El_Freddo

Just FYI a 2000 WRX is a GC8 and very different to a 2001 GD WRX

Ooh good call to keep in mind! The donor vehicle is stamped 11/00 on the VIN plate and is definitely a GD. I can share the VIN with you if you wanted to check it out further.

A complete GD WRX 205 intake manifold wont be hard to find or overly expensive. Id highly suggest a set of OEM STI TGV deletes. TGVs suck

Do you know/have the part numbers to share? And is this a new manifold with longer runners or just a set of tube spacers to replace the TGVs?

I was wondering about deleting these doing the DIY method but also thought I’d leave them for now until they stuff up. Probably best to sort them out while the intake is off the engine again (soon… -ish).

Cheers

Bennie

Can say the same about your RS lol.

Touché. I have a number of projects to keep me busy, I’ve only seen one of yours at a time.

Gone camping - where I get better internet service in the middle of the bush than I do in my own house in a rural town frustrating!!

Cheers

Bennie

Thanks Ben, I think I’m pretty sorted for the wiring in my conversion. I am keeping an eye out for an intake manifold with sensors for a 2000 bugeye WRX with the EJ205. Not a priority but something I’m keeping on the radar if one comes up cheap enough. I have the engine wiring, just not the intake and sensors.

I can understand being a bit jelly, one reason why it’s awesome when ppl share their road trips on forums - for us to live vicariously through!! And I get the whole kids thing, I left my wife with more kids than the average family, and took the helpful one with me…

I looked at the big camera the other day, got some top pics on that device that I’ll have to get uploaded and shared.

Talking about pics, this happened last week:




This is Sunnie the Brumby - the first one in our family way back in 2008 from memory. This is my Mother Inlaw’s Brumby. It was attracting too much attention sitting at her place. Plan is to get some issues sorted and put it on club rego.

After sitting around for over five years, Sunnie fired up after I chucked some start ya bastard down its throat - and she kept on running on her old fuel! It even got me to the servo a bit over a km up the road. Ran perfectly. And she got me the next 40+kms home without so much as a hiccup. The only issue I had was not being able to get the passenger’s power window to go up until I got home (I did a power window conversion on it years ago. This is also earmarked for Redback).

That’s it for now other than doing a tip run for Redback…

Cheers

Bennie

Looking good Ben even if progress is slow! Surely with all the interior swaps you’re doing you’ve got a set of trim removal tools?! They’re worth their weight in gold and they save your fingertips to boot!

That wiring conundrum sounds like a challenge that’ll be a good one to get sorted. Funny that Subaru does wiring changes like that as previous models used to have the wiring there but not the switches or control modules. That was pre canbus too, I guess that’ll play a part in it.

See you again in December, pre-Christmas I’m guessing

Cheers

Bennie