Rock'n the old Skool
Posted 20 March 2019 - 08:17 PM
I bet my left nut you didnt mean butt...
Hey Babs is the sedan there the one in your signature block? If so what happened to it, it looked mint!
Touring Bruce
Posted 21 March 2019 - 08:17 AM
Hey Babs is the sedan there the one in your signature block? If so what happened to it, it looked mint!
Indeed it is. I picked up the wagon as a new project and in return the engine in the sedan popped a head gasket and another 2-3 years of daily driving had left it much more tired than it looked in the picture. I had intended to not pillage from it and keep driving it but the head gasket killed that idea so its being pillaged from. Bit sad but onto better things
New Member
Posted 22 March 2019 - 10:26 PM
Ahh right. At least you're in a wagon now, such a good looking shape!
Touring Bruce
Posted 26 March 2019 - 09:34 AM
Still no major work being done. Had a ripper trip through the Alps with some of the OGs last weekend however. In the meantime i picked up a cast alloy filler neck from the very early Legacy GTs.
And cos im a sucker for old school turbos. A HKS GT2835R. This is basically a Blouch 1.5 made by HKS 15 years earlier. Also known as a GT3071 WG or nowadays a GT2971R. It uses a GT30 turbine, 56.5mm exducer instead of the full 60mm of the GT30.
Despite being large physically than the APS its a good bit smaller. Should be a bit more punchy but have that old school drama and noise about it too
Not 100% sure if itll fit with the T04E size housing as i need to get a subaru turbine housing for it to know for sure. But at least being a proper GT 6 blade wheel i can get off the shelf garrett housings easy
Touring Bruce
Posted 28 March 2019 - 08:52 AM
Did some fiddling with a spare subaru flanged turbine housing and clocked the compressor housing
it "fits" just. Will probably need to give everything some love with a flap disc for sanitys sake
OMAR Cubt
Posted 29 March 2019 - 04:11 PM
Fark that's close.
Need more T88 action but.
Touring Bruce
Posted 01 April 2019 - 02:56 PM
Fark that's close.
Need more T88 action but.
Nah T51R is the new hot item
Touring Bruce
Posted 08 April 2019 - 10:18 AM
Had my valve covers coated the same colour as the intake manifold for maximum hotboi points
and had a friend 3D print some rear speaker adapters
some other stuff happened but i dont have any pics yet so youll have to wait
Touring Bruce
Posted 15 April 2019 - 08:52 AM
Bought an underseat sub from SCA during their easter sale. Fits like a glove between the heater spacer dealies. I forgot to get a pic without the seat over it however lel. Ran the wiring under the carpet and into the console. Kept the signal and power wires separated as i think thats a thing
ive since trimmed the carpet to allow some more slack in the wiring
Cant tell its there with the seat in a normal spot
Also traded some parts for a 5 piece set of JDM floor mats
Touring Bruce
Posted 23 April 2019 - 09:53 AM
Few things got did over the easter long weekend
Got my hands on some rear tweeter pillar trims and oem tweeters
And finally got a complete boot floor setup. Its from a Rev A Legacy GT we parted out (auto and uncompiled so nothing lost). So finally have a complete and finished cargo area
Ordered head gaskets, valve cover seals, spark plug seals and washer seals. Head Bolts were out of stock and the suggested replacement part was a SOHC bolt (theyre different). Thanks partsouq. With those on order i got stuck into tearing down the 25D. Bit of a throw back to my old sedan build lel
This engine clearly hasnt had much love.
Gave it a quick clean up
Thankfully theres no rusty or pitted bores just carbon'd pistons. Some UEC, 98 and RPM will sort it out.
These organiser tubs are super handy for storing the cam bits nice and organised
Hopefully dropping the heads off for a clean up/deck this week. If all goes well perhaps reassembly next weekend
Rock'n the old Skool
Posted 23 April 2019 - 07:50 PM
Touring Bruce
Posted 23 April 2019 - 10:11 PM
I love those organised units - I’ve used a couple with the RS engine...
