my swap progress

Jaxx · 05-26-2003, 06:13 PM

before
pictures from its ebay auction

durring

mostly-done

and yes a gda exaust will fit a gc2/6/8.. old 1.8 inthe back ground

scobaru · 05-27-2003, 02:23 AM

what year or verison ej20 is that ? how much did you pay for it and how was the wiring. is your impreza AWD. because its an older motor was wiring easier? is it drivable yet

I got so many questions cuz your doing what I wanna do more or less little 4 door lower end impreza to ej20

HubbieScooby · 05-27-2003, 03:29 PM

is that an aftermarket engine management i see there?? looks like a Tec2...

Jaxx · 05-27-2003, 04:32 PM

jeeze

what year or verison ej20 is that ? EJ20G
how much did you pay for it 650
how was the wiring. not too bad yes that is a tec2 i used part of the 1.8 engine harness
is your impreza AWD. yes
because its an older motor was wiring easier? um dunno
is it drivable no the tec pickup is bad
I wanna do more or less little 4 door lower end impreza to ej20 my goal was a $5000 car ..it is now close to $12500

stimpy · 05-27-2003, 05:06 PM

What were your goals with this? I know you've been working on it for ever, but I am kind of surprised to see the stock A/W IC and the stock WRX turboback exhaust.

Which radiator did you use?

-Jon

scobaru · 05-27-2003, 05:34 PM

how much HP is that motor?

Jaxx · 05-27-2003, 11:01 PM

$$$ my friend $$$
finding an early air to air intercooler has proved ot be very difficult for a reasonable price if any one knows of one or has one let me know the usdm WRX intercooler just wont fit

as for the exaust .. at some point i will take the exaust off mY GDA and put it on.. but getting hte project moving was more important

this motor is 200-220 stock .. there are a few versions so i am not 100% sure how ever it has the same injectors and internals as the 260 version .. just a smaller turbo .. any one have a good source for an ihi flanged TD05?

stimpy · 05-28-2003, 02:32 PM

Now if you want very difficult for a reasonable price, try finding that TD05... You may have to source a WRX intercooler and do some TB modifications to get it to fit. I had a MY94 IC about a year ago and it cost me $50 plus another $80 or so just to ship. They were hard to come by back then.

So how about my question on that radiator?

-Jon

Jaxx · 05-28-2003, 03:10 PM

130 ... wow thats cheep i have been looking at 300+
there is no way that the GDA intercooler will fit ... i am using the 1.8 throttle body .. it is already a full inch longer than the standard EJ20G

yeah i would like a td05 too

stock 1.8 radiator

stimpy · 05-28-2003, 03:19 PM

It is already tapped for the remote radiator cap? I thought an extra fitting was needed to use that remove reservoir.

-Jon

Jaxx · 05-28-2003, 06:20 PM

nope ..
taken from the guys at i-speed

i removed (hacksaw) the spring from the lower radiator cap so that it is always open then routed the hose from the surge tank to the overflow

like so (from a converted RS at rim)

fwiw i found an air to air intercooler today for 240 shipped

stimpy · 05-28-2003, 06:36 PM

Oh ok. So the stock radiator overflow line goes up to the surgetank and the surgetank returns to the stock overflow? Sounds simple enough.

Now you need to find the hood to go with that topmount IC

-Jon

Scoobie Steve · 05-28-2003, 08:59 PM

do you have all the parts needed for the air-water intercooler(pump, front cooler)? Removing that inline air silencer is worth a couple free HP

Jaxx · 05-28-2003, 09:18 PM

nope and it is officaly for sale

actaully he entire silencer is in place encluding the part in the fender

run 1st tune 2nd

actually i have a period SOJ genuine hood scoop .. so i am going to cut and bolt that on .. old scoops are bolt on top vs recessed

jon you shodul change your profiel to

"MY96 Project GFA" you are going to use a usdm motor right?

stimpy · 05-28-2003, 09:38 PM

Hehe. Hardly anybody knows what a GF8 means, let alone a GFA. Although, technically, you do have a point. Mebbe I'll change it.

-Jon

Puckaveli · 05-29-2003, 09:45 AM

I am upgrading my IC on my Ver2 so I have an extra A-A Ver2 IC. It is the slightly larger STi version also. Let me know if you want it.

Jaxx · 05-29-2003, 11:30 AM

aggggg! bad timing..
already bought one, thanks tho puck

oh and a tip ... if you plan to use the power steering pump from your existing car you will need to move the bracket over from your old car as the jdm pump does not have a fluid level sensor ...AND the sensor on the usdm pump fowls on the bracket AND you will have to massage the hard lines right after the pump and switch over the brackets on the hard line too.

Jaxx · 05-31-2003, 01:04 PM

new intercooler

she is running .. be it wildly out of tune and leaking coolant on the headder

stimpy · 05-31-2003, 01:40 PM

Ooooh! Tune it then!

Did you get a baseline map for your Tec-II?

-Jon

monovich · 06-01-2003, 07:22 PM

I dig the blingin' purple.

