paintshopgaz

Hi everyone new to scoobynet, and need a bit of advice i own a 1994 wrx and ive just managed to get hold of a bargain 2000 p1 shell complete with doors , glass and trims etc. Im planning on swapping everything off the wrx into the 2 door shell making myself a very cheap 2 door car! Has anyone done this conversion before and does anyone know of any problems i may find once i start ie what fits and what doesnt???
Thanks Gaz.

Scoobyslammed

I'd sell your my94 and put that money towards buying the right my parts... it'll be worth more in the end...
Is the shell on the cat c or d or summit?

paintshopgaz

Shell is cat d stolen recovered.

Was stolen and found stripped in a barn from what im told, it was bought direct from a salvage auction! It still has quite a few parts from original on it! Carpet, trims, dash, wiring loom, windows etc etc! I value the Wrx at about 3k do you think i could find all the parts i need in this budget???

Scoobyslammed

Whats it need to rebuild it? Engine and box?

morto15

oops

paintshopgaz

needs front and rear subframe, engine, box, diff, front end panels, bootlid etc etc.

ticky

Your 94wrx engine is not ideal for the p1. For starters even if you kept the short block you will need v5 heads & the rest of the v5 ancillaries. The rest of your stuff from the wrx can bolt across ie subframes, suspension, rear diff & gearbox etc.
Its just the engine that will cause problems due to the different wiring looms /ecu etc.
So it may work out to be more hassle.

I suppose you could by a my99/00 uk car complete & swap the parts across. They seem to be going cheap nowadays.

Or try to source the parts from 1 supplier/breaker. That way you may get a better deal on the parts.

A complete v5 sti engine with turbo, loom & ecu can be had for around 2k & under.
A v5 uk engine might work out cheaper?

Gearboxes start from about £250-£600 & upwards depending which model you go for.
Rear diff £60 -£300

Pattern steel bonnet around £150 no vents & scoop
faceift grill about £45 & upwards
headlights £100 - £150 (ebay)
front bumper £100
rear bumper £80.
Boot?
spoiler?
suspension?

etc

The list goes on depending what lefts on the car.

No harm in calling the breakers to see what deal they can do for you.

japperformanceparts
grade a subaru
hdc.

Or look for a cheap uk donor car.

Ticky

Mark A

iTrader: (1)

Or buy a rolled bug eye STi from Japan and transfer the running gear

Matty D

iTrader: (2)

I took on a similar project to this about 12 months ago.
I alreay had a 94 wrx and i managed to get hold of a 97 typr r 2dr shell. Everything swapped over without 2 many problems although i did have to change the whole wiring loom Looking back it was alot of work just 2 gain a car with 2 doors less but i guess i learnt how the car went together!!!

Ghetto Dude3

sounds like it would be less hassle to cut the rear 1/4`s from the p1 shell and make the 4 door car into a 2 door IMO

exvaux

iTrader: (1)

P1 front doors are longer so would need to do a spectacular amount of work,iirc someone did a proper 2 door wagon that way though but they took the whole front of the 2 door car

paintshopgaz

Decided to go ahead with the swap and after almost 3 months im nearly there! The car looks amazing painted the complete car whilst stripped, engine bay inner wheel arches etc etc all 555 rally blue!Full facelift front end, Sti 6 spoiler, Bought 18" Inovit Tarmacs, along with some tein coilovers to get it sat right! I decided to go for the sti type r look ratehr than p1 replica and have added Sti v5 seats and door cards, along with original type r vinyl to the r quarters and bootlid. Just finished work on the engine and is now installed! Done parralel fuel rails, autobahn88 fmic, Td05 20g, fse fpr,440 injectors and removed allsorts that was no longer needed, Apexi power fc arrived thursday, now fitted and up and running!

All i have left to do is: New windscreen
Door trims and rubbers fitting
Mapping By good old Jolly green monster
And some brakes of course!!!!

Gonna get some pics posted later this week of the full transformation and fingers crossed should be seeing a road near u soon!!

richtypera

IM SURE IV SEEN ALOT OF THESE BITS BEFORE

DOES LOOK GOOD THO ILL GIVE YOU THAT SPENT ALOT OF TIME MAKING IT RIGHT

Matty D

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Well done mate. Loads of people tried telling me not to bother doing the same swap but I just carried on. I also found it the best way to understand how everything goes together on the car.
Matt

StickyMicky

they mount to the same hinges?

all you need to do is weld on the new b pillar in the right place ?

CrisPDuk

All you need to do

I think you'll find that what's actually needed a whole side panel, from the B pillar back Micky along with the matching inner skin too, otherwise you'd never get the rear windows to fit

paintshopgaz

Thought it was about time i put up some pics so here we go!

Heres my donor car a 93 wrx 4dr



And now the P1 bare shell!




the 2 together




Silver cars engine bay


2 door shell engine bay stripped then resprayed






And then the work commences.......














Thats all the pics i have to date but will get some more of the up to date ones soon! Cars now fully together painted etc with lots of new goodies on!

Heres a few pics of friends cars that helped me on my way!





The next WRC Champ???????

paintshopgaz

Found a few more up to date pics! still alot of work to go though!!!!!!!!!!


































Hope evryone likes it!!

martin850

iTrader: (51)

Looks awesome mate, top work.

paintshopgaz

HERES THE MAN WITH ALL THE CASH !!






BET HE WISHES HE BOUGHT A SCOOBY AFTER SPENDING £3.5K ON HIS NEW EVO 7 TO ACHIEVE A POOR 331 BHP!!!!

YOULL HAVE TO SELL THAT DIAMOND STUD BECKHAM U MIGHT GET TO THE 350 BHP MARK ONE DAY!!!

StickyMicky

its an easier job to do, then spend 3 months transfering stuff over ???

and ending up with a stolen and recoverd shell running 93wrx parts = nightmare to sell on!

paintshopgaz

Not alot left of the 93 wrx parts left on it and a car that should be running 400+bhp with new engine and as much documentation as i have dont think ill have a problem selling it and besides i havent spent all this time and money doing it just to sell it on!!! Keeping this one me thinks!!!

beef-on-the-bone

iTrader: (5)

well done
you've got the car you want and had fun doing it
would love to try something like that

where did you get your 22b vents from???

paintshopgaz

HT Autos for the vents, thanks for the comments. bout £40

Impreza Steve

Hello hello hello, where into subaru now are we gaz?

scoob_wrx1

very nice car mate

scoobmeister

That is a really tidy car you have created there, i think you have done well in what you have created!

evo north

Don't do like tight git rich and buy a £200 turbo
Hurry up with this car,,

paintshopgaz

Thought it was about time i updated some pics as ive got a little close to where i wanna be :



my new block from a 2006 wrx only done 19000 miles grabbed it for a bargain £250 complete engine!!



dropped in a set of CP Pistons along with arp headbolts and cometic gaskets!



and a new exdey paddle clutch..



Dropped in to mock up turbo. up pipes and down pipes ive had to make for the custom turbo i bought.











Some up to date pics of how shes looking now!!!!

wrxsti280

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good work mate