In the spirit of DIY, I bring you project 'X'.

No details, pictures or timescales yet.

All I'm saying is it will put the Q back into Q-Car, and I wil be at Well Lane 4.

Paul

 

lol..

I know!

David

 

"Project X" - one of the definitive shoot'em up's on the Amiga?

 

Me too.

Gunna be cool when you unleash it!!!!

Ste.

Ps If you need any assistance with the ecu, I know some people who can help!!

 

I thought it was a matthew broderick film with monkeys who fly planes during atomic wars!

 

Monkey Business has not been ruled out at this stage.

Some pics later tonight.

Paul

 

So we have a shoot em up monkey flying a plane with matthew broderick in the back of a hearse!!!

Thought your project was to TRY and beat me with power at Well Lane

Steven

 

Well, okay. The initial aim was to put the TD05 turbo on, and run maybe 1.2bar to see if I could make about 290hp or so. But my engine is going to suffer with that sort of treatment I think.

I also want to get rid of the tappety heads on my car, although the ECU is fine with them, they are annoying.

SO then the project was going to encompass, impreza heads, TD05, oh and front entry mod with manifold etc.

Front entry mod needs either a new manifold, or spacers, and something done about the PS pump. More expense?!!?

So figured I could get some heads and a manifold, with phase 2 rails. Except phase 2 rails won't fit on the 97-98 phase 1 (high) manifold. So I figure phase 2 heads, inlet and rails will do. But now I need to do something with the engine, and I need the car on a day to day basis.

Enter, "Mr Engine".

Mr Engine revs to 8000rpm, has a nice red top, phase 2 heads, phase 2 rails and inlet, new style PS pump and currently sits on my newly refurbished garage on the floor.

Other requirements:
--Bigger injectors, 550cc plus some extra fuel pressure ought to do the trick.
--Uprated intercooling, current plan is an uprated chargecooler radiator and pump with the standard Legacy chargecooler unit.
--Front entry turbo, well, why not get it hybrided at the same time?
--Custom inlet piping, induction kit, bit's and bobs, whatever's required to avoid the ABS really.
--Remapped ECU, it's a strange coincedence, but....
--Water injection, hmm, maybe, might spend same money on an uprated custom chargecooler unit, or not at all.
--Clutch, AP paddle clutch was going cheap, will do for now.
--Flywheel, lightened to about 8kg, should make for sensible driving still, but could be interesting with paddle clutch.
--Billet conrods, well, ideally yes, will wait till new job for those!
--The important bit, 1.7 bar of boost.

So there you go, for now.

Paul

 

Paul Snap..

thats not the rod but sounds very similar to the engine im trying to kill..

David

 

cant wait

Welsh STi5 engine by any chance?

hope the filter works oh and the exhaust

 

Few pics to be getting on with.

The engine in question, few bits required before transplant.


Rather tired Paddle clutch, better plate secured.


Lightened new flywheel.


Garage of doom, needs a quick tidy.


And finally, one for Steven...


[Edited by Pavlo - 11/19/2002 7:08:20 PM]

 

oh sh*t

better get me skates on for well lane 4 eh

what regulator are you going to use for the fuel pressure?
also, whats stopping mine revving to 8000rpm, is it just the heads now?..and cams?

what happened to those piccies
could you take a few up close piccies of the ps pump? thanks

ian

 

i'd love to join this Legacy eats Impreza alive group, but i can't be arsed, or got the money

good luck all the same


kev

 

I don't think I will be eating many Imprezas alive. Well, a few maybe. But I do have much extra weight to contend with.

If I do the rods though, it's open season on Imprezas.

I will have to overcome the following minor niggles:

-- Idle control valve needs some plumbing to fit to phase 2 manifold.
-- PowerSteering high pressure line needs a flexible part to fit round inlet.
-- Loom needs cutting about.
-- Throttle position sensor needs adapting, or switch adding to phase 2 part.
-- Chargecooler will need some new mounting points
-- 4 bosch coils need to be mounted somewhere
-- Engine may require stripping and re-assembling with new rods and head gaskets.

 

i actually lied about not doing anything to mine - what were you going to replace the standard chargecooler radiator with? that's a nice cheap mod for me


kev

 

you cheeky t...

you even chose a **** me off name for the jpg!!!

right, fkg all out war now, hearse of doom. guess i had best leave mine as it is to give you a chance

that centre section looks familiar

 

Pual... you'll need more than that can of easy start on the cardboard box

What you hoping for?

I intend to run over 400 easily for well lane 4.. (close to 430 I was aiming for..)

Steve should be running close to 400+ by all accounts.. and I dont care I'm going to beat him

David

 

400 gimme gimme!

 

over 400 on standard internals?

I thought reliability was part of Steven's plan?!! I can inly assume that nitrous kit is going back into Steven's car?

ROTFLMAO!

Okay, so everyone knows what's what, should be a good day, and finally bring scoob tuning up to date.

Paul

edited to take Rolf out of it

[Edited by Pavlo - 11/20/2002 10:02:13 AM]

 

Well Lane 4: bring your car...

...and your handbag

nick
(not running for fear of ridicule)

 

will bring emmas

have i got you worried yet paul?

 

ROLFMAO = Bizarre breeding experiment involving our favourite antipodean doodler/digeridooer and ex leader of China?

Well, that's my best guess.

Nick.

 

APMWL

 

laughter anyway.

No I'm not worried, as I don't really care whether I bea you or not. Was jus winding you up. This is being done because I can do it (for a change) so bollocks to responsible living for a while, because I'm going to have a some fun.

Looks like I'm going to have the beast apart soon.

Did I mention the EJ25 block and crank?

Paul

 

Good fun paul, i know your winding me up, i dont really care either, i know my car is quick on the road, so i am happy as i am.

Mutual winding up, you cant beat it

















































i have to have the last laugh though

steven

 

I think well lane will be the place to show who has the last laugh?

 

anyway back on thread...


...i would be very interested to see the pictures as you go along.

hope you get it running for well lane.

steven

ps no way would emma have walked around a bloody rally course if she was 4 weeks away from giving birth. hope your good lady keeps well and everything goes according to plan. (if you need another car seat, we are selling one of ours, as james (youngest) is too big for it (he is a large baby for his age)

 

Fingers crossed after job interview today! Need to order engine stand, torque wrench and impact gun.

Heads coming off at weekend possibly.

Paul

 

is there much difference between the sti manifold and the standard wrx one? would it be worth investing in an sti one and are they interchangable?

 

What I am doing is putting a 99 phase 2 engine into a 94 Legacy.

There is a taller manifold on te 97-98 engine that would fit my engine as it is, but I also want better heads, and better internals. Phase 2 engine has all of this, but manifold isn't interchangeable with phase 1.

I also have to modifiy the Magnex decat centre (thanks Steven!) to fit my car, in addition to what's mentioned above.

Edited to add:

I HAVE A JOB!!!!!!!

And a *cough* payrise *cough*.

Paul

[Edited by Pavlo - 11/20/2002 2:49:46 PM]