So why the EJ25D and not the EJ20 turbo, easier for registration?
Cheers
Bennie
Exactly why. Piece of pie to get a 2.5 NA gen 2 through rego. While a turbo one is legal i dont want the headache of dealing with it plus i refuse to not have a front mount and my twist mount lel. Another reason is itll add 6-12 months onto the build and be many thousands of dollars
Rock'n the old Skool
Posted 23 April 2019 - 10:45 PM
OMAR Cubt
Posted 24 April 2019 - 12:01 AM
So when will the turbs be dropped in?
Cheers
Bennie
probs 2050
Trusted Member
Posted 24 April 2019 - 08:10 AM
No chance of ARP head studs? Bit more expensive than new OEM bolts but can be bought from the USA without too much trouble. Maybe even yahoo?? I picked up a set for about $150AUD, though the dollar was a bit better back then too..
Touring Bruce
Posted 24 April 2019 - 12:01 PM
So when will the turbs be dropped in?
Cheers
Bennie
Mayyyyyyyyyyybe late next year. Paint before turbo
No chance of ARP head studs? Bit more expensive than new OEM bolts but can be bought from the USA without too much trouble. Maybe even yahoo?? I picked up a set for about $150AUD, though the dollar was a bit better back then too..
Too much money and not needed. Ill be using head studs in my turbo engine but not for NA.
OMAR Cubt
Posted 24 April 2019 - 05:14 PM
Mayyyyyyyyyyybe late next year. Paint before turbo
Too much money and not needed. Ill be using head studs in my turbo engine but not for NA.
But are the 25D studs the same as 207 ??
Member's Member
Posted 25 April 2019 - 09:47 AM
Touring Bruce
Posted 29 April 2019 - 10:46 AM
With another long weekend up my sleeve a few more things got did. Dropped the heads off to get skimmed, cleaned, hardness and crack checked.
Finally got my hands on some new wheel bearings so installed them with the powder coated dust shields and new Febest swaybar links. Looking minty. Once i replace the steering rack inners and boots the front end should be done suspension wise.
Backing plate was backwards and ive since swapped it round 
Cleaned up a set of guard liners from the legacy we parted out. Made sure to use all the mounting tabs and screws. Replaced the stupid plastic scrivet things for much more user friendly christmas tree trim clips
Brand new battery loom was $20 on partsouq so why not
Finally wired in and installed the new speakers and tactically dyanmat'd all the doors
Gave my door cards a wipe down and put them on as well as the mirrors from my sedan. I do have a set of power folding mirrors but they are very floppy and have poor paint so for the time being some clean stock ones will do the job
Got more stuck into the interior and installed the drivers seat and STi pedal covers. Excuse the mess
After poking my head around under the passenger side of the dash trying to figure out how the airbag bolts to the beam i realised my nicely painted dash beam was missing some brackets that bolt to more brackets that bolt to the airbag
Either id installed a non airbag dash beam or the previous owner had removed the mounts for race car. Either way the dash had to come out and the beam had to be swapped. Several good swear words later and 2 hours and I had the dash back in and the airbag bolted nicely to the beam. I didnt paint this one as in the back of my mind was hesitant about the dash grounds working properly through a painted beam so it was probably going to happen at some point anyway. Just not on those terms lol
Touring Bruce
Posted 10 May 2019 - 09:06 AM
Time for more engine content.
Got my heads back from the machine shop. Bit more involved that what i was hoping but theyre micky mouse now. Ended up having to have the valves reseated as some were leaking by 60%, so stem seals were done at the same time. Decked cleaned and tested for everything else.
Had an early finish to have my house inspected again so got the heads back on when that was done. Few throw back feels to doing this in my parents driveway 
Photos dont do the powder coat colour any justice
Stuck the 25D mani on to keep stuff out of the ports
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