rommellikewhoa

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Hey guys, its been a couple years since ive owned my last fc. When I had my old 10th anni, I didn't have a job and just started college so it didnt go very far in terms of modifications. Then I bought a subaru but sold that after I finished it. I really wanted to get back into an fc since it felt like unfinished business so here I am. Ive got lots of plans for it and will probably use this thread for updates. Anyway here are the pics of my old 10th anni, my suby, and my new fc.

this is the old 10th anni


heres the suby. 2001 2.5rs with 05 usdm sti motor . now sold


and heres the new fc. 87 turbo with s5 everything.
so far it has racing beat turbo back and fcd, tanabe springs, slotted rotors and stainless brake lines, front and rear corksport strut tower bars.




so thats that! anyway, its nice to be back.

shika805

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nice bro, a good next project! sex that bitch out... keep us posted

rotarymandan

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Welcome back! So do you have plans for it?

Turbo II Rotor

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Nice cat!

Battle Cat

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NIIIICEEE FC!!


whats the plan for her?

Hypertek

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thought you didnt want an fc!?

rommellikewhoa

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haha i know . i was wrong.


Anyways, my immediate plans are to get the most out of this turboback without breaking anything sooo

s4 wastegate port
walbro fuel pump
maybe 750 secondaries if I'm lean anywhere.

then from there im going to ditch the spring/shock set up and get some coilover set up.. havent decided on brands yet, and some new wheels because these are too narrow, im thinkin 17x8.5 17x9.5

In the pictures, the paint looks OK.. but in reality its a pretty terrible respray. I'm gonna strip all the paint off and get it redone, and when repaint comes ill get widebody fenders but im not too sure on how I want to do the back yet. Once the car is lookin pretty, thats when ill go for some serious power.

LAST but not least, me and my friend made a lot of custom carbon fiber parts for my subaru including lips. hoodscoops, interior pieces, sunroof covers, and other things. I plan to do that to this car too and I'll post whatever I make.

anyway, I'm gonna smog her this weekend. I got a bonez highflow cat for the racing beat and if that doesn't work then I'm gonna have to do it the old way hehe

SDrotary-FC

i would have kept the sube you gotta have both, nice FC though.

ecko

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nice FC all you need is a paint job.

rotaryride

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93rx74lyfe

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Feels good to be back in an FC dosent it? How was your suby in comparison? Ive been thinking about doing the same thing with a 2.5RS for years, would you say its worth the effort?

rommellikewhoa

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the suby was amazing. the chassis is really light and awd you dont get grouped with the wrx crowd haha. Paired with that motor it is a monster. Handling is awesome due to the weight and awd. The only downside is the motor and tranny are easily over 10k and then labor is not something anyone can do, not becuase its hard to fit in (it bolts in), but because merging the wiring harness is merging 50 specific wires one at a time haha. By this time some people say you should have just bought an sti, but I don't like 4 door cars is why i got the older impreza, and because its lighter and looks better so if you really like the chassis then its definately worth it.

but yes, its nice to be back. it really is different when you are in an rx7 that was built as a sports car rather than a car that is fast but was built of an economy base (impreza)

93rx74lyfe

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Cool man thanks for the info. So now for the most important question, which one is more fun to be in?

ZeroDrift

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I agree with your thoughts of the Suby vs the FC... I too have a turbo'd 2.5RS, and it is fast/powerful, but it is definatly not a sports car by any means. It really makes me miss my old turbo FC. I on the otherhand will keep the 2.5RS as a daily driver, and get a FC as a project car.

rommellikewhoa

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heh that wouldn't be fair to answer right now since the fc is basically stock and the impreza was modded out. I can tell you for sure that the fc is more of a raw driving experience though. Ill answer that in a couple of months haha. I might say the rx7 is more fun for me since I like having the back out from time to time but the impreza was really fun too because of all the grip it had. Soo.. I guess I haven't answered anything haha.

rommellikewhoa

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heheh I wanted to keep the rs as a daily but what kinda daily only gets 17 mpg. are you on rs25.com?

ZeroDrift

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I am on rs25.com, and nasioc.com. My screen name here is the same for both Suby forums. However, I typically don't post there unless I need to sell/buy something. Ironically enough, I still frequent this forum despite no longer having an FC. My Suby has a built sohc engine and some freakishly oversized turbo for the current boost levels. Once I get it retuned I am hoping to get better fuel econ... -well better than 17ish. Ironically I get roughly 18-20 mpg with mixed freeway and autocross. Regardless, this car just doesn't captivate me like the Rx-7 has. There is just too much of a difference between a sports car like the Rx-7, and the 'sporty' 2.5RS-T...

future RS

also to zero:
you boosted the stock sohc? why would you do that? built as in new internals? forged? the stock block wont take more than about 9 lbs of boost before it starts to hate itself and commit suicide. what year and chasis rs do you have? what the hell did you have done to the motor that you were only making 17mpg??? and the RS chasis is just as much of a sport car as any. suspension?


to OP what did you have done as far as suspension? did you swap the sti 6 speed and which one? DCCD? did you go with the 4.44 gearing? were you tracking the car at all or just a street racer type thing.


