2002 Subaru WRX
 

This thread was initially a feeler to sell my car because I tore up a few gears in the tranny. Here's what the for sale thread looked like and what was done to the car before I did the swap:


Over the past couple weeks I started hearing some gear chatter in 1st gear. So I drained some gear oil and out came a tooth. So, 1st gear is in pretty bad shape. The car still drives even in 1st gear. Every other gear is quite. There are no other issues with this car. This is mostly a feeler until I figure out what it will cost me to fix it and if I can afford it right now or not. This car has been well taken care of. Sythetic oil changes every 3,000 miles. Recently changed the tranny and rear diff oil in the last 2 weeks (Super S 75w-90). Most Mods added in the last 6 months

General:

2002 Subaru WRX
96,500 miles

Power/exhaust:

Grimspeed BCS (can include stock BCS and tune with stock boost map if interested in STX for autox)
AEM short ram intake with custom heat shield
Cobb Turbo Heatshield
PTP Turbo Blanket
3'' ERZ catted downpipe
STi Catless Uppipe
5zigen Fireball catback
Nuke tune

Drivetrain:
SPT clutch and flywheel
SPT Short Shifter

Suspension/handling:
Tein lowering springs
Cobb 24mm (adjustable) rear swaybar with solid mounts
Whiteline 24mm solid front swaybar
Kartboy Endlinks (front and rear)
Alignment from "Jeff the Alignment Guy"

Brakes:
Stoptech slotted and drilled rotors (10,000 miles)
Stoptech steel braided brake lines
Whatever pads that come with Stoptech stage 2 kit
Motul Brake Fluid

Wheels:

17x8 +45 Matte Bronze RPF1s - Dunlop Direzza Starspecs 245/40-17

16'' Stock WRX wheels painted gold with Goodyear Eagle GT 205/55-16 (down to the wearbars)

Exterior/interior:

Resprayed Hood, bumper, and fenders this summer (By MC Autoworks in ST Cloud)
Eyelids
Blacked out OEM headlights
Rally Armor Mudflaps
painted sideskirts
50% tint all around
Debadged Trunk
Brand new windshield!
No rust, no dings/dents, only a few very light scratches here and there.
carbon fiber dash inserts (not the overlay sticker crap)
Black Kartboy shift knob
Rubber Subaru mats


I think that's everything...

$8,000 - - - feel free to shoot me an offer!

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Luckily I came accross a 2005 STi that was totalled. I shot the guy an offer of $4500 for it and he took it. I scrounged up the cash because I figured that I would spend at least half that much just fixing the tranny and if I did the swap I could possibly make the difference on parts from both the STi and WRX that I sell. So if anyone needs any parts from an 02 WRX shoot me a PM and I'll see if I got what you need!

So on Sunday October 24th, I picked up the totalled STi. The STi had been rolled over but mostly sustained front end and passenger side damage. The biggest thing was that the rear pass. side strut and axle were broken completely off. Otherwise, most other parts that I needed for the swap were in good condition. The motor started and ran decently well at the junk yard. Here's a few pics of what it looked like.

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as you can see it was in pretty rough shape.

Right away that night, a good friend of mine and I started taking apart the STI until about 3 am. Throughout the whole next week we put in many hours between our jobs and other things...

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Luckily we had a forklift handy. Making the drivetrain swap relatively simple ---- Undo wiring in engine bay and all the other crap, unbolt subframe, lower motor, tranny, diff, suspension parts to the ground and forklift the body away. And the same thing for the WRX. We just threw everything on dollies to make for an easy transition!

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Then we brought in my 2002 WRX and did the same thing. Stripped everything off it, even all the wiring (except for the rear harness).

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Now we're just about done. Today I finally got all the interior in. Tomorrow the rear axle should be done being rebuilt (since I counldn't find a rear STi axle anywhere!). Had to order two used BBS wheels because two were bent pretty bad (1 will make a good spare).

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Unclean and Clean!
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Hopefully will have it driving tomorrow! Complete swap in less than two weeks while holding a full time job!


More pics here too:

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Re: 2002 Subaru WRX
 

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/da...008356957.html

Someone could buy this totalled Sti too and do an STi swap!

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Ha, that guy's on crack if he wants $5800 for a completely wasted STI.

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I offered him 4500 and he said he'd probly take it...Maybe I should offer him like 3000 and do the swap myself...

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Totaled STi's go for 10k or more, because everyone is wanting to do RSTis like mine.

I tried to low ball him and he knew what he had, and by low ball I mean 5k. He blew me off and won't even return my calls on individual parts.

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Fun, fun.

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BTW if you do it and need any help with the swap, let me know ;)

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car still for sale?

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I would say no, he just picked up an STi today to do the 2.5/6 speed swap.

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sorry, it isn't. I guess this thread can be deleted.

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ooooorrrrr, Kracka could move it to the project section and you could edit the original post a bit and keep a log of your progress! We need a new project thread around here.

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I like that idea! Once it's over there I will add pics and info on my 05 STi swap!

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Do it up, Subaru's can take over the site :D Glad you're coming along well, that dash install looked good. Also I got some brackets off of Nasioc today, but if you find a radio bracket let me know :)

I should come over Saturday and see your progress.

