John's EZ36R H6 818R Build

[Hobby Racer]

It's about time I started my build thread. I've been following the 818 since its beginning, waiting patiently to pull the trigger and start my next project. From the first time I saw Wayne's thread on putting in an H6, I was sold. Love the idea of a naturally aspirated torquey motor, and then there is the exhaust note. I do a number of open track events each year and my current track / street car takes a lot of abuse for it. The 818 checked all the right boxes for me as a track car.

• Light weight
• Easy to work on
• Inexpensive parts
• Able to be built in my garage

Having 165k on the donor, I found many of the donor parts to be unusable so I have been replacing and rebuilding as I go. You find all kinds of cool stuff, like busted teeth in the transmission .
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As the donor was from the north east, lots of rusty parts too.

Here is a quick timeline to bring you up to speed.

• 8/14 Bought 06 WRX donor, started teardown
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• 4/15 Built new garage so I can build new car
• 5/16 Picked up 818R Chassis #422 @ FFR
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• 6/16 Bought EZ36R engine
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• 11/16 Started build