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[El_Freddo]

Can't wait for the pics of this thing once it's done. Sounds like it's going to be real road hugging animal!

Are you doing something different with the paint or keeping it a stock colour?

Cheers

Bennie

[Matt]

So close

so so close 

Keen to see some more snaps car is coming along nicely now, gona be many smiles when its driveable

yep i already am smiling ear to ear lol  

Can't wait for the pics of this thing once it's done. Sounds like it's going to be real road hugging animal!Are you doing something different with the paint or keeping it a stock colour?CheersBennie

Opted to keep it the stock charcoal colour rather tha the vinyl...only to blend in a bit more on the road

[Matt]

It drives!!!!!

Drove it 10km to the paint shop to get a quote....and its going back in the morning

Very rough...as i expected lol

Solid centre clutch will take a bit of getting used to for sure

Clutch is really high of engagement and causes some horrible shudders if not done properly....i adjusted the freeplay to bring the engagement closer to the floor...but after thw drive its back up high again?

Wtf?

Think i may just need to bite the bullet and get a new master and slave and be done with it

Ps it looks so cool...even with all the mismatched panels lol

[Lukeoly]

Such an awesome feeling man!
Good to hear it didn't blow up on its maiden voyage :-D

[Miguel]

May need to bleed the clutch again.

[Matt]

Such an awesome feeling man!
Good to hear it didn't blow up on its maiden voyage :-D

 
yep very good feeling lol...aside from the clutch issue 

May need to bleed the clutch again.

Tried that...normally itd go to the floor though...it was rock hard

Called Al (my subaru call a friend pick every time lol) and also kris at rising sun and i have a new path to follow...ie a makeshift gd spec c master

Details to follow if it works

[aekOne]

yew!! super duper cool. can't wait to see it

[Matt]

Clutch is fixed!! What a mind fork of 3 hours that was!! I wanted to smash something hahaha

Slave just would not pressurize? I cleared all air bubbles though in a slow fashion

Then after over 3 hours of removing and bleeding and pulling vacuum and everything possible it started to pull in fluid ju st as i gave up lol...pumped it for like 5 minutes after this and it heaps better!!!

Need to fiddle with the clevis for pedal free play in a few days....but atm its awesome!!

Still shudders ard if downshufting to 2nd with a rev match/heel toe....gotta get my skillz back again as i drive a slush box daily lol


But pretty much all i did was create my own gd spec c single line master from a gd wrx multiple line (ones with all the extra pipework)

They are all the same master cylinder...all you do is remove all the pipework except the one coming out the very tip as thats your feed to the slave....or in my case use the rs pipe with a bit of bending to suit which saved me a bit of time


To get this


remove all this


bench bleed it to clean it


and bolt it up...and bend the pipework to suit


That nipple does nothing now...its connected to the threaded hole under it...just clean them out and leave them empty


Its now matched to the right slave...where the rs master wasnt the correct match in bore size

Picckup is still around the 3/4 mark...but its better and more predictable then engaging in the last 3mm :/

So ill probably give it one more bleed tomorrow and its all good to go to paint

And in case yous were wondering it is a rough old ride..with the lope on idle rocking the car around and you can hear everything....really need to put that sti muffler on asap to shut it up a bit lol

[Hypnotic]

Pffft still not done yet  

 

 

This things going to be so awesome when done.

[Matt]

And after such a big day...and nearly everything i wanted done is done

Im gonna drink lots of beer till i fall asleep as ive now been up for over 56 hours with only one 2 hour sleep yesterday lol

Pffft still not done yet  
 
 
This things going to be so awesome when done.

Haha its a fun hobby working on it...im gonna miss not having a full time project in the garage

And yep i cant wait for the tune and suspension set up!!!!!

[Robert]

Awesome!

Is the paint shop the one that Llyod works at ?

[Matt]

Wheres he work?

[GNGBNG]

Go to bed

[Matt]

Go to bed

Haha i passed out beer in hand at 9pm watching new GoT lol

In other news car is off to paint in a bitsa state....i removed all trim for the roof etc, no door handles, no spoiler light, bits only just held on, different colour panels, dented and hand bent/rolled front guards thatll be tossed when it comes back

Should look a bit better on return though

handles so good too...even though the alignment is waaaaaayyyy out hahaha

And the clutch is now tonnes better! Still driver error causing it to shudder on down changes if youre a bit lazy...but i did a few good ones to know what im doing...ie it likes to rev match with a solid centre, but driving nothing but autos for 2 years i need some practice lol

[Matt]

Just went in to the garage....and for the first time ever....there is no car in there ....missing it already lol



but....

Whilst i have the space, im going to do a little bit of painting myself



everything here will be getting a wash, sand back and smooth and coated in a decent rattle can satin black

Will leave the rusty mud spats brackets bare until powdercoating and send them off with the rest of the bits going for satin black powder

[alexGT]

awesome work mate. such a good feeling when everything is compatible. my brother is doing a BMW late model into early model swap and has been a nightmare with compatible parts!

[Matt]

Yep....subaru...the Meccano/Lego of the automotive world lol

Even the bits that needed modding only required a tiny adjustment to suit

[Matt]

Got some presents today from Miguel that will go very nicely with the fresh paint


better door handles, a pillar trim, inner guards, steering column cover and some nice rs guards in that awesome 222 colour

Done an amazing job of packaging it and everything is perfect

And the guards have the rare bubbled rs logo which is noice



all will be going on as soon as the car is back along with a whole host of bits

Smiles all around

[LPM_B4]

I can smell the ethanol skids from newy

[Matt]

I can smell the ethanol skids from newy

Getting so close! Actually i better pull my finger out and book in with Michael!!! Need to hurry up and shake it down for a week so i can swap all fluids before the tune