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11-21-2002, 06:26 PM

#16

Jaxx

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Car Info: 08 FS/07 FXT/93 GC8 blue/black/black

as a whole the parts for the entire gc and gf series are inter changeable .... many fo those parts are interchangagle with the gda/gga
gdb =sti .. so even stiffer chassis and differnt motor tranny .. and lots of other "small" things

FWIW i have both
a GDA
and a GC2 soon to be a GC8

11-21-2002, 06:49 PM

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ImprezaRSDriver

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Car Info: 13BRZ, 11FXT, 08T25, 07STI, 02WRX

Okay here is how it goes

G = Impreza Model Line

C = Previous Generation Sedan
M = Previous Gerneration Coupe
F = Previous Generation Wagon
D = New Age Sedan
G = New Age Wagon

6 = EJ25 N/A
8 = EJ20 Turbo (Obviously)
A = EJ20 without AVCS (I believe)
B = EJ20 with AVCS (I believe)

Please correct me if I am wrong.
So basically here are all the combinations possible:

GC6, GM6, GC8, GM8, GF8, GDA, GDB, GGA, GGB

I know I have probably missed some, but that is what it breaks down too.

11-21-2002, 06:59 PM

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Kevin M

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Car Info: 1993/2000/2001 GF4 mostly red

Okie dokie, here we go.

Duh. Manufacturers put the model in the VIN. It should come just past the "J". I have a GM6. How bout the rest of you guys? Any more confusion?

11-21-2002, 07:53 PM

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steppin16

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huh... how come I have never herd it called gm6? all I have ever herd was gc8... wait.. gc8 is the old body style but in europe with the turbo I bet and we picked it up as a term for out car

11-21-2002, 08:20 PM

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well the question was posed about the obs

i have a 2.2l obs 1997

it is GF4

so being an imp wagon, it's a gf, and the 4... possibly the 2.2l
or is it just obs

anyone have a 2.2l L wagon?

11-21-2002, 09:13 PM

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reconrex

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Car Info: 2002 WRX

I have a 96 Legacy Outback wagon with a 2.2L and a 02 WRX.

11-21-2002, 09:25 PM

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ImprezaRSDriver

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nomadtw,

You are right the 4 does stand for the 2.2L engines. The number at the end of the two letters will always designate the type of engine that is in the car.

steppin16,

You never heard the term GM6 because the GC8 is what the rest of the world got and we did not. So basically when you buy parts you should be looking for stuff that fits a GC/GM/GF car and not a GC8, technically.

Here is a site that will help you decode your Vin and explain it quite well.

http://www.ravensblade-impreza.com/t...s/vin/vin.html