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for the record this is what replaced it:

Chris_Rogers wrote:did you get the black book with it?

that book pretty much has what was done to it and how it was set up.
a scan tool will access 99% of it the ABS system is on a separate black plug. the red triangle is the ABS light. from memory the LHF sensor was acting weird.

where did the car end up btw?

Sure did. I work at Manheim car auctions.... Basically my job is to road test the vehicles that come on site and do mechanical condition reports. I haven't really worked with Subarus before, but i have a big passion for imported cars (this makes #3 in my garage :/). I got in the car, started it up, got out on the road and nearly shat myself.

I bought it that afternoon. Haha.

Oh right! I appreciate the information. I didn't realise what the light was, but found it odd that the whole ABS module and lines had been bothered to be swapped in (but wasn't working). Also noticed the A/C has no gas, you reckon it will work if i get it gassed?

Big post, but there was a couple of vin plates from a starlet in the glovebox.. Did you need them? lol.

Damn, good choice - worthy replacement.

guyph_01 wrote:yep cool car. The main thing i love about it is the auto climate control:)

Hope you start your own thread and put up some pics:)

I was thinking about it, but it's not really my build. I may just post up some pics after i tidy it up

mr_sp33 wrote:Sure did. I work at Manheim car auctions.... Basically my job is to road test the vehicles that come on site and do mechanical condition reports. I haven't really worked with Subarus before, but i have a big passion for imported cars (this makes #3 in my garage :/). I got in the car, started it up, got out on the road and nearly shat myself.

yep its NOT slow. part of the reason it has the brakes to match. 100-200 is about a 3-4 second delay if you stand on it long enough. it lived on a diet of E85 and 98. plenty of new stuff on it. perfourmance in underwood know the car.

I bought it that afternoon. Haha.

send me a message with the purchase price (I know what I sold it for.)

Oh right! I appreciate the information. I didn't realise what the light was, but found it odd that the whole ABS module and lines had been bothered to be swapped in (but wasn't working).

ABS works - stand on it hard enough and you will feel it come in. the car has been around lakeside a few times and it got used there pulling up from 175 on the main straight.

Also noticed the A/C has no gas, you reckon it will work if i get it gassed?

if you can get the condensor back in the front of it - yes it will . I ran out of space when the fans went in. I have the condensor here if you want it.

Big post, but there was a couple of vin plates from a starlet in the glovebox.. Did you need them? lol.

nah turf them. I had a imported Glanza V at the time and I was going to get creative.. sold it and didn't need to.

I have two Skylines and have been working on pretty much every version for the last 12 years (inc R35.) so that replacement I know quite well. enjoy the car. if you have questions about it shoot me a message on here. I have a spare alternator and a set of spare turbos for it as well.

Chris_Rogers wrote:yep its NOT slow. part of the reason it has the brakes to match. 100-200 is about a 3-4 second delay if you stand on it long enough. it lived on a diet of E85 and 98. plenty of new stuff on it. perfourmance in underwood know the car.

send me a message with the purchase price (I know what I sold it for.)

PM'd

ABS works - stand on it hard enough and you will feel it come in. the car has been around lakeside a few times and it got used there pulling up from 175 on the main straight.

Hmm, i've only driven it twice (at work, and then home from work with works tradeplate on the back) because it's currently unregistered, but on the way home i managed to get it to lock up pretty hard, although that ABS light you mentioned is on currently. Perhaps the code needs to be cleared before it operates again.

if you can get the condensor back in the front of it - yes it will . I ran out of space when the fans went in. I have the condensor here if you want it.

That would be awesome actually. Pretty keen to have cold A/C, haha.

nah turf them. I had a imported Glanza V at the time and I was going to get creative.. sold it and didn't need to.

I have two Skylines and have been working on pretty much every version for the last 12 years (inc R35.) so that replacement I know quite well. enjoy the car. if you have questions about it shoot me a message on here. I have a spare alternator and a set of spare turbos for it as well.

Cheers mate! Let me know when a convenient time is for you and maybe we could arrange to meet up so i could pick up that condenser?

mr_sp33 wrote:Wow. I just bought this car

Lucky fella!

It seems that Chris is more than helpful to you with any questions - that's great to see!

Enjoy it, there's been a lot of work put into it then some more!

Cheers

Bennie

mr_sp33 wrote:PM'd



Hmm, i've only driven it twice (at work, and then home from work with works tradeplate on the back) because it's currently unregistered, but on the way home i managed to get it to lock up pretty hard, although that ABS light you mentioned is on currently. Perhaps the code needs to be cleared before it operates again.




That would be awesome actually. Pretty keen to have cold A/C, haha.



Cheers mate! Let me know when a convenient time is for you and maybe we could arrange to meet up so i could pick up that condenser?

10 am is fine. I will probably be under something at that point. turbos are elsewhere.

Chris_Rogers wrote:10 am is fine. I will probably be under something at that point. turbos are elsewhere.

Hahaha, that's cool. Speak to you then.

It was good meeting you yesterday! Cheers again for that condenser.

how did it end up at the auctions?

how do you do?

for me - too many cars - that one had to go. sent it to we buy any car. they sent to to manheim where this fellow scared himself shitless and bought it

Why wholesale it off? Im sure someone here would have been all over it...

Neville, read post #246 - all Chris was asking was $2500 in his mitts !!

I think a lot of us would love to own it, but only few that could afford it and/or already have too many play toys.

Gannon wrote:I think a lot of us would love to own it, but only few that could afford it and/or already have too many play toys.

exactly. I already have two toys and that one was the third and wife was getting annoyed with it. as for wholesaling it. I had a victorian buyer but the mod plates on it didn't mean squat there and the thing would have needed engineeering again. in the end it was all too hard and with a wife complaining I had too many cars - that was the final outcome.

Gannon wrote:I think a lot of us would love to own it, but only few that could afford it and/or already have too many play toys.

I would have loved it, but as with Chris, it was incompatible with the wife...

Chris_Rogers wrote:wife

Tweetys owner has a fix for this type of predickament

steptoe wrote:Tweetys owner has a fix for this type of predickament

That fix is also incompatible with the wife...

Hi Guys,

Because I have Girlfriend 1.0 which is compatible with the GT2 Wagon I am the new proud owner of the car.
I have so many questions to ask and a bit of work to do to bring it back up to Chris's high standards but I will try.

Cheers
Troy