also for anyone interested in a 2.5RS the 4 doors are more practical and a stiffer chassis. not to mention replacment parts are cheaper.

and the sti swap is not 10k. unless you went to ECS and got ripped off. or unless you got everything including the interior and brake setup which i doubt since the sti brembos wont fit under the 98-99 goldies you have in your pic.

you can pic up an sti drivetrain for 4 to 5k complete along with the wireing harness. the harness merge only costs 1200 from ecs and even cheaper from some people on nasioc who do them for 600 to 700 and that includes doing the swap with DCCD and its even easier if you decide to use the sti guage cluster as well. only problem is they dont fit right in the rs cluster surround. so the easy way around that is to shim the dash support and to a dash swap and that makes your swap process a million times easier as far as the harness goes.

seriously though these cars are a blast to drive and do amazingly well on the track. just stay away from the 98 model years as the stock motor is a dohc and had a lot of problems with headgaskets. go with a 2000 to 2001 as they come with lsd and sohc motor which is far more reliable. these cars though with some good suspension mods can keep up with a lot of cars on the track and can do really well in autox.

if ayone is conidering buying one let me know!

rommellikewhoa

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Dont get me wrong, im not saying it handled bad. I said it handled amazingly. I had zeal function v6's on there and it was tracked a bunch of times. I was saying that it would be over 10k because it included the USDM sti 6 speed tranny and labor. Sti swap is cheaper now but when I got mine done, the usdm sti just came out and it was expensive. I know the 4 door is stiffer but I don't like 4 doors.

Anyway, i think you misunderstood. I loved that car and it will probably be way faster than I make this rx7 but it doesnt have a sports car build. Im just saying the original impreza chassis was an economy car basically and THEN they made it fast. For example, when I'm in the rx7, it feels like I'm surrounded like a cockpit rather than in the impreza everything is so low and I feel like I'm sitting up really high. Another example is in the rx7, everything is really close to where my hands are so I dont need to move my hands away from the steering wheel and it was designed that way. The tach is HUGE compared to the speedo and in the impreza only the jdm clusters got it in the middle and its still not that big. Just little things like that.

ZeroDrift

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My car is pretty much fully built... The only thing it needs is a retune on the Hydra ecu, and the 6 speed from the STI. I've autocrossed this car only once so far, but when comparing this to my FC there is just no way the 2.5RS is a sports car (to me). It will only be 'sporty' as it was designed from the factory with compramises such as 4 seats, bad weight balance, comfort for the daily drive and built in. And before you flip out, yes I do know that all cars have compramises in one form or another, but at least the FC was designed with the intentions of a sports car, and not a 'sporty' coupe. Before this gets out of hand, I do respect your opinions even though they differ from mine.

To the OP, Are those skyline R32 rims?

rommellikewhoa

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yeah they are skyline r32, but gtst wheels so I wanna get rid of them.

props to your set up man. It sounds sick. Ive always had respect for people who boosted the rs block. My friend has had his boosted for 4 years now and its doing just fine with stock internals. If you want more parts for your suby, me and my friend import parts for subarus and make a bunch of cf parts. Just look for vendor bakemono-imports. Soon there will be bakemono-imports parts for fc's

ZeroDrift

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Yeah- the engine has probably 300 ftlb's of torque with no top end as the previous owner only put in 330 cc injectors (mind you i'm only running off the wastegate spring at 6psi). The engine has forged JE pistons, knife edged crank, paulter connecting rods, reground cams, 5 angle valve job w/ oversized valves, intake is ported and polished, custom turbo manifold, and a crap load of other things to keep the car working. I don't know if I'd have done the same things if I were to build this car, but I bought the car because the price was right and it has really low miles. I guess the nice advantage to this engine is the torque curve climbs fast at 2000 rpm and probably maxes around 3000 rpm. Makes the car seem faster than it is.

-My FC was also red, and ironically enough I once had R32 (GTR) rims on mine.

future RS

you probably make a good amount of torque due to it being a 2.5 liter. the 2.0 isnt so much a torque motor but with the right amount of timing make a good amount of hp.
sounds like a fun car. i wasnt taking it the wrong way but you made it seem a little outlandish for the sti swap. and i love both the rx7 and subaru's to death both are great cars but i just personnally feel that the GC8 chassis is a lot better than most give it credit for. and in japan these cars were not an economy class car they were sports cars. atleast the jdm V5 and V6 sti.

so you work for bakemono imports? where do you guys get most of your parts? just wondering as i used to live in japan in yokohama/kanagawa area. do you import use parts?

oh and BTW wanna cut me a deal on the S201 scoop

GL with the RX7.

rommellikewhoa

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I'm not trying to put down the gc chassis, I think its the best suby there is, but im just saying the beginning form of it was pretty bland, but anyway lets just leave it as we all love both cars haha.

anyway yeah. we get most of our used parts from scrap yards, tuner shops, and auctions all over japan so there really isn't any one place we get them from. As for the scoops, those were a limited production run we did so I don't think we can go any lower on them :/. If you are really interested though, just pm me and we can work something out .

RotaryWeaponSE7EN

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nice s5, not a bad car at all.