Semi-Project

well while the civic turbo is being built i needed another car. I was looking around a few salvage sites and came accross a frontal damaged subaru impreza GL.











Never EVER been into Subaru's, but I thought it would be practical and cheap enough on insurance, and it looked nice with oem sti kit on it, and i went to have a look. When i got there, i realised straight away it was no GL lol......It was a jap import sti, and was in better condition than i thought! So when i got back home, i bidded online and got an absoloute bargain
When i went to pick it up, the guys in the office wernt happy at all lol. They said laughingly, if they had realised it was listed as a GL they would of changed the listings right away,and wouldof got twice what i paid. So i hooked it up to my dads mercedes and got her ass back home


sitting with the b18c4 donor

Gave it a wash, and it proved to be in really good condition. Just dirty as hell.
It has:
Blitz BOV
Cusco Front Strut Brace
Engine Earthing Kit
K&N CAI
and Straight Through Exhaust
Really pleased with how clean it is and it runs sweet

The power steering pulley was right inline with the slam panel, and when it came back,it bent the pulley. So i took it off, straightened it, and it runs true as a new part
So got to work stripping the front end to see exactly what i needed to replace





The list was:
Bumper
Bonnet
Grille
All Lights
D/s wing
Aircon Rad
Cooling Rad.
Full Front Panel

Pricing up the parts, i decided i'd facelift it while i was at it

I found all the parts i needed at Daitoku Imports in darlaston. Guys were really helpfull and i quickly got them home









Sent the parts off to my dads shop for painting, should be back read soon

Welded on the Front Panel and filled and painted it ready for the new front end to go on.



And today the parts came backfrom the shop

Fitted my newley aquired Sti decals





And fitted as much as a could today





Should be ready soon enough

After Jap Show she'll be upforsale, makesomemoney for the civic turbo
Honda fo sho

Haha, AWESOMENESS.

Good luck dude

luvin your progress both here and on the turbo keep it up

So rare

what is it ned

I believe it to be one of them german cars

looks like an old vlvo of sorts.. how much?

get fixing

Ned wrote:

So rare

how did i know this is the reaction id get lol

lol, honestly never seen one before!

jks, what a bargain, looks like it will be nice when its all back together.

slam it!!1

lol, keep the jokes coming
i was expecting them
I do feel dirty becoming a............SUBARU DRIVER lol
but as a daily i reckon im gona like it. Sweet to drive and wont be too slow ( i hope)
Once its all back together, going into the shop to finnish of the paintwork (drivers door, and colour code the skirts and rear corner lips)
then,
Slammed
angled exhaust
and drive it untill the civic is up and running i gues

Any1 find any fiqures on it? bhp? 0-60? etc.,.

if its a real STi.......... trust me, you won't be using it as a daily driver

yeah its an sti, one of the earlier pre-facelift ones. Ive face-lifted it. what do you mean by that ned? petrol costs? lucky i live 5 mins away from my work, and 5 mins from college which i go once a week, so petrol wont be too much of an issue.
what bhp is it?? ive been searching and i think its 250. the newer ones are 275. some sites say different to others

put it this way, it will drink petrol alot, but who cares if your not doing long drives jus look after it lol when u come too sell it make a profit from it

Ye im not gonna be clocking up that many miles 2bf, only if i wanna take it out for some every now and again so i gues i can live with that.....
Ive bought something else jdm for a dialy till the this is done new thread up later with pics

Any tech specs will be appreciated

I did mean running costs but if its a few miles then it shouldn't matter too much.

jdm-ek wrote:

well while the civic turbo is being built i needed another car. I was looking around a few salvage sites and came accross a frontal damaged subaru impreza gc8 sti.

looking abit better now, still a few bits to do, like buy an sti badge as the new grille came from a 2000 turbo, and colour code the skirts and rear lip (as facelift sti's are all colour coded)

nearly ready to sell cha-ching-more money to spend on the civic

Great turn around dude, looks great

so rare, it amazes me you found 1

on a serious note, good find

Are you sure thats a sti? no red inlet manifold,non sti intercooler and being on an l reg that would make it a version 1 or 2, which had different wheels to those, a 3 piece front lip and the seats are from a version 3.

could be wrong, have the dials got sti on them in pink?