after my engine went bang and pricing up repair/replacing the sport engine i looked into taking a big step and getting a turbo lump for it instead
after a bit of searching i found a compleat wrx that had been rolled a few times but the engine is runnin tidy,
i have sold all the bits i didnt need and the cost has made it cheaper to make my car a wrx than replacing the sport engine,
i wanted to change to a turbo anyway but would have meant a drop in year so this way ive killed to birds so to speak

heres a pic of the two cars when the wrx turned up 3 days ago,,,,





then after 15-16 hours of stripping this is whats left to be scraped

 

Nice one, very interesting. Can you outline the main differences between the Sport and the Turbo/WRX that you've found? Which bits are you "upgrading" and what are you leaving on the Sport.

 

Good luck with the project Gareth. Already in time for the rolling road next month.

 

will be nick even if i got to push it there lol

john im changing the whole underside of the car ive took the back end off whole < mainly because its got the disc rears as well as a rear antiroll bar that the sport doesnt and the diff is still conected to it all and this will need to go on to marry up wit the wrx gearbox.
also the front disc,s calipers need upgrading and you have to change the cross member on the front because the sport one doesnt have enough room for the turbo and exhorst

the bit thats scaring me is the wiring loom ,,,, ive got the old wires off the wrx easy but not looking forward to putting it on the sport ,.,,,,

 

Will this car still be a Sport i take it after the work is finished then??

 

what ever you want to call it mate,

i will be calling it a sport/wrx lol
or a modifyed sport.

will see what the insurance company calls it i think

 

engines in just got to get her running now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

LOLOLOLOL

Pics mate

 

hi rusty what you got now bud ???? pics to follow

 

Hi Gareth,

I've still got that silver 250BHP MY02 JDM WRX - nearly a year now and still grinning like a loon

Keep us upto date on your project mate

Cheers, Jon

 

just stuck on the wiring now mate arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr all the rest is done

 

I take my hat off to you taking on a job like that ,hope the final stages go well.Hope you havent been under that car getting the bits off up on those bricks looks well dodgy
take it easy.

 

A Scooby in newport on bricks!!! Now there's something you wouldn't expect to see!!

Good luck with it gareth mate, I hope she runs as well as you hope she will!!

 

me too twigs of im f11cked lol


erm no officer i didnt go under the unsteady bricked up scooby honest lol

 

He probably got a mate to get under there

 

least the silver cars crash managed to take out a set of lexus lights!!

 

hehehe yeah they were the cheap set i got the nicer dearer set on mine lol

 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!UPDATE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TWIGS LOOK AWAY NOW unless you want to cry

 

mate your driveway scares my alloywheels

 

Good work that man,you have a lot more patience than i would have in the same situation.Still at least you now have a use for your scoop

good luck with it

 

sm it wont be long and it will be smoth and have walls and a roof < should have done that first lol>

tc lol yup should do sum more on it tomorrow now

 

have you damaged your wheels on the driveway or anything?

 

no i dont park it there normaly only cos it died,

 

6mth update lololol after giving up on trying to get it to run using the sport/wrx looms spliced into one i threw them on the floor and stamped on them like a little child

and after a while fond another cheap loom and replaced the whole lot shes up and running now just got to get the windows/c/l working and an mot

yay should be at the shows this year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! will be good the last show the car got to was japfest and the first one it can go to is japfest .......

pics to follow

 

well done mate good to see you've finished it

 

well nearly finished but the end of the tunnel is getting close lol

 

Hurry up an get that trailer done to take all them bits you got to JAPFEST to sell!!!

 

well shes up and running and mot/taxed yippy

here she is out on her rebirth trip hehe

 

I did my motorbike CBT about 10 years ago in that very carpark by the transporter bridge!
Nice to see the scoob back on the road mate!

 

**** thats freaky so did i lol, and that was 10 years ago too

i was only 16 but they thought i was bringing my own bike
< even though i had hiered one of theres for the day?????>
and they only had 100,s and cos i was only 16 i should only use a 50 but they let me use it anyway lol.....