Aloha everyone!
Here goes the story...
About a month ago I was browsing craigslist and a wrecked 04 wrx popped up for sale. On a whim , I text the guy about it and got some pictures back.
Car was totaled in shipping from oahu to the big island. Texted the guy and set a date to meet up. Headed over to the east side of the island to take a look at it and finally settled on a price of $2800! Had some goodies like a invidia catback, sti intercooler, short shifter, spare motor mounts, timing belt, etc.
Now I was on the search to put this drivetrain into. Really wanted to find a RS, like my brother one, but saw a 99 forester for sale, cheap. Liked what lesac did with his sf5 and want to build something similiar.
Checked it out and got it for $300!! SCORE! Pretty clean sf5 with no rust and 160k on the frame. Had a crack windshield, but minor. Lady said it wouldn't start. Decided to bring a battery and try it. Cranked and started up. Not to well, though. Has a horrible knock. But got it to move under it own power. Check one for a win. Drove about 5 miles and it just couldn't go any more. Towed it the rest of the way home and here they sat for a bit.
I was waiting for my brother to finish his 83 pickup in the garage. Finally got it out today and decided to pull the wrx in and start getting the dash out.
Drove the wrx out and towed the foz in for it's dash removal.
Next step is to pull the wrx engine out and look it over, possible rebuild. It was a dead #1 cylinder and I think the valve is burnt.
I plan on swapping everything from the wrx to the foz. The foz has a pretty decent interior so think I'm going to keep it stock there for now.
I try and update when I do some progress on the swap. Mahalos for checking my build out!
Here goes the story...
About a month ago I was browsing craigslist and a wrecked 04 wrx popped up for sale. On a whim , I text the guy about it and got some pictures back.
Car was totaled in shipping from oahu to the big island. Texted the guy and set a date to meet up. Headed over to the east side of the island to take a look at it and finally settled on a price of $2800! Had some goodies like a invidia catback, sti intercooler, short shifter, spare motor mounts, timing belt, etc.
Now I was on the search to put this drivetrain into. Really wanted to find a RS, like my brother one, but saw a 99 forester for sale, cheap. Liked what lesac did with his sf5 and want to build something similiar.
Checked it out and got it for $300!! SCORE! Pretty clean sf5 with no rust and 160k on the frame. Had a crack windshield, but minor. Lady said it wouldn't start. Decided to bring a battery and try it. Cranked and started up. Not to well, though. Has a horrible knock. But got it to move under it own power. Check one for a win. Drove about 5 miles and it just couldn't go any more. Towed it the rest of the way home and here they sat for a bit.
I was waiting for my brother to finish his 83 pickup in the garage. Finally got it out today and decided to pull the wrx in and start getting the dash out.
Drove the wrx out and towed the foz in for it's dash removal.
Next step is to pull the wrx engine out and look it over, possible rebuild. It was a dead #1 cylinder and I think the valve is burnt.
I plan on swapping everything from the wrx to the foz. The foz has a pretty decent interior so think I'm going to keep it stock there for now.
I try and update when I do some progress on the swap. Mahalos for checking my build out!