Jaxx · 06-01-2003, 11:53 PM

yeah and it start and idles .

annnnd smokes ... alot ..

i have a coolant leak down near the oil cooler ... and white smoke in the exaust at least i think it is white

scobaru · 06-01-2003, 11:55 PM

smoking is bad for you

Do u have any clue what any of this is from? is it just an old motor and it's showing its age?

Jaxx · 06-02-2003, 11:55 AM

not sure.. i need to find the coolant leak .. hope fully they are not realated

yeah i bought an unknown used motor ... shrug ...

stimpy · 06-02-2003, 02:32 PM

White is a lot better than black, grey, and/or blue

. Unless, of course, it's your headgasket leaking coolant into the combustion chamber...

-Jon

Jaxx · 06-02-2003, 03:46 PM

well so far the oil looks ok no conteamination ..

yeah .. can a turbo leak coolant?

need to do a compression check

05-26-2003, 06:13 PM	#1
Jaxx NASIOC Supporter Member#: 177 Join Date: Aug 1999 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: Boise,Idaho,USA Vehicle: The 93 Imp W/EJ20K flat black	my swap progress before pictures from its ebay auction durring mostly-done and yes a gda exaust will fit a gc2/6/8.. old 1.8 inthe back ground

05-28-2003, 03:10 PM	#9
Jaxx NASIOC Supporter Member#: 177 Join Date: Aug 1999 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: Boise,Idaho,USA Vehicle: The 93 Imp W/EJ20K flat black	130 ... wow thats cheep i have been looking at 300+ there is no way that the GDA intercooler will fit ... i am using the 1.8 throttle body .. it is already a full inch longer than the standard EJ20G yeah i would like a td05 too stock 1.8 radiator Last edited by Jaxx; 05-28-2003 at 03:18 PM.

05-28-2003, 06:20 PM	#11
Jaxx NASIOC Supporter Member#: 177 Join Date: Aug 1999 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: Boise,Idaho,USA Vehicle: The 93 Imp W/EJ20K flat black	nope .. taken from the guys at i-speed i removed (hacksaw) the spring from the lower radiator cap so that it is always open then routed the hose from the surge tank to the overflow like so (from a converted RS at rim) fwiw i found an air to air intercooler today for 240 shipped Last edited by Jaxx; 05-28-2003 at 06:31 PM.

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05-27-2003, 02:23 AM	#2
scobaru Scooby Guru Member#: 31345 Join Date: Dec 2002 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: Wisconsin Vehicle: 05 LGT, GC8, NA blue, white, blue	what year or verison ej20 is that ? how much did you pay for it and how was the wiring. is your impreza AWD. because its an older motor was wiring easier? is it drivable yet I got so many questions cuz your doing what I wanna do more or less little 4 door lower end impreza to ej20

05-27-2003, 03:29 PM	#3
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05-27-2003, 04:32 PM	#4
Jaxx NASIOC Supporter Member#: 177 Join Date: Aug 1999 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: Boise,Idaho,USA Vehicle: The 93 Imp W/EJ20K flat black	jeeze what year or verison ej20 is that ? EJ20G how much did you pay for it 650 how was the wiring. not too bad yes that is a tec2 i used part of the 1.8 engine harness is your impreza AWD. yes because its an older motor was wiring easier? um dunno is it drivable no the tec pickup is bad I wanna do more or less little 4 door lower end impreza to ej20 my goal was a $5000 car ..it is now close to $12500

05-27-2003, 05:06 PM	#5
stimpy Homicidal Maniac Moderator Member#: 1612 Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Austin, TX Vehicle: 2008 STI	What were your goals with this? I know you've been working on it for ever, but I am kind of surprised to see the stock A/W IC and the stock WRX turboback exhaust. Which radiator did you use? -Jon

05-27-2003, 05:34 PM	#6
scobaru Scooby Guru Member#: 31345 Join Date: Dec 2002 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: Wisconsin Vehicle: 05 LGT, GC8, NA blue, white, blue	how much HP is that motor?

05-27-2003, 11:01 PM	#7
Jaxx NASIOC Supporter Member#: 177 Join Date: Aug 1999 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: Boise,Idaho,USA Vehicle: The 93 Imp W/EJ20K flat black	$$$ my friend $$$ finding an early air to air intercooler has proved ot be very difficult for a reasonable price if any one knows of one or has one let me know the usdm WRX intercooler just wont fit as for the exaust .. at some point i will take the exaust off mY GDA and put it on.. but getting hte project moving was more important this motor is 200-220 stock .. there are a few versions so i am not 100% sure how ever it has the same injectors and internals as the 260 version .. just a smaller turbo .. any one have a good source for an ihi flanged TD05?

