The other side of the fence. It's a Honda.
Old school wedge shape with mechanical 4WS.
After owning a VH HDT Commodore I got sick of fixing things so I bought the Prelude. Intent being..no more working on the car.
Never liked the ride height so I lowered it on some Lovell springs and it started from there. Frequented the relevant forums for long enough to get drawn into parts that come up for grabs and making things better when they broke.

I'm trying not to make the WRX money pit #2.

Now days when its not broken and on stumps its like this:

Mod list

Engine Specifications:

* B20A (Currently 94kW (126hp) atw) Nothing fancy...yet.

Engine Misc.:

* Forged Rods
* Forged Pistons (approx 8.5:1)
* ARP Rod bolts
* ARP Head Studs
* MLS Cometic Head Gasket
* H22 Supertech Outer valve springs
* Gates Racing Timing Belt
* MFactory Timing Gears
* Alloy radiator with twin 11'' skew fans
* Engine mounts. AZ Race billet alloy
* Rosko Racing Fuel Rail
* Magnetic drain plugs
* MFactory Catch Can
* Magnecor KV85 Competition Leads
* Precision 680cc Injectors
* Magnafuel inline fuel filter
* Walbro 255 fuel pump
* Braided fuel lines / Speedflow fittings
* Power steering line relocation
* Reco head by Southside Engine Centre (highly recommended)

Turbocharger & Induction:

* K&N Filter
* Custom CAI (PVC 80NB. No expense spared)
* TD05-16G EvoIII. Soon I hope.
* Custom manifold with Evo III O2 pipe. Yet to go in.

Fuel & Tuning:

* Hondata S300 P28 OBD1 conversion
* Boomslang OBD0 to OBD1 harness
* LM2 Innovate wideband

Exhaust:

* Hurricane Headers. Should be ditching these soon.

Drivetrain:

* Fidanza Flywheel (8lb)
* Xtreme HD Clutch
* D2J5 Manual with Quaife DC2R LSD

Weight reduction & transfer:

* Very little. In fact quite the opposite with the sub.
* Battery Relocation (Optima Red Top 34/7)
* Space Saver Spare Wheel
* Kiddie seat addition

Suspension, wheels & tires:

* KSport Coil Overs
* Whiteline sway bar F & R
* Full set of Super Pro bushes
* Whiteline front strut bar with custom mounts
* Cusco rear strut bar
* 4th Gen Prelude Vtir front brake rotors (282mm) and calipers.
* RDA Slotted Rotors F&R
* QFM K750 HP-R Pads Front
* QFM K550 HP-P Pads Rear
* Goodridge braided brake lines
* Advanti CP035 Copies 15x6.5, 12lb(5.3kg)ea
* Kumho 712 205/50R15 tyres
* Also TE37 copies 16x6.5. weight unknown.
* 205/45/16 tyres T1R front, K104 rear

Interior:

* Short shift. (KO Tricken)
* Skunk2 shift knob
* HKB Boss OH-38 with cruise
* Momo Race 350mm wheel
* Head unit. Kenwood KDC-XBT8013U
* Sony front speakers 6" (crap)
* JBL GT6.0c rear splits. Tweeters mounted in the roof
* JBL GTO1502D 15" sub
* Clarion APX4241 4Ch amp
* Clarion APX1300 Monoblock
* Defi DIN gauge, Oil Press, Oil temp, Coolant temp.


Exterior:

* Paint chips, scratches, dents. (the usual unwanted mods)
* Narva Driving lights 100W
* '94 accord Skirts and rear lip. Blended to mudflaps

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Bear with me there's a story too.

A few pics.

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MY00 WRX. 89 Prelude. 99 CRV

A bit of insight.
Nobody supports parts for this car. Most bits are custom or made to fit from other cars.

So. Some time around 5 years ago.

Purchased a built short block and O-ringed head from a mate in the know.
Forged internals, basically reco head with SS O-ring inserts with the intent of using a copper head gasket.

The workshop.






Custom ARP head stud kit required. Subsequently set up a kit with ARP direct in the states for others to do the same thing.



Its a stock 5 speed tranny with a Teg DC2R Quaife LSD fitted.

All eventually assembled.





and bolted into the car. Out with the old.



In with the new



Compression test results.

1 - 135 psi
2 - 134 psi
3 - 130 psi
4 - 132 psi

All even. All good. Not so lucky.
Copper HG leaked.
Rip it apart, installed OEM graphite HG. Carry on.

Dropped in a Hondata S300 ECU and had it tuned. 94kW atfw. Stock is around 75kW atfw. So not too shabby considering its on reduced compression pistons.

30,000kms later and still no turbo. Got distracted with suspension and stereos.
The head gasket fails on a trip to Collie. Found a trail of oil down the LHS of the car. Did not pass through the scrutineers and nursed it home. Thank god for the oil pressure gauge as I think it saved the engine. There's 8 lts of oil on the return road to Perth.

Stripped it down, drove around on the original motor for several months. Due to having this as a daily driver needed another car. So we bought the Rex. Thanks Shannon, we are taking good care of it.

Teamed up with a few guys in the states again to get an MLS Cometic gasket made where none previously existed. Southside fixed up the head for me. Dropped in some heavier valve springs to avoid float under boost. Reassembled and installed. Gasket holding fine.

Upped the fuel system gear and this time took the plunge and tuned it myself. Now returning 10lt /100kms (as good as stock) with the larger injectors.

Still to come is the turbo, however the manifold is done and waiting install.

Target figure is around the 180-200kW, but I need it tractable so this will be a trial and error thing. Not fussed about strait line times. I'm more concerned with getting it around corners.

There's a lot more to it. But that's the basics.

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Sub install



One of the many interior attempts. Got sick of the DVD screen. Went back to basics.



Engine in its more recent state.

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MY00 WRX. 89 Prelude. 99 CRV

this thread needs more turbo install pics

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MY93 Impreza GX 1.8L, 0hp, 0nm

Yes it does. I've been working on that for far too long now.

These are the pics while the manifold was being fabricated.
It's now been faced off and once I have some cash again I'll trial fit and send it off with the housing and O2 pipe for ceramic coating.

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MY00 WRX. 89 Prelude. 99 CRV

Like!

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[COLOR="Gray"]550Nm off a 2L... Just wish it was in the dak dak...[/COLOR]

Much like.....

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2016 Subaru Outback - Work Wagon
350NM of CVT Goodness
Pit Crew, shit talker.

Great project!...

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www.ToonMyRide.com.au

'04 E46 S/C M3 Coupe

Cheers guys. I wasn't sure how it would be received here.

It's been a huge learning experience for me.

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MY00 WRX. 89 Prelude. 99 CRV

Nice to see the progress. Keep us updated with progress since some of us don't have Aus prelude accounts

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