Welcome mate.
Is that yours in the pic? She looks like one sexy ride






...the car looks good too :p

ha ha, no, that is not mine (unfortunately, don't let anyone hear me say that though! ) and the foz is my old GT.

EDIT: seriously considering getting rid of the foz and getting a gen 2 liberty GT. need ALOT of questions answered, have been searching, and will continue to, but heres a few I couldn't find.

I have a VF35, V3 STi TMIC on my foz. as well as a straight cut 1st, 2nd and 3rd manual tranny. can any of this be swapped over in to a GT gen 2? OR would it be better to start from scratch and buy a relatively stock GT lib and work it upo from there?

how hard is it to find a manual GT?

and how hard is it to organise a lift in one so I can feel what the difference is between a worked engine with single turbo and a twin?

oh wow! I need a cold shower after seeing your sig! that is neat!!

and thankyou!

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Pixorban.

thank's for the replies, I think it was too late at night for me! I know the GT's are TT, but failed to mention that I would be looking at a single conversion.just didn't know if this is that common, but after reading a few threads, its a better option! strange.


JDM wise, I guess a swap would be my ultimate goal if possible, all the JDM body trim/badging, interior and engine components would be perfect, eventually.

and sorry, I am from Pitt Town, NSW. I live on a street with a white gen 2 liberty wagon. nice sounding and clean example. not sure if he's on here, haven't stopped to speak to him yet.



and heres some more for you boys! ha ha!

as alex says anything can be done with time, modification or money

aekOne wrote:

as alex says anything can be done with time, modification or money

now now, be nice! this is a happy panda thread!

I see what he meant, that's why I said what I said.

ah, yeah, it's pretty similar on a forester too. and to be honest, I don't mind swapping EVERYTHING over, as the interior would be ripped out anyway, and I could improve on the wiring to some extent as well, so would probably be a good option to be honest.

UNLESS it is easy and legal to have a real GTb registered in NSW? not sure how these cars were complied, if they have a plate, then all will be sweet, but rebuild VIN's and the like, I guess it's a swap for sure.

BTW, this is what is happening with my import forester ATM, unable to rego it in NSW.

XoN wrote:

regashi wrote:

Don't listen to these two... Seriously, where do you guys get off giving misleading info and heresay?

XoN wrote:

Not sure about the TMIC but I'd say it would need an additional part or two to make it suit the twins.

I didn't exactly say "THIS IS HOW IT IS" now did I Alex?

sf502 wrote:

ha ha, to be fair, it needs a few mods to fit it up, so its not a straight bolt on. and I know what you mean by the TMIC being rock solid, I have the one mount on mine ATM, and it doesn't move.

sf502 wrote:

my foz motor and gearbox are a bit special. I have a MY04 JDM STi block with some work (pistons, etc. but unknown to what extent) with JDM S/tb forester heads (the most aggressive ever, MY97 heads that have been made to flow much better, and has wildly different cams to an australian delivered forester) with straight cut 1st, 2nd and 3rd manual box (5 speed).

coupled to this when I bought it was a TD05 big 16g turbo, with a massive FMIC. since owning it, given I drive on some pretty ywisty stretches of road, I removed the TD05 for the VF35, and threw the TMIC on, and after this, the car was much more to my liking. not really chasing huge HP levels, just after a nice streetable car that is relatively easy to drive, but still has poke when needed and minimal lag.

so what motor do the gen 2 libs come with? EJ20G? that is what I had in my foz as stock, but a previous owner decided it was a good idea to blow it, so an EJ207 transplant was made.

I also have a spare semi closed deck block in the shed, ready to put STi cams and make it a 2.35L. still tossing up wether this would be a good idea to complete or not?

ha ha, yeah, the straight cuts are a bit crazy, but I can put up with them. to be brutally honest, even though the 6 speed is a heavy beast of a thing, it is great. although my preference would be for a DCCD 5 speed. I don't drive like a nutter, and am pretty easy on my cars, so I don't really need something insanely strong.

the foz heads from all australian cars are a bit poo, but JDM foz heads are identical to same era WRX heads, so the heads in mine are essentially V3 WRX heads.

the 04 STi block is I believe (don't quote me on this, only going off what seller has told me) is a JDM STi impreza block, so a 2L semi closed deck block. no idea at all where it came from though, but I have a receipt for all the engine work, including the sourcing of this block, and it came in at around $15,000, inc. labour and all. which shocked me to no end, this seems too much!

from what I can gather, the VF35 is comparable to a VF30, so smaller all round than a TD05 (the actual turbo I had was a GTPS01, a TD05 16g copy) it was laggy, I believe due to a rather average tune with the FMIC.

a VF34 would be nice, have driven a WRX with one of these fitted, and it seems like it would be up my alley.


and thank's heaps to everyone for all the info so far, this is great! will check that link out now.


EDIT: Hi mate! fancy seeing you on here!

Hi,

Good to see you over here mate. Haven't spoken to you in a minute. Hope all is well on the home front.

You already know how I feel about your S/tb - makes me miss mine!

Cheers,
Nik