My Project for the last year (Not an st)

Baz

Ex. Club Member
I tought I'd post this in here just to give you an idea why I havnt been too active on here in the last year, the st really is evolving into a full time track car so I have moved onto something bigger(Y)

My brother Gav left me the car when he died back in November 2009,the two of us could never find out the full spec of the car but basically from my understanding of the history of it, it had a big power factory 2litre sti engine which went pop, was then fitted with a 2006 Forester Short Block (EJ257 Semi-closed Deck) using the sti heads, Vf24 turbo (version 4 sti), Autronic SM4 Ecu with launch control.
We thought the engine was forged and recently the car had been overfueling so the boost was turned up resulting in the engine damage because I was informed by a previous owner that it was not forged.
The car changed a few hands and eventually Gav swapped it for a car he had at the time and now I have it.

Anyway here she is parked up ready to be stripped:(

These photos at the very start are from May 2010 and I will have everything dated from then up until now.

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UPDATE 14/08/2010

So I have the best girlfriend ever,for my birthday 2010 she got me an engine crane and engine stand
I've been putting off stripping it because I was short these and didnt want to borrow then and have to rush the job, ya get me.

Anyway got some stripping done

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UPDATE - 27/08/2010

Well 3 hours in total driving accross the country to work on this today but with great results.

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The only way to keep track of them
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The engine killer bt:)
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UPDATE 06/09/2010

Was working on this last Friday only got chance to put them up now

When I drained the engine there was about a litre of oil in it so it used 3.5 ish litres on a 140km drive before it was parked up

Engine on the stand
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Inlet manifold and loom, absolutely no wiring to this car
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Exhaust manifold off ,timing belt and covers off
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Have to take the cams out to get the heads off
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thought this looked like a good picture opportunity
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UPDATE 28/10/2010


Here is where I am so far

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Alot of carbon deposits on the piston faces
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Once I removed the flywheel I found a few butchered screw heads holding the plates on,the plates need to be removed to get access to the circlip holding the gudgen pin in also the pins come out through there

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Some score marks on the piston

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And here's the reason for the build: Broken Ringlands on every piston(rrfl:

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Also got new bc coilovers for it
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UPDATE : 23/11/2010
Right lads ,Drove up to Belfast to john in ECC today and picked up the engine internals

100mm Wiseco Pistons
Eagle H beam rods
Acl race bearings (mains and rods)
cometic head gaskets X2

Then back to dublin to pick up the block and heads and drop them down to Martin in westward, sound man.

Turns out the heads are not Version 4 sti heads as an expert pointed out to me, so i'll need to source a pair of heads to get the most from this build.

Few pics

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Scooby engined micra lol
 
UPDATE: 10/12/2010

Right lads collected everything from Westward Engineering last night, very happy with the work. Basically what was done was bore the block for 0.5mm oversize pistons, decked etc.

Then the two heads were fully reconditioned,valve seats recut,reground the valves, new valve stem oil seal,and the solid lifters re-shimmed.

Also I asked Martin to gap the piston rings for me as I wasnt confident filing them.

Half the block
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The Fresh bore
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The whole package
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Head 1
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Head 2
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Polished crank
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Matching a rod from cylinder 1 to piston from cylinder 1
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So When I'm done matching number 2 looks like this ,rod and cap marked with a felt tip marker because these can not be mixed
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New o rings for the block
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UPDATE 14/12/2010

I'll let the pictures do the talking. . . :D
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Complete crank with the new rods torqued up
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Thanks to Off-roader for the pistonring compressorbt:)
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Complete Subaru Short block
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UPADTE 02/01/2011

Well After getting the Imperial tools I needed I was able to fit the Arp head stud kit

First thing was to screw the studs into the block , Then fit the cometic Head gasket, next step was lubricate the threads with the supplied Arp assembly lube.

Then remove the cams and store the caps in order( do not mix them) then fit the head to the block and lube the arp washers and threads on the nuts themselves to allow me to get the proper torque.

This is done with the Subaru torque sequence and torqued up in 3 stages, 1st stage 30ft/lb , 2nd stage same bolt sequence again to 60ft/lb. 3rd and final stage to 90ft/lb as per the Arp instructions which are hard to understand in fairness.

Refit the cams with some engine oil on the lobes,on the top of the lifters/buckets and were the cam sits in the head itself.
Rubbed some oil on the caps and the cap at the front of the engine is smeared with a light coating of sealant

All caps then torqued up to 20ft/lb in the proper sequence

Then 4 new cam oil seals fitted

Wrecked now going to bed bt:)

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UPDATE 19/01/2011

Assembled the oil pick up and fitted the sump

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Ordered a few bits online because the prices are rediculous here.

Basically a timing belt kit including water pump,a new oil cooler modine for the block ( amust when rebuilding a subaru engine )front and rear crank seals and a few engine o rings that I needed.


