[IheartSTI]

Before this technical write up begins I am going to answer the question everyone is going to ask. "Why is this called the Marmots sti thread?" The only way I can describe this question is marmots are one of the most fierce animals to ever walk the earth and i believe the sti is one of the greatest cars ever driven on this earth so it just makes sense.


With that said let the swap from hell begin. I picked up the wrecked Sti two nights ago and even that did not go smoothly. At that point I knew this project was not going to be smooth sailing. When you look at buying a wrecked car take a very detailed look at every part of the car. If it was wrecked from the back do not assume the front is in perfect condition. For example the car I picked up was wrecked from the driver side yet the bottom passanger side of the bellhousing had a crack in it. Also what I have found expect to find random things broken that you could not see when looking over the car. Another example was that the dash on this sti was in perfect condition yet when I took out the radio the radio casing was cracked. With that said be ready to buy some oem parts from subaru.

Last night I started tearing down the car. Not a whole lot of tear down has been done because I have been overly careful to lable everything. It is tedious work but it will save you a few angry hours down the road. Here are a couple pictures of teardown.