Rob H@RCH Engineering

Got the idle control valve fitted today it just needs wiring into the ecu now. Also fitted the 98spec glanza steering wheel it looks so much better than the old one!

I have Stack oil pressure and oil temp gauges, Blitz DC boost gauge and PLX wide band and EGT gauge all in one. Boost and ARF/EGT in pillar pod and the oil temp/pressure where the radio should be.

Mechanic from birth, I lived 20ft from my dads garage from been 3 years old to bee n 25 then I moved 500 yards away. I did 2 yr at collage doing mechanics, welding and engineering from leaving school gave that up to take a full time job at a bus garage repairing service buses where the put me through my bus driving test, stayed there 4 years, Then moved on to a car transporter who moved cars for Toyota, Aston martin, Ferrari, Bentley and many more some may remember there ship sinking and taking every thing with it 2.800 brand new cars! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-151464/Ship-carrying-thousands-cars-sinks-Channel.html I stayed there 2 years and hated it they where all miserable! Then moved onto Volvo truck and bus doing any thing from full engine rebuilds to servicing the job I hate most! I also service and repair the Hybrid buses that run in Leeds most of my work is buses because I worked at a bus garage I am a bus man they think I dont mined I get to hammer em round all the time lol drifting buses is a lot of fun! been at Volvo about 8 years now and still enjoy it most days well nights I work 4 on 4 off on nights.

mine had less than 15,000 miles on it but it was only 3 years old and one previous owner lol

Looking good mate it will all come together in the end! oil leaks on the sumps on these are a real pain in the ass!! The one I am running now has been good up to now but I have had some dogs over the years. It does help to leave them to set before filling them with oil, the way I do it is to put the silicone on then put the sump up loose but making contact all the way round then tighten it up the next day doing it this way it forms like a proper seal and tightens up real good once the bolts are torqued up properly doing it this way I have never had one leak! Nice to see some one keeping there car nearly as long as me it takes some bloody doing!! All the best with the house too mate we have had ours 6 years this October and its the best thing we did!!

Good going mate it will all be worth it when its done!! you wont have any problems fitting it all in the front end at the end of the day its the same bay as the glanza its only the bumper that restricts space for the cooler a bit I could have fitted mine so it went behind the bumper with out butchering the bumper but the pipes where made for a glanza so I fitted it as it came plus I have a 98spec bumper to fit at some point but I quite like it as it is lol so its not a priority! Keep up the good work!

cheers mate!

Got a bit more done this week end and today, Welded the silencer into the exhaust also made a jig so I can make different pipes lol that just bolt in, fitted the pacet 13" fan that is a awsome thing compared to the cheep Ebay special it shifts some air lol. I made all custom brackets for mounting the fan on as its front mounted will take picks of them later on as I dint have the camera at hand. I made this today for the idle control valve I am using a FORD one lol It needs to be a 2 wire one unlike the Toyota 3 wire one plus the toyota one was poo lol. TB with stock ICV 4mm ALU plate I started with Cut out and drilled I made the holes the odd shapes to make them as big as poss and still match the valve and the TB Fitted and valve bolted on! Quick polish before I fit it to the car at the week end!

How a bout this mixmash lol :lol: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1993-SUBARU-IMPREZA-WRX-SILVER-/160841869405?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2572ec285d#ht_500wt_1202

I went with this one as it was recommended by the the mapper its always a good idea to go with a ECU there familiar with there is ECUs out there that are a lot more straight forward to fit than this one too but it does every thing I needed and a hell of a lot more!

The ECU on its own was just shy of 900 quid I did most of the wiring loom and fitted all the AEM sensors, I also made all the custom bits like the trigger wheel set up and the mountings for the coil packs. To put a price on it with the mapping I think it would be over the 3000 mark for the full set up. It cost me a lot less as I did most of the work involved and I did a lot of hours work for RDT in exchange for his time on my car so I saved a small fortune lol

Thats my second dash cosy I have had they come from Australia they have them to stop the sun fading and cracking the dash I like them because they stop the glare from the dash too.

Cheers carnt wait to get it to its first show for 6 years now, all I need to do is finish the rest lol

I have some door cards for it when I finish them I have done one but not got round to the other yet but they are in the pipe line!! cheers for the comments!

Well I gave the car its first wash for over a year!! this is how it looks still more to do and the body work needs some tidying up in places. What ya think??

Well I gave the car its first wash for over a year!! this is how it looks still more to do and the body work needs some tidying up in places. What ya think??

Payment sent for Rob H + 1!!!!

We go alot to see Kats mum and Dad as they bought a B+B 2 years ago but we have been going for the goth weekends every year for the last 9 years. But just going for a long week end this week

Any one on here from Whitby? Will be heading there on Thursday. The other halfs mum & Dad have a B&B there so we spend quite a bit of time there.

nope the only manuals for the starlets are from the dealer and the come in sections there is not one for the hole car, and ya need deep pockets too the one I have was around 60 quid and thats only for the engine!

Spotted the above well slammed too any one on hear? I was in a Cross Roads truck and bus van

NO the rear lights are staying! they have been like that almost as long as I have had the car I bet I had only had it 2 weeks before I did em it took ages to mask em up for painting but thats the advantage of working at a bus garage lol ya get paid for maxing lol

Another one from other side! looking good mate!

In what way do you mean it will give better response? How are you measureing the response because by response it can mean a lot of things, but from what your saying it sounds like race tech may have measured this. Hence me wondering how it's been measured. Which I'm sure you'll agree, is a valid questions to your statement

I agree but a lot of power is spoiled if there is loads of lag too, depends on how important to ya looks are over power, but thats just me I have been around long enough to have seen lots fail and lots succeed lol as much as ya like the facts are all a round!