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ordered up the aluminum tubes for the intercooler and radiator pipes

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first step was get the radiator pipes made up, lower & up pipes for both sedan and wagon

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these Subarus don't really have a proper toe adjustment so I came up with a heim joint with threads so I can adjust the Alignment much easier, and its all made out of SS so it will never rust

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Setrab oil cooler fits so nice ill have to convert the sedan to this model soon

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got the turbo sorted out so the wastegate won't hit the wall

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found a original front lip in Japan so it looks like the sedan

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was time to take care of the intercooler and like the sedan I got a nice BELL intercooler made up ...

Goodridge brake lines made up in all SS including the bolts

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picked up a set of VOLK RAYS 16x8 ET42 5x100 Wheels so I can put the power down the some bigger rubber 225/45R16

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finally found the 5mt trim plastic for the Leone and bonus button that will go with it

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also found in Japan new door tops

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no more need for the hoist so its time to work outside and finish this wagon

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my room of mess and my SS made pistons along with pins so there is never rust

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DerFahrer wrote: Mon May 11, 2020 3:46 am Everything looks fantastic, NICO. Keep the updates coming.

thank you , its moving along now. in 2 weeks I get the intercooler pipes and wiring done then its time to drive

well the sedan is out of storage and ready to get the upgrade steering rack

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half of the wagon came home lol, guess its time to install stuff

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I'm gonna be the one to derail the conversation about Subarus and ask about that yellow M100 Lotus Elan in the background of one of those pictures ;-)


I knew I couldn't have been the only one to notice that.

Car is looking good, NICO. Of course the STi rack bolts right in to the GL10 ...

I'm gonna be the one to derail the conversation about Subarus and ask about that yellow M100 Lotus Elan in the background of one of those pictures ;-)



lol its my fathers car 1 of to many, but its all stock he fixed it up now its a summer car. he needs to sell all these cars to be honest haha ...

Awesome work as usual Nico!!


pretty sure this is the last build I do, getting to old now lol



:lol: :lol: I hear you on that one ;)



we've been around to long now :-D ... some how I found you're brake booster page on my quest to upgrade my single booster, I have no room so I gave up ...

today was exciting !. A 2004 Subaru STi Steering rack showed up, its time to install this into my old school 80s subaru engine cross member

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Awesome work as usual Nico!!


pretty sure this is the last build I do, getting to old now lol









Single Stage White 80's paint for my 88 GL-10 TURBO

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all primed up and ready for the single stage white paint job to match my sedan
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That's cool you can use BRZ parts :)

Regarding the shifter, I've been happy with mine. I used TiC's poly bushings on everything and it's very solid feeling.



its like a smorgasbord in here of parts 😂

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ADDCO 22M front and rear sway bar set up for the wagon


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Battery tray removed so I can slide them spark plugs in in seconds & front mount intercooler holes cut before paint work


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instead of rubber or plastic I made brass so copy original's, then that busing I pressed in was the same size as the rear control arms from svx pillow ball and made bushing to take the slack for bolt like stock.

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mike-tracy wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:46 pm I think the reason people usually go with oversize pistons is the cylinders sometimes aren't perfectly round after time. They become slightly ovaled and the boring out brings them back to basically perfect again.

yes correct, all the blocks I've owned seem to be fine over time

originalcyn wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 5:29 pm This reminds me of those "how to draw a thing" memes where it's just first draw a circle, then make a portrait.

Here's a table of parts, bam now we have a rad car. lol.

Thank goodness you're better at documenting things that a lot of people.

lol lol thanks

many parts have come in for the motor now its time to dig a ej22t block out and build it while I wait for paint work.

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well here it is ready to get sent for paint and now we are all caught up with the build thread on the wagon.


insert EJ22T ( forged built bottom end ) EJ207 STi V8 big port heads, Turbo ?? maybe ( twin scroll / single scroll ) rotated & 6MT six speed STi R180 diff.
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I can't remember where I left on but lots of new stuff and building stuff has started

also decided to construct my own shifter setup because Subaru won't sell me there version


short video of the day & night shifter feel

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