has been a bad month for me, almost got made redundant, ive started putting the engine bay back togeather as at the moment i am having to save my funds heres afew pics of the work done.
samco hoses


Polished inlet


ported throttle body and fuel lines in


Here is a quick video of it running, has no exhaust at the moment lol
YouTube - no exhaust

 

ok so i gave in and im now wanting to do a proper engine build and got the first part yesturday, closed deck block

 

Fair play to you mate. Nice to see a youngster with a proper project rather than stick on chavvy bling bling rubbish from Halfords Judging by everything you've bought you're going in the right direction.

I'm part way through a big power build and it gets frustrating at times. Stick with it the rewards are tremendous when it gets fired up and runs for the first time

 

Wow I'm impressed, and I love the idea that you're building it all yourself . Keep us all updated!

 

thanks guys, ye daz ive been following your thread and i have to say im impressed and will try to keep this as updated as possible

 

hi, almost got the engine out to day but that last bolt , it one of the engine mount ones's and its completely rounded i tried hammering on a 13mm socket but it wasnt for going on, any ideas on what i could do would really help as i borrowed the straps to lift the engine out off my mate and i need to get them back to him by sunday

 

if you have a welder then stick a bigger nut on top and fill the centre full of weld let it cool and then start wrenching on it

did this on my bro's ctr when we changed his rear brake discs and a nut was rounded.

hth

Rich

 

funny, of all the nuts/bolts i have F***ed i have never done it to one of them

 

Just attack it with a chisel and split the nut or preferably get a cutting disc on a dremmel and get it started off then split it.

Even if you harm the thread on the mount you can always get another mount.

Or (can't remember if there's access to) unbolt the engine mount off the engine and lift it out then attack the nut later.

 

ok ive got all the nuts and bolts off now and ive removed the plug from the bellhousing and the retaining sleeve but they still wont seperate?

 

If gearbox and engine have been together for sometime then they can be a bitch to seperate. Just to clarify you have removed the clutch fork pivot haven't you?

If you have then its probably coroded dowls thats stopping it from coming apart.

Sometimes you have no option but to be heavy handed and use either a screwdriver or chisel between the box and the engine. From the top of the engine try and hammer a screwdriver down each side where the bell housing meets the block.

One thing I would say here is make sure you have definately removed all the bolts/nuts and that it is only the dowls keeping the two together.

 

ye took the pin out and did all that then just gave it hell with a hammer and chizel got het out now thanks for all the help guys

 

pic's of engine coming out , now i can start to do some proper work on the car

 

is that a carbon wing i spy?!?!?!

 

Page 1 beef, come on fella keep up

 

How did you port the throttle body?

 

nice mate nice great project would love to see it in the flesh mate where you based

 

to port the throttle body i used assorted shaft mounted grinding stones and a 60mm flap wheel then just cleaned it up with wet 'n' dry and finished it off with metal polish.

 

 

hows it coming along any updates

 

ok small update, block is just about ready to be sent off for modifying, got myself a valve spring compressor and a load of degreaser to clean up the engine parts ill be re-using, just finished cleaning the cylinder heads thismorning.

 

Anymore progress been made with this? Top thread I also got my impreza at 18 and have done endless work on it.

Am currently looking into doing a DIY build like yourself, Strong for say 400bhp +

 

Snap ^

Good thread BTW

 

Looking good
If your budget will streatch have you thought about a set of STI 3/4 heads?

John Stevenson is selling a set on 22B for a very reasonable price especially if you want to build it up yourself you could get a bargain

 

Looking good. All the best with it mate.

Your a good age to start a project !!

Time you get to 35 you should have something insane

 

Looking good so far

 

Good build mate. Hope all goes to plan. Like said before, nice to see that your doing everything properlly and not just sticking a bleed valve on, winding up the boost up for 5 minutes till it all goes pete tongue

Stick with it, should be nice end product

 

started polishing another inlet manifold as im goin to rotate it so the throttle body is at the front, on this one im gonna remove all the brackets to make it look smooth as possible.



if anyone is interested im selling the other one along with the throttle body

 

been a while since i last updated so here is a small update so far, ive got the dash and carpets out and also the last part of the air con, ive got my primer and have literaly just finished flocking the dash. here's a few pic's




Primer



Dash

Before


After



Also forgot to mention ive tided up the wiring abit and labeled the connectors

 

you flocked the dash yourself????

how did you do that?!?! must be cheaper thsan sending it off......