So, the car moved into a bay at RalliTek over the holidays, and they have made short work of the installation. Jeremy, Andrew, and Sean definitely know what they are doing. The only thing that is missing is a simple, cheap, hard to find power steering hose. It's on back order from Subaru. Once it's installed, everything else can go in, and the car can be started!
RalliTek will be installing a Cobb Accessport - a computer that is used to reprogram the ECU and is necessary to control the motor which is a mix of parts from the 1993 Legacy Turbo, 2002 WRX and aftermarket. The Accessport also will allow the car to run on E85 fuel, something we plan to do when it is available due to it's low cost and high octane rating. RalliTek has a 2008 WRX that has been running on E85 for a long time and it's been very reliable- and makes great power.
In the next two weeks, the exhaust will be installed (full custom), the motor will be finished (even if we have to fashion a power steering hose from duct tape and pantyhose). And, we have a date with the dyno on January 27th. Surgeline will be tuning the car, along with significant help from Sean at RalliTek.
After that, we only have minor things to do before the first rally... like install seats, harnesses, rally computer, rally intercom, fire extinguishers, mud flaps, skid plates, rally lights, and brakes.
Doo Wops, here we come!
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