Reason's 98 "L" EJ25/22 High compression build in progress

[Reason]

I decided to make another thread for my car for a few reasons. Clutter, dead pic links, information all over the place.

~Current Mods~

Drivetrain Performance

-High compression engine EJ22 Heads EJ25 Block
-Cometic hybrid EJ22/EJ25 head gaskets
-OBX CAI (wrapped) w/AEM Brute Force 9" air filter and hydro shield
-OBX Dual port UEL header (wrapped)
-Custom 2.5" stainless steel cat back (Made by Wicked Innovation)
-Custom 2.5" "J" pipe cat section w/2 Magnaflow high flow cat's
-Delta cam regrind
-Megan N1 style muffler
-NGK Iridium spark plugs
-MSD ignition coil pack w/4Zero1Motorsports mounting plate
-Magnecore spark plug wires
-Deatch Werks 255LPH fuel pump
-Subaru 500cc fuel injectors (clean and rebuilt)
-Parallel fuel mod (in progress)
-Koyo Radiator
-GrimmSpeed 160 T stat
-Mishimoto gauge radiator cap
-OBX Silicone radiator hoses
-STi engine mounts
-STi tranny mount
-TiC cross member bushings
-TiC shifter pivot bushing
-Kartboy front shifter bushings
-Kartboy rear stay shifter bushing
-Competition Clutch Stage 1 clutch kit
-Perrin short shifter
-GRIMMSPEED thermal coated PnP 2.5L throttle body
-GRIMMSPEED thermal coated PnP 2.2L intake manifold
-GRIMMSPEED Intake manifold phenolic thermal spacers
-Throttle body coolant bypass
-Group A throttle body spacer
-Group A pitch stop
-"Top secret " LWC pulley
-Gates Racing micro V belt
-Dimple magnetic drain plug
-A/C delete


Suspension/Handling

-JDM BG5 Bilstein struts
-JDM BG5 STi pink springs
-JDM Aluminum control arms (TBI)
-Cusco Rear lower arm brace
-Juron front strut brace
-Whiteline steering rack bushings (TBI)
-GroupA front end links
-Outback 18mm Rear sway bar
-GroupA rear diff locking bolts
-Falken tires
-Muteki lug nuts


Brakes

-04 LGT Calipers
-04 LGT DBA street series rotors
-04 LGT Hawk HPS pads
-04 LGT 4Zero1Motorsports ss brakelines


Exterior

-JDM Front bumper
-JDM HippoSleek side skirts (TBI)
-JDM Clear side markers (TBI)
-JDM Folding power folding heated mirrors
-JDM Tail lights
-JDM mud spats (TBI)
-JDM trunk lid (Red LED 3rd brake light)
-JDM Projector foglights
-JDM Projector headlights
-JDM aftermarket grill (TBI)
-Rear GT skirt


Lighting

-6000k HID kit
-White L.E.D. License plate lights
-Amber L.E.D. directionals
-White L.E.D. reverse lights


Interior

-Sony GPS
-MOMO STi v7 Steering wheel
-STi eBrake handle (TBI)
-Stainless steel gauge cluster bezel (TBI)
-White LED doom light
-White LED map lights
-White LED glove box light
-GT rear deck cover (3rd brake light delete)

Random stuff done to it recently:

Lucus power steering fluid
Wix fuel filter
Dual exhaust port 2.2 SOHC (Machine shop cleaned)
IDLER PULLEY (2)
ADJUSTER ASSEMBLY & BELT TENSIONER
REAR MAIN SEAL FOR 1990-2009
O RINGS
CAM SEALS
CRANK SEAL & LOWER SLING
TIMING BELT
GATES WATER PUMP ASSEMBLY & GASKET
COVER OIL SEPARATOR KIT with bolts
VALVE COVER GASKET KIT (both sides and six grommets)
Redline 10w-40 Oil and K&N oil filter
NEW FUEL SENDERS
--------------------------------LATEST UPDATES------------------------------
GT hood


Just realized I am well over 200k, not 100k

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BEFORE I BOUGHT IT















CURRENT STATE (new pics to come)



Lowered on JDM BG5 specific STi springs and Bilstein struts.


JDM steering wheel w/modded cruise control switch from the original steering wheel


Custom SS exhaust








Walbro fuel pump and new OEM fuel senders


Delta cams


JDM RS trunk lid (some day will be painted)


GrimmSpeed PnP throttlebody


GrimmSpeed PnP intake manifold


Muteki lug nuts


Kart boy bushings





Multi tasking, I miss my bike...


I believe this pic is from the summer of 2011

[Kansei]

looks good. but i dont think thats a factory jdm bumper. it looks like a hippo sleek one.

[Dead91silvia]

If you lived over here, I would not let you roll with a miss matched body part! haha!

And yeah, that does not look like a stock JDM bumper... And I want to see the gauge cluster bezel!

[Reason]

Yea its not stock, when I first made this list I was getting a GT-B bumper then got that one instead. It has the name on the inside, I forgot what it was.

As for the paint it bothered me at first, but its pointless to have a car that looks good and ride like shit. I rather it be reliable and fun than look cool. But I do have a bodyshop lined up and talked to the guy a few times. Ill most likely will have it don't next year though, I rather go on vacation lol.

[Dead91silvia]

Man, it's too bad your not over here. I could get that painted for you in less then a week, maybe even loan you mine for the time being.. Red85celica is coming over to prep out his GT-B L bumper, Zero Sports grill, and his T/C wing so I can paint them tomorrow.

