bratman18

This was a logging road, also used as a snowmobile trail. I think this was dammed up by beavers. And I'm a poser, the Hellas aren't hooked up!! I am terrible with car wiring so I hope to get a hand with them at some point, or find a harness.

Pics from a trip to northern Maine

That it is!! Thanks. More pics tonight.

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Chris, it might actually be worth asking that question in the historic section. I know this swap has been done a few times, and they are the guys that know.

Yeah he knows he is going to have to make some room. I know he was talking to someone on here all about it through pm.

I should add that the 5 spd dual range will have a 3.9 final drive, so you need to find out what your BRAT has. that is something else that's easy to change if necessary and 3.9 rear diffs are cheap. I still have a spare one at a friends house too. OR, we could mod the 3.7 LSD to make it 3.9 and then you'd have LSD!

Hey Chris, no need to machine a flywheel. Just get an EA82 flywheel and clutch kit, then just clearance the bottom of the bellhousing on the motor. Those are some low mileage parts! I say get them. I should definitely be able to come over and lend a hand at some point, probably have to be a week night, but I want to see this thing happen. The clutch is an easy thing to do. Very straight forward. And the motor and tranny will just bolt together. I don't think the starter will work, and I'm not sure about the alternator. But I'm pretty sure I have a starter, and it even has almost new battery leads as well. I think I have an alternator too, but yours might have an external regulator, but I know that people have made the newer alternators work before with a little wiring modification. Other than that, there really shouldn't be much for wiring. And as far as the mechanics of it all, the engine and tranny bolt together, then engine will literally just drop in, you know what the car needs to make the transmission fit, and that's it. Yeah it's a bit of a project, but when it comes down to it, it's really pretty simple.

removing the nut from the lower ball joint and then removing the lower control arm from the ball joint will help a lot.

Yeah he wants the non turbo anyway for the better gearing.

Hey Chris. Yeah the transmission needs to be from a pre 1990 EA82. 90 and newer EA82's were called Loyales and only came with a push button 4WD. The 85-89 EA82 GL's came with the 5 spd dual range. So any 4WD manual transmission from a pre 90, EA82 GL.

Looks great. Pretty similar to the 99 Legacy sedan I had.

Yeah I had planned on just getting a flange at NAPA at some point. And an exhaust system is much easier to work on when there are flanges, and non rusted together ones at that!

Those aren't too bad. I do like the red on mine though. Matches other things well.

Yeah it shouldn't be too bad. I'd like to get a flange. Have any good ones kickin around? I want the one that is on the factory cat back section, or a flat flange of the same size. I have a piece of flex pipe that I am going to use for the extension piece and as a way to still have a flex section there without the use of the factory doughnut gasket.

Yeah I like the center caps, what color are yours?

You should post some pics of the "new" ride! Congrats on getting the issue fixed.

Thanks man, I know you have seen pics before! I do have an 05 Forester XT cat back exhaust waiting to be modified to fit too. I want to do it myself, but we'll see.

Mod list: 2" custom strut lift 3/8" Paranoid Fabrications saggy butt spacers 98 Forester JDM front grille K&N intake cone 215 70 16 Cooper studded snow tires on OEM alloys 27.5" tall 215 70 16 Bridgestone Winterforce tires on Forester XT wheels 03 Forester rear struts to clear the bigger tires COBB lightweight crank pulley Tsudo header and test pipe When we first brought it home After lift and grille And currently

Current Mod list.... Power: STi Stage 2 Cobb AP V2 2004 STi ECU VF-39 turbo Ver8 JDM STi TMIC w/ splitter Go Fast Bits Response BOV/BPV GTSPEC header and up-pipe Perrin catted Down pipe Vibrant Cat-Back Injen cold air intake Kartboy lightweight crank pulley Walbro 255 lph fuel pump Forge UNOS MBC Optima Red Top battery Paranoid Fabrications grounding kit Kakumei radiator shroud Subtle Solutions turbo heat shield and chimney STi tranny mount Group N motor mounts Group N pitch stop Torque Solutions driveshaft bushings 04 STi 6 spd transmission 04 STi R180 rear diff Forester auto driveshaft Exedy Stage 1 clutch kit DCCDPro Universal controller Suspension: KYB 06 WRX struts 04 STi front and rear Brembo brakes 04 STi rear hubs SS brake lines F&R Kartboy front sway bar endlinks Kartboy rear sway bar endlinks STi lateral links STi springs Paranoid Fabrications Saggy Butt spacers Cobb 25mm STi rear sway bar w Energy suspension bushings Kartboy "race" rear diff outrigger bushings Heavy duty STi rear sway bar mounts 05 STi BBS wheels with 5x100>5x114 adapters 17x8 O.Z. Racing Crono HT winter wheels ebay rear strut bar Torque Solutions driveshaft bushings Exterior/Interior: 04 WRX front seats JDM STi hood scoop Importology front lip hood struts CF Alt. belt cover Custom front grille w/ STi badge Hella Supertones STi front plate delete Rally Armor mud flaps Subimods Bi Xenon HID's Maddad Clarity Ultra boost gauge Kartboy short throw shifter Kartboy shift knob Kartboy red exhaust hangers Kartboy battery tie down Infinity Basslink Sub/amp Red LED gauge cluster lighting Auto dimming/compass rear view mirror Soon to come: New front bumper with Importology front lip molded in newer hood with no dent newer fenders with no dents!

Been a long time since I updated this. I have since upgraded to 04 STi rear hubs, and front and rear Brembo brakes, so I essentially have the full STi 6 spd swap now. I'll have to update my mod list on the first page. A couple pics....

Looks awesome man!

This is what I was thinking too. Seems like you're turning a pretty simple fix into an extensive project. And losing AWD isn't worth it at all, even for the 1-2 mpg's you may gain.

I believe that the 05 Legacy was a different style than the 06, but I'm not positive on that.

Not exactly sure on what years, but I would assume any years that have the same body style as yours. The spacers are located between the front and rear crossmembers on both sides. I also believe the tranny crossmember is different as well, so you will need that if you want to do the full swap, along with the longer steering u joint. Which I know on the older models you needed to change the steering column and the u joint at the end, but the new models may be different.