Jay762

Awesome!!

Wotcha and welcome!!

Well feel free to keep us updated with photo's :)

I agree, does sound like it is sticking not failing as if the diaphragm or seal had gone you would not be getting your boost pressure

Mate - firstly Wotcha and welcome to the site. secondly - what a machine - it looks great defiantly sounds like you were dealing with someone like yourself - a real enthusiast. No problem with the length of the post, dont mind that at all - between myself and Gambit (he'll be along in a minute or so) we write x4's as much and make about a 10th as much sense as what you have ;) Only thing I would point out (having done it to a bike oil cooler recently) it might be worth spending some time, or replacing, your intercooler as I dont think the airflow through it will be too good at the with the fins the way they are at the moment.

Dont know if you fixed this yet but... I found this - whilst you are having a root around you could just sort of swap it over ;) http://www.japspeed.co.uk/Subaru-Impreza-GH/Subaru-Impreza-GH/Subaru-Impreza-GRB-Shark-Eye-Short-Shifter/p-44-1-1029/

in this picture the IC (same as red engine bay) has x3 mounting points - the top left one is out of sight on the picture and may also require an additional bracket taken from http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUBARU-IMPREZA-INTERCOOLER-TOP-MOUNT-1993-96-WRX-STI-UK-IMPORT-/121165427791?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1c3605b44f

What would be useful are some close ups of the two areas on your own car to see what is there or not - from your existing picture you can see you are missing the bracket outlined in red but you may not need that if you go for the IC type fitted in the red engine bay Looking at the photos again of the red engine bay against your own wrt the right side (non turbo) there may even be a smaller bracket which is out of sight but again mounts to the manifold highlighted by the blue ring in the photo above

gifts all the family can share in / benefit from, those are the best ;)

apologies for the bad additions, graphic design is not my strong point The pink and blue circles are mounting points that have been highlighted in the first picture with the red engine bay The green and red outlines are brackets which have the IC mounted to them, the red engine bayed car looks like it mounts the IC directly to the mounting point on the manifold and does not have the red outlined bracket The close ups show that it is a separate bracket and not mounted to the heat shield on the top of the turbo

the anticipation must be building then - :) only 117 days to go

^^^^ v funny :D :D

too true, IC's, rads and oil coolers all very delicate

useful pics those - you can clearly see what is what you were posting as I was had to edit immediately :D

Good luck with the sale Gaz - hopefully you can get something with a six stars emblem in the not too distant future - dont be a stranger though ;)

I would say that is a feed to the turbo - bit of air flow the newage ones don't have that so you might be able to do without...? Are you going back to the standard airbox configuration as well?

nah bigger the better when it comes to project photos - helps us see what is what

As Pete mentioned in another thread, you will need; Brackets, top mount, y pipe, dump valve adapter or recirc + piping. From this photo you can see two mounting points for the intercooler itself to some form of bracketry - that may or may not be in place on yours - any chance you could post some photos of what you have and what the current engine top looks like? Also I cant see a recirc valve but am unsure if they were fitted as standard in 95 If the brackets are in place see if there is a nut welded to the base - if so this will allow you to try a variety of thread types - I would go with an M12 std which is 1.75 pitch (fine is 1.5) jfyi M10 std is 1.5 and fine is 1.25

No problem at all - please share

Strip, inspect then order parts - if new calipers are needed make the purchase then rebuild your existing ones to sell as refurbished units. or use the opportunity to upgrade from a different model and source a set of calipers right from the start

does sound dodgy - would give this one a wide berth, there are plenty of other nice examples about at the moment

Some tasty bolt ons there - good luck with the sale

Yup would be a good idea - a how to section for example wrt the pins I have just measured them and the larger ones are similar to these but 'T' = 25mm http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUBARU-bumper-panel-fasteners-clips-plastic-trim-CLIP-/280774231952?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Car+Make%3ASubaru&hash=item415f72c790 The smaller one is similar to this however 'T' = 20mm http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIX122-SCREW-RIVET-FITS-6-5mm-HOLE-FIXING-CAR-TRIM-BODY-PANEL-CLIP-x25-/321059520211?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4ac0a37ed3 The panel pins resemble these but I cannot measure those at this point http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Body-Panel-Trim-Clips-Green-8mm-Hole-x-10-/150899657700?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2322520be4 I do have some of the first example as they hold the front spoiler in place - somewhere... I could stick a couple in the post to see if they will do the job?

a ferrari 360 came past the other day in a 30 zone then when it changed to NSA he booted it - stuck on his tail kids in the back whooping and cheering but the co pilot wasnt amused, to be fair though, by her own admittance, she is a bad passenger and prefers to be booting it herself

I liken being an admin to being a host at a party - your responsibility is to ensure everyone else is having a good time and feels welcome, sure everyone has opinions but things like car ownership is a personal thing and all will be different (thats what makes it interesting). If someone wants to take a mint P1 and turn it into a euro style rat car covered in rust with 10 inch rims that is their choice and whilst I might not agree with the taste I would certainly support where I could with any challenges along the way - as long as they kept posting photos of course ;)