I was thinking is that steering column bent on the old car? The guy originally told me it was bent when I called him but I think I pissed him off.

Re: 2002 Subaru WRX
 

glad to hear you got what you were looking for!

As far as I could tell, the steering column is straight. But I probably will be able to tell more when I drive it...I should be around for some of the day on saturday. Just shoot me a text!

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Lookin good man!! You gonna have this thing back on the road by the weekend then? I suppose you'll be seeing Jeff the alignment guy and Nuke for a tune soon too huh? I'll grab those STi Yellow's for ya this weekend if I remember so you can ship them out to WitchHunter, just pay me whenever if you decide to go that route.

Also: We'll have to "test and compare" again, I think you'll do a little better this time :)

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Very nice man! That looks like a fun as hell project. Can't wait to see this thing in action.

Goodhart, is Nuke a good tuner? I've just never trusted street tunes have a hard time trusting anyone other than Shane.

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I've never heard anything bad about him, I've talked to him a few times, he knows his shit. "Bullwinkle" tuned my old WRX twice and they were both awesome safe tunes, he just won't tune E-85 cars for some reason, I think Nuke may drink E-85 for breakfast, he loves that shit haha. Maybe Steve can chime in some more about Nuke, I think he tuned him shortly before his tranny went.

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Interesting, he seems to be an Evo hater so I'll never get tuned by him :)

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Ha, yea, we've had a few debates on that subject as well. He tried to convince me to keep my WRX, I told him no thanks, I'll make easy power :)

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Hoping for a tune on Monday or Tuesday from Nuke. He did a good job last time on the WRX motor. I had no complaints other than a fluctuating boost issue that we worked out via online tuning. I've never had a dyno tune so I really don't know if it's better or worse, I just know it's cheaper!! Definately a diehard Subaru guy.

Guess I'll have to order a fuel pump along with sending out those injectors!!

Hopefully it will be on the ground tomorrow night as long as I get the headlight wiring figured out. Just a few other small things to work out, but nothing major!

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Yea, you would definitely need a Walbro. Should be a blast of a car on corn! We will probably be right around the same power level by then.

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Nice job with the swap, looking good!

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Great progress. Looks like a nice garage there.

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Thanks! Yup, lotsa space to make a mess!

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crappy cell phone video of one of the first start ups



So just had to fix a few boost leaks, had to get the intercooler welded. After that it would still studder when you really got on it. So changed the plugs (should have done that right away anyway) and now it runs great! Just headed down to Nuke for a tune today to finish things up. Last night fixed the ABS, just had to use a different speed sensor. Just a few little odds and ends here and there. Still has some sort of tourque steer, but I know it's not because I'm putting out that much power. . . Must be something loose under the car. Only other concern so far is excess lifter noise. At least that's what it sounds like, so I'm not too worried about it.

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Bout time you update! haha

Your welcome for the spark plug reccomendation also ;)

I'm excited to see what Nuke can get out of it for power, we'll definitely need a re-match now that you have an extra .5L of displacement and a bigger turbo. :D Really our cars are at about even levels now, cause if yours was a factory STi like an 04-05, it would be considered "Stage 2" right? I wonder if Bugeye's weigh any less?

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Yea! headed down there today. It is considered "stage 2" but the weight difference really isn't much I don't think. 2002 WRX curb weight is 3085 and the 2005 STI is 3265 from what I found. I'll have to see how much it really weighs now though...We'll have to get a re-match in the next week sometime??or go play out in the snow!

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Heck, 180 lbs is a fair amount. I really wonder how much that 2.5L, 6 speed and the huge ass brakes add to it though? Cause WRX brakes are tiny tiny compared to the STi brembos.

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The 6 speed and the brakes add 100-200lbs, it's still gonna be quick though a cobb "stage 2" STi is about the same power as a stock Evo IX with a few addons and a tune.

That's awesome you got it done man! I would like a ride in this thing sometime, I bet it's a sweet ride. How does it feel to finish a big swap like this?

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Who's rally car?! ;)

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I was kinda thinking the weight really wouldn't be too much different...

Feels great to get it done, still a few odds and ends, but it's running good!

I went and got a tune from Nuke yesterday and I need more fueling because my dumb ass didnt switch over the STI fuel pump and was using the WRX fuel pump. So if I find the right injectors I will probably just jump to E85 right away since I have to change the fuel pump anyway.

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lol youre not a dumbass... the STI was kinda disposed of before you were done taking the stuff off of it lol

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Nice work man. I wish i could pick your old parts. The head gaskets just went out on my 97 outback. And i would love to do a turbo swap. lol

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Ahhh yes the EJ25D and it's headgasget issue :( Good luck man.

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Ya its gonna suck to replace them. Specially with the motor in the car. lol. And sadly now i have to dig into the money i was starting to save for the talon.

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He has a craigslist add with all his parts:
http://stcloud.craigslist.org/pts/2074779371.html

:D

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Sweet swap!

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oops! should be out of the shop this week at least

Re: 2002 Subaru WRX
 

that looks like a pretty serious 'oops'... good luck!!

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trying to rally jump over the trees?