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I've got a 2.5 rs, and its pretty straight foreward swap, all of the cluster signals are the same too, so no funky wiring to do, the only thing is to pay attention to which motor your swapping as you may need to carry some extra things over that are used for security issues involved with the ecu. Other than that its straight bolt in. :) Sent on the go
Curve 8900:24A6A186
From: "Tomas K." <tomas.kreso@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 21:48:14 -0500 To: <list@xxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: [VWoT] Anybody? Now Subbie
I am sure there was something wrong with a calliper or the brake
master cylinder that gave him the spongy feel. Flushing/bleeding the
brake fluid won’t get rid of it. It may have a seal that sucks in air
every time you release the brakes or a brake master cylinder that has an
internal leak.
As for PnP , I am not sure. I am sure I might have a line on a
WRX turbocharger and intercooler for my Forester J
K.
From:
owner-vwotm@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-vwotm@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeremy
Olsen
Sent: March-07-10 8:50 PM
To: list@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [VWoT] Anybody? Now Subbie
A friend of mine had a 99 2.5RS, for a while before he
traded the car, he was talking about a WRX swap.
According to him at the time, it was a straight plug and play swap.
He always complained about the brake feel in that car, it always felt like it
had air trapped.
After fluid bleeding and flushing about 4 times he just excepted the feel as
the way the car was.
Jeremy
Al Vallely wrote:
I always liked the mid-late 90s
WRX-Stis. Is it easier just to wait till they turn 15, or convert a 2.5RS over
with a JDM motor? (or is there a 100 other things you'd have to change as
well?)
Just curious :)
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Tomas K. <tomas.kreso@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My forester with full coverage is about $110/month...
K.
When I owned my WRX 3 years ago (27, single and a clean
record), it
was amongst the 10 ten stolen cars and I paid around $230/month (w/ a
clean record). Probably due to the amount of people swapping engines
into older imprezas, sounds similar to what happened years ago with
the VR6 swaps into MK2's.
Currently, my 03 Jetta 1.8T costs me about $175/month
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Dave <gtidave@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Don't forget insurance. Most VW's are silly expensive to insure. A 1996
> Jetta is ok to insure, but newer Jetta's range from expensive to 'rape and
> pillage the bank account'. Take a look at
> <http://ibc.ca/en/Car_Insurance/Buying_a_New_Car/HCMU.asp>
and download
> either the spreadsheet or PDF for details.
> I went through the spreadsheet eliminating any vehicle that included red
or
> yellow. That left 46 vehicles that are "below average" to
ensure.
Obviously
> no VW's were left. As best as I can determine, it appears that the
following
> are the least expensive vehicles to insure:
> 1996 Buick RoadMaster Wagon - What? The 3 left on the road have never been
> in an accident? Lord knows that nobody would steal one...
> 2004 Ford Econoline E350 SD Wagon EXT - The size of city block and enough
> seating for a crew of worm pickers and their worms...
> 2007 Buick/Chev/GMC Rainier/TrailBlazer/Envoy 4DR 2WD - now this
is at
least
> getting realistic, but who would want to own or drive one?
> I did this while waiting on hold with the insurance company, only to be
told
> that they made a mistake and that it was too bad for me... <sigh>
> Dave
> On 2010-03-04, at 13:23, d8ve wrote:
>
> I think I've moved away from VW a bit because I was bored with what
>
> they were offering.
>
> I'm the same. I think I'll stop at the mk4. The mk5/6 really
don't
appeal
> to me at all. They're too big and heavy now.
>
> After living with the Subie for a while it's nice to have a car doesn't
need
> to be wrenched on or develops a new leak once a month. Everything in
the
> Forester still works. All the options are functional. This is
how it's
> supposed to be.
>
>
> At the time I felt like Subaru wasn't afraid to take chances and offer
>
> a car that enthusiasts wanted (ie a rally car for the street).
>
> Yep, they not only gave us the WRX but also the STI. Meanwhile, VW
won't
> bring an AWD Golf/Jetta to Canada....but offers it to the states. I
don't
> get it. I'm quickly becoming indifferent to VW's offerings.
I'll always
> enjoy the older models but have no interest in maintaining them for daily
> driving.
>
>
> I drove it in summer (it had winter tires on) and I was sold. I paid
>
> $2000 more than the 01 Golf 4-Door 1.8T I was looking at but I got
>
> soooo much more with the WRX.
>
> How do you find the 'feedback' with the WRX? This is really the only
thing
> keeping me in german cars. I haven't found a Japanese brand with the
same
> driving 'feel' yet. They're almost there, but not quite.
>
>
> --
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