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Humm my '87 RX...


There is definetly an engine in there somewhere...


Oh, well lookie there! An EJ22T!



Oh is that a 5-speed I has?


Oooooo new clutch!


So if you hadn't guessed from the pics, I'm doing a swap, yay! My drivetrain consists of the EJ22T, '98 Impreza L 3.9 5-speed, shortened driveline, and 3.9 VLSD. I also have the complete 5x100 lug conversion done to it but will be doing more upgrades later on down the road. Also I have a set of Blitz coilovers from a '05 LGT being shipped to me. This is how the car will be for now. My plans for later down the road for the drivetrain will be a 22T bored .030 over, EJ257 crank machined for the #3 thrust and block machined for the #5 thrust, Eagle H-beam rods, Wiseco pistons, EJ20G heads with a full port and polish, titanium springs, new lifters, Delta 272 cams, hopefully some oversized valves, EJ20G intake with 850cc injectors, FMIC, Walbro 255 fuel pump, AEM FIC, FP Red turbo, STi 6mt DCCD tranny, 1 piece aluminum driveline, complete STi rear subframe and R180 fitted into the back of the car, cage, and so on and so forth.

BUT... first priorety is to get it running

I'm looking forward to more....

You, sir, are a madman of the finest caliber, and I salute your efforts.

Very nice build. Should we look forward to seeing you at local rallyx events?

Cool project. Get some pictures of the black one too!

Thanks for the replies guys, this is going to be an awesome build once I get it going. I work two jobs so having the time to sit down and continue on the project has been kinda slim for me, until I get it towed to my new house and parked in the garage, then its on.

RallyX? Ehhh, not so much. I'm plannin on making it a AutoX/track car since I have my eye on a set of Toyo R888 tires, heh.

Oh and what black one what? I used to have a black RX a few years ago but I ended up coming across this car in much nicer shape and stripped the black on in favor of this one, especially since i kept blowing my decently modded EA82Ts.

So this car started life out as a FWD, 3-speed auto GL coupe. Now it has evolved into what you see in the pics, complete with the AWD setup, '05 STi seats, 17x8 Enkei RPF1s, and KYB AGXs with the cheap ebay coilover sleeves but hey, this car handles just as mice as my friend's '05 STi on Tein Flex's. Oh and I also did a custom alignment on it since I'm a Subaru alignment specialist

Lets get one thing straight right here, right now.


Thats not a RX!!!

Caboobaroo wrote: Oh and what black one what? I used to have a black RX a few years ago but I ended up coming across this car in much nicer shape and stripped the black on in favor of this one, especially since i kept blowing my decently modded EA82Ts.

So this car started life out as a FWD, 3-speed auto GL coupe.

i think this may straighten some issues out

Caboobaroo wrote:Oh and what black one what?

Oh and I also did a custom alignment on it since I'm a Subaru alignment specialist

I meant the black car in front of your car in the last pic. I assumed it was also yours.

Good to know there's a local Subaru alignment specialist.

AWD_addict wrote:

Caboobaroo wrote:Oh and what black one what?

Oh and I also did a custom alignment on it since I'm a Subaru alignment specialist

I meant the black car in front of your car in the last pic. I assumed it was also yours.

Good to know there's a local Subaru alignment specialist.

Oh I wish the twin turbo Lotus was mine, its the hawtness. The pics were taken at my buddy's shop he used to work at which do high end cars, tuning and so on. They currently have a '91 Ford F-150 lightning with a SBF 427 turbo putting out 1200hp One of the guys that work there also have a EG33'd '98 Impreza sedan.

And yes THIS IS NOT TECHNICALLY AN RX! Thanks Brian
But everything that is in the (minus the EJ setup) was originally built into my old black '89.5 RX that I scrapped for this car so it was basically an RX minus the EA82T piece of crap (instead I put a stock EA82SPFI engine back into thisc ar and ran it for 15k without any issues).