Archive for the ‘Car Stuff’ Category
Sunday, July 27th, 2008
I had surgery on Friday for a small hernia, so I'm out of action for a bit. The swap is slowly nearing completion, and I'm getting to the point where things are beginning to get buttoned up, but it'll be at least a week or 2 before I'm able to ...
Posted in Car Stuff, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
When swapping a turbo motor into an older Impreza or Legacy, the front crossmember must also be swapped for the turbo piece in order to clear the uppipe. This is pretty straightforward and doesn't cause any major problems, but it usually means unbolting the shiny new WRX or STi steering ...
Posted in Car Stuff, HowTo | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Today was the day for the EJ20 to finally take its place in the engine bay, a big day for any swap project.
I had prepped the motor over the weekend by bolting up the exhaust manifolds, uppipe and turbo so all that needed to be done was to lift it ...
Posted in Car Stuff | No Comments »
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
I made a little progress last night and today, no pics tonight but I will have some up tomorrow.
As part of the upgrade I swapped the Legacy steering rack for a faster-ratio 2004 STi rack. The new rack should make it easier to muscle the car around the autox course ...
Posted in Car Stuff | No Comments »
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Despite not finding time to update the blog I have actually been making progress on the car.
The new sound deadening is in, I put a single layer of Raammat on the floor and transmission tunnel, which is about the same weight as the oem tar I took out and should ...
Posted in Car Stuff | No Comments »
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Between moving house and changing jobs (again) the Legacy had been sadly neglected lately.
Now that we're all moved into the new house I had a little time to get the garage in order and start moving all my 'car junk'.
The first order of business was to epoxy the garage floor, ...
Posted in Car Stuff | 2 Comments »