FEBURARY 9th: Picked up 95 Impreza L Shell and promptly got to work



dropping the motor that was in the car



some baller parts



95 WRX Clip w/ Full Rearend



Random Parts



Finished the RHD firewall after about 3 days of labor and started putting the wiring harness back in.



adding associated engine goodies



RHD Dash/Cluster



Ballers





Wiring Harnesses in, support bar, heater core, DASH IN!



Fenders/Headlights on





Engine tranny being LIFTED into the car.



A freebie

THE RESULT:





VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9ELaGmgkGQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGebnLxDn0A



BACKGROUND: Some background information. I bought the shell on February 9th, Picked up the 95 WRX shell/drivetrain the week after that. This couldn't have been all possible without the awesome guys at www.swapstarproductions.com

Total swap took 25 Days from Shell to Running. Most of that was random prep and whatnot, the car was a bareshell with just a completed RHD firewall 2 days ago. We dumped evertyhing into it in 2 days and it fired up on the FIRST try.

 

Sick, De Anza Local. Nice work man.

 

hmm i should have put this in ongoing projects.

 

Good for you man, I'm jealous. I thought I had a big project going on with my car, till i saw what you guys did. Good job.

 

hella sick, gc's ftw!

 

Nice bit of work. Keep us posted on the progress.

 

that is pretty damn awesome. i have a quick question though, how are you going to register it because its in CA?

 

that is siiiick! great job, glad to see the car starting up and running that must have been hella rewarding

 

Nice work! You did fix the taillight, right? ;-)

 

PIMP'in.

Post up some more vids/pics!

 

should have swap a sti engine in it. but of course, you guys did a great job. impressed =]

 

STi powertrain= a lot of $$$. I'm sure his project cost enough.

 

dam...thats dope

 

derek, would you happen to be a board member on the mr2forums? i think i've seen your boardname on those forums also, very nice project though! can't wait to see your car around locally!

 

The v2 wrx and sti engine are identical. Only difference is ecu.

My car is detuned with now with a legacy ecu running only 220hp . The car is stripped....carpet and 2 seats, thats it. around 2550 pounds. After I throw on my Z4 ecu that is good for 260ps, with a downpipe and my fujitsubo exhaust..
boostfed: mr2oc? yeah an mr2t was my first car...promptly crashed....but you live and learn. I've moved onto bigger and better things....or rather....lighter and faster thing.