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We’re back running and driving, ladies and gentlemen.
The pedals were pretty awful. I basically couldn’t remove them without pulling the column and setting it to the side. Luckily I was able to keep the turn signal and ignition switch on it:
There was also no way to get to this bolt (it was in the hole with witness marks) without ripping out the driver’s defroster duct (this photo is looking up into the underside of the dash, there used to be a second vent tube here):
Once we fired it up, the trans sounded REALLY weird. Like smoked bearing weird. But keep in mind we also dumped half a gal of water from the drain hole two weeks ago lol. We cycled through the gears on the jacks and it got quieter and we decided it just needed to get oil back up into all the gears after sitting. Flushed that fluid and added syncromesh, put the tires on and took it around the block. It was snowing so I did a burnout about 2 minutes into the test drive.
Final touches will be a Nayton tech conversion tunnel plate, putting in the manual ECU and making the proper wiring adjustments like the ignition cylinder key lock and putting the starter circuit on a relay. It feels good though, and no CELs even with the auto ECU.
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Wow man that’s amazing!
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Thanks! It was a ton of work, and I’d only really recommend the swap to someone if they can give it a few hours a day after work or over a couple weekends. But none of it is particularly complex. You just follow the manual, except for the pedals which I couldn’t find in the HELMS (steering column removal was in there though).
That’s something I’d definitely do only if I didn’t have to work. If I break it up over several weekends, I’ll forget what I already did 
I think on Saturday I’m going to put several new 3D printed items up on the site’s donation/store page. I want to complete the 92-93 license plate hole cover and really focus on that upper taillight design.
Especially with daylight savings time now. No daylight at 5pm is cheeks.
I may or may not be refinishing some 96 SE wheels to replace the 14’s on my car.
No access to garage space?
Just the basement of my apartment complex so I get away with smaller scope stuff, but the transmission swap would have been too much.
Sigh… apartment life. Been there.
I remember choosing my parking spot SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I could see the teg from my window.
Haha. The spot i picked for my WRX is directly next to the stairwell nearest to my apartment, which is also allllll the way down to the far end of the basement, and tucked between a concrete column and the stairwell wall. Nobody gets to bump my car unless they’re really trying.
One of my neighbors recently bought an e28 so it’s cool to see another classic in the lot.
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LOL good deal? No centercaps?
$100 bucks so fair. I like them better without the center caps!
holy crap I would buy that too just for a backup.
Yeah. I’m gonna be putting in the elbow grease on these to make them half decent though!
Side note, this is the third time i’ve bought parts from these guys. Hah.
Drove the whip home last night! 45 minutes without issue.
I get a little vibration up through the steering wheel around 65-72mph. Not sure if it’s the axles or if the 14’s and Tiger Paws just suck though.
Also swapped out the ECM to my manual one, haven’t driven on it yet but it starts and idles okay.
Next on the list is to figure out which doohickey on the ignition cylinder is the lock solenoid, so I can rip it out and actually get my key out of the ignition without pulling the battery cables.
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looks good in the rain 
also do you have to worry about smogging it in your state?