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[Mbooma]

Hey guys today driving down the free way my b4 went kaboom long story short put the Conrod throught the block sooooomy question is

How hard is it to do a wrx conversion I understand the motor goes straight in but how hard an costly is the loom and also I hav a trip tronic auto soooooo.....???

[zanzarah]

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[Niko]

Convert to H6, and plasti-dip it.

[allpaw4]

Have a chat to AM auto, up in qld. I gave him my B4, along with approx 10k and drove away with a version 8 JDM STi spec C engine. All done in approx 2 weeks and I didn't have to touch a tool. Expensive but I didn't have to worry about things, and I knew it would be done right. I now have a real toy that despite the heat at home during summers, is still going strong. I spent 5k on the engine package alone. If you got a cheaper package it would be cheaper than I went, and I did it a few years ago now, prices will have likely come down.
The other thing you can do is sell off the other parts from your old motor, injectors, turbos, etc.

[SSIKness666]

^ this man is onto something

[TSG]

How keen are you though. It's an old car. You can just pick up another B4 for ~$7k and call it a day if you like. Transfer your good stuff over to it, part the rest out, or burn it.

 

If mine goes boom, I'll probably just go buy something younger. As much as I like the old girl.

 

I want the long story   highway driving isn't exactly hard on a B4..

[Mbooma]

Nah I've hav done to much an spent to many hrs on it to get rid of it so I'm thinking of looking into a Frankenstein motor 25 block with 20 heads an b4 set up

[Jimbo]

Do you work in the motor trade and have access to a abundance of tools-skills-problem solving-scan tools and a about 20 other mini skill sets ?

 

If you dont . Dont even think about it .

I don't have any of that shit, and i can have the engine out of my car on the ground in-front of it in less than an hour. Don't be so quick to judge and give the guy a chance.

However, i do agree with you (for once) that Mbooma, just get yourself another 208 and be done with it. If you even want to get away with it cheaper, I would happily put my hand up to help change it over. Unless you have the cash to make it rain with the boys down at Ichiban or Al up at Noosa, just stick to keeping it original. If your still keen on having a B4, sell your AUDM one and keep a keen eye out for a clean JDM RS-K. The factory tunes are more sensible than the AUS delivered B4's and way less problematic. However, along with most things, if they are looked after in their lifetime you have less chance of things getting bent.

As alot of us have seen with the experiences of AUS B4's, they go into workshops where mechanics aren't sure what they're dealing with and thus, bad stuff happens. I even had to rectify a few clueless workshop "fixes" on my GT-B when i first took the keys for it.

If you are going to go down the TT to T path, i stress that you do your research on what is tried and tested. Don't bother trying to re-invent the wheel as SubyDr or whatever his name is (If he even has a name, which I'm sure some of us would like to know) has said. It will end up on the backburner for eternity and worthless. Do it once, do it right.

Jimbo out.

 

[Jimbo]

Nah I've hav done to much an spent to many hrs on it to get rid of it so I'm thinking of looking into a Frankenstein motor 25 block with 20 heads an b4 set up

No. Straight up. Forget it.

[Barbbachello]

 Ive suggested to some of you guys  try and get hold of someone with one and look at the data that is available to you .The Melbourne boys have had Snowball turn up with all his ones so you may need to ask them what they think after been giving a demo.

Most amazing thing ive ever seen

[Jimbo]

Jimbo

 

Start gettting issues with your Twin Turbos and then if you dont have the right tools (Ie Select Monitors for starters) you will waste a lot of time and energy trying to find some very simple problems. Which

can be seen straightaway with the right equipment. Subaru dont design and supply certain tools for nothing. Ive suggested to some of you guys  try and get hold of someone with one and look at the data that is available to you .The Melbourne boys have had Snowball turn up with all his ones so you may need to ask them what they think after been giving a demo.

 

Ive seen guys try and single turbo B4s in the past and Ive yet to see one thats been done with positive results. Ive never seen one of Als cars out of Qld. Although there are a number of us

wondering if the Gramps build would every get  some form of engineers compliance. Im not sure that a Haltech could pass a current emissions test. Although time will tell on that build.

I have my own select monitor, it's called a set of eyes and hands. I have had these Subaru's for more than 8+ years and have never needed such thing.

There are plenty of single turbo B4's on this very forum without problems, many of which I'm personally very familiar with. Seen plenty of cars done by Al across the state also.

Do you really think that everyone modifying Subaru's are that naive? I don't even understand what Gramps has to do with any of this? If your so concerned, why don't you just march on over and slap your own canary sticker on it ffs!

[allpaw4]

Nor have I looked back after going single. I live in a place that on occasion sees 50 deg C in the height of summer and I believe not last year but the year before was 45 days straight over 40 deg C. And the single converted B4 is still going strong. It looks almost stock until you start looking. Please don't throw every single converted B4 into the same basket. Yes, you probably only see the dodgy ones if you are working on Subaru's. The good ones generally don't need to be fiddled with.

[allpaw4]

Engineering compliance be damned. If I put a factory tune back into it, I'm pretty sure it would pass, as I have the bigger brakes etc. Most people don't bother with that, and it was originally my intentions to get that done once I was finished, so I'm pretty sure mine would pass unless they checked the program on the ecu as I've had it tuned to suit 98 fuel rather than the 100 over in Japan.

[Barbbachello]

From what im seeing it seems like the ones that working perfectly have been done with half cuts/full rebuilds and shops who know what they're doing, although im not sure about Wills case. 

[Beckers]

Most amazing thing ive ever seen

 

+ 100 M

 

The subaru select is an amazing tool, it shows so much info,

[Mbooma]

Just an update guys I hav gotten in contact with ichiban and SSS auto for prices
Ichiban $1850
SSS $1200

So soon enough i should hav an engine and will need a few sets of hands to help me I will more than likely ripp it down and fully rebuild it new gaskets an belts an pulleys etc so ill keep u all updated with how I go

[allpaw4]

Best of luck man, the actual swap side of it is reasonably painless - it took me, and only me, 2 weeks (while still working) to swap it all over. Remember to change out the water pump if you are doing the 100 thou service.

Remember to tighten everything up properly, like coilpack bolts and hose clamps on inlet manifolds, before you try and start it. Also, keep the old items like coilpacks - if one decides to undo the bolt on its own and comes off after hard cornering, you'll fry it before you can even turn the engine off. I've used 2 of my spares now, so its a good idea to keep them.

 

If you run into dramas with anything, PM me. Its likely I've faced it before.

 

Cheers,

Ben

[allpaw4]

How did this go? Still broken or in the process of being fixed?