Ru Project

[Fireweed]

Well here is the build of my beater Subaru, I bought it in August to have something to drive during the winter so i got the impreza for 600$. It was in bad shape, the starter coil wire needed to be shorted to the battery's positive in order to start but I figured that I could fix it in the month that I had.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q174/Tom_T/001.jpg

Found that the driver's side suspension was not properly connected to the chassis so I needed to cut it open

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs152.snc1/5651_251177745021_505640021_8565469_3619776_n.jpg


http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs132.snc1/5651_251177750021_505640021_8565470_2368377_n.jpg

With that I started to address the bad throttle response and the rough idling and cleaned my throttle body and idle air control valve. From this
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs132.snc1/5651_251178635021_505640021_8565484_5279830_n.jpg

To this
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs132.snc1/5651_251178640021_505640021_8565485_7407321_n.jpg

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs132.snc1/5651_251178655021_505640021_8565486_7565171_n.jpg

So it would now start from inside the car and would idle at under 2000 rpm.

It was all going well for a few months until I was attracted to a magnetic tree on the Tremblant mountain. And whoops

http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww319/EV_MR/IMG_3903.jpg?t=1264376970

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs266.snc1/9323_301032945021_505640021_9382940_7421564_n.jpg

So we brought it back to my place and I started to fix it, being as cheep as possible. The only part I bought was a 75$ radiator from the scrap yard. One of my head light covers is made out of packaging tape and the front is held together with ty-wraps.

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs029.snc3/11667_304342120021_505640021_9440301_2785403_n.jpg

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs029.snc3/11667_304342160021_505640021_9440306_823100_n.jpg

I broke the timing belt cover so I got a piece of plastic and duct taped it to the rest of the cover

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs029.snc3/11667_312459430021_505640021_9594574_5263931_n.jpg

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs029.snc3/11667_313067820021_505640021_9602077_1752151_n.jpg

I broke the hood fastener so I drilled two holes and passed some 8" screws though the hood to make it secure instead of the bungee cords that I was using before

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q174/Tom_T/DSC00392.jpg

First off road run.
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs019.snc3/12641_341060445021_505640021_9975495_4189011_n.jpg

Custom paint job lol

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q174/Tom_T/100_1520.jpg


Here it is now in all its glory

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q174/Tom_T/100_1586.jpg

More to come :headbang:

[Ath]

that is 100% pure awesome.

[Daniel B]

:headbang:

This thread FTW!

Good for you for not letting that Suby die.

Are you in Quebec (saw "tremblant mountain")?

[Fireweed]

Ya I live in Montreal

[gwilson87]

I love this, it's like franken-impreza. Stitched together with zip ties. Zip ties are the cure for everything broken. :D

[Ocard]

looks like you're having fun with it, rally beater ftw!!

[Vernon]

Thats great!

[Gnome]

dude this is epic!

[RS MN]

awesome!
:headbang:

zipties ftmfw!!

i wanna see where this is going.
glad you decided to join up :p

[TOI]

hmm this looks familiar....

[RS MN]

hmm this looks familiar....


why is that?

[Bubba02sti]

zip tie rally would be proud of you... lol

[Fireweed]

Thanks guys !!

Here are some more ty-wraps

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q174/Tom_T/100_1496.jpg

[TOI]

why is that?
http://www.streetfire.net/video/Epic-Subaru-day-in-the_737819.htm
this wouldnt happen to be you would it Fireweed?

[RS MN]

http://www.streetfire.net/video/Epic-Subaru-day-in-the_737819.htm
this wouldnt happen to be you would it Fireweed?


lol it is!
i found that movie, went to their article, and left a comment telling him to join here, and guess what...HE DID!
lol.

[Fireweed]

http://www.streetfire.net/video/Epic-Subaru-day-in-the_737819.htm
this wouldnt happen to be you would it Fireweed?

Yup that's me. Joined the site cuz of RS MN's comment

[TOI]

lol it is!
i found that movie, went to their article, and left a comment telling him to join here, and guess what...HE DID!
lol.

Yup that's me. Joined the site cuz of RS MN's comment

awesome i thought it looks familiar! awesome that you made it to the site!

[Fireweed]

It was just too nice outside to study, so got some essential work done.

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs499.ash1/27243_10150119566390022_505640021_11421755_5830641 _n.jpg

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs519.snc3/27243_10150119566425022_505640021_11421758_4732899 _n.jpg

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs499.snc3/27243_10150119566445022_505640021_11421759_6283601 _n.jpg

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs499.snc3/27243_10150119566545022_505640021_11421764_2224711 _n.jpg

[1999_SilverStreak]

Cool your bringing it back to life.

[Fireweed]

She got a little stuck today

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs453.ash1/24920_10150128177810022_505640021_11453766_4892634 _n.jpg

[RS MN]

ha looks like alot of stuck to me!

[Bubba02sti]

are you kidding me... its a subaru it can get through anything...

[Rex_Saugerty]

that's one hardcore ride :)

[Fireweed]

No I was 100% stuck, slipped down on the side and got lodged in the muddy tracks, had to pull the car out

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q174/Tom_T/DSC00434_2.jpg

[daywalker007]

this journal is so full of win. do you mind if I live out all of my fantasy hijinks vicariously through you? I can't afford to go out and buy a beater at the moment, so this is the best I got lol

[Bubba02sti]

damn... good job...