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Old 09-19-2008, 12:38 AM
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the 05 sti harness came, and it fits in the ecu, but it turns out its wired completely different, some pins need to be moved around on each connector so that this can be done properly. Connectors go off tomorrow to Garage Tuning in Socal to deal with that.
I also fixed the camber issue on my car, no rubbing now, much better - finally no more tire shaving
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W00t almost 1 month bump : (

Connectors will be here tomorrow or Thursday, car will be complete (COMPLETE!!) as of this weekend at the latest.

I drove it once in its current sort of working condition last week, and it pulls hard. Like really hard. Given that i've never really driven anything incredibly fast, this is very fast for me. My buddy had an 04 FXT (totalled ) and i swear that this car is faster. Even then, I could feel that it was holding back (wire connections not good still), so its even faster than i say

all I will need now is to figure out my audio system and an allignment
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Old 10-07-2008, 09:36 PM
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lol.. i want to find a gc and swap my 03 wrx into it...
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dude you should, think about all the insurance money you would save and all the womens that would flock to you with a gc chassis

Why else do you think I did this swap lol
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lol... i would be in love with it...
i just need to save up..

i would swap everything.. lol

exhaust setup.. tune... suspension...
even the wrx front sway would be nicer lol
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really, all you would need is a gc shell, and gc tophats, and wiring harness and some tools (money would help)

something like that
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lol

well i have everything basically

i just need a rolling(not necessarliy running) GM6
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dude you should, think about all the insurance money you would save and all the womens that would flock to you with a gc chassis

Why else do you think I did this swap lol
word lol
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i need to find a cheap gm6
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I finally got my ECU plugs/connectors back from Garage Tuning, but they missed a couple pins (3 total ). 2 are for the cruise control switch which i could care less about, but one is for Ignition coil #4 which is kind of important.

I just found out about an hour go, so now i'm going to try to see where I can possibly find some pins if possible. I'd rather not send the connectors back down to socal and have the car sitting for another week if possible
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fix it???
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I just finished soldering in the new connectors (too many wires ) and then covering them up with heat shrink tubing. Now I am just waiting on that 1 pin to arrive (ignition coil #4) and then I am set finally

Also, I put the stock intake back in because I have to smog my car as of a week ago and I don't have a carb sticker for the aem

I did take some new pics, some are pretty nice I think, just some minor tweaks to a few. I tried taking some good ones for the nasioc best swapped gc, but looking at the competition, I am pretty much screwed lol

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looks great bro, i'm glad you're ALMOST done You have to come out to the Barnes and Noble Meet when all is said and done! I'll treat you to dinner
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i need to find a GM6 shell....
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