Ben91

Hi I crashed my v2 wrx wagon and have bought a 1998 impreza turbo 2000 saloon, now I need to swap everything onto the turbo 2000 like the following, complete engine and turbo which is a top entry td05, fmic, simtek ecu (4 plug) bc coilovers. Is it all a straight swap?

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iTrader: (4)

is the 98 car a shell only?

Ben91

No its a full working car couldn't find any shells so just bought a running car but the engine in my wrx was rebuilt with forged rods and pistons 2000 miles ago and mapped to 320 bhp

Ben91

Would it be a case of swapping engine loom and just plugging in my simtek? or would I have to swap car loom? And if i do would I have to swap the dash?

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iTrader: (4)

yes if you want to retain the simtek you will need to swap everything, complete engine with loom. This will mean swapping the dash and that will mean interior (at the very least door cards from the old car)

You could pull the short engine from the old car and bolt on heads from new car , letting you use the new car as is with your forged bottom end, then sell your simtek and buy the later simtek for the newer car, this would be the less work of the two options

Ben91

I new it would be a pain lol well the thing is only had the site for 2 months and I payed full whack for it so looks like I'm going to have to swap the dash and the front door cards I'm a mechanicand have full excess to a garage to doing the work doesn't bother me to much just a massive pain and I do prefer I newer dash but oh well, thanks for your help I'm going to attempt to get all this done next weekend how long does it take to swap the dashboards?

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iTrader: (4)

Doesn't take a whole heap of time to pull and refit , but best to label connectors well so you know where they are going , the longest part will be the two tabs along the windscreen that the top of the dash bolts to are in different positions for the two different dashes , if the wagon is for scrap cut them out and position where required on the new shell

Ben91

Oh right ok ye wagon is scrap it's bent like a banana 😂. Don't suppose you have the pics of these 2 tabs? Thank you again for help

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iTrader: (4)

Horrible pic I know , but its long the very top edge of the pic ,

Ben91

That's perfect mate just gives me the idea, I'll be doing it next Sunday so I'll let you know how it goes, oh ye i take it i need to change fuse box as well? And the wiring that goes into the wing?

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iTrader: (4)

Yup, theres a loom out each wing and one out the middle of the baulkhead, The one out the pass wing has the fuse box on it. depending on what ABS setup you have the pump will need to go accross to suit the loom, and im near sure the hardlines are in a different position ont he two pumps so they will need to go over as well.

Ben91

Bigsigh I have the dash out of both cars now do I need to strip all the carpets out and swap the entire car loom over from the wagon to the UK car?