools to bend and flare the lines, But i'm going with steel braided line for all 4 wheels (it's only like ~200 for Earls lines and fittings) and my E-brake is going to plumb to my rear brakes rather then the "ebrake"

 

might as well go with new stainless tubes if you're going to have to redo it. plus if you use a abs brake booster/cylinder with and non-abs setup, you'll get lots of brake squish (or so i've read)

 

^ just get the phase 1 brake booster. its on Imprezas pre 94 IIRC. its a single stage and is supposed to provide much beter feel/response.

 

yummmyy probably getting this

http://www.ksportusa.com/products/ebrake.html

 

thats so awesome! hahaha great you should get that. i have always wondered were and how to make that happen. i see the rally guys pullin on the e-brake all the time and wish i could do the same. how hard would this be? what other money would needed?

 

rip out your entire interior..re run all the brake lines.

 

Justin is patiently waiting for me to finish my K-sport Hydro ebrake + proportioning valve.

Then I calculate the final price tag.

Then we do his!!

Then we can be 133t dr1ftorz

 

haha you know it. i'm starting to run out of patience though for my wiring. i just ordered up that jdm rear bumper for mucho weight reduction city woot

 

so we were able to get the engine, drive shaft, rear diff, and all the axles out. all of the axels came out fine except for one major PITA corner...i'm going to have to pick up another hub assembly.

 

sweet! glad you see your making alot of progress!

 

Nice. Are you there all day now? I'd like to check it out.


BTW, have you seen a Cornwell 14mm shorty socket laying around? I'm missing one...

 

yeah i'm in/out of the shop whenever. quit my day job about a month ago. havent seen it.

 

got the dash completely out including all the wiring. also basically got everything out of the engine bay including the brake lines so i can begin running the new lines.

 

You know you want that steering column! Looks good!!
I'mma go port my heads now.

 

finally starting to get some cool stuff to put on the car vs the last 2 months of taking stuff out of the car.

first thing in...

 

finally got my engine/tranny/etc in this week. made some decent progress so far...got the engine bay painted white, got the new brake lines run to the front tires and to the hydro ebrake, got the tranny in as well. pics will come tomorrow, i'm tired right now

 

I saw that at the shop the other night, nice project..good luck.

 

nice work justin, PM me about your bumper beam...

 

looks like you are making some progress....

 

lmao @ the pic of Mike looking like a g00n in the engine bay

 

an issue has popped up....my new wrx steering column has a different spline count than the L wrack/joint thing. any suggestions? do i need a whole new wrx rack?

 

FINALLY got my stuff from the donor car this week. it was a LONG 6 week wait but i'm glad its finally here.
how it arrived

hope this baby is strong

same to this...


glad i'm not the one doing the wiring splice

started to rattle can the engine bay white...

 

very nice, glad you finally got your stuff, as far as the rack goes i used the wrx one, it works but when you get it aligned they tend to bitch and moan because you have to adjust it all the way in because of the wider track on the wrx.

 

Why are you swapping the steering column?

 

he is doing the dash swap also, hence the reason for the column swap

 

Looks good so far. if you need a hand let me know.

i figured you would be able to use the L column and rack with the swap, but maybe not if you are doing the whole x-member swap. I think the Ls have a quicker rack than the WRXs.

are you just going to rattle can the engine bay or are you going to have it actually sprayed? rattle can doesnt hold up to well.

also what are you doing with the old parts? the 2.2l, wiring and the auto trans?

 

martin, ryan knows what hes talking about, he just did the swap, and no, the L racks are not quicker.

 

^ i know Ryan knows what he was talking about i was just saying that i thought it would work.

 

nice buick in the sig

 

the sti's have a quicker rack right?? maybe i can source of one those if it will fit in the wrx xmember.

not really sure what i'm doing with all the old L parts martin

 

olds and thank you! im finally gonna get it back on the road again after an abortion of a motor build a few years ago