The journey of my V5 Sti Wagon
 

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
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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!!:cry:
Stripped engine to find........................

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

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! :luxhello:

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Thanks for reading:)

Fantastic build mate, looks mean and a great name! :thumb:

Superb,I really like what you have done to it,good job:thumb:SJ.

Nice:thumb:

excellent mate:thumb:

Great little journey, built bigger and better:D

Excellent work mate looks great too.

Martin

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

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

Very nice Wagon with a lot of Power :-)

I love it when a Wagon comes together:thumb:

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