MercuryFree

lol last time I rang up AA they told me that they don't insure modified cars to anyone under 25 ???

If I was supposed to pull the cv stub as part of the process, then damn because no guide (and i've read over ten now trying to work out issues haha) has mentioned that, including 2 for imprezas / wrx's. Turns out the solution was gratuitous hammering to get the strut into the knuckle far enough, and then jamming a giant screwdriver into the bottom bolt hole and using it as a prybar to get the rest to line up. Cars are fun Wiggling did not help but I may now be high on CRC ;D

Ok so now doing the fronts and despite the fact everything lines up perfectly, I cannot get the strut all the way into the knuckle at the bottom. Goes about 60% of the way in then no matter how much force I use it won't budge further What stupid mistake have I made this time?

Assuming I'm understanding you right, yeah I did, although I did have that problem at first because it was slightly out of alignment, but was easy enough to work out what was wrong there

Amusingly just tried that and got it in, 2x floor jacks + hammer = success. Thanks

Hey all, have gotten strut assembly out of the car, removed spring, put new spring in, and reassembled, but now I can't get the damned thing back in the car. I can bolt up the three top nuts, and with some finangling can get the top bolt of the lower two hub bolts in, but I can't for the life of me get the bottom one in (Can't make it perfectly line up). What am I doing wrong, and can anyone offer any suggestions as to how to remedy my failure? Car is a '97 wrx wagon, removed lowering springs and new springs are sti v6 ones. Struts are just normal wrx ones that were already on there. Cheers in advance

Wikipedia says: Version 3 STI runs a VF23 IHI ball bearing turbocharger while the JDM non-STI gets a VF22. Grain of salt of course but...

Fair assessment seeing as I've never owned a subaru before and I've only had this one for less than 48 hours . Although I do know that it has a vf22 because it's stamped onto the thing. [quote name='BC5RA said: Also there was a JDM only V3 WRX that had yellow top injectors/VF22 and STI gearbox added from factory - 280bhp. MercuryFree; what are the details of your Impreza? It's a 1997 jdm wrx wagon, definately has a vf22 because that's what's stamped onto the turbo serial plate thing # Engine no: EJ20-805235 # Chassis: GF8-032141 If those help (from running the plate) ^^^^ Put a boost gauge in today to get a better idea of things, most I've had it boosting is 9psi, not sure if that's normal or if I'm not trying hard enough, only really took it for a drive down the road and back to make sure the gauge was functional.

Yeah it's an aussie site, cool thanks

is this link correct? Because I have a vf22 in mine...are the two interchangeable? or is the link wrong? Or is my turbo not stock?

Yeah 'tis a friend of mine's car. It's a normal WRX with various STi bits, blow off valve and an HKS carbon fibre exhaust which is why is sounds so nice (although freaking excessively loud without a silencer in)