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Old 12-03-2010, 10:23 PM   #26
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I hope to keep this thread a little more organised and Interesting as well. Here are all the Torque specs I used during this project. I use the Torque wrench on everything. I am very much someone who likes to do things by the books and the use of a torqe wrench is part of that. I guess it comes from being involved with building racing engines and working on race cars for a living!

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TORQUE SPECS: SUBARU STI

FRONT HUB BEARING (FOUR BOLTS) 47.9 FTLBS
FRONT AXLE NUTS 162 FTLBS
ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSOR 24.3 FTLBS
FRONT STRUT BOLTS (CAMBER) 129 FTLBS
FRONT TIE ROD 19.9 FTLBS
BALL JOINT THROUGHT BOLT 37 FTLBS
FRONT BALL JOINT CASTLE NUT 19.9 FTLBS
FRONT BRAKE CALIPER 80 FTLBS
BRAKE HOSE TO STRUT 23.6 FTLBS
BREMBO BRAKE CALIPER BLEED SCREW 14.5 FTLBS
BRAKE HOSE BANJO BOLT TO CALIPER 13.0 FTLBS
FRONT BACKING PLATE TO UPRIGHT 13.0 FTLBS


REAR AXLE NUT 140 FTLBS
REAR LATERAL LINK 103 FTLBS
REAR TRAILING LINK 66 FTLBS
REAR STRUT BOLTS (TO UPRIGHT) 145 FTLBS
REAR STRUT MOUNT TOPS 14.5 FTLBS
REAR STRUT INSERT 30 FTLBS
REAR BRAKE CALIPER 47.9 FTLBS
SWAY BAR LINK 33.2 FTLBS
REAR BACKING PLATE TO UPRIGHT 38.3 FTLBS
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Old 12-03-2010, 11:29 PM   #27
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. I made a brake bleeder bottle using this stainless steel drink bottle and drilled two holes and glued barbed vacuum fittings into the lid. One fitting is to allow the bottle to breathe and not pressurize during bleeding and the other I put tube to the bottom of the bleed bottle which helps prevent sucking air back into the caliper when the bleed screw is opened, this bottle is much bigger and easier to deal with than the small ones I found at the autoparts stores.
The other thing about bleeding brakes is that there is a specific order to carry out bleeding, following directions in the manual that is in this order: (1) Front right (2) rear left (3) front left (4) rear right. this is the order to bleed your brake calipers in.
I have also been using the permatex ultra disc brake caliper lube on the friction surface on my backing plates (where the shoes contact the plate) on my last few brake jobs and it looks like a really good lube for this application on the parking brake shoes.
I also graphite sprayed all my hubs and wheel studs ( you may have noticed the grey color of these pieces) we use this spray on brake bias bars in Indycar and It difinately helps prevent siezing and rust issues so I have tried this on my project here, I am sure it will help
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Old 12-03-2010, 11:38 PM   #28
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The other recommendation I recieved was to use the GM additive in the Differential. I was given this bottle by a very helpful Subaru parts manager and told that they use it to help noises that are diff related and have had great sucess with it. I have also added a couple more pictures of the rear suspension etc finished.
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Old 12-03-2010, 11:56 PM   #29
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Here are a few of the car finished. I have tried to do a quick and informative overview of the project on this one. I have owned this car from New. I bought from Tom Wood Subaru In Indiana in March 2005. I have added the cold a cold air intake system, The AVO exhaust system, which is still in my opinion the nicest one manufactured, it is not too loud and the quality is just the best!
I also fitted a spec c front strut tower brace and the cusco rear diffuser chassis brace kit which is a great kit and made a noticible difference in controlling chassis flex! I have also remaped the ecu and very happy with the result, map was done by Jeremy Estes while I was back in Indianapolis.
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Old 12-04-2010, 12:36 AM   #30
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Rather interested in that 22B though. Yours is it?
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Old 12-04-2010, 12:46 AM   #31
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Rather interested in that 22B though. Yours is it?
Yes The 22B is mine, I Bought it from Armstrong Subaru in Christchurch New Zealand. I originally worked for Trevor Crowe Subaru in Christchurch and have always been a subaru fan since then. I saw this one come up on Trademe and watched it for a year before I purchased it. They first advertised the car while it was still in japan. It was supposed to stay at Armstrongs indefinately when I purchased it,which was part of the purchase agreement but when I went back to N.Z. they said they were changing the showroom and it could not stay, man was I pissed but not much I could do. Now it is in Rangiora. I hope to bring it to the U.S.A sometime in the future.


