so at £1100 complete with 65000 miles it feels like i stole it












So far intercooler has been taken off and sold, clutch and fly wheel stripped off along with alternator, aircon, steering pump. Next step is to take both manifolds off and clean/modify, turbo off and look out for something to run around 400bhp (sc36?)

 

Good find. Where did you get it?

 

You won't see 400bhp on a SC36,the bhp is all in the model number i.e "36" meaning 360bhp or a tad more,i would look for a SC42 with the right supporting mods will hit 400bhp+ allday,just make sure your car brakes are matched to cope with the added power,so you can stop the thing.SJ.

 

thanks, was on ebay, was just there at the right time

thats interesting as i have seen someone buy one being told they will get 400 from a 36, time will tell there! ill keep an eye out for a 42 then! brakes are pretty good on this one, but maybe a fresh set of pads would be on the cards to make sure

 

may get close with some meth...

 

so the strip down continued

turbo off



headers







intake off and strip down









so a large shopping list is to begin along with cleaning up the old bits, to the remaining engine im going to put a new sump on, and a cambelt / water pump swap.

what are peoples opinions on how to paint the intake?

also headers, turbo and injectors are all for sale

 

Clean,Degrease,Rub down,Prep/primer coat and then a couple cans of this:http://www.frost.co.uk/vht-red-wrink...ish-310ml.htmlOr what other colour is your preference.SJ.

 

havnt updated this in a while, not a huge amount has been done but getting closer to building the engine up, so far i have;
-MDX555-400
-reflowed 565 injectors (to 800cc)
-williams motorsport headers
-re furbed the inlet and header tank

list still needed
-timing kit
-gaskets
-fuel pump
-3 port boost solenoid
-sump (im being picky the old one looks a bit rough)


But i do have anothers year mot it

some photos anyway!

attempted to clean the manifold first but the paint just started lifting



so re painted



also did the header tank and a few brackets







headers





couple random photos





Got hold of a front mount kit so wanted to get the cooler fitted up ready for the rest to go on, but no wondering if it will make much difference and if i should stay with the top mount?

 

First off car is booked into slow boy racing for the 16th of june for mapping so thought i better crack on with getting it ready

ill just let the photos do the talking again








































just the pumps to swap over from the original engine when it gets pulled out next weekend

also the car got new discs and pads on the front, as well as a set of hsd coilovers- need to get some photos of the car as it currently sits













some of you wont like the banner, but i love it

 

Hi! Do I see water in the left front light?

 

Looks like it's coming along nicely

2 questions , has the inlet manifold maintained its red colour as people say it comes up quite orange'y ??

And I can see your running hsd's that's my other dilemma. How harsh would you say your ride is

 

There is a small puddle yes, something to sort when the engines out, a quick dry out and re seal should sort it

 

Hi, it was resprayed with vht paint, it is a slightly lighter colour than stock but I wouldn't say it's got an orange colour to it, may just be the photos! The coilovers are a more harsher ride to the standard shocks and springs, but that's a given. Personally the stock was too boat like, so it's better now in my opinion

 

Ok thanks I'm just struggling to get a decent colour match for the earlier inlet manifolds as later cars have a much brighter red

Yeh I think I'm going to go coilees in the end

Car looks smart mate

 

Well it's time to get this swap started, this weekend consisted of pulling the old engine, gave it a good examine, no play in the turbo everything tight and clean, superb condition for 120,000 miles!
Then the bay was cleaned up a little, which lead me to find my power steering issue, the return pipe had rubbed through! I had already purchased a new pump and steering rack so the full system is now being swapped, rack was swapped, now just waiting on the lines to arrive so I can carry on the swap! Couple photos any way

 

engine going in,



had to do some trimming to clear the headers



all bolted up





255 swapped with the 320



and all sorted!





on the mapping day there were a few issues, Neil didnt have the software to re code the sti ecu without matching transponder or key so we just ran the wrx ecu with a safe 1.4 bar of boost, without the AVCS heads. even like this we made 352 bhp and 298 ft/lb
will be going back in the next month or so with the final bits to get the lag down and hopefully push the power up a little more

 

Excellent work. Must be good to see it all coming together?

 

Thanks! Yes very pleased with how it's come along so far, just need to find my next challenge now