Killerbumblebee
New member
alright,
after spending countless hours thinking...planing, grumbling, and thrashing my poor car, I think I've finally settled on a power option that makes me happy. I'm not worried about the setup at all, however I do have some tech questions about several aspects to it.
first I'm probably going to hunt around until I find a better body for my car, as mine has serious rust issues, and 254K miles on all the misk parts.
I plan on using either another impreza hatch with a swapped 2.2L or a 1990-1994 leggy (with the 2.2)
rather than modifying and working with a turbo exaust, I plan on starting my turbo setup with a Garrett GT15, capable of producing about 200 HP at the max, and with spoolup chararistics that make the TD04 look laggy as hell. I plan on building a mounting bracket and steel plating for it, removing the front catalitic converter, and placing the turbo where that was, with both the intake and the blower end pointing up, directly into the engine bay where the stock air box would be.
I havn't desided exactly what to do with my intake yet...I'm throwing around the idea of running it into the fender well.
turbo end I plan on sending straight up into the engine bay, and mounting a stock WRX IC where the stock air box was, but sideways. I would then custome make my hood with a normal middle hood scoop, and two side scoops (one of them actually being operational). If I'm correct the blow off valve goes directly on the stock IC, and then all that's left is routing the air from the IC to the intake.
For accsessories, I plan on using Leggy SS oil and water pumps, and possibly an auxiliary oil pump where the AC normally is (thus keeping engine and turbo working on different pumps), a Gready E-manage ultimite for EM, and a walderburough and STi stock injectors for fuel.
if anyone sees any glaring issues to my plan, please speak up. I realize that several of you are into BIG turbo's and TON's of power. I'm looking for a car with insane spool up, no turbo lag, and good daily drivability.
Positives:
1. full boost by about 1400 RPM's, with peak HP at about 3-3.5K RPM's, allowing me to shift a 4-4.5, with plenty of power and very little wear on the engine (max boost is around 12 PSI, and the power band is way below redline).
2. Turbo location alloews for practically no heat soke from engine
3. other than two small adapter pieces, one straight, one with a single 90 degree bend, no exaust work will need to be done.
4. unique Subaru setup
Negitives: turbo is lower down and in dangers way of road splash and other issues, I belive with some construction of a steel box to hold it and a corect location that can be overcome.
questions: I plan on using a WRX transmission with this setup for several reasons 1. much longer gears than stock (acutally a good thing for this setup) 2. I can beat the snot out of it and with about 160-165 WHP (200 Crank), I don't belive I can break it. Will a WRX tranny mate up to the driveshaft, or if not, can a WRX drive shaft and rear end be swapped in easily.
I plan on using a set of rebuilt, ported and polished 2.2L heads. What are peoples feelings about the stock 2.2L block (non turbo) taking this kind of power stock? Will it be reliable, or should I spend the extra money swapping in some better internals?
thanks guys, as always very helpfull.
after spending countless hours thinking...planing, grumbling, and thrashing my poor car, I think I've finally settled on a power option that makes me happy. I'm not worried about the setup at all, however I do have some tech questions about several aspects to it.
first I'm probably going to hunt around until I find a better body for my car, as mine has serious rust issues, and 254K miles on all the misk parts.
I plan on using either another impreza hatch with a swapped 2.2L or a 1990-1994 leggy (with the 2.2)
rather than modifying and working with a turbo exaust, I plan on starting my turbo setup with a Garrett GT15, capable of producing about 200 HP at the max, and with spoolup chararistics that make the TD04 look laggy as hell. I plan on building a mounting bracket and steel plating for it, removing the front catalitic converter, and placing the turbo where that was, with both the intake and the blower end pointing up, directly into the engine bay where the stock air box would be.
I havn't desided exactly what to do with my intake yet...I'm throwing around the idea of running it into the fender well.
turbo end I plan on sending straight up into the engine bay, and mounting a stock WRX IC where the stock air box was, but sideways. I would then custome make my hood with a normal middle hood scoop, and two side scoops (one of them actually being operational). If I'm correct the blow off valve goes directly on the stock IC, and then all that's left is routing the air from the IC to the intake.
For accsessories, I plan on using Leggy SS oil and water pumps, and possibly an auxiliary oil pump where the AC normally is (thus keeping engine and turbo working on different pumps), a Gready E-manage ultimite for EM, and a walderburough and STi stock injectors for fuel.
if anyone sees any glaring issues to my plan, please speak up. I realize that several of you are into BIG turbo's and TON's of power. I'm looking for a car with insane spool up, no turbo lag, and good daily drivability.
Positives:
1. full boost by about 1400 RPM's, with peak HP at about 3-3.5K RPM's, allowing me to shift a 4-4.5, with plenty of power and very little wear on the engine (max boost is around 12 PSI, and the power band is way below redline).
2. Turbo location alloews for practically no heat soke from engine
3. other than two small adapter pieces, one straight, one with a single 90 degree bend, no exaust work will need to be done.
4. unique Subaru setup
Negitives: turbo is lower down and in dangers way of road splash and other issues, I belive with some construction of a steel box to hold it and a corect location that can be overcome.
questions: I plan on using a WRX transmission with this setup for several reasons 1. much longer gears than stock (acutally a good thing for this setup) 2. I can beat the snot out of it and with about 160-165 WHP (200 Crank), I don't belive I can break it. Will a WRX tranny mate up to the driveshaft, or if not, can a WRX drive shaft and rear end be swapped in easily.
I plan on using a set of rebuilt, ported and polished 2.2L heads. What are peoples feelings about the stock 2.2L block (non turbo) taking this kind of power stock? Will it be reliable, or should I spend the extra money swapping in some better internals?
thanks guys, as always very helpfull.
