LearningCurve's Donor Teardown

[LearningCurve]

Hey there future friends. After lurking for many months the time has come for me to start my car building journey. Knowing that I will undoubtedly need some need some help along the way I thought it best to introduce myself to the community and hopefully gain a few followers.

A bit about me.
For the longest time I have had an interest in cars. There has always been something about the look of a unique car or the way it sounded that drove my interest. I wouldn’t call myself an enthusiast by any means as there is far too much I don’t know. Nonetheless I think it fair to call it an interest in cars. I find that I am also driven by understanding how things work or more commonly, why thing are not working as they should.

My first car out of college was an 04 WRX that I still have today (coming up on 12 years). The car has not only been my daily driver but also my hobby. I enjoy working on it and would like to think I have a basic understanding of most of the components. This comes from having performed most of the car’s maintenance, repairs, and modifications (a respectable 275 whp) throughout the years.

Well before the 818 became a thing I had aspirations to build a Factory Five MK4. One day that still might be possible. When the 818 appeared on the scene I obviously gravitated more to it considering budget limitations and my current skill set.

My goal for this project is like most. To build a reliable and streetable car capable of ~300 whp that would be up for an occasional autocross event and in the process be able to learn a few things.