here is what i have so far. i am waiting on my block to be finished. i just got the heads, intake manifold, and sti tvg housings back from the head shop. notice the swain coated vavles.

 

hmmm, i got the valves done and coated, the seats redone, the shims taken care of, the heads fully ported and polished. the tvg housings and intake manifold are ported but not polished and everything is port match. the combustion displacement is 51.1 ccs.

 

yeah the manifold is flipped. your the first one who has noticed on 4 forums. good eye. i

 

thats a stock manifold that is painted red. you can flip all wrx manifolds. the bolt patterns are symetrical so they can be flipped with no problems.

 

Good work, stealth.

Let me know if you have any questions about the manifold flip. I did mine over a year ago with no problems.

One thing you should seriously consider is swapping that puny WRX TB for a bigger one. I got a 80mm Mustang TB. That way you don't back up your turbo since with increased displacement and large turbo, you WILL back it up. The TB will be a major restriction for you.

Here is my motor, by the way. This is an old pic, so you cannot see the Disgustang's TB on it.



- Alex

 

how does it bolt up. whats the part number. i will have to get one. let me know. thanks

 

Stealth- that looks so clean, very nice. Would you mind listing what your going to be running...turbo,fuel,EM, est. HP? What brand headers are those?
Man, I'm drooling right now

 

basically here is my engine set up.

2.2 liter closed deck block
2.5 crank shaft making displacement 2.35
big bore iron ductile sleaves making displacement from 2.35 to 2.5
forged rods
forged pistons (8.5:1) swain coated skirts and tops
arp head studs
wrx heads
custom swain coated vavles
5 angle valve job with custom spec seats
custom spec buckets and shims
fully ported and polished heads
sti tvg housings
wrx intake manifold
gt spec turbo manifold
power enterprise 800 cc injectors
perrin fuel rails
aero motive fuel pressure regulator
-8 lines for fuel feed
-6 lines for fuel return
autronic pnp smc2 ecu
turbonetics turbo ( i am trying a few turbos out)
tial 40 mm wastegate (.8 bar spring )
custom intercooler piping
custom downpipe
custom up pipe adapter
3" exhaust with 3 long resonators and 1 muffler (very very quiet)
blitz front mount intercooler

i think thats everything, i may be missing some stuff

this is what i still need to buy or is on the way:

exedy twin disc clutch
much bigger intercooler ( maybe the aps drag race core )
sti 6 speed with all of the parts
310 lph fuel pump
fuel filter
some rims and tires
dms 50 coilovers
brakes?
roll cage
cobra seats

 

Again, drooling. Good Luck.

 

Is it possible to keep A/C when flipping the manifold?

 

good question, i don't think so though. i know alex no longer has a/c on his wrx, but i don't know if this is because of the reversed manifold or not.