Fkearney39's 95 ej20g wagon: wiring all out, ready for iwire

[fkearney39]

hey so after selling my 98 outback i decided i wanted to have a swapped legacy wagon so i took the money from the outback and picked up this baby for 1600. she has 290,000 on her but boy you'd never be able to tell. it's all leather interior, sunroof, power windows etc and dont a single dent on her:D as of 3/13/2013 its down at GARAGE DVO getting an ej20g engine and 5 speed tranny swap...

UPDATE
so i finally decided i was done with garage dvo as he could not seem to fix it after 5 almost six months so i went down with a friend and towed it back on a flat bed not running and the wiring a total mess. i am currently pulling out the dash and just took of the fenders to pull the wiring out and send it in to i wire and have them merge it.

this was her on the flatbed leaving the shop
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[fkearney39]

i also put a momo out of a 2003 wrx in ithttps://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2013/03/13626190226311-1.jpg
i also fabbed up a 03 wrx hood scoop for the legacyhttps://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2013/03/1362727041968-1.jpg

[ags18]

Mmmm! I like where this is headed.

Gonna be another great PAC NW Waggy! :cool:

[chrish8r]

That body does look really clean for having 290,000 miles to boot. I cant wait to see it when its swapped!!

[fkearney39]

thanks guys im pretty excited too, its supposed to be out of the shop some time next week so ill be sure to post an update when i get it back

[elislider]

LSi? I picked up a white LSi sedan for an identical project (95 for OBD1)
and i'm also in portland :)

[fkearney39]

yeah lsi wagon and nice man. yeah im a wagon guy i love em

[Thomistopheles]

its supposed to be out of the shop some time next week so ill be sure to post an update when i get it backSweeeet. That's a quick turnaround on the swap!

[fkearney39]

yeah i thought it was pretty good, he said he should be putting in the motor tomorrow or sunday

[fkearney39]

as of 3/27/2013 the engine is in and he is waiting for some parts to finish, it should be done this weekend. here's a picture of the enginehttps://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2013/03/swap-2.jpg

[elislider]

jdm wrx wagon ej20g? or jdm forester ej20g?
what kind of turbo (td04 i assume)?

[fkearney39]

jdm forester ej20g and td04 L i think

[elislider]

sounds good :) carry on!

[1996Battlewagon]

What are you doing about engine management?

[Thomistopheles]

Awww yeaaah, making progress. Give that engine bay a good detail when it's all done!

[elislider]

What are you doing about engine management?
might as well just use the JDM ECU

[fkearney39]

What are you doing about engine management?
yeah he's just installing the jdm ecu so its all good, and yeah trust me i know its needs some detailing in areas like that ha

[fkearney39]

what kind of wheel setup do you guys think i should try to get. looking to spend around 600, wheels and tires can be used

[r3v_v3ng3]

Hmmm..... Thats a hard choice. Depends if your going to roll and pull the fenders. If not then your limited to the higher offset wheels

[fkearney39]

Hmmm..... Thats a hard choice. Depends if your going to roll and pull the fenders. If not then your limited to the higher offset wheels
yeah im planning on going 8'' wide or so and yeah im going to roll the fenders

[nikolaus.conrad]

Should be nice when its all finished!

[nikolaus.conrad]

Should be nice when its all finished!

[fkearney39]

yeah im excited :D i get it back tomorrow

[chrish8r]

I would be excited as well. Heck, I was excited when I got back my N/A Legacy, let alone a swapped ej20g....

[fkearney39]

yeah i ran out of time today so ill be getting it tomorrow but really excited:D

[fkearney39]

ill have to take off the bug deflector otherwise i wont get air flow to to scoop right?

[fkearney39]

well turned out that the jdm ecu he ordered didn't work:/ as in it was broken so the car is going to be running a different ecu until the new ej20g one gets here and i should be picking it up tomorrow. but on the bright side not being charged any extra ha

[nikolaus.conrad]

That's good to hear? Lol :wink:

[fkearney39]

That's good to hear? Lol :wink:
yeah i got some stuff replaced for free so its ok ha i got a new fuel pump, fuel filter, oil pump, ngk spark plugs, and a short ram...works for me :grin: haha. but while im waiting for the new ecu to get here i have about $300 to spend on some fun stuff, what do you guys think i should get? i also just picked up a set of snowflakes with eagle gt's for $200 :smt016

[fkearney39]

said legacy gt wheels https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2013/04/legacygtwheel-1.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/user/Fkearney39/media/legacygtwheel.jpg.html)