05-28-2003, 02:32 PM	#8
stimpy Homicidal Maniac Moderator Member#: 1612 Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Austin, TX Vehicle: 2008 STI	Now if you want very difficult for a reasonable price, try finding that TD05... You may have to source a WRX intercooler and do some TB modifications to get it to fit. I had a MY94 IC about a year ago and it cost me $50 plus another $80 or so just to ship. They were hard to come by back then. So how about my question on that radiator? -Jon

05-28-2003, 03:19 PM	#10
stimpy Homicidal Maniac Moderator Member#: 1612 Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Austin, TX Vehicle: 2008 STI	It is already tapped for the remote radiator cap? I thought an extra fitting was needed to use that remove reservoir. -Jon

05-28-2003, 06:36 PM	#12
stimpy Homicidal Maniac Moderator Member#: 1612 Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Austin, TX Vehicle: 2008 STI	Oh ok. So the stock radiator overflow line goes up to the surgetank and the surgetank returns to the stock overflow? Sounds simple enough. Now you need to find the hood to go with that topmount IC -Jon

05-28-2003, 08:59 PM	#13
Scoobie Steve Scooby Specialist Member#: 2289 Join Date: Sep 2000 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: Bangor, PA Vehicle: 1998 11.87@112mph Subaru L Ver 6 STi Type R	do you have all the parts needed for the air-water intercooler(pump, front cooler)? Removing that inline air silencer is worth a couple free HP

05-28-2003, 09:18 PM	#14
Jaxx NASIOC Supporter Member#: 177 Join Date: Aug 1999 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: Boise,Idaho,USA Vehicle: The 93 Imp W/EJ20K flat black	nope and it is officaly for sale actaully he entire silencer is in place encluding the part in the fender run 1st tune 2nd actually i have a period SOJ genuine hood scoop .. so i am going to cut and bolt that on .. old scoops are bolt on top vs recessed jon you shodul change your profiel to "MY96 Project GFA" you are going to use a usdm motor right?

05-28-2003, 09:38 PM	#15
stimpy Homicidal Maniac Moderator Member#: 1612 Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Austin, TX Vehicle: 2008 STI	Hehe. Hardly anybody knows what a GF8 means, let alone a GFA. Although, technically, you do have a point. Mebbe I'll change it. -Jon

05-29-2003, 09:45 AM	#16
Puckaveli Scooby Specialist Member#: 1518 Join Date: May 2000 Location: Stow, OH Vehicle: 00 2.5RS Silver	I am upgrading my IC on my Ver2 so I have an extra A-A Ver2 IC. It is the slightly larger STi version also. Let me know if you want it.

05-29-2003, 11:30 AM	#17
Jaxx NASIOC Supporter Member#: 177 Join Date: Aug 1999 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: Boise,Idaho,USA Vehicle: The 93 Imp W/EJ20K flat black	aggggg! bad timing.. already bought one, thanks tho puck oh and a tip ... if you plan to use the power steering pump from your existing car you will need to move the bracket over from your old car as the jdm pump does not have a fluid level sensor ...AND the sensor on the usdm pump fowls on the bracket AND you will have to massage the hard lines right after the pump and switch over the brackets on the hard line too.

05-31-2003, 01:04 PM	#18
Jaxx NASIOC Supporter Member#: 177 Join Date: Aug 1999 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: Boise,Idaho,USA Vehicle: The 93 Imp W/EJ20K flat black	new intercooler she is running .. be it wildly out of tune and leaking coolant on the headder

05-31-2003, 01:40 PM	#19
stimpy Homicidal Maniac Moderator Member#: 1612 Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Austin, TX Vehicle: 2008 STI	Ooooh! Tune it then! Did you get a baseline map for your Tec-II? -Jon

06-01-2003, 07:22 PM	#20
monovich Scooby Specialist Member#: 8124 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denver, Colorado Vehicle: 1998 Old Grey Mule Regacy Rype R	I dig the blingin' purple.

06-01-2003, 11:53 PM	#21
Jaxx NASIOC Supporter Member#: 177 Join Date: Aug 1999 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: Boise,Idaho,USA Vehicle: The 93 Imp W/EJ20K flat black	yeah and it start and idles . annnnd smokes ... alot .. i have a coolant leak down near the oil cooler ... and white smoke in the exaust at least i think it is white

06-01-2003, 11:55 PM	#22
scobaru Scooby Guru Member#: 31345 Join Date: Dec 2002 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: Wisconsin Vehicle: 05 LGT, GC8, NA blue, white, blue	smoking is bad for you Do u have any clue what any of this is from? is it just an old motor and it's showing its age?

06-02-2003, 11:55 AM	#23
Jaxx NASIOC Supporter Member#: 177 Join Date: Aug 1999 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: Boise,Idaho,USA Vehicle: The 93 Imp W/EJ20K flat black	not sure.. i need to find the coolant leak .. hope fully they are not realated yeah i bought an unknown used motor ... shrug ...

06-02-2003, 02:32 PM	#24
stimpy Homicidal Maniac Moderator Member#: 1612 Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Austin, TX Vehicle: 2008 STI	White is a lot better than black, grey, and/or blue . Unless, of course, it's your headgasket leaking coolant into the combustion chamber... -Jon

06-02-2003, 03:46 PM	#25
Jaxx NASIOC Supporter Member#: 177 Join Date: Aug 1999 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: Boise,Idaho,USA Vehicle: The 93 Imp W/EJ20K flat black	well so far the oil looks ok no conteamination .. yeah .. can a turbo leak coolant? need to do a compression check