I like the way your car is coming together though! I also know about some of the goodies that Yamazaki has for you and I'm jealous!

[Reason]

Shhh and thanks lol

[evolegacy]

Let me know about this body shop, I gotta find a place to get all my rust removed and the car repainted sometime in the next year

[Reason]

Yea we can talk about it saturday

[chrish8r]

I love the interior. The colors really work together.

[Reason]

Thats what got me interested in the car in the first place, that plus what I paid for it. l

[SativaMan04]

Super Clean!! Im lovin that bumper as well! How does the High compression engine feel? How much hp and tq did you gain? I cant waiitt to see the secret jdm parts!!! lol

Classy interior btw...

[Reason]

More pics added

[Reason]

What do you think?

[evolegacy]

I think its time to clean out that crap and run some seafoam thru the motor once you get it back together

[Reason]

I already cleaned it, and I would seafoam it when its back together. But I'm more concern what caused it.

As for progress I should get another shipment of parts this week or next. And I decided I will start this earlier. So about 3 weeks I will pull the motor and do work...

[mlitz]

looks like normal ware and tear on the pistons to me (cant expect to much out of a stock NA tune) really I would have been more worried if the pistons we absolutely clean, cant really tell how bad the carbon lip is on the top of the cylinder wall or the cross hatchets very well, the flash was a little intense.

[Dead91silvia]

I already cleaned it, and I would seafoam it when its back together. But I'm more concern what caused it.

As for progress I should get another shipment of parts this week or next. And I decided I will start this earlier. So about 3 weeks I will pull the motor and do work...

Thats what the cylinders/pistons looked like in my BD. I cleaned them up and it's been running really good since I did HG's. Not near as much smoke on start up and still no CEL for EGR. I cleaned all the pistons with a brass wire brush to knock all the carbon and other crap off...

[whitelegacy23]

Sick interior! Custom?

[Reason]

Sick interior! Custom?

Yea the original owner had the cloth replaced with Katzskin leather.

The cross hatch is all fine, I don't see any imperfections on the cylinder walls or the top of the pistons. Everything looks good to me, I degreased the block last summer, so it's ready to take the parts I have for it.

[whitelegacy23]

I'm not sure how I would do with textiles of any kind, but I would like to do something like that. It looks great!

[Reason]

My exhaust may be going up for sale soon. I have another set up in mind I want to try. If anyone is in driving distance and wants to discuss more about it PM me.

[whitelegacy23]

Aww dang, I need a new one now! I'm pretty sure you're too far away

[Reason]

Just a little

[Reason]

APRIL FOOLS! It's not sold, in fact I will be starting to pull the motor out in 2 weeks since we finished up EvoLegacys car (turns out to be a faulty throw out bearing, if you were following his thread)

The rest of the parts to have 80% of this build will be ordered sometime this week.

[Garrison]

I gasped reading the "updated" title, you punk!

Good on you for finishing your project

[Reason]

I'm going to try to sneak outside on easter to get something started.

[httrdd]

Weak prank!

[Dead91silvia]

How many people REALLY thought he sold the car before looking in the link? After the parts that have been obtained for this ride, it would have had to be one crazy off the wall offer to sell... haha

And Reason, it takes like 2 hours to pull a motor... Come on man! get it done! poke poke...

[Reason]

I'll have that fucker out in a hour. The problem is my week days are shot. Work, kids, kids swim lessons, house hunting, Wifey, SLi, 4Zeroand whatever else the misses throws my way. And weekends I work on her parents house and my parents house I figured I have 10 Sundays and about 3-4 Saturdays to get this done. I'm ordering the last of the parts next week I guess. I have a lot of little things coming. I'm pretty much replacing everything I come across that is broken or worn, on top of the swap and a few other planned mods.

The car should be a joy to drive when I'm done. The only thing im unsure of is if I want to run this stage 1 clutch or go oem. I'm not looking to race it. Its a DD. So as I get closer I will have to make a choice. I'll most likely run it for a few weeks to see.

For the hell of it I will list what I plan on doing, or a majority of it.

[Reason]

Here's whats going on during the next few weeks when I have time....

Whole engine bay will be cleaned
EJ25D block (degreased/hand washed)
EJ22E heads w/delta cams (cleaned and possibly debur the runners)
Adjust lifters
new gaskets all around (heads and block)
crank seal and rear main seal
Gates timing belt tensioner
Gates water pump (flows better than OEM)
oil pan, dipstick guide
oil separator plate
K&N oil filter
Redline 10w-40 oil
Cometic hybrid EJ22/25 gaskets
Yellowtop injectors (sent for cleaning/flow rates)
Subaru oil pump
Used PS pump w/rebuilt kit
parallel fuel set up
Light weight Alt pulley
GrimmSpeed t stat
Mishimoto rad cap w/gauge
Competition clutch stage 1 clutch kit
OEM resurfaced flywheel
Perrin short throw shifter
Insulated CAI
AEM brute force 9" air filter w/hydro shield
Header re-wrapped and coated
cat j pipe wrapped
New iridium spark plugs
2 NGK o2 sensors w/spacer if needed
tons of little things to be replaced (all on order)
Hella supertones for good measure

This is what I can think of off the top of my head. There's a few more things I'm doing but is a little later, like tires for my rims I have, STi ebrake handle and a little sound blocking for the interior!

Also have plans for the exhaust and tuning.