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Oil cooler
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Oil seals
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New tensioner
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Oil pump ready to be fitted, someone off here told me to fit it dry with no sealer but I was told otherwise
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New water pump
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All idlers ,new toothed pulley ,oil pump and water pump fitted.
All I need now is a hydrolic tensioner bracket as the threads were damaged by the last builder and I can put the belt on and it finished:happy) :happy)

Tutty I think is going to do the belt and show me at the same time, because aparently you need 4 hands to do it and can be tricky(rrfl: nearly there!!!
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06/03/2011

Right well finally after getting the new sti engine and transmission mounts delivered I decided to go and get busy putting the engine in.

First was to get the turbo up pipe fitted and then the turbo , oil lines and water lines, taking care none of the copper washers are missing otherwise I'll have leaks.

Then fitted the inlet manifold and torques it down onto its new gaskets.

Then it was time to get the engine off the stand and the frame off to fit the clutch, remove the release bearing from the pressure plate and fit it to the gbox.
After a few hours messing about trying to line up the engine and box I realised the clutch plate must not be centered so out it came again and recentered (it was out by a couple of mm's)

Back on the crane then and took about 15mins to get her attached to the gbox.

Then I had problems lining up the new mounts, turned out the bracket were the wrong way around, very easy mistake when fitting them while the engine's on the engine stand. The brackets actually fit both ways, so it was literally turn them 180* and torque the bolts up again to line the stud coming out of the mount up with the sub frame.

Fitted the new gearbox mount then and pitch mount and dropped the whole lot and she was in:happy)


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New oil cooler/modine unit (esential on a subaru build)
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Genuine Oil filter:D
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New Engine mounts
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In ya go
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20/04/2011

Right got blueprints discs for the back of the wagon as the old ones had a 3mm lip on them, pads were good so I filed them flat so they bed in to the new discs.
I also had a look at the hand brake shoes and there is a bit left on them aswell

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In bits
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Used a bolt to get them off the hub
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Spanky New Disc
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Job Done
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I bought a pair of lower control arm ball joints aswell will be doing them soon
 
This is where I am on the car now, It still on it old map with 6500km put on it, ran in hard after 500km, mountain roads etc, loading up the engine nice to bed the rings in.I dont 100% trust the car with the map thats on it ut I have turned the boost down to 0.7bar until I get it mapped.


Got the wheels on anyway, what ye think honestly? might be a bit small on it but I could go lower with it aswell

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i think the wheels look mint i would go just a tad lower not much tho. nice build by the way mate (Y) i dont have the patience for boxer lumps so respect mate:cool:
 
EPIC thread Baz, I LOVE scoobies and that engine's a minter now :). Alloys are fantastic!
 
I think its perfect (Y) Awesome work and commitment (Y)

Always preferred the estates to saloons so im looking forward to seeing this at JAE :D
 
This blog is epic, Baz - your brother would be so proud of you to get it back in the condition she deserves :) Sorry to hear about the ST being off the road, but good to see you're keeping occupied ;)
I'll be seeing you at Jae fella (Y)
 
Good to see ye all at Jae,

While over there in the uk I got a few bits done to the wagon to treat her .Took a few pics there today

I bought a set of HEL braided brake lines......

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Some crystal wing and front indicators, really needs the crystal headlights but the trader said he doesnt bring them to shows :laugh:

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Carbon wrap the center of the spliter :wasntme:
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Today I met Baz in Dublin. Top bloke! The car... a real beauty with character, you should hear the sound :)


Well done, mate! (Y)
 
I've only just found this thread! ah what an epic build you've got going on dude! the car is a beaut :) keep up the good work

where abouts are you in Dublin? got some family over there

Craig
 
Today I met Baz in Dublin. Top bloke! The car... a real beauty with character, you should hear the sound :)


Well done, mate! (Y)

Thanks man , too much traffic to show you what it could do with the shoe in:laugh:

I've only just found this thread! ah what an epic build you've got going on dude! the car is a beaut :) keep up the good work

where abouts are you in Dublin? got some family over there

Craig
North Dublin man
 
Wow, also just found the thread, the only scooby i would ever have is a wagon :p

What power is she making now mate after the mapping session? and the extensive rebuild!
 
great job mate, good to see you getting into the Subies, i'm up to my 3rd Suby wagon... i've done a few engines in and out, timing belts etc respect for taking on a rebuild,

still miss my ST :p
 
Time to update this

Well this is a long time coming , to change the old dated looking Version 4 headlights to a newer version 5/6 pair

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Few bits done.........
Cyrstal Corner lamps
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New Recirculating forge (the hks chav valve was doing my nut)
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New Cat Back I got back in January. 3" with 100mm rolled tail pipe all slip jointed so no hassle with gaskets
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Sounds gorgeous very quiet at idle and no drone when crusing and a nice bark on full chat, delighted with the fit and quality for the price:D
pics of it on the car
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