Tour of my GC8. "Zero to Hero"

All great projects start out with humble beginnings. Seeing a project evolve into greatness has always been a passion and love between me and my project cars. And with my working on video skills, I'd like to share that joy with you now. This is a tour of my GC8, where it all began, and what it's become today. People who buy fast cars outright, take their cars to shops to have their work done for them, or have sponsors do the auto work will never truly understand and appreciate these types of builds and the hard work, time, savings, money, blood, sweat, tears, and the feeling you get at completion. Props go out to all garage tuners out there.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Gc8
• STI
• Subaru
• Impreza
• Sooby
• Scooby
• Type-R
• Type-RA
• VF24
• EJ20k
• ej20
• ej20g
• rs25
• my3awds
• manny_dial
• mannydial

[SubieDood503]

how much did it cost you to do the whole swap?

[mannydial]

@SubieDood503 Thanks for the comment. Just the ver4 sti type-r driveline? I think it was around 2800 after shipping. I do all wiring and labor myself on my cars so that saves me a good chunk. Good choice on the GC :) Look forward to seeing your progress around youtube.

[SubieDood503]

@mannydial What? only 2800? the engine and all? This is my plan; 06 STi ej25, Ver6 F/R bumper and s Skirts,Ver6 tail lights, same spoiler you have,Ver4 WRX Type-ra seats.... I found the ej25 for $4k-the complete body for $1500 with the spoiler, and the seats are 650! so thats like 6-7k right ther...i wanted to kno how much u spent for everything! and some leads on parts if you got any..haha.. I do all my work myself as well..im goin to school right now for import auto!

[mannydial]

@SubieDood503 It was approx 8k for the complete build including the car and paint. My 3 resources are yahoo japan auctions, jhot, and japperformance parts in the UK.

[ml0191]

where to you get a conversion for drum to disc?

[mannydial]

@ml0191 Just use a knuckle from an OBS or RS as they bolt right on.

[SuperrJoel]

woa nice work man...

[TheScoobNoob]

Nice. Too bad mine spends more time in the shop than on the road cause of the check engine light...

[SubieDood503]

So my exterior is finished! Im more than ready for the swap... Im lookin for an 04 WRX but ther really hard to find in my area at the moment an jus as hard to find online for a decent price. Ill even settle for a 02-03 if it has low miles. Im so tired of not havin boost..Haha

[myfakechannelimade]

this transformation was a work of art

[WideOpen411]

Made me cry hahaha. Not really but that's beautiful. Remake the vid and at the end mute the music so we can hear it roar by! You've done what I was supposed to do with my 96 Brighton for about a year now hah

[MisterrJOVI]

That Is ONE SEXY ASSS FUCKEN CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheDrunkLemon]

i'm basically doing the same thing with a 93 gc8, very clean btw.

[carveriscool]

PM step by step instructions to "carveriscool" now. ;D

[xxCaptainFishstix]

Shoulda gone with EJ20G Closed deck, Just sayin'.  The reliability of the EJ20K is questionable.