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[GNGBNG]

Looking nice Moto. Are they the BC BR coil overs?

[motoboy76]

Looking nice Moto. Are they the BC BR coil overs?

 

 

 

 

Thanks GNG defiantly have fun with it...

 

Yep they are BC BR coil overs.....

[GNGBNG]

Same as what I have fitted, I've been very happy with mine. On the softest setting they are great for daily driving, and the hardest setting is perfect for my track days.

[motoboy76]

Same as what I have fitted, I've been very happy with mine. On the softest setting they are great for daily driving, and the hardest setting is perfect for my track days.

Thanks for the tips can't wait to test them out....

How did your painting with the side skirts go....

[motoboy76]

Just a little update, picked these up today that came across Facebook that were on a car being wrecked....

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Also grabbed a ute full off things from Tim today, thanks buddy....

[motoboy76]

So thought it was about time for a update....

 

It turned out that the little hose was not the source of the leak and it was the power steering pump itself...

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I had bare FE230 steering rack sitting there so thought i may as well upgrade sooner, so I also sourced a remote res WRX power steering pump to put in there as well...

 

I just waiting for the suction line to turn up and then I will mount the res and it should be good to go...

 

Here are a couple of pics of the rack and pump...

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I also got a L & E GC to GD steering knuckle....

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So i tracked down so rack ends to suit and also got some whiteline tie rod ends and put together my first steering rack.....

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While I had the room around the injectors I thought it would be a good time to swap them out for larger one.....

 

A big thanks to Rob as he gave me a bit of guidance....

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Got the steering rack mounted and ran the lines up, hope I don't have to do it again in a hurry, also got the pump mounted....

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The other night at work I fabbed up a little bracket to make a later model alloy header tank to fit..

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Quite happy with how it turned out....

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As you can see in the above pic I gave the inner guard a bit of a tidy up and mounted the Gen 2 air box in...

 

Looking through Cowie's thread the other night gave me the motivation to give the interior that I have for the RS a bit of a clean, I used the same stuff as Cowie...

 

Before pics...

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Really happy how they came out..

 

Well that is it for now.....

[motoboy76]

Great work, Clive.

Mad update too.

 

 

Thanks Kong I appreciate it...

 

Its great learning how to do all this myself, but thats what this car was all about...

[Robert]

Looks awesome

I'm surprised the remote res ps pump fit with the Rs coolant crossover pipe

I had a hell of a time trying to get it to fit on my gen 2 with a gc cross over pipe

[motoboy76]

Looks awesome

I'm surprised the remote res ps pump fit with the Rs coolant crossover pipe

I had a hell of a time trying to get it to fit on my gen 2 with a gc cross over pipe

 

 

Thanks Rob...

 

Yeah the pump mounted up no dramas at all, the line down to the rack on the other had needed some persuasion to get it to fit.....

 

But other than that it is coming together nicely....

[Matty_Lib]

Looks awesome mate, loving the progress. I run the same coilovers in my wagon, very happy. ☺️

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[GNGBNG]

Hey Moto, what's the leather trimmed seats originally out of?

[El_Freddo]

Looking good mate!

And a great time to do the PS rack work on the bench, much easier than in the vehicle!

Neat looking bracket too. I might have to try out a bush mechanic's version of this at some stage...

Cheers

Bennie

[cowie165]

Looks great moto! That clean turned out minters. Really nice.

 

Hey Moto, what's the leather trimmed seats originally out of?

 

^This! :-) Is it GD club spec?

[motoboy76]

Looks awesome mate, loving the progress. I run the same coilovers in my wagon, very happy. ☺️

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Thanks Matty....

 

Yeah can't wait to get the rears in and set them up properly...

 

Hey Moto, what's the leather trimmed seats originally out of?

Yeah mate Cowie is right they are out of a GD, they will sit a little higher than GC8 seats but I I'm not super tall so I think they should be ok...

 

Looking good mate!

And a great time to do the PS rack work on the bench, much easier than in the vehicle!

Neat looking bracket too. I might have to try out a bush mechanic's version of this at some stage...

Cheers

Bennie

Yeah Bennie you are spot on about working on the rack on the bench...

 

I'm really happy how the bracket turned out for the header tank, it looks the goods I reckon....

 

Give one a crack mate....

