project 'built not bought'

ok lads so heres the basic of the story so far.
i bought a uk turbo very cheap just as a toy realy which resulted in me getting the bug and selling my bmw and ending up putting more than i wanted into the impreza.
then i fancied a project impreza so bought finns old sti shell, which i must say is mint as far as rott goes theres not a spot underneath at all if im honest. i also bought a few odds and ends off him which came from it.

so car started out as a bare shell unfortunatly i havnt any pics of it that bare so here is the earliest i have
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then i started with the wiring loom. so purchased one from finntech fitted it all in turns out the v5s undercarpet loom is different so out my v2 one came from my uk donour car. all fitted and seats back in
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turns out the door wiring is also different so all the door wiring had to be changed which ive getting done.
then came to plugging it all up. not so good as the v2 harness i got is totaly different from mine so had to ripp it all back out and put the full loom from the uk car in niiightmare.
anyway back on track now so onto the engine as we speak. it needs stipping down removing and then a rebuild as i think ive melted a piston in it.
going down the easy route i just ripped the front end off the donour and wrestled with the manifold finalky got there in the end

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goopd luck bud
another frankenscoob

cheers ill need it mate and i like that ' frankenscoob' lol think that might make an apearence in form of a decal in the finished product. well back to work on it i go ill post some more later

haha hope it lives longer than the previous frankenscoob
i believe 60 miles was it's trip to the pole

Big job ahead mate better you than me.

Andy

keffer wrote:

haha hope it lives longer than the previous frankenscoob
i believe 60 miles was it's trip to the pole

Don't even think it lasted 60, but thats Pitchy for ya, he don't do things by half. lol

Good luck with the build bud,
Oh you say theres no rust on the underside of the car, i gather it all is located on the interior metal ?. See pic 1

on repairing the loom from the removal of alarm as fitting new one at some point its a right ball ache pal

lol mark them rings in footwell are sticky things and the gear surround hanbrake and steering colum all changed lol

..ck me drew!!!....i thought i was mental converting my auto to run a manual,,,....them seats look famililar.....good luck with the build m8

Love a challenge lol and yeah daz thats the ones i got from you mate
Well anyway i repaired the loom removed alarm then fitted in the car found that the v5 have a bigger hole in the bulk head for the steering rack so need to get a rubber/plactic trim watevers ment to be there. Hopefully have the dash in and get onto sorting the struts hubs ect as interior will be done

glad too see you getting on with it

too clear things up a didnt sell u the wrong harness..

a sold you the harness you asked for= the same one your car should have had fitted...

am 99% sure ur old car hasnt the oem harness

anyway if u dont use harness a will giv u ya ££ back mate

Need to change the thread title to................

"Built not Bought" was GIPA's old car project.

Yeah mate i wasnt getting at the wrong harness as in wrongly sold mate its just not the one for my looms naa its ok mate i can use a few plugs from it to repair mine and keep wire for other things pal. My black v2 came with that weird loom from factory mate it was in far too neat and with original clips i carnt understand it either
plus the milage adds up with mots
A v2 with electronic speedo clocks and adjustible height lights. I think mine has 5 different plugs inside the car and a few extra haha
Must of been optitional extras or sumit

At least you have help m8....that doll looks like she knows a thing or 2 about the wiring!!!.... ....i know whats its like m8,just changed the loom on my wagon. ..feels like a car again when you have the dash back in...be good to see it progress

I dont have much help pal doing this obe alone with the odd pair of hands that know nothing about cars at all. Chucky is awesome like im hoping to have fash in today then thats the inside done.

Do ya need any panels for it and bumpers. I have doors, alloy hood and front and rear bumpers if ya need them at a good price and alloys

its paneled up mate and its facelift. finns after a ally facelift i think if he hasnt allready found one. you have pm anyway ellio

anyway between fitting pads to a mini and rescuing and fitting a radiator to a mates scoob then dropping a ecu off and lending a tiny hand to dicca and tony with diccas scoob i got a bit work done to it

finished putting the loom in and decided to wire the black dash up and fit it as its a easy job. well turns out its not that easy putting a v2 dash into a v5 shell. first off the two bolts near the screen are no where near where the v2 dash has to be mounted.
if you look at the pic you can see where i mean. so this is going to have to be drilled then spaced and a bolt and nut to hold it secure
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also had to remove the old mounting points with a dremil as i didnt want to go bezerk with a grinder and risk marking the screen. then the guides for the dash where wrong. had to replace the far right one with a one from the v2 and totaly remove the left sides for the v5. after i sorted them i needed to cut the passenger side guide from the dash as it was rubbing on the shell where another guide hole should be but isnt. after a hour fookin about it went in fine
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i do know the centre console part is light grey not black but it does to sterdy things up abit till i get a black one.
heres a one whats baffled me from the start and caused me problems with looms ect
the v2 clocks which are fully electronic including speedo we dont know why it doesnt have cable speedo
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also got a few pics of how the outside stand at the minute. still got a few bits and bobs to do behind the wings and bumper so left them off for now. odd bits of painting and cable tidying to do
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rear fog needs fixing in place and wiring up
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starting to look more like a scoob now lost counbt of the hours ive pout in but its a fair few

Been busy on the old car today gettin the engine and box out and breaking a few tool on seized nuts so going to have to invest in some bigger gear like some half inch sockets for me breaker bar so major work seased for a few days. Got tge engine to strip down so more pics soon

you deffo divny hang about drew....i do all my own work too m8..wouldn't trust anybody to work on my car....i have some white panels if your interested m8

Are they 51e white thou mate i searched for a while for wings and passenger doors in the correct colour but could only find 230 white

you have pm m8

v2 uk clocks dont use a speedo cable, jdm v1,2 +3 uses a cable, jdm v4 uses a 2 wire speedo sender which is the same as uk v2,3 +4

Ahhh that explains it andy cheers mate

with the weather being utter crap alll week i havnt had any major work done so heres a little updaste of the gearbox and a little cleaning on it ive been doing
befor
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in progress
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a fair bit to go and some real fiddly bits but it will all be back to new as i can get it tomorrow weather permitting

thanks to tony@carkandy for supplying his urban alloy cleaner which worked in around 30 seconds

Well got the gearbox cleaned up might paint it yet but its looking good need to strip the stradle off and paint it up
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Next on the list is the engine but ill do that as i strip it down as i can get the bits to a pressure washer