Brandon's 2012 ISM STI
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The hood isn't fully down haha
And the hood scoop is functional
its a turbo EJ255 same as the WRX Havent driven it yet, got it for a really good deal. But needs a couple things to get it back running. Hoping to have it on the road within a month
Yup I knew of this hahah im taking all that out and putting it in the sti but ill be trying to maintain the stock belts and just using the harnesess for show really lol
I sure will! Hoping this week it pick up an interior, belts, fuel line and gas cap cable and get the interior back to normal. Going to order the bearings and clutch today
Hahah no updates on the sti, but got loads on the outback hahaha and the R has been amazing. Currently stored away for the winter tho
Alin
Diehard Car Enthusiast!
Oh, I forgot about the Outback! Post pictures and updates!!!
Its been quite the road. Ran into alot of issues haha
Not in any specific order, just remembering what I went through hah
So fixed the fuel line leak and found where it was leaking too. Was leaking right before it went to the sender unit
Got a full interior harness put in
shaved down the surface rust on the floors,
shaved
couldnt find any floor plugs so fibreglassed the holes hah
then painted the floors with a rubberized gravel guard for added protection and should help with sound deadening
installed a steering clock and oem wheel
got rear seat belts in
got side curtain airbags in and ran gas door pop to the front again
removed old engine and new one back in
new clutch and exedy flywheel which converted to an 06 wrx style clutch and flywheel
winter tires balanced and installed
starter rebuilt
and now im replacing the crank pulley and alternato belt and hopefully its good hah
also removed aftermarket dp, header and upipe. Went back to stock except for drop in filter and catback. Removed group n engine mounts and custom pitch stop and replaced with sti mounts.
Had so many issues. Still got an airbag plug that I need to fix. Front driver window stopped working, had an oil leak on the turbo return line, oil leak on banjo bolt, cracked oil feed line, also have a coolant leak that I need to fix (got the oil leaks fixed).
when removed the engine the pilot bearing was seized so had to unbolt clutch within the transmission through a half an inch gap lol also clutch was like matted to the flywheel haha just been one thing after another its crazy
new clutch and exedy flywheel which converted to an 06 wrx style clutch and flywheel
winter tires balanced and installed
starter rebuilt
and now im replacing the crank pulley and alternato belt and hopefully its good hah
also removed aftermarket dp, header and upipe. Went back to stock except for drop in filter and catback. Removed group n engine mounts and custom pitch stop and replaced with sti mounts.
Had so many issues. Still got an airbag plug that I need to fix. Front driver window stopped working, had an oil leak on the turbo return line, oil leak on banjo bolt, cracked oil feed line, also have a coolant leak that I need to fix (got the oil leaks fixed).
when removed the engine the pilot bearing was seized so had to unbolt clutch within the transmission through a half an inch gap lol also clutch was like matted to the flywheel haha just been one thing after another its crazy
Hopefully so haha hoping to get all the short block parts over winter and rebuild the engine spring/summer time for the sti
Grinder34
Track Monkey
So many things...
First, why so much surface rust? Was that already addressed earlier, i forget.
I thought you wanted some holes in the floor for drainage?
Way to just throw that in there. Thats awesome! More details. How long did that take?
Also why the back-to-stock push with the dp, header, mounts, etc...? Speaking of which, how'd you take care of the tune?
First, why so much surface rust? Was that already addressed earlier, i forget.
I thought you wanted some holes in the floor for drainage?
Way to just throw that in there. Thats awesome! More details. How long did that take?
Also why the back-to-stock push with the dp, header, mounts, etc...? Speaking of which, how'd you take care of the tune?
So the surface rust come from wet salty feet from previous owner racing in the rain and being right next to the ocean rust comes up everywhere
the holes in the floor are usually filled in with a rubber grommet. I went and checked to make sure that these holes where filled before I fibreglassed them
The rebuild only took prob 5 hours around there because the engine was already out and everything come off so easily due to neverseize hah
Well why the big push is for reliability for me. I have one highly modified car and one that only has a few simple mods. Where ill be using this one for daily driving and for car pooling I wanted it to be close to stock. Depending on the ride quality I might even take the coilovers out and go back to stock suspension. As for the tune the v1 access port still had the tunes on them so just uploaded a stage 1 tune is all and ill take a look at the tune and see how it runs
Well guys, I decided that the car is going back to stock. Going back to stock fenders and sold everything off. Air suspension will stay in for a bit but shes going back to stock so I can enjoy it and not have the headache going forward. Once I get my next house straitened away ill be going after another car but wont go so crazy. Thinking an S2000. But I will post pics of the progress of back to stock and end result
So far I got new brakes, pads, crank, gasket set, bearings, pistons and all the stock parts. Picked up a freshly rebuilt stock turbo. Going to keep the access port, throw in a K&N filter and keep the catback on and get a stage 1 reflash. Also keeping the AOS installed. That way she should be super reliable. Replacing the oil pump as well.
So far I got new brakes, pads, crank, gasket set, bearings, pistons and all the stock parts. Picked up a freshly rebuilt stock turbo. Going to keep the access port, throw in a K&N filter and keep the catback on and get a stage 1 reflash. Also keeping the AOS installed. That way she should be super reliable. Replacing the oil pump as well.
Just sitting back and realizing that I still had 10-12k left to spend to get it to a place that I might like it. Just struck me that it was too much and I enjoyed it more when it was stock or close too
