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[mattyc2112]

Dude, I love what you've done to the car! I've been drooling the whole time ice been reading it! It's made me want to get a Gen 1 so much more!!

[Matt]

Cheers mate..its been a labour of love honestly lol

Ive always had a secret love for the old gen1 since watching the videos of mcrae tearing around in them

Such an iconic car i reckon....and they really deserve a second chance, and this one was in desperate need of one

Main thing is puts a stupid smile on my face

[Matt]

So after playing around with cv's the past few weeks i got over the new front gd wrx shafts boots being wrong....so first i fitted some aftermarket ones i had spare as i couldnt find the right oem ones to suit

And after a good run and the trip to MSR one started leaking though the outer seal! Pissed me off no end so i thought im nipping this in the butt once and for all and after much searching with my local suby parts guy we found a set to fit! And also got a cv band tool to ensure they dont leak and stay the fork on there!!

So pulled them fully apart this time, complete cleaned and inspected and put the new boots on....oem fit ftw!!

Just gotta chuck them back in tomorrow and tighten everything back up and shes good to go

Hopefully these are the last boots i do in a while!!!





Though the new r180 shafts are coming lol....may do them while theyre out of the car hahahaha

[Matt]

CV boots are staying on!! Pretty happy theyre finally sorted!!


Got sick of the strut top covers that were unable to fit as there was not enough thread for them to grab on to, the strut brace mounts are a touch thicker than aftermarket ones and it seems the struts studs are a bit short


But after half an hour with the grinder taking off about 3 or so mm off the mounts and a touch off the head of the nuts its all good

Glad theyre finally on the car doing what they're supposed to, and not in a box on the shelf lol






looking at the bay now im keen to start blacking more stuff out, radiator is next up when i dump the coolant after hvc

[CRUISN]

Sweet.

 

Manifold and alternator are screaming for some black.

[Matt]

Yep theyll be blacked out eventually...need to leave something to do lol

Will do them with the battery relocation i think

[Matt]

Took the old girl for a pre pre hunter valley cruise with Rob and Mark today to chew through a bit of e85 and help dilute any leftover 98 in the tank...and also to just take her for the first proper drive since i got her lol

Was awesome...bit slow at times, but omg this car hammers and i cant even hit wide open throttle yet due to a cel from the maf and the lack of a power tune, so much get up and go and makes awesome flutterz and stuff

Was good to try to gain a bit of confidence in the car and start to get used everything

And at the end of it all we had awesome burgers and a good catch up...not many pics but mark took the few shown below

After the run and throwing another 220ish km on the tune it gave me about 13.7km/100km which for e85 and a bit of fooling around is pretty damn good!! Used exactly 30L of fuel on the round trip

Wollombi pitstop (way too much coffee and mother for that time of the day lol)


awesome burgers!


and saying their goodbyes for the time being


so pretty damn happy with the old beast...went flawlessly aside from the known maf issue and a not so confident/nervous driver behind the wheel lol

[Robert]

Such a well set up car

So flat around the corners

[Matt]

Such a well set up car
So flat around the corners

Cheers bru...needs a bit of tweaking and stuff but it goes well for an old lady

That gen2 is something else though! Always blows me away at how good it is in the corners!

[Robert]

Considering all I've done is sway bars, coilovers and replaced some bushes, it handles amazingly well 

 

More suspension mods to come yet

[LPM_B4]

Considering all I've done is sway bars, coilovers and replaced some bushes, it handles amazingly well 

 

More suspension mods to come yet

quick rack too  

[Matt]

it handles amazingly well

This!

And things can only get better

quick rack too

Yep was talking about my need for one of these myself

Next mod i think

[Robert]

Quick rack is so good 

 

never had to feed it more than about 1/4 a turn of the wheel in the twisties today.

[LPM_B4]

Quick rack is so good 

 

never had to feed it more than about 1/4 a turn of the wheel in the twisties today.

need one haha foz racks are 3.1

GC racks bolt up with minimal line massaging which is good for the future 

[nickknack]

 

 

 

Lady in the back is mirin

[Matt]

Quick rack is so good 
 
never had to feed it more than about 1/4 a turn of the wheel in the twisties today.

yep the one in the gen3 was the same..so much want again!

need one haha foz racks are 3.1
GC racks bolt up with minimal line massaging which is good for the future

In saying that though the gd racks only require the uni joint to fit and the gc actual quickracks are fairly hard to source these days  

Lady in the back is mirin

Yep i noticed that lady lol

[Matt]

R180 rear end bits have arrived

Bit grubby and in need of some love!!

Will wire wheel it all and spray it all black, pull the shafts down and clean/regrease them, pull the rear and sides off the diff and reseal it all, hubs need the dust covers removed as theyre a tad bent and the handbrake bits need a tidy up and rebuild all ready for install

I forgot how fricken big this diffs are! They are massive compared to an r160!!!

Lots of fun right here!

[LPM_B4]

R180 rear end bits have arrived

Skids ahoy

[Matt]

Last minute tidy ups!

The wiper arms were horrible, been painted a few times by the looks of it and had rusty chips all over them.
Gave them a run over the wire wheel at work and gave them a lick of flat black

Mucho better

[Alex]

What diff in the R180?