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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 12:31 AM
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This is my wagon ,had her for about 3 years and up until 3 months ago looked pretty clean and ran standard 440's and vf28 with only de cat and induction as mods and came with bonus Apexi ecu
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Then got the mod bug and started to collect a host of bits to put on in one go
AF TD05-18g
550's
fmic/ pipes all powder coated
lateral headers/up pipe all wrappped
fuelab
catch can
powder coated manifold and header tank
avcr
diferent bumper
Cold air mod through inner wing
Brembo gt's/330mm rota's/ally bells Pagid RS29 pads

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Got them fitted , but on day of mapping it spun a main bearing and was knocking like a barn door in a force 10 gale!!
Stripped engine to find........................





So set about rebuilding her using
v8 crank
Manley h beam rods
full ACL bearings
Up rated gaskets
new oil pump
belts, tensioners etc etc



Took me 44 hours to rebuild her usually after work and weekends
It was a slow as it was the first time i had an engine out,let alone rebuild one, i took advice and know how off my friend who runs a subaru rally prep garage and let me use his workshop!






Finally got to a finished state and turned key................White Noise lives!!

Ran car in for a while ,oil changes etc etc then booked into JGM to finally get boost turned up
After a few dramas were sorted on mapping day (dead maf and a oil leak from split gasket on sandwich plate) the car was mapped and achieved 374.9bhp/353ft lbs ........boy was it a awesome drive home!









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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 07:37 AM
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Fantastic build mate, looks mean and a great name!
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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 08:07 AM
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Superb,I really like what you have done to it,good jobSJ.
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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 08:10 AM
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Nice
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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 08:35 AM
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excellent mate
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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 09:22 AM
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Great little journey, built bigger and better
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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 09:55 AM
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Excellent work mate looks great too.

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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 11:15 AM
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Thanks all , it's been a journey , a journey I enjoyed doing ,but only once!!!!
Doing it strengthens her for maybe in the future more mods
Neil
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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 03:37 PM
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Looks great. The intercooler pipework looks nice in black. What kit is that?
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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Dreep
Looks great. The intercooler pipework looks nice in black. What kit is that?

Thanks , the fmic kit is a JPerfomance one,but i bought it from a breakers who said it fitted a classic,turns out it came off a bugeye and meant it wasnt as simple to fit!! ,i had to 'cut\modify' the pipework so it fitted correctly
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Old Dec 13, 2013 | 04:35 PM
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Very nice Wagon with a lot of Power :-)
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Old Dec 13, 2013 | 06:04 PM
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I love it when a Wagon comes together
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Old Dec 14, 2013 | 12:51 PM
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Looks lovely mate. I love Sti wagons. I had to sell my bugee Sti wagon to live off when I was off work with my back.

Got back on my feet and got the money together for a nice classic Sti, I'd have bought an Sti wagon in a heart beat but actually ended up with a saloon that was local and too nice to miss really.

If you ever decide to sell it in the future, drop me a pm.
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Originally Posted by jameswrx
Looks lovely mate. I love Sti wagons. I had to sell my bugee Sti wagon to live off when I was off work with my back.

Got back on my feet and got the money together for a nice classic Sti, I'd have bought an Sti wagon in a heart beat but actually ended up with a saloon that was local and too nice to miss really.

If you ever decide to sell it in the future, drop me a pm.
Thanks for the comments matey
I will drop you a pm when I decide to sell in the future
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