Gava

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doesnt have to mate you will have some ppl that says it does and others that say it dont

the shreksta

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ok cool.you say your going rotated set-up,what turbo are you going for?

Gava

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depends what engine build i go for if a 2.1 its a gt30 or a 2.3 the gt35

Gava

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Took the Car out for a quick spin earlier just to make sure the engine is still running fine, Click the link to watch.........



http://s780.photobucket.com/user/G4v...8e019.mp4.html

Gava

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I will be up my new unit all bank holiday weekend to get it finished and then i can make a proper start as of the following weekend!!!! cant wait to build and watch it all come together

Gava

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So over the weekend i was up my new unit trying to get it finished but need to give the floor another lick of paint this weekend and then will be ready to get the cars in there and start on my project build.

I have also now ordered my hawkeye wrc front bumper from ABW Designs














click on the link to see the car before she gets ripped apart




http://s780.photobucket.com/albums/y...psb4760062.mp4

Gava

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right as its such a nice day today hopefully i will get a good start on the cars today but just a quick update.

I have now got the wings and front bumper back from abw designs and they look great and fit perfect, i have only lined them up cant wait to to get them all bolted on and fitted properly

Gava

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Right i now have them in the new unit and they are ready for my to make a start, so first port of call will be stripping the WRX to a bare shell and then start to transfer all the STI bits on to the shell its gonna be a long **** weekend but gotta start somehwere lol

Gava

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So been playing with the car today and stripping right back to a bare shell to then transfer my sti wiring lume and start building it back up again so heres a few pics of the progress from today

Gava

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now got the whole of Darren's WRC kit from ABW Designs and got a mock of it on at the min cant wait to have it all fitted and get it all painted

Mr Windscreen

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When can I get the windscreen off you mate??

Gava

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its been a little while but now started and getting on with it again now

now removed the bugeye front panel





and the new hawkeye front panel all lined up and the inner wing all trimmed to fit just need to spot weld it back on





now stripped out my STI to check the wiring and all seems good so far so hopefully next stage is to get the engine out and put that in the WRX

Gava

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now got the engine out of the STI and will be fitting in the WRX tomoz hopefully

craigybaby

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Very nice mate

Gava

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So i have now fitted the engine into the WRX this weekend but cant get it to run, i have changed the ECU the chip in the key and basically every box from the STI to the WRX. I have fuel getting up to the engine and i have a spark, whe turns over lovely she just will not fire? The STI speedo that i fitted in aswel the outside temp doesnt seem to be working either but that could be anything the only thing that seems suspect is that when you take the key out of the ignition the key light on the dash just flashes now and again

ditchmyster

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Sounds like crank sensor, have you checked the fuses in the wrx ?

Gava

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what the ones in the engine bay fuse box?

ditchmyster

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yes there are 2 of them that go to cam and crank sensor.

Just popped to the garage for a look at mine, they are the 2 smaller square ones in the centre i think, dont know which one is which though

Gava

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oh right no didnt think to check them lol it ran fine in the STI so ill just change them all lol

ditchmyster

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Someone might of pinched them as I recon they are quite expensive and if the shell is from a breakers you can bet they are for sale on ebay, and folks always pinch fuses and relays at breakers yards, pain in the **** if it's what your looking for, one of the relays on my transporter is £90.

Gava

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if it aint them then looks like ill have to get someone with some diagnostic gear to see if they can fault find lol

ditchmyster

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Tim Farmer at Subbus, he will come to you and is in your area. Number is 07880661866.

Gava

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oh right nice mate cheers for that

Gava

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she now runs so im happy so i can take it back out and start to rebuild it








Now just been painting a few bits for under the car

Kwik

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Looking great bud, that blue/pink reminds me of something....

martin850

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Great progress mate, what was the fault with the engine?

RoyPinhey

Cool project

Gava

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a dodgey fuel line lol and WRX has now been removed and will be fitting the STI dif and shafts and hubs tomorrow

BigZee87

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Subd

Gava

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Right so its been a while again, the joys or working a full time job and then only getting the weekends to work on the project. Its been a cold and wet winter and my unit leaked like mad so i have now sourced another united a drier unit and now i can seriously crack on with it.


After getting the engine all in and running i have now re fitted all the running gear and added adjustable rear trailing arms and added 6 pot k sports on the rear to go with my 8 pots on the front.

I have now removed the engine again to do the rocker cover gaskets and timing belt plus some other bits, so i thought its about time i updated this thread


WARNING A LOT OF PICTURES (has been 3 months tho)