deebo
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Hey All,
Just wondering if there are any other big subi fans out here on APS??
My first car was a 2001 Liberty GX that lasted 30,000klms before the the 2.0L non turbo came out and wrx running gear went in. I ran an early model liberty water to air interooler with a custom made alloy rad for the intercooler and davies craig water pump. It had 2.5inch exhaust and EMS ecu running it.......not bad for a first car.
I then had an early model wrx bodyshell - imported shell not road regsitered - that had a fully rebuitl engine - closed deck block, wiseco pistons, eagle rods, V3 STI heads, 440cc injectors, twsit mounted turbo, front mount, heavy dusty clutch, acl race bearings, arp head studs and a wolf V500 ecu running it. It had 4 spot front calipers, modified hubs with twin spot rears, dba slotted rotors, ferodo pads, GAB coilovers, roll cage and fixed back OMP racing seat. I used it for a few meets and then got sick of not being able to drive it on the road. I then bough a 92 Liberty with a blown motor for $850 bucks. The engine had only snapped a timing belt and they dont bend valves so I was able to sell the engine for $600, the transmission for $200 and the wheels for $35 so the shell owed me next to nothing.
I transplanted all the running gear from the wrx into the liberty and it made a pretty quick street car with 190KW at the wheels on 17PSI.
I have since sold all this running and am now in the process of fitting 2001 STI engine, gbox, ecu and loom to it. It is basically gonna be a track only car that can be driven on the street if needed. I am fitting the whole 2001 harness to the car so will need to adapt the harness to suit head lights, tail lights, window motors etc etc. The wiring is nearly completed and once that is done will be taking the car to work to fit the engine etc as well the full cage that is sitting there waiting to be fiitted. It is a Bond Roll Bars cage with door bars and harness bars. I did have a 2003 STI half cut to fit to it, but sold it - would have been nice to have the twin scroll turbo set up and DCCD but felt a bit greedy keeping it when I had a customer chasing it......
If there are any more subi nuts out there go for gold and talk about your car etc. I will try to remmber to put some pics of the old liberty out on the autocross track.
Or even if you have done some work to other types of cars put pics and info up, always interested in weird conversions!
Cheers,
Dave
Just wondering if there are any other big subi fans out here on APS??
My first car was a 2001 Liberty GX that lasted 30,000klms before the the 2.0L non turbo came out and wrx running gear went in. I ran an early model liberty water to air interooler with a custom made alloy rad for the intercooler and davies craig water pump. It had 2.5inch exhaust and EMS ecu running it.......not bad for a first car.
I then had an early model wrx bodyshell - imported shell not road regsitered - that had a fully rebuitl engine - closed deck block, wiseco pistons, eagle rods, V3 STI heads, 440cc injectors, twsit mounted turbo, front mount, heavy dusty clutch, acl race bearings, arp head studs and a wolf V500 ecu running it. It had 4 spot front calipers, modified hubs with twin spot rears, dba slotted rotors, ferodo pads, GAB coilovers, roll cage and fixed back OMP racing seat. I used it for a few meets and then got sick of not being able to drive it on the road. I then bough a 92 Liberty with a blown motor for $850 bucks. The engine had only snapped a timing belt and they dont bend valves so I was able to sell the engine for $600, the transmission for $200 and the wheels for $35 so the shell owed me next to nothing.
I transplanted all the running gear from the wrx into the liberty and it made a pretty quick street car with 190KW at the wheels on 17PSI.
I have since sold all this running and am now in the process of fitting 2001 STI engine, gbox, ecu and loom to it. It is basically gonna be a track only car that can be driven on the street if needed. I am fitting the whole 2001 harness to the car so will need to adapt the harness to suit head lights, tail lights, window motors etc etc. The wiring is nearly completed and once that is done will be taking the car to work to fit the engine etc as well the full cage that is sitting there waiting to be fiitted. It is a Bond Roll Bars cage with door bars and harness bars. I did have a 2003 STI half cut to fit to it, but sold it - would have been nice to have the twin scroll turbo set up and DCCD but felt a bit greedy keeping it when I had a customer chasing it......
If there are any more subi nuts out there go for gold and talk about your car etc. I will try to remmber to put some pics of the old liberty out on the autocross track.
Or even if you have done some work to other types of cars put pics and info up, always interested in weird conversions!
Cheers,
Dave
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