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Old 03-01-2014, 05:43 AM
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hi peeps i joined here last week and what a amazing site,
could only find one shop in cairns to do a complete wrx to gx swap. they wanted a lot of money to do it and said would take weeks......
so i did it myself... 5 days later i turned the key and my scooby fired up. if anyone is interested in doing this dont think its too much work, its really simple guys ....
Patch and Slap Dash like this.
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Old 03-01-2014, 06:01 AM
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hi peeps i joined here last week and what a amazing site,
could only find one shop in cairns to do a complete wrx to gx swap. they wanted a lot of money to do it and said would take weeks......
so i did it myself... 5 days later i turned the key and my scooby fired up. if anyone is interested in doing this dont think its too much work, its really simple guys ....
Wow that was really really quick conversion, hopefully it doesn't have any issues. Cat you taking notes on next time...

A few pictures of the finished product would be good.
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Old 03-01-2014, 08:46 AM
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It was a lot quicker than I planned. Iv got heaps of pics.
Because I pulled apart two cars it was really easy to
Remember where it goes. If your going to do it you need everything
Off the wrx. No parts no cost. I spent about 400 on oil and
Some helpful tools which made the job about 3 days quicker.
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Old 03-01-2014, 10:12 AM
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Welcome to the cluster of stars that is PWRX
And well done on the Mods on the gx to wrx

Your pictures do NOT appear to be loading, we LOVE pictures around here
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Old 05-01-2014, 05:37 AM
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Took car for drive up the street and not sure about the abs
The back seems to be almost locked on and making scraping noise.
Also clutch needs more bleeding but apart from thos issues all good
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Old 02-02-2014, 09:27 AM
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can anybody tell me how to swapp out my oil return hose on 97 wrx ? oil is leaking everywhere??
i just finnished a full wrx running gear swap to gx impreza
everything went so good untill this hose decided to shit itself after i put the engine in
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Old 02-02-2014, 10:47 AM
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Should have done it when the engine was out of the car. Now your going to need to disconnect the turbo lines. Lift the turbo up and replace the hose. Its a little fiddly
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Old 02-02-2014, 04:41 PM
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wouldnt it be easier from under the car? just take off the uppipe? i can see the hose and its turned to sponge like.
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