rpholz Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Thought I'd start a thread on my wagon as the RX is under super secret build status at the moment. So this is how I bought it: 97 L, 349k miles, 2.2, 5 spd, awd, RS seats, STi catback, mid pipe cat delete, RS brakes. Had a ton of fun with it, couple trips to the dragon: Trip to CMP on borrowed 215/45/16s: Added some hella 500ff lamps and legacy rims: Noticed some blue smoke on decel so I did a leak down and 45% leak down on number 3 past the rings..... Crap Took a chance on a 2.2 with excellent leak down for 100 bucks. Installed it. Rod knock... Double crap. Sooooooo pulled a 251 short block from a scrap bin at work. New pistons/rings/ACL race bearings/Sti 642 headgaskets and bam! Frankenmotor. Gunna finish it up tomorrow morning and dyno it after work. If all turns out well, carbotech xp6 or 8 pads and slotted rotors with some brembo fluid coming up next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpholz Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 Ah, forgot I switched to bugeye front seats, 04 WRX shifter assembly with kartboy bushings. Suspension includes 04 STi struts with spec B springs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpholz Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 (edited) My car vs 99 2.5rs with a header. EDIT: the 25 had a full exhaust Edited November 19, 2013 by rpholz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpholz Posted November 24, 2013 Author Share Posted November 24, 2013 Really loving the new engine. In town milage has gone down a mpg, highway increased by 4! I'm good with that. The 642 headgaskets seem to have no issues with cooling, maybe a bit when your really thrashing on it but it's a tiny increase at most Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wentz912 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 So which line is who on the dyno chart? Sorry if I suck at reading them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpholz Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Lol, blue is torque red is horsepower. Solid line is mine, the dotted line is a 2.5rs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wentz912 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Thanks very much, shows some good data for the frankie builds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpholz Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Yea, it's a pretty solid comparison to an RS, the factory 22 looks like a joke when put side to side with the franken motor, I'll be updating dyno graphs the more I do to it. Next week I get a header that I'm VERY excited to see how it does, following that, intake, then cams, LOTS of headwork and finally some ecu trickery that I'm keeping under raps until I see how it pans out. Id be stoked with say, 200wtq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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