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[Liberty]

Pretty sure you're the king of OEM+. Is this a new movement?

[Adam]

Should start a thread to argue this.




What tool did you make up to press em out, mate?

[Richo]

but being EL headers, they will never sound any good as compared to the UEL ones. 

SHUN THE UNBELIEVER!!!  (if it motor is spinning a 5000+ rpm that is.... otherwise yeah ok)

 

[crjohnson]

I'll upload a photo later Adam, but basically an 8-10mm thick washer, 59.5mm OD on the rear side of the bush. M12 all thread, then a 3.5" OD (approx 50mm long) piece of tube which sat on the front side, a 25*25*3mm rhs piece on the end, of that which the all thread went through and pulled the push towards the front of the car

[alexGT]

I refuse to change the suspension in my car due to what replacement items like whiteline do to them. My WRX was a pig on the street suspension was uncomfortable (WRX seats don't help either).

[Adam]

Sweet! No need for pics. That's what I was thinking

[crjohnson]

I forgot to mention that I also had to cut 2 pieces of 25*25*3 rhs about 200 long, all thread though both ends, because not matter what the new bushes wanted to go in on an angle. Used these bits of rhs to force the bushes in straight (tightening whichever side was further out) then used the puller from before to go the rest.

 

Anyway, here's a pick if anyone wants a look, that short piece of 25mm rhs hide a slight bend in it after I was done, man those bushes are hard to move!

 

 

 

Also after reading up more on the 'raspy' exhaust note, I'll be replacing the stock STI resonator with a normal hotdog around 500-600mm long. Found a fair few yanks that had the same sound as mine (especially if using an STI exhaust) and that seem to fix it.

[crjohnson]

Well the diff bushes are still going well, still a bit of on/off throttle play though!

 

Picked up some 17*7 lenso wheels today though, bit scratched (for $100, cant complain!) but going to fix them up a bit and spray black (thinking satin, thoughts??).

Almost finished the headunit install too, still a bit of a gap on the LHS but the cup holder hole is virtually gone. Maps and gps all work 100%, just have to model up the button and get it 3D printed.. If anyone wants to do this get in touch with David (96svx.dc@gmail.com) for a transplant harness,and ebay for a gps antenna, was pretty easy in the end. Sound isn't the greatest but ran a subout rca for when I find an underseat sub  one day.

 

 

[zahmad]

Not a bad job on the retrofit. Personally I think it would've looked better with the aircon unit below and the head-unit above

[Beckers]

Not a bad job on the retrofit. Personally I think it would've looked better with the aircon unit below and the head-unit above

 

Except the a/c control has a curved corner, that fits the trim perfectly.

The length of the wiring might also be an issue.

[zahmad]

 

Except the a/c control has a curved corner, that fits the trim perfectly.

The length of the wiring might also be an issue.

 

Woops, completely forgot about those!

[crjohnson]

Something to stir up the 'turbo vs n/a' haters heh heh. I haven't found anyone around here (except in the states) whose used these so I'm going to give them a try! No need for reminders on how much more/easier turbo's make power (I've been there and done that..).

 

Will be interesting to see what they're like (for $340, they are the '1500' grind btw..)

 

[Robert]

300 shipped?

[crjohnson]

Just double checked the paypal receipt, damn close to $340 including shipping both ways ($87AUS for auspost to send and $215US to grind and send back).

[Robert]

Very interesting 

[crjohnson]

Finally got those wheels mounted, but....

 

After painting and getting tyres fitted I went to bolt them up, wheel studs were too short... Only had about 7.5mm thread engagement! DOH! 

 

So after almost selling the wheels, I ordered a set of 70mm studs from GKTech, cut them down to 55mm (in a lathe, no hacksaw stuff...) and swapped them in. 

 

If anyone ever needs to install new wheel studs, get one of these ball joint tools! I got it online from supercheap auto ($35 shipped) and it worked perfectly! Then I greased up some washers and pulled the new studs in with an ordinary nut). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No movement on the engine front, still waiting to order the gasket set.. 

[Barbbachello]

A hammer works well to swap them out too . Looks good though 

[crjohnson]

hammers are too mainstream 

[crjohnson]

G'day gents, 

Been a long time and I talked about this turbo install for even longer! Well it actually happened! Has been in for a while now, running 5psi and from what I can see it looks pretty safe from the (project lambda) datalogs and drives pretty sweet! I don't think i'll ever go back to an n/a 2.5! 

 

Still have to finish the last section of piping (ran out and had to use some mild steel..) and install the BOV, for now it makes some slight flutter and mad spool/induction sounds! 

Wasn't too sure how the intercooler piping (2.5") would go under the radiator but so far it isn't too bad. Hangs a little lower than hoped but I have not scraped anything yet.  

 

I'm waiting to see how long the dual-range box lasts. I actually think they might be stronger than people think. ADS advertise some decent power ratings (250hp/185kw from the base model, with a turbo 3rd/4th gearset). I thought the hi-low gearset would be a weak link but might be strong enough for this setup. I don't think I'll ever try a decent launch though.. 

 

Other specs:

- full 2.5" exhaust with twin-turbo BE5 muffler (valve always open) - fairly quiet and should have plenty of flow for this motor.

- forester 2.5 TD04 turbo

- 450*300 fmic

- 550cc injectors

- delta 1500 cams, 9.9:1 comp, STI headgaskets, arp head and rod bolts. 

- turbo oil return into the valve cover - zero issues so far

- 2.5i exhaust manifold, custom up and down pipes - For anyone thinking of doing this, I'd strongly suggest doing the turbo crossmember swap and using standard up/down pipes.

 

For s4its and giggles I'd love to dyno it and see what it makes, any guesses?