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****!!!part out time...... j/k what happen???

 

LOL

 

Went deer hunting. Head on with a doe

 

Impreza means prolly no part out. But maybe a total out?

 

Picked up some steelies and painted them up for my sti drive-line swapped bug-eye






Only 2 coats of paint on it but honestly who cares its a winter rim.

 

^^^^Those look really good.

 

We will see what they look like in a good sunlight. painted them later this afternoon and well it was over cast so not the best weather for painting...

this is what they looked like from the factory.


Tried to shrink the picture but for some reason they will not cooperate.

 

^ interested to see what they look like on the car! are you going to need spacers for the CR-V wheels?

 

nope no spacers needed. tires are being mounted up on thur. pics of them on the car as well as them clearing brembos to follow. until then here is the artical of my inspiration

http://blog.charlies-server.com/2009/10/20/steel-wheels-for-the-sti

 

lots of work going on right now. uppipe is in, new (used) spindle is in, oem boost gauge is in, parking brake is adjusted. radiator pulled. finding lots of broken bolts and items that previous mechanics went a little torque crazy on. A few tiny drips coming from cam gear has led to more of an overhaul for things that should be done while in there. If all goes well we will finish with the invidia dp, timing belt, water pump, tensioner, idlers, front main seal, ecbs. hopefully we can skip valve cover gasket and I can get a tune in the near future.

I also dropped a bit weight from the car. I found more useless/random parts in the engine bay. This time a hose under the intercooler on the right side that led no where... saved maybe a gram or 2??? I say the butt dyno will feel it.

my front subframe is in awful condition. I should grab pics. My recall appointment can't come soon enough.

 

Picking my car up from the body shop tonight! Gonna burp the coolant out, get an alignment, and get tuned tomorrow. If anyone knows of a PSM hatch for sale let me know!

 

Had my Blizzaks mounted and balanced, then had my car up at my father-in-law's shop to swap wheels. Sorry for the crappy cell pics...

 

Better crappy cell phone pics



Had one center cap painted before the wheels - I think I like it better than the bright aluminum...

 

Pictures of the cr-v painted wheels on my wrx as promised.







More pictures to be posted in centercap thread.

 

finished fixing up the subaru with zombie and found the source of my oil leaking. We found some other interesting things as well. good news is everything is running great and the fitment of uppipe and invidia dp is great-it's a quality dp imo.

background: I have ~15k or 20k miles on some new heads that were installed by a local dealer shortly before buying this car. It had a valve issue #2 cyl and required new heads. It's been leaking for a while so zombie and I finally took a look. It started leaking within 10k miles since motor was pulled and new heads installed by dealer. This shouldn't happen.

RH head side of motor is perfectly fine. the LH side tells a different story.

Oil leaking was leaking from both cam seals because the both seals were installed incorrectly. You can see where the inner part of the seal is pushed in compared to outside of seal and there excess rtv all over.


The timing belt was also installed off a tooth which explains lack of power, etc.


all cleaned up with new idlers, seals, water pump, tensioner, etc etc.


car now drives better than ever and it's ready for a tune. It was a semi costly repair that shouldn't have been needed except for a sloppy mechanic. If left untouched idlers would have gone well before the belt was due for it's next interval and the leaky cam seals would have just continued to leak more.

 

Getting AFR Tuned in just a bit! Woooo!

 

Installed new oe Radiator and now taking it to la crosse.

 

Went stage 3!

Started at about 6, installed turbo, injectors, gs ebcs, tmic & filtered oil line. Flashed the new tune and took her for a test drive around midnight. I think I'm overboosting a bit, but I'm seeing 21# on my little 16g!

 

What Turbo?

 

BNR Evo3 16g - TD05H

 

Went Wingless with the STi! final goal is to be an STi sleeper (no scoop, no wing, no badges, hidden fmic) as best as possible for a WRB Sti haha

 

installed a Pioneer AVH-P2300DVD deck last night. I love it makes the speakers bump a lot better.

 

Drove it on la crosse grandad bluff

 

Friday it was the new motors first oil change , and trans fluid dump and refill with new filter
Today it was a hand wash , vac and interior clean
Tonight its getting a Nuke tune

 

installed 12 inch pioneer sub in a shallow box so still have plenty of room in the trunk and sounds awesome.

 

New windshield.

 

washed her up and cleaned up the garbage that had accruewed in the door

 

Rally Armor Mudflaps for the win! i wont be able to take full advantage of them without any snow but i like the way they look.

 

washed it and put it under the knife again. One bad fuel injector screws me over.

 

stage 2 thanks to Nuke!

 

I traded some parts for a set of low mile WRX wagon struts and springs, from California.
Installed early early this morning, yeah.

 

First oil change since the motor swap

 

so far. installed new wideband AEM afr sensor and changed oil. To come today. install wiring for said AEM wideband and remove rear bumper and start preping for rubberized fender coating. Taking the bumper off as rust is starting to form on the very edge of the rear quarter and want to get that taken care of as well.

 

Bought Silver '03 WRX and drove it home...

 

Congrats^^ Pics?

I heard some growl/chirp from my front bearing last night so started tearing it apart before letting it get bad.

 

pics tomorrow when I have some light to take em...

 

Took tmic off to find oil in there....Not sure wether its the turbo or if I need an air/oil seperator... 300+ for one... DAMN!

 

Got a new invidia q300 cat back, new set of weds sa60m bbm(couple days ago) and new snow tires for "just in case it snows". In the next coming weeks I'll have some lowering springs and ra mudflaps!

 

finishing up painting the front end of my impreza! cant wait to get it back together and take some pics!

 

how much oil? A few tablespoons of blow by is very normal.

 

Here's them pics I promised...

 

Awesome.

 

Put the new number plates on it and the tax disc in the window. It's now fully road legal in the UK. Woohoo !