Another Bugeye Build and Sti swap journal = Sugg's

[gotsugg]

I'll use this thread to log my progress.

I sold my STi last year and bought a bugeye project that will end up being a fun street/weekend car. The car had a broken timing gear so I had planned for the worse. I already had everything I needed for a 2.5L build, including block halves, heads etc. etc., so I was planning to have the car running pretty quickly.... Unfortunately I ran across a good deal on an 07 STi driveline, which I bought. That purchase was a bit of a setback but in the end the car will be a lot of fun.

Summary:
Build, 2.5L Built short block, Ported heads, Kelford cams, Perrin Rotated kit, Perrin big tube ELH, GT35R (for now), SD tuned, running E85.

Driveline/Suspension, Full 07 STI driveline, RCE yellow springs, all new bushings (Whiteline and Tic), whiteline 24mm sway bars, kartboy endlinks and short shifter etc. etc.

Brakes, Brembo's painted black with yellow stickers, racebrake 2 piece front rotors, DBA4000 rear rotors

Interior, 07 STi seats and door cards, gray carpet, all weather floor mats

Exterior, I'll probably end up wrapping the car blue or white, Wing-less and scoop-less


Everything except what is in red I already have.
Bolt-ons:
Garrett HTA3582R with .82 ar hotside
Perrin Rotated kit
Perrin Big tube ELH
Heat Wrapped: Header, UP, DP and turbo blanket
Tial 44mm EWG
Perrin FMIC
KSTech 83mm Cold air intake
Topfeed TGV Deletes
Boomba or Perrin topfeed fuel rails
Five0 1600cc topfeed injectors
Walbro 400LPH fuel pump
Hallman MBC
DIY AOS
Tial BOV
Reverse STi Intake
AEM Wideband
AEM oil pressure gauge
AEM Boost gauge

Engine
EJ257 case halves (09 STi 18k miles)
OEM Nitrided crank
BC I-Beams Rods
Wiseco 99.50 pistons, SwainTech skirt coating
Ported heads, DIY
Kelford 199-E Cams, non-AVCS
Manley Valve Springs and retainers
ARP headstuds
Balanced rotating assembly (front pulley - pressure plate)
Blue printing
Full Timing belt kit
Water pump
10mm oil pump
New OEM Oil cooler
King bears
Full factory gasket set
Killer B oil pick-up and windage tray

Driveline and Suspension:
ACT HDSS Clutch kits
ACT lightened flywheel
07 STi 6speed
Kartboy shifter Bushing Combo
Kartboy short shifter
Whiteline positive shift bushings
New finder liners

Whiteline adjustable sway bars 24mm front and 24mm rear
Kartboy front and rear endlinks
Cusco front and rear strut bars
Cusco H brace, lower control arm brace

07 STi Struts
RCE yellow lowering springs
Group N front Strut tops/top hats

Front and rear Brembo brakes
Racebrake front 2 piece slotted rotors
DBA 4000 slotted Rear rotors
PFC-Z front brake pads
StopTech rear brake pads
Goodridge brake lines

Beatruch motor mounts
Group N pitch stop mount
Cusco trans mount
Tic diff mount bushings

Whiteline steering Rack bushing kit
Whiteline lower control arm bushing-front
Tic lower control arm bushing-rear

Whiteline control arm bushings
Whiteline trailing arm bushing-front
Tic trailing arm bushing-rear
Whiteline diff front support lock bushing

As purchased

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[gotsugg]

Cleaning up the STi driveline



Bugeye rearend coming out


Frontend out

[gotsugg]

I like this picture,


another before shot

[I WANT AN STI]

I like the direction this thead is going.

[gotsugg]

Thanks. I have the rear end, trans and part of the front end back in the car, post pics later

[gotsugg]

OK, making progress. Plus I got some pictures uploaded

STi Rear end going in


Sand blasted and painted a few parts silver, including strut housings


Installed my RCE Yellows


Undercoated and installed with new DBA4000s

[gotsugg]

Tranny's in with whiteline and Kartboy upgrades

[gotsugg]

Front end after I installed Whiteline Rack bushings and sway bar. After this I removed the control arms and put in new bushings

[gotsugg]

Part of the front end is in and I hope to get the rest done today


Tic control arm bushings, rear


Undercoated and waiting for my new finder liners to come in

[gotsugg]

I was able to get the rear of the car on the ground yesterday, even tho I am not done painting my Brembo's

[gotsugg]

Brembo work. They will be black with Yellow Brembo stickers

[gotsugg]

Jumping a head a little bit,,,,,

New (used) Perrin rotated kit with Tial 44mm EWG and Perrin big tube headers


Kelford cams in my ported heads


king bearings


Measuring mains

[Jayzwrexx]

looking good

[gotsugg]

Thank you sir.

DIY portings pics

[gotsugg]

[projectQWKSLVR]

Well this looks like a ton of fun! Looking forward to further progress! :-)

[snobordboi]

Looks like a fun project! My car is slowly moving this same direction, wrb bugeye with morettes, brembos, alot of similair suspension bits etc. Once I have another DD it may finally get the built 2.5 and big turbo, and 6 speed, but the vf39 setup works for now.

[gotsugg]

Thanks guys. I'm really starting to have fun with it.

[gotsugg]

Front end is almost back together

[gotsugg]

This is where it is all happening,,, LOL

[danny_d19]

Awesome build!!!

[gotsugg]

Thank you.

My new toy

[chrisbolton]

This is looking like an awesome build, please keep it coming as I am living vicariously through this If only I could afford to do a build like this at this time...

[gotsugg]

Made some progress tonight

[Smurftastic]

A lot of really fine work there. It's good to see people save Bugeyes. I've been on a similar path.. picked up a junked Bugeye about two and a half years ago and have been restoring it to glory.

I def wish I had your built engine setup!