('98-'00) Migz's 2000 forester L build/progress/grocery getter thread

[MiGz_clumbz]

hey guys, long time lurker now finally making my own ..name is miguel most know me as Migz, i bought my first Forester a few days after my birthday this past January . i own a 2000 Forester L 5spd . no rust for the year especially living in the New England area ..outside of Boston to be more precise lol. Im actually a Honda head here .. currently still own my 93 Integra RS that's slowly but surely gettin worked on .. more as my track car (but that's another story to tell later on haha). back to the topic car came with 147k on it. im the 3rd owner of it .. been thru a few stages on her and the more i put into her the more i love it lol .. i guess this will never end.. (still uploading
pics on my photobucket) more to come stay tuned guys ..

[91Yota]

FINALLY! I've been waiting to see this Forester and the integra actually. Gotta post them pics as soon as you can ;)

[tallazzPilipino]

welcome to the board. that reminds me.. i still have a set of itr wheels i need to sell.

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[MiGz_clumbz]

so a few months had gone by like mentioned before my car has gone thru a few stages that i wasn't thinking i was goin to come across lol... well a few months after buying the car i started to hear a noise coming from my bay it was loud at times but didnt happened very often until one hot day after work i decided to turn on my A/C and bam .. the weird noise came back and this time SUPER loud ...ended up finding out some of my idler pulleys where about to go and so did my timing belt .. so i replaced all that .. car ran fine for quiet sometime .. did a few trips to NY and back a few times on occasion.. then began to feel my car lack alot but i thought it was normal due to me needing a clutch soon .. so as time went on like 2 months after my timing belt service the motor just died on my after putting gas .. no boom or anything just died out of no where .. come to find out my motor seized on me (how i dont not know). i was super MAD i didnt know what to do.. super tight on funds.. so i went thru the cheapest route i can think of...bought a 98' JDM ej25 DE (older model), bought a exedy stg1. clutch kit... and group-N sti 5spd mounts.. my mechanic swapped it for me and car had a few bugs ( that till this day I'm still tryin to figure out lol) i had to do a few things in order for it to work enough to drive the thing ...(hopefully some of you can shed some light later on and help a fellow forester newb out hahaha).. but onto the pics of this setup








till the next episode.. comments/help/w.e floats your boat are very welcome i love the site and looking forward on making new friends

[tallazzPilipino]

do you still have the filter in the torque box, or did you cut it out?

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[91Yota]

Dang, sounds like you went through a lot right after getting the car... Kinda like ME! And we're car twins. My car looked exactly like yours when I got it haha.

Glad to finally see the pics and hear the beginning of your Subie story.

Subscribed. :)

[MiGz_clumbz]

Originally Posted by 91Yota

FINALLY! I've been waiting to see this Forester and the integra actually. Gotta post them pics as soon as you can ;)

haha thanks bro .. i will now that im home from work

[MiGz_clumbz]

Originally Posted by tallazzPilipino

do you still have the filter in the torque box, or did you cut it out?

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i dont have a filter and is normal just no filter and that intake cone lol

[MiGz_clumbz]

Originally Posted by 91Yota

Dang, sounds like you went through a lot right after getting the car... Kinda like ME! And we're car twins. My car looked exactly like yours when I got it haha.

Glad to finally see the pics and hear the beginning of your Subie story.

Subscribed. :)

tell me about it bro .. it has been spending my integra's moneyy! but i dont regret it in any way ... im learning on the forester (my first ever subaru)

[MiGz_clumbz]

some more pics of the forester before factory engine went..


this is the process of the car getting the new heart... tho many have said(well i've read on here and on google this swap sucks!: older model 98' JDM EJ25 DE)
out with the old:



some of the parts i order to put the new heart on my car:





my car with no motor...and on the lift..oh yeah i also forgot to mention i have an universal tsudo muffler on the car too =]:



all my parts going on the motor and shot of the new heart :







under view of the car with new heart installed:





this is all i got for now to get everyone up to date with my forester... i have plans for her in the near future just need to work my *** off to get the funds for i want to get for her until i can say this is it for now ...back to my integra for a bit lol

[MiGz_clumbz]

Worked on the car a bit after getting some sensors at the junk yard earlier. Re routed some of my vacuum hoses to fit best an look more organized as it is still a work in progress ..ill post a pic of the work done tomorrow :-)

[MiGz_clumbz]

so far all my CEL went away and cleared ... car runs perfect but .. i still cant figure out why i have no cold start ... any inputs ?

[MikeDrives1]

Bad ground somewhere?

[fozzyWOZZY]

hello migzzz

[theFozz99]

was the flip flop necessary lol... Cant wait to see the progress. mine was bone stock and jacked up like yours 2months ago...lol..