SVXBart goes under the knife

[TomsSVX]

Bart had contacted me a while back about a 5mt conversion. After all the needed info was gathered he went about and bought an 04 WRX trans, flywheel, spec clutch kit, BRAND NEW Starter, all the right nuts bolts and other misc hardware and dropped the car off on Saturday.

I worked a lot on Saturday and pulled his old auto his steering column old pedals and exhaust...

Now as any of you who have done 5mt swaps know, the pedals are a pain in the butt!!!!. So i did them first and got that out of the way. I called it a day after working 10hrs and got most of the hard stuff done. Bart had also asked me to install Earthworm's diff and rear sway bar bushings. I agreed I would give it a try. After 2 hrs of laboring away... I finally got the diff bushings in. I also went ahead and did all of the wiring. I finally went ahead and put the stage1v5 ECUtune chip in his ECU before I put it back in the car. Next step is to pick up the flywheel and the driveshaft on Wed. and get back to it. Below is a couple pics of the progress. If all goes as planned, I will have his car done at the end of the week;)

http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/files/TomsSVX/41822.JPG

http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/files/TomsSVX/41823.JPG

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http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/files/TomsSVX/41832.JPG

Tom

[TomsSVX]

oh, and ricochet, if you read this, these are the pics of your finished shifter

http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/files/TomsSVX/41829.JPG

http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/files/TomsSVX/41830.JPG

Tom

[Crazy_pilot]

Holy short!:eek:

[TomsSVX]

Holy short!:eek:

Huh??:confused: :confused:

Tom

[Crazy_pilot]

shifter looks really short. Maybe I'm just being stupid:confused:

[TomsSVX]

completely stock shifter, my 6mt shifter is modified and sits a little lower than that

Tom

[SVXBart]

Tom RULES!!!

[SVXBart]

Thanks again Tom!
can't wait to drive her.
how is my tie rot?

wow... i'm going over 100 now!gotta slow down!

[TomsSVX]

the tie rod looks llike it could use replacing... I can replace it with one out of a 97 w/ 52k on it but you would still need to get it aligned

Tom

[Ricochet]

:cool:

(damn my car is filthy)

[TomsSVX]

Now you want me to clean it too:eek: :eek:

Tom

[Ricochet]

nah, just cover it up with floormats :D

I'm going to get it professionally detailed when I come home anyways.

[TomsSVX]

More good news!!

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[Ricochet]

Wow, I really like that shift knob.

[n00b on demand]

Thats the STi titanium knob....i'm going to order a prodrive knob for my car though. Either that or that Legacy GT 5 spd knob.

[TomsSVX]

well its all finished up. He should be able to pick it up this weekend... #7mt swap from me

Tom

[TomsSVX]

oh BTW I am the first I know of to use the CV style driveshaft. I found a way to seperate the two halves and now I can use any SVX shaft to get it lengthened

Tom

[TomsSVX]

Wow, I really like that shift knob.

Let me show him yours... If he likes yours better maybe I could switch them for ya;)

Tom

[SVXBart]

i'm picking her tommorow:D

[Subafreak]

Nice work as always Tom! With the ease your rolling these things out at if i ever want another one i'll just send it to you. ;)

Whats the deal with those rear diff bushings? Those things look nice!!!!

[Ricochet]

Let me show him yours... If he likes yours better maybe I could switch them for ya;)

Tom
nah it's okay.

[TomsSVX]

Jesse, those are Earthworm's bushings... If I can find some heavy durmoter rubber I am going to make a set for my car

Tom

[SVXRide]

Jesse, those are Earthworm's bushings... If I can find some heavy durmoter rubber I am going to make a set for my car

Tom


McMaster-Carr!! Should have it to you the day after you order it.
-Bill

[TomsSVX]

Bill, check the site.. can you give me a map of where I need to go to order it??

Tom

[SVXBart]

Tom! Thanks!
Car runs great!I don't know what else to say!
Bart.

[SVXRide]

Bill, check the site.. can you give me a map of where I need to go to order it??

Tom


Tom,
Catalog page 3495. It's a two part urethane.

http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/files/SVXRide/27078.jpg


Just make sure you seal the bottom of your "mold" so it doesn't leak out. You can also wait a little bit (maybe 2-3 minutes) for it to start to set up in the can before pouring it. This is what I've used for my "Gruppe N" trans and dogbone mods. Old Tom used it when he made his rear diff bushings.

-Bill

[TomsSVX]

thnx Bill, Old one had already given me the part # and I am hoping to get it this week... Not to mention, my borther's company uses that same supplier so I may be able to get some for free later on

Tom