I'm pretty new on here, mostly just on Nasioc. I've been working on a project the last couple weeks that some of you might be interested in, so i'll go ahead and post my progress here. Feel free to comment away...
Here's the copy n' pasted progress posts from Nasioc
2 winters ago I did a full 03' wrx conversion in my 96' impreza wagon.
Winter project... (delayed one year) - NASIOC
Last winter I swapped a 06' wrx into a 02' TS wagon. (284whp/325 lbs. tq. on kito's dyno)
Swap #2 Tuned at Kito today!!! - NASIOC
So Friday I picked up this...
and my search for a donor car is complete.
Stay tuned for 98' forester w/ full 04' sti swap
Got some work done today.
Got the car towed to the shop Saturday, today I pulled the exhaust, axles hubs, control arms, drained all fluids, pulled the tranny and motor!
Fluids draining
Tranny out
Engine out
Went in today and spent a good 3 or 4 hours on it.
I was going to focus on pulling the subframe/diff, and front crossmember, but decided to strip the interior first
First I pulled the carpet. Then the dash and dash beam...
Then got cracking on the wiring harness from headlight to taillight along with the heater core/blower, pedal assembly and everything else inside the car.
EMPTY! (before i pulled the pedals
)
More progress today! Got there at about noon, and worked until about 8pm... with an hour break for lunch
First I pulled the crossmember out of the STI, along with the brake master cylinder/booster and clutch master/slave cylinder. Then dropped the Rear subframe/diff/hubs/lateral links out of the STI
Once that was out the STI was pretty much totally bare!
So I pulled the forester in, and threw it up on the lift to start draining the fluids.
Pulled the front drive axles, exhaust, driveshaft, heat shields, stipped out the interior, pulled the seats and carpet, then dropped the rear subframe/diff/axles/lateral links/swaybars and hubs
Then dropped the gastank and emissions crap
And finally got the R180 diff, sti subframe, lateral links, axles, trailing arms, hubs and gas tank into it's home (in the forester!)
Shot of the hubs... proof it made it's way home
Just need brembos now!
Dont worry, the stock suspension is going away for some KYB AGX's w/ jdm pink wagon springs tomorrow... until I decide which route to go
Didn't get much done yesterday... had to work last night (and again tonight), and had to work on a customers car yesterday and today.
Got the tranny out of the forester today, along with prepping the engine in the forester for removal. Gonna go back tonight after work to pull the motor and with any luck put the 6 speed in its new home!
For sale
Got about 3 hours of work in on it today.
First I pulled the motor out of the forester...
Then started pulling a few random things from the engine bay. I picked up some WRX 4/2pot front and rear brakes to keep my wheel options open, so i threw the fronts on. (still have to put the KYB struts/jdm pink wagon springs on)
Then I got the 6speed tranny and driveshaft put into place.
Now I just need to clean the engine bay up a bit, finish stripping out the dash on the forester, and then do all the wiring and drop the motor in
Here's the copy n' pasted progress posts from Nasioc
2 winters ago I did a full 03' wrx conversion in my 96' impreza wagon.
Winter project... (delayed one year) - NASIOC
Last winter I swapped a 06' wrx into a 02' TS wagon. (284whp/325 lbs. tq. on kito's dyno)
Swap #2 Tuned at Kito today!!! - NASIOC
So Friday I picked up this...


and my search for a donor car is complete.
Stay tuned for 98' forester w/ full 04' sti swap

Got some work done today.
Got the car towed to the shop Saturday, today I pulled the exhaust, axles hubs, control arms, drained all fluids, pulled the tranny and motor!
Fluids draining

Tranny out

Engine out

Went in today and spent a good 3 or 4 hours on it.
I was going to focus on pulling the subframe/diff, and front crossmember, but decided to strip the interior first
First I pulled the carpet. Then the dash and dash beam...

Then got cracking on the wiring harness from headlight to taillight along with the heater core/blower, pedal assembly and everything else inside the car.

EMPTY! (before i pulled the pedals

More progress today! Got there at about noon, and worked until about 8pm... with an hour break for lunch
First I pulled the crossmember out of the STI, along with the brake master cylinder/booster and clutch master/slave cylinder. Then dropped the Rear subframe/diff/hubs/lateral links out of the STI

Once that was out the STI was pretty much totally bare!
So I pulled the forester in, and threw it up on the lift to start draining the fluids.

Pulled the front drive axles, exhaust, driveshaft, heat shields, stipped out the interior, pulled the seats and carpet, then dropped the rear subframe/diff/axles/lateral links/swaybars and hubs

Then dropped the gastank and emissions crap

And finally got the R180 diff, sti subframe, lateral links, axles, trailing arms, hubs and gas tank into it's home (in the forester!)

Shot of the hubs... proof it made it's way home

Dont worry, the stock suspension is going away for some KYB AGX's w/ jdm pink wagon springs tomorrow... until I decide which route to go
Didn't get much done yesterday... had to work last night (and again tonight), and had to work on a customers car yesterday and today.
Got the tranny out of the forester today, along with prepping the engine in the forester for removal. Gonna go back tonight after work to pull the motor and with any luck put the 6 speed in its new home!
For sale

Got about 3 hours of work in on it today.
First I pulled the motor out of the forester...

Then started pulling a few random things from the engine bay. I picked up some WRX 4/2pot front and rear brakes to keep my wheel options open, so i threw the fronts on. (still have to put the KYB struts/jdm pink wagon springs on)

Then I got the 6speed tranny and driveshaft put into place.

Now I just need to clean the engine bay up a bit, finish stripping out the dash on the forester, and then do all the wiring and drop the motor in