Here are a few pictures of the first afternoon out with the car. It really was a great day, I went out to lunch with my wife and son and then after lunch they went home and I went out for a drive in the port hills!


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Old 12-04-2010, 12:52 AM   #32
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Yeah, you're legit.

I've heard polarising opinions on Crowesport over the years. Doesn't matter, the Justy is ****ing mental. Saw it at Race To The Sky '07 and at Targa last year.
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Old 12-04-2010, 12:55 AM   #33
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omg your sti is in pristine condition! or verrrrrrry well maintained
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Old 12-04-2010, 01:13 AM   #34
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Yeah, you're legit.

I've heard polarising opinions on Crowesport over the years. Doesn't matter, the Justy is ****ing mental. Saw it at Race To The Sky '07 and at Targa last year.


Lol yea I own it I worked at Trevors on the Legacy, did my apprenticship there and came to the states after that. I went in and saw Trevor for the first time when I was back there, Man the Subaru justy is great, it is typical Trevor style and a great car. I think the guys over here would go crazy over that thing, it is so light and with the STI engine and sequential gearbox behind it, I was very impressed.
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Old 12-04-2010, 01:24 AM   #35
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omg your sti is in pristine condition! or verrrrrrry well maintained
Nearly 50,000 miles and its our only vehicle I did repaint all the wheel arches and replace all the plastic. The project took a month working every day on it to do all the things I mentioned. It was fairly clean before and I always put it up on stands removed the wheels and cleaned it and look over it when I serviced it so it was fairly clean to start with!
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Old 12-04-2010, 01:26 AM   #36
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Yeah, you're legit.

I've heard polarising opinions on Crowesport over the years. Doesn't matter, the Justy is ****ing mental. Saw it at Race To The Sky '07 and at Targa last year.
What part of N.Z are you from?
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Currently based in Wellington.

Originally from Dunedin though.
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Old 12-04-2010, 01:00 PM   #38
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Currently based in Wellington.

Originally from Dunedin though. I remember doing the Nissan Mobil 500 with Trevor and Possum Bourne in wellington, that was really cool looking back at the experience. They were running the Group A Nissan skylines and the Bmw m3s etc from europe and Australia. I really loved working on the Legacys and doing the touring car races with Possum Bourne was really cool. It was so sad to hear he passed away in the car accident. I went out to Ruapuna raceway one weekend with Possum and he ran his own Legacy there. I have a couple of old pictures of that I will post and also and the Legacy we built at Trevors.We ran that Legacy for a while on the track and eventually started rallying it. I can say it was difficult at times doing my apprenticeship at Trevors but I Think that the things I got out of it were well worth it. I went on to working in the champcar/Idycar series and open wheel racing for the last 10 yrs.
One thing for sure that Subaru Justy is crazy, I can't imagine how awsome it is with all that power and it is basically a Lightweight shell with an engine and gearbox....I bet that thing is quick!






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Old 12-04-2010, 01:13 PM   #39
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Pretty sure it's been mentioned but HOT DAMN I love your garage, mate! Love your car(s) as well! Keep it up !
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I am working on making all the images I post show some more order, here is an overview of the front wheel well
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Old 12-04-2010, 03:26 PM   #41
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Wow! Really nice work man... I wish I had the time and motivation for a project like this. I too consider myself OCD but not to this extent.

