by Start on 20-02-11 09:39 AM
Hey guys,
Since I haven't made a formal introduction here goes.
I drive a 98 Subaru Liberty Heritage Auto
.. (dont stop reading it gets better).
The car has been through quite a journey to get to where it is today, so here it is.
Firstly I bought the car off an old lady with 59,000KM on the clock, the car was immaculate..
First mods were of course the Turbo bonnet, Projectors and a Cannon that made it drone like mad.
My brother(Scott) wakes me up one morning to find the Neighbours Kid reversed into my car... - sad day..
Get the front end resprayed so everything went better than expected.
Next up was the Wheels, when Scott sold the blue car, I just had to have them...
Then, I typically I blew the headgasket at 80,000KM - the fun begins!..
I decided to convert the car, after seeing my brother sucessfully do a V7 sti conversion.. and his plether of knowledge on Subaru's it was an easy choice...
Went to Ichiban and picked out a nice Japspec V5 WRX, get it home and check the plates/Turbo's and realise its actually got V6 STI gearbox, Turbo, and V6 STI goodies... woot!..
I dont really have any pictures while we were converting it, photos were the last thing on my mind tbh - working in IT and trying to be a mechanic part time was an interesting experience...
for the next 3 months every weekend, me & scott got to work on the conversion in the backyard/garage... It's much harder than it looks, ran into afew issues with fiddly parts, and the speed sensor snapping off in the gearbox(what a ***** that was).. but we stuck it out and got it done. Big thanks to Al at AM-Auto for splicing the looms.
So far ive had the conversion done for about 3 months and loving every second driving the car, can't believe I couldnt drive a Manual till i did the conversion!..
Got the car Dyno'd with the standard RX exhaust - it put out 126KW ATW.. I now have a full 3 inch turbo back with a split dump, so it should be around 150/160KW running standard WRX boost 13.4PSI?.
Anyway here is how the car stands today, I dont really have any "big plans" just going to lower it abit, and get the windows tinted.. thats it.
Big thanks to my brother, couldnt & wouldnt have done it without ya!... 