95 impreza L open light build..

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john vanlandingham
Din't WarrryAmelica make Open min weight 2900 because they said FIA 1230kg would force people to resort to use safe means to get the weight down.
1230kg is 2705 lbs.

Hurst said everything after GC8s were around 3000-3175lb

National Open class, yes, 2900.

Regional Open and Open Light have no weight restrictions.

open light has no minimum weight..... part of the fun... lower power than a turbo, but can be much lighter...

small update: had a buddy put the windshield and rear glass in today..

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I be sorry as a muthafucka I did, still sorry I did n' hustled ta peep what tha fuck I holla'd a lil' bit better, or at least try to.

i poked around for some clearer #'s as edmunds lists the same 2470 for all 95 imprezas, in Fwd, awd, auto, manual... ect..


intelichoice.com has the 1995 l awd at 2605, and the Fwd at 2450..

not the end of my world...even if it came in at stock weight, with 06 2.5i stock numbers it will still be damn quick, but it should be lighter, and more powerful... time will tell

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I be sorry as a muthafucka I did, still sorry I did n' hustled ta peep what tha fuck I holla'd a lil' bit better, or at least try to.

so we had 2 bent turbo exhaust laying out back for a few years... i figured the stainless pro-drive units shouldn't just go to waste... so onto the tailor, and up to the exhaust shop.

loaded up

on the lift

the CAT

Slip joint made, mocked up.. just needs 1 more hanger so its not so low

and hanger is on

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I be sorry as a muthafucka I did, still sorry I did n' hustled ta peep what tha fuck I holla'd a lil' bit better, or at least try to.

interior got done

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I be sorry as a muthafucka I did, still sorry I did n' hustled ta peep what tha fuck I holla'd a lil' bit better, or at least try to.

engine started for the first time EVER since re-build. had a few vacuum leaks that we fixed later, CAM is lope-ey, this was just at idle.

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I be sorry as a muthafucka I did, still sorry I did n' hustled ta peep what tha fuck I holla'd a lil' bit better, or at least try to.

Hope you don't try and shift the handbrake and yank on the shifter......
You boys must have missed the memo that went out that the vertical level made sense with paddle or column shirt---ya know? Like when you're not moving you hand from steering wheel to shifter..
I mean its bad enough that you poor bastids HAVE to move your hands from the wheel, and grope around to try and find the stick without having crap that you may not even use once in some events BLOCK quick and natural path of the hand from wheel to stick..

I guess shifting isn't that important..

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/01/2013 12:42AM by john vanlandingham.

the angle the pic was taken, plus the fact that the hand brake has not been adjusted yet make it look like its in the way... it will be vertical, and darn near touch the center consul after adjusting.. we dont have the lower consul in it yet cuz it needs a switch panel i need to make... center consul isn't int the way of shifting.... is it?


got the 95 L head lights, corners, and grill in, and the drivers side plugs wired into the 06 harness...



its nice to not need to throw wood in the stove to work on the car again finally... was a warm 43 degrees... t-shirts and open garage doors today...

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I be sorry as a muthafucka I did, still sorry I did n' hustled ta peep what tha fuck I holla'd a lil' bit better, or at least try to.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/01/2013 02:04AM by mke723.

So are you using an 06 engine harness? or an entire body harness?

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Doivi Clarkinen

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mke723
and my production car weighs 2470... so 2400ish is not a pipe dream... hell.. from the sounds of it 2200 is a maybe with a decent amount of weight reduction.. one can dream right? lol

Keep dreaming, you won't get it that light. I've built a really light GC8, I think it came in somewhere around 2700, I don't remember. You're not going to get 2400, in any case.

My open GC weighed 2480 when I checked it before Christmas. That was with everything but a spare tire. Same scale the old car that Pritchard has now was 2638.

Did he really put a six speed in that thing? As for tired old, it made 150hp on the same dyno that stock 02 wrxs make about 135ish

Not taking sides the "my car weighs XXXX" debate but those scales can differ quite a bit in the readings from the next set. Just like the ones at the doctors office. Dynos and your girl friends eye calibration are also subject to error...

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Doivi Clarkinen

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mke723
and my production car weighs 2470... so 2400ish is not a pipe dream... hell.. from the sounds of it 2200 is a maybe with a decent amount of weight reduction.. one can dream right? lol

Keep dreaming, you won't get it that light. I've built a really light GC8, I think it came in somewhere around 2700, I don't remember. You're not going to get 2400, in any case.

My open GC weighed 2480 when I checked it before Christmas. That was with everything but a spare tire. Same scale the old car that Pritchard has now was 2638.

Did he really put a six speed in that thing? As for tired old, it made 150hp on the same dyno that stock 02 wrxs make about 135ish

Any idea what exactly is done to that engine? What it was stock?

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FunctionAuto

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Doivi Clarkinen

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mke723
and my production car weighs 2470... so 2400ish is not a pipe dream... hell.. from the sounds of it 2200 is a maybe with a decent amount of weight reduction.. one can dream right? lol

Keep dreaming, you won't get it that light. I've built a really light GC8, I think it came in somewhere around 2700, I don't remember. You're not going to get 2400, in any case.

My open GC weighed 2480 when I checked it before Christmas. That was with everything but a spare tire. Same scale the old car that Pritchard has now was 2638.

Did he really put a six speed in that thing? As for tired old, it made 150hp on the same dyno that stock 02 wrxs make about 135ish

Don't ya just hate April Fools??

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MConte05
Any idea what exactly is done to that engine? What it was stock?

Engine
-2.5L Phase II block bored .050" Compression Ratio 11.6:1
-Ceramic Coated Pistons and balanced factory rods and factory crankshaft
-Phase I DOHC cylinder heads with webb cams, ported and smoothed by
Russ Salomon. ceramic coated valves and combustion chamber
-JDM Intake Manifold with no EGR, and IAC deleted, 1.8 throttle body
bored out and polished to accept 2.5 throttle plate. Equal length
header, Perrin lightened pulley(factory sized)
-Sprint 500 Stand alone Engine Management, tuned by Harvey at
BoostCreep(don't recall exact dyno numbers, around 160ft/lbs between 3
and 4000 rpm) very useable, midrange power

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Grant Hughes

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MConte05
Any idea what exactly is done to that engine? What it was stock?

Engine
-2.5L Phase II block bored .050" Compression Ratio 11.6:1
-Ceramic Coated Pistons and balanced factory rods and factory crankshaft
-Phase I DOHC cylinder heads with webb cams, ported and smoothed by
Russ Salomon. ceramic coated valves and combustion chamber
-JDM Intake Manifold with no EGR, and IAC deleted, 1.8 throttle body
bored out and polished to accept 2.5 throttle plate. Equal length
header, Perrin lightened pulley(factory sized)
-Sprint 500 Stand alone Engine Management, tuned by Harvey at
BoostCreep(don't recall exact dyno numbers, around 160ft/lbs between 3
and 4000 rpm) very useable, midrange power

All this high end, high cost ceramic for a near stock motor?

The up-sell fu is strong.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.