Hey all, am new to the forum and thought I may as well jump on and say G'day. My name is Ian, I live in Bathurst, have rallied an RS Impreza and am currently (and for almost 3 years have been) rebuilding a GenI wagon... Here is a quick Summary

November '02 Buy a 1991 GX Manual Wagon, in "Mushroom" brown, complete with 12 months rego, for $2500... But it has blown airbag suspension, and looks like the owner was pretty happy when braile buttons came out on ATMs.. it is a little bit scratched, everywhere..
30mins after purchase, drop off at Pedders for a spring conversion

Over the next 2 years it overheats/gets abused/and eventually gets towed back from Sydney because I cannot keep it cool, due to the risk of contaminating the oil, I leave water out of it for the next 2 weeks and continue driving it... turns out there was that little oil in it that this was not worth it (less than 2 litres)

Because I could still not kill it I gave up and just ripped the bloody motor out.

It is now going back together with the following mix..
MOTOR
'03 EJ25 bottom end, <30k old, completely balanced to within 1 gram, new genuine rings and bearings
GenII 2.2 heads, rebuilt, flowed and complete with very mild Tighe cams
K&N panel filter
2.5inch cat back Hitech Exhaust
STI Fuel pump

GEARBOX
Heavy Duty Exedy Clutch
'04 Forester Gearbox <30k old, with a conversion to Liberty diff (Forester gears are taller than Liberty, and Liberty diffs are taller than Forester, this is just to get revs down at 100k, and I have the torque to do it.. I hope)

SUSPENSION
'04 Impreza RS sedan Struts, front spring SEATS are cut and welded to bring the front down in line with the back (about 1 inch drop)
Falken Azenis Semi slicks (for now)
GenI RS Turbo wheels

Also have essential dark tint, and a lovely '04 RS Impreza Leather MOMO Wheel..

Grand total >$13k...

In the meantime I have had a Stagea (which F..ing rocked which I bought for $15k..)