2002 WRX COPART Teardown and now CLEAN UP

[Mechie3]

I once thought I lost the circlip on the front axle inside the trans. Took off the diff cover, put magnets in, etc. Turned out it popped out of it's groove and slid up the axle stub and hid under a seal. Never a good feeling when you think you lost things inside precision assemblies.

[Erik W. Treves]

WOOT....Serious stuff going on here....brand new OEM heads..setup ready to run! Finally....they are pretty!!



no cracks!!

[Mechie3]

Shiny!

[Erik W. Treves]

LOTS of progress today!!!

THe engine will be off the engine stand in the morning and connected to the tranny.

Got the heads installed, timing belt installed, timed, turbo installed, oil filter changed and header/up-pipe installed...also got my starter for my auto to 5-speed swap...really worked all day at it today...first full day in the garage all at once...but the results were worth it...imo.







All timed up..

[metalmaker12]

Looking good Erik, like the Tomei timing guide

[Erik W. Treves]

last ones

[stack]

great work

stack

[Erik W. Treves]

thanks man.."everything gets touched" right

[Erik W. Treves]

Alright, well the donor is pretty much done...all clean and ready for the kit delivery....

light weight flywheel

[metalmaker12]

Did u fab that plate and already and put the internal spline locking kit? Looks good bro, I am pretty much done too, were did you get the ffr stickers

[NicksPapaw]

Holy Cow Erik. That looks SWEET!!!!!!

[Samiam1017]

Looks great Eric. Did you assemble your heads? If so did you need specific valve spring compressor I've read over on Nasioc that its a special tool?

[ehansen007]

Looking good E. You're way ahead of it.

[Erik W. Treves]

after much research, I purchased the heads already setup...$1000 with cores shipped to the door. The deal breaker for me wasn't the "special tool", it's the shims...to setup a head by the time you are all done if you don't have a pool of shims to draw from you be in the +$300 range. I wanted a point and shoot solution using all OEM or better parts. Advance Auto Parts can also get you heads, and for about $250-$300 less, BUT, you will be speaking with a "representative" who coordinates the purchase of your heads...In my case, he calls Washington State to coordinate shipping the heads to Calif. where they meet up with the valves, springs and retainers, then they get shipped to Texas for machine work and assy, and then finally shipped to my local store or home. That process would take 2-3 weeks. If I want to inquire about status or what parts they are using I have to call the Advance Auto "rep" and he would have to inquire about my questions and get back to me. I would never be able to speak with the guy working on my heads. I did a test question to see the response time from Advance Auto "rep" and my first question to 6 hours to recieve an answer! The way I did it, I called the place I finally bought the heads from, spoke to them for 45 minutes, answered all my questions and concerns, ordered my heads which shipped 3 days later, and took 5 days to get to me via UPS from the west coast...and took me 1 hour to install in on my short block. Simple, clean, and bulletproof....done! Yes, a little more $$$$, but I think the results speak for themselves and I got what I paid for....

[RM1SepEx]

Did u fab that plate and already and put the internal spline locking kit? Looks good bro, I am pretty much done too, were did you get the ffr stickers

looks like paper or lightweight cardboard to me... Mine is sitting there with the end cover on, bolts finger tight, waiting for the locking collar and cover etc that comes with the kit

[Wayne Presley]

Did u fab that plate and already and put the internal spline locking kit? Looks good bro, I am pretty much done too, were did you get the ffr stickers

He fab'd up the plate out of 3M masking tape...

[Mechie3]

Looks great Eric. Did you assemble your heads? If so did you need specific valve spring compressor I've read over on Nasioc that its a special tool?

I have one of these, got it off ebay. It's like a giant C-clamp more or less. Paid around $45 for it back in 2009.

after much research, I purchased the heads already setup

The only downside to that is you're supposed to check valve lash with the heads bolted down. I've done before/after measurements and seen as much as .002 change in lash after bolting the heads down. If you use a torque plate, it might solve that.

[metalmaker12]

Yea, it was a a try at a joke, but Erik did not respond, that plate is killing lol. I think next he will fab up a mock kit out of PVC. I mean he has done everything else at this point lol. Looking good man

[Bob_n_Cincy]

thanks man.."everything gets touched" right

WOW Erik, It looks better than new. Will you "touch" my engine?

[Erik W. Treves]

WOW Erik, It looks better than new. Will you "touch" my engine?

thanks, that's what I was going for....everything gets touched was the theme we used during our Car Warriors build...all those small details add up. I don't think I have known you long enough to "touch" your engine though

as far as the "rear plate" I fabbed up...yup I sure did and I can provide the kit to the forum...we can work out a price...this is what the kit for the rear plate looks like...

[wallace18]

I used the high tech silver duct tape for my cover. Kit cost slightly higher. LOL.

[Erik W. Treves]

some of the last parts....i think...

[longislandwrx]

digging the chain on the rad cap... will have to do that on mine.

[metalmaker12]

love the tape man lol, can't wait to get our kits!!!