And in other news...

Betcha forgot I had that? God knows I've tried to.

Short version:
New STi longblock
Rebuilt heads (decked, cleaned, valvejob)
Bigger turbo (BNR EVO III 16G)
Bigger Injectors (DW850's)
Walbro fuel pump
Excedy Stage 1 clutch
Duralast GOLD battery
18x8.75" rims with 255/35's. OH YEAH! (I ordered chrome black in April - Gold finally came in, so I got those instead)

Hope to be driving it next weekend!

Break in for a few hundred miles before the DYNO TUNE!

That is going to be one sweet little grocery getter!!

Lookin' good Bill, good luck with it.

You need a personal plate for it..... 4ENJUNK

Mike

200OZ wrote:

Lookin' good Bill, good luck with it.

You need a personal plate for it..... 4ENJUNK

Mike

Funny you should mention the plate...

That works too!

Mike

LOL it's (almost) alive!

And yes, I did forget. I figured you burnt it to the ground by now leaving nothing but a pile of burnt rice and jackstands.

Hope you put new plugs and wires on before you installed the engine . Followed your lead and bought brother Gord an Outback. Looking to get the diesel for it shipped in from Australia. 45 MPG and with more grunt than the 2.5.

Know anywhere one might buy gears for these things?

Looks good Bill. Just keep it away from the dyno.

Bill

Glad someone else brought up the dyno issue as I always get yelled out.I didnt forget,I was just
trying to forget it!
Jim

convert2diesel wrote:

Hope you put new plugs and wires on before you installed the engine :cheers:l

It's actually coil-on-plug and yeah, plugs and coils will be installed before motor goes in.

No idea on the gears. Try http://www.legacygt.com/forums/? as there are a lot of knowledgeble guys there. Lots of international guys, too, with their Subaru "Liberty" instead of "Legacy"... lol

It HAS to be dyno tuned with the new setup.

I LOVE the plates!

That's a BRIGHT engine. Glad it's coming back to life!

81X11 wrote:

I LOVE the plates!

That's a BRIGHT engine. Glad it's coming back to life!

Chevy orange, baby!

Had to add a coat of reliability to it!

toomanytoyz wrote:

81X11 wrote:

I LOVE the plates!

That's a BRIGHT engine. Glad it's coming back to life!

Chevy orange, baby!

Had to add a coat of reliability to it!

I dunno,. better to paint it cummins beige,.or mebbe deere green,...
i remember old orange chevy motors,. (points,. carbs,) definitely wouldn't do the mileage between tuneups that say an LT or an LS motor will,you ever try to start an old chevy low compression orange v8 with points and a carb when the weather got cold? meh, btdt. Old school sucks in so many ways,.

bad orange juju,..

Nick

Yeah, the orange was mostly just to piss off the subaru guys who knew my story. lol

Was just thinking of what you were up to yesterday....figured you were still busy post-Irene and/or messing with the 'Bu

Need to finish so you can get back to the Marshmallow

toomanytoyz wrote:

Chevy orange, baby!

Oh it's gonna leak fluids out of every gasket now!

buickestate wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

Chevy orange, baby!

Oh it's gonna leak fluids out of every gasket now!

That's what the subaru guys said! Lol!

buickestate wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

Chevy orange, baby!

Oh it's gonna leak fluids out of every gasket now!

Wouldn't that be an Oldsmobile??

toomanytoyz wrote:

Yeah, the orange was mostly just to piss off the subaru guys who knew my story. lol

I used to love trolling the Subaru guys...

This pile of poop cost you your trip to Woodward, Impala Nats, and to the Bricks. This better be worth it.

Bewber wrote:

This pile of poop cost you your trip to Woodward, Impala Nats, and to the Bricks. This better be worth it.

Preaching to the choir, brah. See ya next yeah in mah LS2 monero.

Getting closer! I'm actually getting excited! Things still haven't gone as planned, and nothing fits, but we're pushing through and getting there!







Thanks for all the help (and patience) Al!

Love the orange color. Man does it POP! Good luck!

Great job Al, did Bill get in the way at all?

BigBlackBeaSSt wrote:

Great job Al, did Bill get in the way at all?

...only when i was there.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTSSSSSSSSSSS

AH

LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ONE!!!!!ELEVEN!!!!!!

ALL RIGHT! Congrats! Way to go!!!

It just needs one last thing though!

One more question.....is yours still considered to be a "quadrozontal" engine?

Best term I've seen lately.

Lol. Quadrizontal. Boo. Hahahahaha... :rofl:

It runs, but not well. Yet. Still not programmed for the injectors, so it didn't want to stay running, and was running pig rich when it did. But i managed to get it home 4 miles from the shop... Hope to get a break in tune on it so i can go seat the rings this afternoon, and then change the oil, again. Changed it after it came up to temp the first time. Plan is to get a couple hundred miles on it, change the oil again, and get it to Bren for a tune. I still have to install the fuel pump, perrin intercooler (was missing o-ring for turbo flange), catch can for pcv, ebcs, and gauges.

So, not done yet, but getting there...

Look who's finally home!







And quite the crowd...



So a scoobie friend came by last night and loaded my break-in flash for me. Runs MUCH better now. And so much for "no boost anywhere" in this flash. It starts building boost at like 2200 rpms! No matter how light I am on the throttle. This thing JUST. WANTS. TO. GO!!!!! It's going to be a very hard week trying to stay off the boost!!!!

Just did the 25 mile oil change tonight. Taking it to work tomorrow. So far, so good. Hope all continues to go well!

Gotta do the gauges after work tomorrow, and the intercooler if the mailman brings the o-rings for it. Hope to do the walbro one night this week too, and I should be ready for my dyno tune on Saturday!