I commend you for the hard work.
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Old 12-04-2010, 03:30 PM   #42
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If you can keep a subaru with its crappy paint that clean, i cant even imagine what you would do with a better car
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That looks awesome. Very nice job.
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Thanks for the compliments, it took a lot of hard time consuming work. I hope that I have posted some interesting pics that made this thread a little informative and interesting at the same time. I thought I would post some pictures next of a 2.5 Litre STI engine that I did all the crack checking and bearing setup for a friend. It will give you a small glimpse at the internals of the engine.






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Pretty sure it's been mentioned but HOT DAMN I love your garage, mate! Love your car(s) as well! Keep it up !
Thanks, I am basically just a car junkie like a lot of us and a huge Subaru enthusiast. I am going to post a picture I like a lot. It is of my car when it was brand new in our garage....it was my favorite hangout. Unfortunately when things got unstable in the Indycar and champcar series which I was working for back in Indy I decided to sell the house. I often wonder if I made the right decision, things have not been so good since then, it's just nice to have your own place to call home!
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^^ Ehh, wow. That is all.
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I am going to do a superthread here and post a little more about the 22B also




1998 marked 40 years of Subaru and the marketing people in Japan wanted to celebrate the company's success with a car like no other.
So was born the 22B
"The result is a sports coupe that seeks to deliver the highest level of performance for road use
said STi President Mr Yamada"
Subaru of Japan produced The widebody 2-door Impreza called the 22B STi. The 22B was used to commemorate both Subaru's 40th anniversary as well as the 3rd consecutive manufacturer's title for Subaru in the FIA World Rally Championship. On the release of the sales, all 399 sold out after 30 minutes to 48 hours depending on reports. The limited edition road going WRC car was announced to the unsuspecting world at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show. It would be based on the newly released Version 4 Type R Coupe but would have a larger engine with more torque and the bodywork would be highly modified to give it the appearance of the current WRC rally cars of then current drivers, Colin McRae and Pierro Liatti.
The 22 in 22B represents the 2.2 liter engine, and B is Subaru of Japans representative letter for "turbocharged".
It must be noted that the 22B STi that is supposed to be #13 was never given the plaque. Subaru of America imported #13 to be used as a press car. Three 22B STis were given the #000 plaque, 2 went to the World Rally car drivers for Subaru at the time Colin McRae and Nicky Grist, with the third going to David Lapworth of Prodrive
The Subaru Impreza 22B had the EJ22 engine as opposed to the regular EJ20 engine.The block was bored and The displacement was increased from 1994 cc to 2212 cc. It is a closed-deck design. The heads (valves, valvetrain and such) were lifted from the STi Version 4 engine. It produces 350 PS (345 hp/257 kW) at 6000 rpm and 363 N***8226;m (225 ft***8226;lbf = 37.0 kgf***8226;m) of torque at a lower engine speed of 3200 rpm. The compression is 8.0:1 Its fuel rails are custom units, required to match the demands of such a high performance engine. It retained the same stroke as the stock 2.0 litre engine, Which gave the car a torque curve that wasn't even a curve. It is a steep climb and table like flat line, when plotted on a graph. The performance of the 2.2 litre engine gives the car the feeling of much more power and said to be the closest thing to driving a wrc car. It has around 70bhp more than its 2.0 litre brothers.
The turbocharger is an IHI RHF 5HB (the internal company usage code is VF23 This turbo is a large roller bearing unit, providing huge volumes but with very low inertia properties which is due to the bearing design.
Every car was hand made, starting with a lightweight 2 door WRX RA shell and then cutting off the rear arches. The new widened fenders were welded in their place and the front of the car received similar appendages to cover to massive wheels and extra track. The dimensions of the car were now virtually identical to the car watched by millions, in the hands of Subaru's new driver line up, Richard Burns and Juha Kunkkenhann. The rear spoiler has the same adjustable foil as the WRC car, for increasing down force on twisty tarmac events.
The brakes fitted were the standard Subaru 4 pot calipers with 292mm discs on the front and a new rear 2 pot caliper with larger vented disc on the rear. Both were painted in a bright red colour, looking very distinctive through the gold BBS wheels.
Production process During its transformation the bodyshell, parts and engine are removed from the standard Impreza production line no less than 6 times, and 3 different facilities used for modification.
1. The car started off as a shell from an Impreza WRX STi type R version 4 Coupe.
2. STi then modified the front and rear wheel arches by cutting away the existing ones and rewelding and extending them so that the body is some 80mm wider.
3. The body is then seam welded and repainted by a specialist (as the body is too wide and does not fit through the normal painting production line at Subaru)
4. STi then took the engine and bored out the normal 2 litre block to 2.2 litres. Which produced more torque at lower revs.
5. The clutch plate and disk are an STI ceramic/metal twin plate competition clutch with dumpers, for better release action.
6. The suspension is a special Bilstein and Eibach set, (much firmer than the normal one), and the track is widened to suit the wide body.
7. WRC styling was added by the addition of a huge adjustable rear wing, a front bumper that looks like it was lifted strainght from the WRC, and different engine bay hood vents again copying the WRC. These modifications produce a replica to the WRC car.
8. Finally the car is fitted with a unique blue interior and aluminium alloy BBS wheels

