My 5th and favorite Subaru. The 1998 Subaru Forester S 5mt. I have always been one to buy a car in rough shape and make something of it. When my Legacy was finally starting to become a maintenance burden I started looking and found this Forester, it needed head gaskets mostly but the body was solid, rust free and it was a 5 speed. So I coughed up the $600 and bought it. .
And so began the build process.
Note worthy pages:
Dyno Day
Blow'd up rev 3 video
Ported Manifold
Manual Rack Install
Specs:
For 2017
Turbo rev6.0:
95 Legacy 2.2 Case
ej22e crank
13 STi rods .0018 bearing clearence
JE 2618 Forged pistons 314350 .004ptw
King main and rod bearings
ARP 2000 Head Studs
Felpro 9856PT Head gaskets
05 wrx shimless Heads
07 STi Cams
BW S252sxe
E85
CarBerry 4.2 speed density flex fuel rom
Omni 3-Bar MAP sensor
Oem wrx header
Custom rotated by me Uppipe
Custom dowpipe
Reversed, shaved and TGV deleted intake
3" exhaust, catless. Vibrant resonator, Jones Max Flow muffler
Innovative LC-2 Wideband
Denso 950cc injectors
Walbro 450 hard wired
Perrin FMIC 3.5x9.5x25 core
2.5" Intercooler piping
Full Speed Density
Tial 38mm wastegate VTA
South Bend Stage 3 Ceramic Clutch
homemade tranny plates
Forester 5mt 4.11, .871 5th
H6 VLSD rear diff
WRX Wagon takeoffs
STI 19mm rear sway bar
XXR 18x8.75 +35 527's
Outshu 245/40/18
TWM Short throw w/ weighted knob
Rotella Oil
Optima battery on floor behind driver seat
Depowered Rack
Old Block Turbo rev1.0:
95 EJ22e block (blew number 2 piston at 22psi)
96 EJ25D heads/gaskets
Old Block Turbo rev2.0:
2008 Ej253 pinned
CP Forged pistons set to .0035 PTW
2013 STI Rods (threw #4 rod bearing)
1999 Legacy 2.5 Crank
96 EJ25D HLA Heads
ACL Race Bearings STD size
Old Block Turbo rev3.0:
95 EJ22e block (#1 rod bearing)
96 EJ25D heads/gaskets
Currentish Photos, currentist at top:
As purchased:
Usefull links for my record purposes:
obdII pinout
Stock ROM list
WRX ecu pinout
for iat move pin b23 to b27
98 ecu 1
98 ecu 2
98 ecu 3
FPC info
flash connector
Brydon's wrx harness to 98 wrx pin a5 actually goes to the 4 coil packs. im going to tee this wire to pin 85 rather than cut it
fpc wiring if i got that route
Brydon's donor harness prep
logging to openport 2.0 sd card
Wastegate Duty Cycle
And so began the build process.
Note worthy pages:
Dyno Day
Blow'd up rev 3 video
Ported Manifold
Manual Rack Install
Specs:
For 2017
Turbo rev6.0:
95 Legacy 2.2 Case
ej22e crank
13 STi rods .0018 bearing clearence
JE 2618 Forged pistons 314350 .004ptw
King main and rod bearings
ARP 2000 Head Studs
Felpro 9856PT Head gaskets
05 wrx shimless Heads
07 STi Cams
BW S252sxe
E85
CarBerry 4.2 speed density flex fuel rom
Omni 3-Bar MAP sensor
Oem wrx header
Custom rotated by me Uppipe
Custom dowpipe
Reversed, shaved and TGV deleted intake
3" exhaust, catless. Vibrant resonator, Jones Max Flow muffler
Innovative LC-2 Wideband
Denso 950cc injectors
Walbro 450 hard wired
Perrin FMIC 3.5x9.5x25 core
2.5" Intercooler piping
Full Speed Density
Tial 38mm wastegate VTA
South Bend Stage 3 Ceramic Clutch
homemade tranny plates
Forester 5mt 4.11, .871 5th
H6 VLSD rear diff
WRX Wagon takeoffs
STI 19mm rear sway bar
XXR 18x8.75 +35 527's
Outshu 245/40/18
TWM Short throw w/ weighted knob
Rotella Oil
Optima battery on floor behind driver seat
Depowered Rack
Old Block Turbo rev1.0:
95 EJ22e block (blew number 2 piston at 22psi)
96 EJ25D heads/gaskets
Old Block Turbo rev2.0:
2008 Ej253 pinned
CP Forged pistons set to .0035 PTW
2013 STI Rods (threw #4 rod bearing)
1999 Legacy 2.5 Crank
96 EJ25D HLA Heads
ACL Race Bearings STD size
Old Block Turbo rev3.0:
95 EJ22e block (#1 rod bearing)
96 EJ25D heads/gaskets
Currentish Photos, currentist at top:
As purchased:
Usefull links for my record purposes:
obdII pinout
Stock ROM list
WRX ecu pinout
for iat move pin b23 to b27
98 ecu 1
98 ecu 2
98 ecu 3
FPC info
flash connector
Brydon's wrx harness to 98 wrx pin a5 actually goes to the 4 coil packs. im going to tee this wire to pin 85 rather than cut it
fpc wiring if i got that route
Brydon's donor harness prep
logging to openport 2.0 sd card
Wastegate Duty Cycle