 

 

Looks great moto! That clean turned out minters. Really nice.

 

 

^This! :-) Is it GD club spec?

Thanks Cowie yep I think the seats turned out minto that's for sure, got to strip the interior and clean the carpet so I can put them in...

 

More updates coming soon I hope....

 

Thanks for the comments guys keep them coming.....

[GNGBNG]

Thought they may have been out of a GD.

At least you know they do sit higher than the GC8 seats.

I have enough trouble trying to fit in my car with a helmet on, but my sunroof does take up some headroom as well.

[motoboy76]

Thought they may have been out of a GD.

At least you know they do sit higher than the GC8 seats.

I have enough trouble trying to fit in my car with a helmet on, but my sunroof does take up some headroom as well.

 

 

 

Yeah  I'm hoping if I wear a helmet that I have clearance because I do have plans to do some track days in it....

 

I don't have a sunroof in mine so fingers are crossed.....

[motoboy76]

So It has been a while since I had done a update so here we go.....

 

So I got the pump and rack mounted and it all went together pretty nicely, but over night i went back in the garage and saw so fluid on the ground as it turned out it was coming from the seal on top of the pinon...

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So I tracked one down through Partsouq and out came the rack again.......

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Was a bit of a struggle to get the old seal out, My old man came up with an idea to try a adjustable angle grinder tool it worked a treat...

 

So It was now time to tackle the rear coil overs and fuel pump while i was doing these things I decided to clean the boot out and put in the better condition boot linings....

 

Here are a few pics of the process.....

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So coilovers are in now its time for the fuel pump so while i was doing it was time to tidy up the boot...

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While i had the I gave the boot a bit of a clean....

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A shot of the Walbro before installation....

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Here are a few shots of the tidier boot linings, looks much nicer....

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So now it was time to take the interior, so I ripped out the RS seats front and rear, pulled the carpet and gave it and the floor a major clean out...

 

Here are a few pics of the process....

 

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Before I put the carpet back in I thought it was a good time to put the red stitched handbrake....

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Now here is a few pics with the carpet back in....

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Before I put the seats in I thought id would be a good time to put the alloy WRX pedals in, there was a bit of dogy boost gauge wiring I fixed up as well....

 

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Seats in, I think they look great...

 

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So with the bulk of interior work done it was time to get ready for the tune which was a boost controller install, and fit a Power FC, the FC hand controller had a dogy down button , got one off eBay soldered it in and it worked a treat...

 

For the Boost controller I made a mounting plate where the ash tray goes, I think it looks tidy....

 

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Also fitted  the head unit I got for Christmas....

 

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So with the Boost controller Power FC it was time for a tune...

 

It started up on the FC so i was able to get it on a trailer, and off to see Nathan at NDC....

 

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Nathan said the tune went well and that it drives like a normal RS but gets up and goes when needed, there is a low boost setting of about 7psi and a high boost setting of 17psi....

 

I wanted a safe tune and he said 17psi was getting close to the limit of the water to air intercooler, but this got me just short of 160 kw's at the wheels...

 

I'm very happy with how it goes...

 

I couldn't get it for a couple of days so he was keeping it there for me and on the last day when he went to put it away it wouldn't start...

 

He said it was getting power to the fuel pump but it wasn't running....

 

So the next day he ripped it out and found this....

 

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So it looks like I have some water contamination of the fuel take have any of you guys had to deal with this before and have some ideas to fix it up...

 

Any help would be great, I'm thinking of pulling the tank and cleaning it some how I'm all ears....

 

So I have just been driving it short trips to keep the fuel pump moving on the low boost setting, here is a out and about pic.....

 

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I'm really happy with how it sits, it's come along way....

 

There are a few more mod's on the way...

 

Well that is it for the moment hope you guys don't get a pic overload, but you can never have to many pics right....

 

Hope you guys enjoyed the update let me know what you think....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Adictions]

Interior looks great, awesome how well it fits. Nothing like a good clean sometimes that boot looked nasty before haha ,nice work

Is the fuel old? I know with diesel you can see if its contaminated with water as they don't really mix so you can see some water sitting at the bottom, not sure about petrol though

[duncanm]

Interior looks great!

 

Isn't there a drain plug on the tank ?

 

Not sure how you clean out the nasties, though..