[icingdeath88]

Got everything done save for the coilovers (weight reduction from the 6-speed resulted in a nice little lift in the front and one of the reasons for wanting the coilovers was to lift it in the front). 6-speed drove great, except that reverse only worked ~1/2 the time.

Unfortunately about a week after getting it together I hydroplaned on the highway and into one of those concrete walls on the side. Completely random, wasn't even going the speed limit yet. Body's pretty f***ed up, but everything else seems ok. Considerable frame damage. Car money's exhausted for the time being so I'm looking to buy another svx with like a blown engine/tranny in a few months. Storing my car until I get one and swap everything over to that one. I will not be parting it out, but rather keeping it around for parts.

In the mean time I'm gonna pull the 6-speed out and have reverse fixed and the AWD looked at b/c I think that it shouldn't have hydroplaned if the AWD was working properly. Either that or the tires on the STi BBS rims really sucked in the wet. Most likely a combination of both and my lack of experience driving stick.

Drive careful everybody!