Rally's MY04 Forrie- Poverty Pack special

Purchased second hand. Rear diff and instrument cluster replaced under warranty. First change was to fit CB UHF GME radio. Car has externally mounted windscreen aerial bracket. Just purchased set of new KYB shock absorbers- the originals have had it- will install when they arrive. Next step is to replace standard steel rims with MY99 WRX rims. Then sump guard and driving lights.
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Now that Rally has a rear locker, if he brakes one rear axle he can continue with the rear differential locked and still has one rear wheel drive and because he also has a DCCD, he will always have at least two wheel drive. So maybe no "need" to have a spare axle...
 
@ Rally, have you modified the cv axles or are they just standard STI's
 
I think the cv’s are standard. I wasn’t involved in this aspect of the project
 
The diff has been re-assembled and ready for installation. To make life easier, I removed the studs from the back of the diff, and will replace them with high tensile bolts. It makes it so much easier to install the diff. Diff breather also installed.





 
now just need testing and comparison thoughts, pics , videos .
 
See how we go. I tend to go into hibernation over summer.
 
I took the car out to see how the locker worked. Only in my own street, and yes, it does work. Takes a bit longer to engage than I expected, but it works and that's the main thing. Further, more extensive testing in actual off road conditions is planned, but not sure when
 
Thats good news for the new year !

What do you mean by "longer than expected" ? Few meters rather than half wheel rotation ?
 
Yes. I haven't measured it, but it is more than a few metres. I might get in touch with Harrop to find out why.
 
Much of a noise when it locks?
 
Can't hear it at all
 
How did you test it, straight ? Maybe does it activate better when both wheels don't rev at the same speed, like when turning ?
 
I turned on while stationary, as per instructions. I then took off and drove a few metres and performed a U-turn, with no binding. I then drove maybe 50 metres and performed a u turn, with notable binding. So it's less than 50 metres, but how much less I don't know yet.
 
Too many instruments, not enough room. Solution- one instrument that does the lot. Volts, boost, water temp, oil temp, oil pressure, speed, RPM, EGT, AFR. It even has shift lights.
 
Tacho and speedo connected. Now for the more difficult part. Getting the huge mass of wires through the firewall and installing the egt and oil temp sender units
 
How are you connecting these, do you piggy back off the factory sensors? So the ECU & dash still gets the factory output & this race dash gets inputs too. But wouldn't that halve the voltage?
 
When I did the engine conversion, I ended up doing a pin out list of every wire going to the cluster so I knew what was what in order to get the speedo, fuel and temp gauge working. So looking at that, I spliced into the signal wire going to the speedo and tacho. They are the only factory sensors I will be using, except maybe for the AFR's. However, when I calibrate the speedo, I will be using the GPS to give me the speed reading baseline. Unfortunately, you have to calibrate it at 40kmh, so we'll see how it maintains it's accuracy at higher speeds.

With regards the AFR's I can't use the O2 sensor in the car as it is a wide band sensor, and the dash will only work of a narrow band. I think I threw my old narrow band one away so I'll have to find another.

It is better to have independent inputs so the lack of ODB never concerned me.
 
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