engine EJ22 Boxer-4
aspiration Turbocharged
valvetrain DOHC, 4 Valves per Cylinder
displacement 2212 cc / 135.0 in³
bore 96.9 mm / 3.81 in
stroke 75.0 mm / 2.95 in
compression 8.0:1
body / frame E-GC8 Kai Unit Steel
driven wheels 4WD w/DCCD
wheel type BBS alloy
front tires 235/40R17 P-Zero
rear tires 235/40R17 P-Zero
front brakes Vented Discs
f brake size x 406 mm / x 16.0 in
rear brakes Vented Discs
r brake size x 381.0 mm / x 15.0 in
front wheels F 43.2 x 21.6 cm / 17.0 x 8.5 in
rear wheels R 43.2 x 21.6 cm / 17.0 x 8.5 in
steering Rack & Pinion Super Quick Power Steering Gear Box(13:1) with power steering fluid cooler
f suspension Bilstein Inverted Strut w/Eibach Springs
r suspension Bilstein Inverted Strut w/Eibach Springs
weight 1270 kg / 2800 lbs wheelbase 2520 mm / 99.2 in
front track 1480 mm / 58.3 in
rear track 1500 mm / 59.1 in
length 4365 mm / 171.9 in
width 1770 mm / 69.7 in
height 1390 mm / 54.7 in
transmission 5-Speed Manual w/Twin Plate Clutch, Ceramic Disc
gear ratios 3.083:1, 2.06 Finally the car is fitted with a unique blue interior and aluminium alloy BBS wheels
gear ratios 3.083:1, 2.062:1, 1.545:1, 1.151:1, 0.825:1, :1 ( The transmission ratios are the same as the standard WRX Type R, but the gears are shot peened for added strength
Peter Stevens from Mclaren was credited for much of the 22B design which included the body styling.
I hope that you enjoyed the info and get to appreciate the 22B as much as I do


I purchased our 22B #339 of 400 in November 2008. It has a different steering wheel fitted and STI Defi gauges on the dash but other than that it is a stock and very clean 22B. I watched the car for well over a year on Trademe (which is like ebay but a N.Z version) It was In Japan when they first started to advertise it and eventually sat in New Zealand for almost a year before I checked exchange rates and saw how the price had dropped on the car. I called and purchased the car almost Immediately, I had a friend of mine who was foreman of the previous Subaru dealership check it over and he said it was very clean. He had been servicing several N.Z new 22Bs so I felt confident to buy it without seeing it. It took almost a year before I went down to N.Z for three months to drive the car. It is such a fun car and one of the most amazing experiences to be able to fuful a dream and own a 22B

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^^ Ehh, wow. That is all.
yes, sorry I wish I had more. I basically crack checked the rods, crank and sent the pistons to my dad to have Zylon coated and then measured all the bores and bearing clearences and finished the short block for assembly.
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