2004 STi Twin Scroll 6262 by Layvon

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Pistons and Rods!! Thanks for the pictures Mike!

Manley Turbo Tuff w/ ARP 2000, and CP 8.2:1 w/ coating

3/16/2012

Trans and rest of driveline are out!! time to reassemble!

3/18/2012

Epic day! Dropped off my transmission, R180, and Flywheel in Milwaukee, Picked up my new diff in Chicago, drove to South Bend Indiana and met thefoos, talked to him for a half hour about his build, then I met coolblue05, near toledo and bought a koyo radiator and samco hoses! Ended up in Bowling Green to find out that the NCAA tournement is here... with the Florida Gators womens team being in my hotel. Kinda neat. 

750 miles today, got to meet some cool people today that hopefully I will get to talk to again!

3/29/2012

Grimmspeed Master Cylinder Brace here, and installed. Fairly easy w/ no motor / trans in there!

Short Block to be here Monday. So pumped. Should be getting Clutch, motor mounts and all the other stuff from Built here soon too. Once I get done fighting my rear diff, I'm going to start installing the fuel system, hopefully that goes okay

4/2/2012

Yeah Yeah Yeah!!!

Pictures! So pumped. Only got the pickup and baffle on tonight, waiting on gaskets and an oil pan to start w/ the rest of the stuff. Should come together pretty quick I'd think. Hoping to have heads on it by the end of the weekend. Depends on how my buddies EvoX downpipe install goes. 

I am planning on hooking up the dual catch can that I have: 

Routed like this

4/11/2012

One head is on!

Been cleaning up the sealing surfaces for valve cover and getting oil pan on tonight.

When I was torquing down the head studs, it was the absolute most nervous I've ever been working on a car. ... And no matter how many times I read the instructions... I still missed the friggen bold statement right in the instructions..."If protruding into the waterjacket, use ARP thread sealer"

My dumbass didn't catch it even though Ive seriously read them like 4-5 times since this morning, trying to avoid something like this. Any tips on what to do?

4/12/2012

Motor just needs to be assembled; should be this weekend.

Waiting for transmission funds yet. Waiting for Turbo funds

Waiting for exhaust funds

Waiting for ecu funds

Waiting for tune funds.

That's "it".

4/15/2012

Well - waiting on getting some camshaft seals for exhaust. Kit came with 4 AVCS sized seals. . . Bummer. Other than that, I might throw on the Intake Manifold tomorrow just to take a sneak peak. Ultimately waiting on money for my transmission right now. I'm struggling not to buy the little things right now so I can get gtasti his money for the trans.

Battery relocation to trunk completed. Thought that it would have to be moved 100% for sure to run reversed IM. Well... Guess it is just easier to remove it now. Might put that Catch can in that location instead. 

Interior cleaned up from all the bull**** that has accumulated since September '03. Found a previous owners pocket knife under the carpet

Along with the battery relocation being done, I think that I got the electrical portion of my fuel system complete. Taps into the relay for fuel controller so that it primes then shuts off like oem, though once the AEM is installed this will be gone anyways. Should be all good to throw the carpet in once I get my walbro (another small thing) and set the system up.

Can anyone else comment on the Stud torque? I'm sure that before I get my final tune that I will have the motor out again to fix the inevitable leak out of a seal or something else. This would fit in line with retorquing once heat cycled anyways.

4/24/2012

Little update for tonight. Fittings came in that I needed to complete everything so here it is put together (Minus the 6-7 foot piece w/ the filter)

4/28/2012

No true problems, just getting rid of the extra sensors, and getting rid of the 7 year old electrical tape and making sure that they fit for the reversed intake. 

I seem to have misplaced my crank position sensor socket in the loom, so I decided it would be a wise idea to quit for the night. (Are the injector and CPS the same socket??)

Removed -

Both TGV Motor sockets

Both TGV Sensor Sockets

PCV valve socket

Air solenoid socket

Possibly the oil pressure wire, cause its unplugged anyways and can run the ems off of my gauge.

I think that is it for now, but I would like to secure it using the little wire ducting that is on the intake manifold when stock if possible. 

Outside of the wiring, got all timing done and covers on, put intake manifold on, and now just have to get this wiring situation figured out and I think I'll be done with this piece of the puzzle. I should have bought about 25' of every diameter hose at the store, and 20 clamps a piece. Getting sick of running to the store.

Edit - Per FSM - I'll be looking for the Orange / Blue and White / Blue. Note - I have 2 crank sensors. One is from a 2.0 and it DID NOT FIT.... and is why I was having issues finding the right one.

5/5/2012

Little update. EFRs are supposed to be here end of May, so that means I only have to wait 8 more weeks to get it! Going to get my transmission Memorial Day weekend, so that is exciting. Motor is 98% complete, need to install spark plugs, and get my serpentine belt system done. 

Had a 3/8" spacer made to rotate the throttle body 90 degrees. Would have liked to rotated 180, but I don't feel like getting a 19mm set of spacers and risk hitting the hood with myintake manifold. 

Few fun pictures. Hope to get the AC, Alternator, Powersteering torqued down today, but might go for a bike ride instead.

When I was running my breather lines, I almost put the lines right down on the block, but then I figured oil would pool right at the T so I put them up where they are currently located.