[fkearney39]

and while i wait to get her back a nice engine picture;) https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2013/04/IMG_2436-1.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/user/Fkearney39/media/IMG_2436.jpg.html)

[Tylerhartman]

Nice, I'd love to do something just like this in a year or two.. Sweet rig! :) Can't wait to see more Sub'd

[fkearney39]

well here's the deal, the car was supposed to be done a month ago but the guy thats doing the swap is all done except for the fact that the car wont really run ha. so the car starts up ok most of the time but when you give it gas it bogs or it dies when you put the pedal down all the way. he's trying to figure it out but im just seeing if you guys might know anything, any help is appreciated . the engine is and ej20g out of a 1997 jdm forester, hes replaced the spark plugs, fuel pump, fuel filter, checked the injectors, cleaned the lines, iacv, and something else. thanks

[fkearney39]

soo he did a compression test on the engine once it was all in, because the car just would run right and it had 200 in 3 cylinders a 75 in one -_- so now im waiting for a different engine to get here but lets hope this one works good ha

[subiwag]

daang how much are you payin this guy??

[elislider]

dang

[Red85Celica]

daang how much are you payin this guy??

Second that! Are you paying for all the parts he is throwing at it? A low cylinder will have a shitty idle but I can't imagine that would cause it to stall out....

[fkearney39]

well it's 4200 for the engine, tranny, new driveline, axles, ecu, putting it in and wiring, there's some other stuff im forgetting ha. and no all this extra stuff is at his expense not mine i just miss my car:/

[elislider]

seems expensive. you can buy these engine+trans swaps for $1500. $3000 to install and wire? I'd do it for half that :)

[fkearney39]

seems expensive. you can buy these engine+trans swaps for $1500. $3000 to install and wire? I'd do it for half that :)
yeah but its a little more than just the engine and tranny plus if i go to sell it its nice to have proof a shop did it and have paper work. but on a separate note, the guy went to get a different motor and they told him that instead of sending another one they will just cover the costs of rebuilding it. sooo that sounds good to me haha should only take a week or two to rebuild because he also has to finish some other cars, been a process but whatever ill get it soon enough ha.

[fkearney39]

well hes working on the motor so here's a couple pictures in the mean time https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2013/06/motor-1.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/user/Fkearney39/media/motor.jpg.html)
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2013/06/motor1-1.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/user/Fkearney39/media/motor1.jpg.html)
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2013/06/valves-1.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/user/Fkearney39/media/valves.jpg.html)
he said that when he tore it apart the rings on the left side were bad so he's waiting for them to get to his shop as well as a head gasket then its going back together

[fkearney39]

dash picture https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2013/08/IMG_2983-1.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/user/Fkearney39/media/IMG_2983.jpg.html)

[1996Battlewagon]

What the status? Are you going to finish the swap yourself?

Also, I bet your car smells like Strawberries.

[fkearney39]

so i finally decided i was done with garage dvo as he could not seem to fix it after 5 almost six months so i went down with a friend and towed it back on a flat bed not running and the wiring a total mess. i am currently pulling out the dash and just took of the fenders to pull the wiring out and send it in to i wire and have them merge it.

[fkearney39]

so i finally got a new bumper went with an outback one and i also got a set of jdm projectors with the bumper all for $70 :D any who worked on the car quite a bit today, got the heater core out and the last bit of wiring. now i gotta send the wiring into i wire and have them merge it.
also here are some more updated pictures of the wagon.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2013/09/IMG_3195-1.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/user/Fkearney39/media/IMG_3195.jpg.html)
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2013/09/IMG_3196-1.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/user/Fkearney39/media/IMG_3196.jpg.html)
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[lord flashheart]

I actually really like this build. Who is doing the wiring merge?
The simple builds are the best. The 'get it running then modify it' aproach works. There are a couple builds on this site that the guy keeps putting more go fast parts on it before it runs... drives me crazy.

[fkearney39]

I actually really like this build. Who is doing the wiring merge?
The simple builds are the best. The 'get it running then modify it' aproach works. There are a couple builds on this site that the guy keeps putting more go fast parts on it before it runs... drives me crazy.
thanks man, but im going to have iwire do the merge, a shop down in salem was supposed to do the whole swap but that didn't work out..ha but yeah im going to do a couple small interior things while the dash is all out but thats about it until it gets running. im gonna do led's in the cluster mount my gauges in the middle a shift boot and thats about it for now.