scoobygirl

oh, and its supposed to snow this weekend, so maybe i'll get a video of having some fun in that too!

good point :-p

i'll get one up next week if i can find someone with a camera lol!

EJ22T swap was a success!

Hey i'm just gonna say... FUDGESICLES ARE THE ************! lol. But I plan on getting some good slicks for drag and build up my suspension as well. I may decide to go awd later on but for now i'm gonna enjoy it being fwd lol.

I've driven an awd Impreza and WRX and they are very fun. But i'm doing something a little different. I want to make this into a drag car.

Thanks for the welcomes guys(and also the advice!) I'm also the argumentative type lol. I just really like to try new things even if its gonna cost me an arm and a leg. IMO, a fwd 2.2t Impreza would be SICK, I dream haha. I've got a pretty good hook up for my wiring and he's also taught me a few things so i'm slowly learning that! But other than that, this swap is just about done. The harness is almost finished, just gotta cover the wires up and start her up! If my transmission goes out in a week, its amazing how easy it is to come by a fwd trans in junk yards haha. I've also talked to a guy who builds transmissions, usually just for trucks, but he said he's going to look into it and see what he can do. And True2Blue us subie(car in general) ladies are hard to come by! I've loved them for years and always will(love em so much I have an emblem tattooed on my wrist)! I may not know everything, but I know enough and i'm also still learning! I'm not your typical female. Although I do get my nails done haha, I still turn wrenches and not afraid to get dirty.

I completely agree, and to be 100% honest i'm a tad bit nervous to do any kind of launch hah. But, we shall see. Should be starting her up friday afternoon hopefully! I will definitely keep everyone posted and if I do decide to stay fwd, could possibly help out some noobs in the future! I know it isn't going to be cheap if I decide to stay fwd that's for sure lol. I can usually get pretty good hook ups on parts if I need them or if I need shop help I get good deals. Thanks to being a woman! Haha totally kidding!

Again, sorry to come off as a huge bit**! I just get a little offended when people tell me I probably shouldn't do something or its not going to work out so great. People have told me that my whole life and i've proved them wrong every time so I guess i'm still doing that hah. I may not know EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW!!! But I am learning still, and whats not better than learning on my own car! I still need to get the hang of wiring, I am stumped when it comes to reading a pin out or diagram. But this ej22t swap is helping me learn a lot more about it, and also what a pain in the rump roast it is! But, I will keep posted on the swap process(its almost done!) I'm gonna take a video of the start up and first drive/burn out and all that good stuff lol. I get my license back tomorrow after 60 days of suspension for speed contest/exhibition of speed so it will be fun to drive her again this weekend(within the speed limit)!

I have done quite a bit of research and talked to a lot of people that are willing to help me do this build. And see how well the transmission can be built to handle it. Since this wont be my daily for long it can be messed with a bit. My brother in law has been working on subarus, swapping them, and all that good stuff for quite some time and he is the one who got me into it. He started his first wrx swap in his gc about 4 or 5 years ago and then got a job at COBB and has been there for about 3 years I think? He gives me a lot of advice and stuff so it helps a lot. He encouraged me to try the fwd and see how it works and holds up, and so far it has been great. I don't plan on throwing a big turbo on and calling it good. It will undergo lots of work. If the fwd doesn't do well(which I wont know until I try it) then I will do an awd conversion later. But honestly, its not bad to TRY to do something different and see how well it can be achieved. I'm the type of person that if someone tells me it probably wont work i'm gonna do it anyways. So far I haven't been disappointed with my choices. This being fwd has actually been a blast for me so far, i've rallied the piss out of it, dragged, drifted in snow, and it is VERY fun! But I have also tried that in an awd car and its also fun. So I guess we will see in the near future how well it turns out with what I have planned. My car being fwd doesn't make it any less "good" than anyone elses, it is just different, it's what I chose, and I don't regret it. It has taught me a lot.

Oh trust me she is. We have been dealing with court stuff for the past 3 months. Monday she went to her sentencing hearing and I will be receiving restitution checks hopefully by the end of next week. Her charges were dropped down to a misdemeanor because the guy (both of our ex) would not press charges on her. (because he is a bit**) The original charge was a third degree felony for aggravated assault with a vehicle and domestic violence. It was dropped down to just assault. But to be honest, I'm fine with that because she still has to pay me restitution and I also filed have a restraining order against her. If she doesn't pay me on time or at all or violates the restraining order she goes back to jail and also has to pay me in full. She is very lucky she got let off that easy because her 2 year old son was about to be taken away from her for those charges. It has been a crazy few months let me tell you.

Actually my car is OBD-I so the electrical stuff IS minimal thank you very much... I have a wiring guy who is helping me with all of that anyways.. I put a 99 (OBD-II) Legacy outback 2.5 motor in my car with less wiring than this one and it ran perfect. And I do know it is different with a turbo set up so no need to school me on that. And yes I am actually keeping it fwd. You obviously think that I'm not going to be building my transmission. I'm not stupid, that is part of my plan. Sorry that I dare to be different and try new things. Not to be a bit**, but I don't appreciate it when someone tries to tell me about MY car and what I should do to MY car. It really makes me giggle when someone tells me I can't something with my car and I turn around and prove them wrong lol. Cheers.

Also a few other little upgrades i've done are 02 wrx front and rear seats, 01 rs 6 spoke wheels painted gold, lowered, gone from 2.5rs to replica 22b wing now to wingless, rs hood and front bumper! And she will be going in again for some new paint because I was involved in an intentional "hit and run" accident by an ex boyfriends ex girlfriend who decided to go nuts and hit my car on purpose with her car multiple times. CRAZY STORY! So she will be freshly painted here soon when I get my nice check for 2600 bucks! AH I keep forgetting to add this too, I got some wide body front fenders that I installed this week! Pics of that coming soon as well!