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WRX STI Hatch - Project Dotty


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  • 4 weeks later...

Bits starting to go back on car

Fuel filler

Before

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After

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Front subframe

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After

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Group N gear box mounts

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Awaiting a replacement bolt from Subaru hence wood blocks still in place.

Rear Subframe

Before

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After, fully polybushed, powder coated and painted

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Nuts sheared the stud on on petrol tank straps - Apparently you can no longer get these from Subaru as a replacement item so to stop the plastic panels and the rear diff heat shield flapping about I made a couple of brackets

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Right so whilst it is rework I had lost all faith in the Torque UK connectors after some would seal no problem and others would leak. Photos sent back and forth to them showing the tools I was using to assemble the joints and the joints themselves could not identify the issues. So vote of no confidence and it has all been replaced by Racing lines kit  - All have been tested and are leak free - last thing I need is petrol that is supposed to be in the tank and lines sharing the inside of the car with me

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Not a huge amount of progress... See project Daphne but parts arrived from Sweden so coilovers reassembled.

Boots cut to correct length before assembly should avoid the rubbing against springs and tearing

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Ready to back on the motor....With correctly matched springs and front dust boots in place

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Dynamat in the boot to replace the lift Subaru plate

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Also did under the rear seat as could not only put half Dynamat and half Subaru stuff...

Stripping it off - Yuk

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Lots of brake cleaner to prep

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After

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Progress - the boot is actually fully reassembled!!

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Axle nut 3 - Halfords Advance 0

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Halfords replaced all the items no problem - Just to point out the extensions were not being used with the rattle gun, a bit of coaching from @savage bulldogs + some swearing and it was free. Now to see if the bearings will separate from the hubs so I can fit the longer studs.

Parts for the fuel system and AOS have arrived - just need to confirm injector sizes, this will mean I can remove the Subaru damper setup completely and simplify plus ensure zero oil goes into the intake. Some initial planning about location completed but a little hard to gauge when your engine is missing

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Next up assembly of the twin injectors. Fuji Racing standard 550's as primaries, this should mean no lumpy idle or hesitation whilst driving at low revs. Injector Dynamics 1700's as the secondaries so on max chats we should be feeding with the flow capability of 2200's

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hmmm that isn't going to fit....

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  ahhhh so those red things are held on by the spring clip and can be removed (Thanks to Martyn @Enginetuner)

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Sad but I did like the look of the Radium finish with the four injectors visible 🙄

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Apparently, according to certain sites on the line, its not about the length more the girth. So reverse manifold setup -  shorter tubing but larger diameter bore. 😁

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Bolts arrived, ordered from US as main stealer price per bolt was just eye watering and could not find an alternative uk stockist. First package from Yperion Titanium - Russia also landed, totally justified as they have a screw which means they can be reused unlike OEM items 😁

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was able to mount front bearings, stacks of molyslip to try and avoid the rust building between bearing and hub

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In place

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Small addition to rear subframe - Been reading a lot about the flex possible at higher loads so given everything else has been stiffened and upgraded I thought I would add some additional bracing, simple bolt on mod from Whiteline.

The part number

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simple design - should work no issues

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Powder coated to match ARB and I had read some reports of whiteline stuff rusting quite quickly

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Installed

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A small update - Engineering work completed on the blocks and heads by AS Performance

Heads, ported, polished, flow tested & 3 angle cut

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Blocks, resleeved and CDB conversion

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