ej20t conversion

[Dubby458]

Ok so I have looked at this road before but I am having no luck find a tidy blue wrx hatch with low ks.

So my mate has a 1996 wrx with a blown head gasket, and he is parting it out. I\'m after a project, and I have a 96 hx20s very tidy. Is this a bad idea to rebuild that motor and swap over gearbox clutch ect. Has anyone done this before? What are the cons?

Or does anyone have a blue wrx hatch for sale? I just love them in blue and find it a big job to do a full paintjob engine bay and all.

Cheers

[DRFVDR]

turboing a NA engine with out replacing heads,pistons and maybe con rods is heading for a whole world of hurt.

Cheaper and easier to replace his head gasket

[Dubby458]

Nah man I will chuck a new motor in or rebuild his motor and chuck that in. My current n.a. motor will just be sold 2nd hand to someone

[Guest]

I see what you doing but tbh why bother? You are better off selling your car and buying an Sti imo. Will be cheaper and you won\'t need Certs and the likes and I hope you do know the Sti is waaaaay different to the hx20s in terms of every part. Chassis may be same but all the brakes suspension bits, engine bits interior is all at a superior level. Trying to turn it into an Sti would just be throwing your money away. But that\'s my opinion anyway.

P.s there\'s a clubsub member selling his wagon on here. Pretty clean by the looks

[Guest]

https://trademe.co.nz/listing/view/528405577

That\'s it there

[bailin]

 VADZTER said:

https://trademe.co.nz/listing/view/528405577

That\'s it there

Fixed it for you

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=528405577&ed=true

[Guest]

Cheers chris

[Dubby458]

yea that looks allgood but i in south island. but i wont really be wasting money as i need to cert anyway for front mount adjusties ect. and i have a whole other car with all the bits there like everything. the brakes look the same to me???? are they different to a wrx????

[GT2.2]

Mate if you\'re up for it, totally go for it.

The hardest part will be rewiring your non turbo loom to a turbo loom. Once that\'s done and everything is running its just a straight bolt up from there for everything else you\'ll need. All the bold holes, holes in the engine bay etc will be there for you.

Just keep in mind all the things you will need to comply with to gain the cert for the engine swap (Turbo spec brakes, etc)

Best of luck with whatever you decide. It\'s your car, do what you want with it.

[Dubby458]

you know how you say comply for a cert??? what do you mean exactly what needs to be done so it can be certed??

[GT2.2]

There will be a criteria you will need to comply with in order to get the cert. I remember reading an NZPC YEARS ago which had a bit of the info in the Q&A section.

Talk to your certifier for the full details and they will be able to guide you throughout the build. The basics will be brakes, suspension and other mods to ensure the car can handle you essentially doubling, if not tripling the power.

[Guest]

 Dubby458 said:

yea that looks allgood but i in south island. but i wont really be wasting money as i need to cert anyway for front mount adjusties ect. and i have a whole other car with all the bits there like everything. the brakes look the same to me???? are they different to a wrx????

You will notice stis version 3 and up came with 4 pot brakes and lil bits. I didn\'t know you had a spare wrx. If that\'s the case go for it dude and you will learn heaps

[Guest]

Cert for the "modified" motor if you know what I mean. Since you are converting from non turbo to turbo

[Dubby458]

is there a contact number for that car????

[Dubby458]

dont worry found it

[Dubby458]

btw this is my hx.....

[Guest]

Wow that\'s clean!! I see why you wanted to convert it. Good luck bro

[Dubby458]

haha thanks, like i really just want to buy a wrx in blue, but painting is a nightmare and very expensive so maybe it is easier to turbo it since i have a wrecked car

[Dubby458]