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10-23-2003, 01:22 PM | #1 |
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3.0 H6 into 95 Impreza: Phase Three, Driving
First of all, for those not up to speed:
H6 Conversion Phase One, Installing H6 Conversion Phase Two, Wiring Anders says: Eric came over last night to help with some of the final preparations. Mostly fluids and stuff. Cranked up the car, thankfully it still cranks and I didn't mess anything up, because that would be SUCH a buzz kill. No leaks, so we let the engine warm up. Finally the thermostat opened, so we added more coolant. Spent some time playing with the power steering pump, which is noisy. The fitting I welded on may have some cavitation, or who knows, it's a little weird. Worry about it later, it feels fine driving. Tested the brakes a third of the way down the ramps, and they held, which is good. Backed out into the driveway and yelled "Get in!" to Eric. Eric was thinking that we would just drive around the neighborhood at 1500 RPMs. Well, at least I didn't goose it on the street *I* live on. We tried some 5% throttle and it sounded pretty good, nothing was exploding. I turned onto the Green Level heading toward Matthew's house and opened it up. Vroom dude! Man that thing is noisy! The exhaust AND intake are making a bunch of noise. The good kind! The intake ends at the throttle body, no filter. I figured h3ll, they used to do it at Indy. I'll be fine for a mile on a paved road. And I was. I'll let Eric jump in with further descriptions of the ride. Got home, shut it off, no leaks from the engine. After some low-fives, Eric went home, and I sat down to a couple beers and some burritos. Ahhhhhhh Eric Says: Yep, I sat in the sphincter-clenching seat thinking "holy crap, he is gonna blow up the car during the first mile of test driving..." No working tach, no temp guages, no oil guages. Yep, we're ready, HAMMER DOWN! (The windshield was fogging up and the stock lights are so crappy that we couldn't see where we were going anyway. So that made it okay to do full throttle runs up through fourth gear... ) Once back in the garage, Anders wondered how fast we were going. I tell him that I saw 85 on the speedo during the last pull into fourth gear. He just kept grinning like a doofus, he was quite dazed by that time and unable to create any facial expression other than a silly grin. I don't know how fast it actually is, but it pulls hard, and keeps on pulling hard through all the gears. Lots of grunt. And it sounds absolutely FANTASTIC. Really deep old-school growl, but you can still tell that it is a smooth modern engine. Hard to describe, but I guarantee that everybody will like it! Great fun, and I am amazed that at how quickly the swap happened. Good work Anders! Later, Eric
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10-23-2003, 02:17 PM | #2 |
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Congrats man!
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10-23-2003, 02:26 PM | #3 |
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Thanks
More Blah blah blah on the first run at: LinaRacing.com Still need to put in the blower motor, ac box, 'n' stuff. Also need to fab up a intake 'n' filter. Anders |
10-23-2003, 03:52 PM | #4 |
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WOW!, sounds like too much fun...
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10-23-2003, 07:19 PM | #5 |
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wow that sounds really sweet, good job , that must pull hard
well im glad that some one stuffed a H6 in thier scooby will it make it out to 1/4 mile at some point ? |
10-23-2003, 08:43 PM | #6 |
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Congrats Anders! It;s giving you the love! ;-)
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10-24-2003, 02:23 AM | #7 |
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droooool
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10-24-2003, 09:16 AM | #8 | |
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I have so many other things to do that interest me more than 1/4 mile, I'll probably never go to an actual track. A friend of mine has a GTech meter, that's about as close as it will ever get. |
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10-24-2003, 09:17 AM | #9 | |
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And it d@mn well better after all the work I've put into it! *grin* How's that STi wackiness you've got up there? |
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10-24-2003, 01:44 PM | #10 |
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We've got the heat going in the barn and are working on some upgrades to the car in preparation for the Tall Pines Rally.
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10-25-2003, 11:57 PM | #11 |
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Just finished my first prototype intake. Very cool. Welding all that thin aluminum tubing is tricky! I'll get a pic up at some point.
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10-26-2003, 12:04 AM | #12 |
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wow, the front of the motor is funky. do you have to take that entire metall plate off to change the timing belt?
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10-26-2003, 05:45 AM | #13 | |
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Yes, you have to take the entire aluminum cover off to get at all that stuff. No, it doesn't have a timing belt, it has a timing chain. Cheers, Anders |
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10-26-2003, 07:29 AM | #14 |
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Torque
Torque, gotta love it.
I was looking at that stock 3.0 Dyno that you have posted on your site. Then I was looking at a recent dyno of a stock WRX. I just thought it was pretty interesting that you are making more torque at 2000rpm (160lbs/ft) than a stock WRX makes period (147lbs/ft). As a matter of fact, you would almost be making more torque at 1000rpm (140lbs/ft). Different dynos, different days, yeah...I know. Still....I just thought it was interesting. It seems like you are going to have a LOT of fun rallying with that low end like that. |
10-26-2003, 05:59 PM | #15 |
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Yes, monster low end torque is fun fun fun.
But I think that the published figures for stock WRXs are 217 footpounds torque max. The EZ30 is 210. Therefore, my guess is that the dyno graph for above is someone's actual dyno run (which would make sense given that it has a name on it . So that means we're looking at a engine output graph (mine) vs a wheel output graph (Wendys). However, everything you said about the shape of the graph still holds true. I just took my codriver for a ride in the car. She said, "Uh, we're going to have to get better brakes." Anders |
10-27-2003, 07:20 PM | #16 |
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Very cool Anders8!
What are you thinking about for brakes? What's allowed in your class? Todd |
10-27-2003, 07:33 PM | #17 |
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Sweet. I can't wait to see this monstrosity in action. Let us know when you run it in the rally down here in SC. I would be very interested in that.
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10-27-2003, 09:28 PM | #18 |
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*anything* is allowed in my class. Open class is pretty free, about the only restriction is the engine has to be made by the same people who made the body. So brakes are essentially limited by budget. However, the truth is, some uprated pads will probably do the trick. Look at it this way: in road racing, your tires have huge amounts of friction with the road. So, you can put huge amounts of friction into your brakes. Gravel/sand, you don't have that much friction with the road. If you try to brake that hard, you lock up the brakes, which doesn't put nearly the heat into them as when they are decelerating the car. IronMonkeyL255: I'll be down there 11/22. Check SandblastRally.com , I'm on the entry list. Anders |
10-31-2003, 01:47 PM | #19 |
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For those that are following along...
I welded up the last joints on my custom intake yesterday, and built the bracket. You can see my pictures here: Side view Front view I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Anders |
10-31-2003, 02:03 PM | #20 |
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Bling! ;-)
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10-31-2003, 02:30 PM | #21 |
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anders -- IIRC, you guys were at PBX last year... going to be there again with this beast?
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10-31-2003, 03:54 PM | #22 | |
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10-31-2003, 04:11 PM | #23 |
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whoa....your engine is sitting where the radiator fans should be.. wow talk fabrication and fitment issues.....It's a sweet ride man.
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10-31-2003, 04:14 PM | #24 | |
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Lets see, last year's PBX was rally tires, rally computer, skid plate, lights. This year I SO want to return, however, the Sandblast rally is the same day!!! Oh well. Next year I'll make sure they don't schedule fall Sandblast over PBX. I love TSD. Anders |
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11-04-2003, 05:11 PM | #25 |
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whens the H6 conversion shop going to open up?
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