Congrats dude. You're gonna LOVE that thing.

81X11 wrote:

ALL RIGHT! Congrats! Way to go!!!

It just needs one last thing though!

and this.

<<< so appropriate,.

Nah. Keeping this one foreverz!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Nah. Keeping this one foreverz!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Nah. Keeping this one foreverz!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Nah. Keeping this one foreverz!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Nah. Keeping this one foreverz!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Nah. Keeping this one foreverz!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Nah. Keeping this one foreverz!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Nah. Keeping this one foreverz!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Nah. Keeping this one foreverz!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Nah. Keeping this one foreverz!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Nah. Keeping this one foreverz!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Nah. Keeping this one foreverz!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Nah. Keeping this one foreverz!

not like we've never heard that one before!

Glad to see you got it back to the house....

Great to see. Looks nice. This should be a VERY fun car. Maybe you can give Robert a run for his money in the G8!?!? Would be an interesting race.

BigBlackBeaSSt wrote:

Great to see. Looks nice. This should be a VERY fun car. Maybe you can give Robert a run for his money in the G8!?!? Would be an interesting race.

Not gonna lie... I think it's going to be a bit quicker than that car. It throws me back in the seat at 1/4 throttle with a **** tune and minimum boost... Wasn't expecting it, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't in the 12's when it's tuned.

toomanytoyz wrote:

BigBlackBeaSSt wrote:

Great to see. Looks nice. This should be a VERY fun car. Maybe you can give Robert a run for his money in the G8!?!? Would be an interesting race.

Not gonna lie... I think it's going to be a bit quicker than that car. It throws me back in the seat at 1/4 throttle with a **** tune and minimum boost... Wasn't expecting it, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't in the 12's when it's tuned.

Maybe so, but mine is still under warranty and on it's ORIGINAL engine ........

Krzdimond wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

BigBlackBeaSSt wrote:

Great to see. Looks nice. This should be a VERY fun car. Maybe you can give Robert a run for his money in the G8!?!? Would be an interesting race.

Not gonna lie... I think it's going to be a bit quicker than that car. It throws me back in the seat at 1/4 throttle with a **** tune and minimum boost... Wasn't expecting it, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't in the 12's when it's tuned.

Maybe so, but mine is still under warranty and on it's ORIGINAL engine ........

Ouch!

Tooshay!

Oh boy! Getting even CLOSER!!!! Got my big Perrin TMIC and Forge recirculating valve installed today. I had to re-route a pcv and vacuum line, but managed to make the room. It was a struggle, but I got that monster on there! I also swapped out a bunch of hardware with stainless stuff...





And this is why they call it the Perrin Stealth...



I managed to get the stock cover to fit!!! Took a bit of trimming and drilling, but it's on there! Woot!

I had to add a coil spring twist-in spacer to the driver's rear coil. For some reason, it sits about 1/2"-3/4" lower there than the other 3 wheels, and that tire is really getting chewed! I think the spring is worn out or even broken. I need to see about getting some firmer, STOCK HEIGHT springs. Maybe some stiffer struts, too...

Gotta charge the AC (tonight) and install Walbro fuel pump and roll and flare the fenders (tomorrow) and she's ready to tune on Saturday!!!!

I can hear the turbo spool and the Forge valve chug through the CAI. Sounds awesome!

Al coming over on sunday for the motor pull after saturdays dyno?


Nick,..

Penciled in.

Loooooooool Mad trollin' up in this thread.

Well I hope you plan on keeping it for awhile.Really hope that the breakin and dyno pulls are
trouble free and you are able to enjoy it!
Jim

Flasheroo wrote:

Well I hope you plan on keeping it for awhile.Really hope that the breakin and dyno pulls are
trouble free and you are able to enjoy it!
Jim

Did you click the link, Jim?

I just did Bill and it sounds awesome.Man I love the way it started tugging against the straps
as it reached redline.Very cool!Love those 4wheel dynos.
Jim

So, still chasing gremlins. Running badly (chugging) under low throttle, high load, off boost, under 3K rpms. Runs awesome once boost starts to build. Passed pressure tests. Was wondering if I messed up the PCV system. I didn't.

I finally had some time tonight to double and triple check everything. My lines were routed as stock, just not with stock pieces. I added another catch can today, so now I have one for the head vent tubes and one for the pcv, both T'd into the same port on the inlet, sharing the vacuum. But they are independent before that point. Essentially set up as the Perrin inlet tube instructions say to do, but with catch cans in line.

Here's a couple pics:








I also removed and cleaned the throttle body and replaced the O-ring. Has anyone ever done a coolant bypass for the TB? I used to do that on my other cars, figuring it was a good idea to cool the intake temps a little further by not having it flow through a TB with engine temp coolant running through it. Never had any problems in winter in my other cars. I just used a piece of 5/16" hose on the engine side and a couple vacuum caps on the TB to keep the crap out, in case I decide to return it to stock design.





While I was doing all this, I also zip-tied every vacuum connection I could find and more permanently secured my EBCS and MAP sensor and rerouted the lines to the EBCS. I replaced the check valve/filter between the intake and MAP with a new Subaru replacement, too.

I'm just waiting on my new Depo gauges to show up (oil pressure and boost) to replace my cheesy Sunpro ones, and I will put the intercooler back on it, button it all back up, hook the battery back up, cross my fingers and go for a ride.

Man Bill...look at all that. I feel like a wimp for not doing my simple Olds V8 swap yet. That'd be cake compared to your underhood!

Hope you get it running well soon!

-Mike

Like all that pretty blue tubing and I too hope you get the subie running smooth off boost.
Jim