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Old 05-26-2013   #1
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Re: Project Slowbaru

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No twin disk? Lol jk. Your putting a lot of time into this project. Should be pretty nice once you get it up and running. Some day it would be nice to swing by and check this out. Keep up the good work.
Thanks man! I'm really hoping it turns out close to what I want it to be. And so far so good.

I'll probably go twin later, especially considering what I'm planning for next year's setup. Since this year will only be around 300/tq, a less expensive clutch will do just fine for me.

You're more than welcome to swing by whenever! I'd like to see some of your bikes too! I'll PM you my cell number. Hit a Stillwater brotha up!
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Re: Project Slowbaru

I began routing the front clip wiring harness and found that the existing holes for the original harness were too small. So I had to make it bigger, without it looking like shit afterwards.

Here's how it went down.

Figured out the most aesthetically pleasing way to make a hole big enough to fit part of the fuse block through. I used the contour of an existing bend and followed it down to the next nearest perpendicular seam. I figured it would be easy to follow that edge while cutting.


It ended up like this.


It was big enough, but it didn't look the best.

So I took some new fuel line, cut it down the center and used the seam to hold the hose around the edge.



Now I won't have to worry about the wiring harness rubbing against that sharp edge and shorting my car out! Happy guy so far!



Earlier I applied the split fuel hose technique to clean up the the edge I had to cut on the front bumper to fit the front mount. I wanted it to be as clean as possible so I made sure to make it out of one piece. Leaving only one seam.



I am undecided if I like it. I might use smaller hose to make it less conspicuous.
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Old 05-26-2013   #3
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Re: Project Slowbaru

This is a heck of a project sir
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This is a heck of a project sir
Thanks man! I've been really excited seeing it come along the past month!
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Re: Project Slowbaru

Had to do a little more cutting to get the second hot side intercooler pipe to fit.



Done!






From the factory, they route this harness on top of the lower radiator support along the inner ledge (See where that line of rust is in the second picture? That's where the wiring harness was). It fits nicely and is out of the way, but it doesn't look the best. So I quickly zip tied it up the way I wanted to hide it. Aside from lengthening the headlight and turn signal wires, everything should still reach where it needs to go.

I'll be figuring out a better way to hold the harness though. Zip-ties won't do it I think.



So in the end, it looks like this.


I was VERY suprised to see the grommet from the WRX fit perfectly in the Legacy's spot.
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Looking good man!
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Old 05-27-2013   #7
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Re: Project Slowbaru

I finished connecting all the main chassis wiring to the bulkhead harness this morning and started installing the trunk and fuel pump controller. All that's left for wiring is swapping in the WRX door wiring and resoldering the connections to work with the Legacy switch gear.

Once that's done, I'll get the WRX pedal box in, mount the clutch hydraulics and get the interior put back together. From there all that's left is drivetrain and putting the engine back in!



I used an existing bracket to mount the FPC in a near identical spot as the WRX.


So it looks like this.


The nice thing about the wagon harness is it provides enough slack to run the harness in an inconspicuous place. This is the very end of the chassis harness. The very last plug on the entire thing is for the driver's side rear taillight.


I tried mounting the rest of the rear wiring as cleanly as I could. I even hid the rear wiper controller behind the chassis. lol



Once I was done I vacuumed and wiped down the trunk area. MUCH better than before!
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Old 05-30-2013   #8
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Re: Project Slowbaru

Setup as of 5/30

-EJ22T block
-EJ22T pistons
-STi rods
-ACL race bearings
-ARP headstuds
-Cometic .120" headgasket
-S20 heads (stock)
-Moroso catch can setup
-Grimmspeed 8mm phenolic spacers
-Top feed TGV deletes
-WRX intake manifold
-WRX throttle body
-Omni 4-bar MAP sensor
-AEM IAT sensor
-2000cc injectors
-Parallel top feed fuel rails
-Parallel fuel system (Tentatively -8AN feed, -6AN return)
-Aeromotive AFPR
-Grimmspeed 3-port EBCS
-Grimmspeed MBC
-Turbo Lab 20g
-Catless 44mm EWG up-pipe
-TiAL MVR EWG
-Grimmspeed 3" downpipe
-Catless 3" exhaust
-FMIC 33" x 9.25" x 3"
-TiAL 50mm BOV

-'02 WRX 5-speed
-Undecided on clutch

-E85
-Speed density
-AP or RomRaider
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Old 06-08-2013   #9
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Re: Project Slowbaru

Clearly my car is crying out for affection.

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