# 1998 2.5RS RE-build thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [October 29, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493 "2009-10-29T15:25:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/1 "2009-10-29T15:25:46Z")
I’ve been watching too much “Wheeler dealers” or “Holmes on homes” so for this build I’ll be meticulously tearing apart the work that was previously done. Goal: Rebuild the car to have OEM cleanliness, reliablity, and inspectability using funds generated by selling off aftermarket parts. I started with this: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/25%20RS/car20001.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/25%20RS/car20001.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/25%20RS/car20006.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/25%20RS/car20006.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/25%20RS/car20003.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/25%20RS/car20003.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/25%20RS/IMG_0990.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/25%20RS/IMG_0990.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/25%20RS/IMG_0946.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/25%20RS/IMG_0946.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/25%20RS/IMG_0949.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/25%20RS/IMG_0949.jpg) The car made good power and has some decent mods to it such as the ppg transmission and brembo brakes. The real problem with the car and reason why I couldn’t sell it is because the stand alone ecu won’t pass emissions. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/2 "2009-10-29T15:48:54Z")
holy shit, you have more projects going on than anyone I know… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/3 "2009-10-29T15:57:26Z")
> [@travisn](#): > > holy shit, you have more projects going on than anyone I know… Yea, that’s not a good thing :deadhorse: on to the teardown: how to not wire a car: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0103.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/0/9/0967e3b564e316165c8e08f3bf4cfe0cc4197ee4.jpeg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0127.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/7/a/7aee2ab73e5c43f750cd7e088ef25358d83de02b.jpeg) how not to paint ABS side skirts (someone forgot to prep them) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0118.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/d/5/d562d197f16571cf7ec9f01a9f7d87f8b0b30ee5.jpeg) gauges come out, only to find the the wires are soldiered at each joint as well as zip tied to the stock wiring harness under the dash. Making it impossible to remove until I get the dash out. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0101.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/a/d/addaec7abd05808e203a5afbdb66df326c368ea5.jpeg) seats gone ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0099.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/3/8/38c91f875ec054fc3caeb2e7835c750119ada295.jpeg) wheels sold, my old snows put on it for now. Calipers removed so I could fit them: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0096.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/b/b/bb817f394b011c97935464a0bedac95af9659a0b.jpeg) 22b hood vents gone ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0104.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/0/f/0f43fcab026339da5efded1eb03af236f81954b1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Juicey\_J](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juicey_j/32/5238_2.png) [@Juicey\_J](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Juicey_J)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/4 "2009-10-29T18:20:09Z")
Good luck with this. I love these old scoobys ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/5 "2009-10-29T18:31:06Z")
![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0103.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0103.jpg) woah ---
**Author:** ![Nikeman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikeman/32/5141_2.png) [@Nikeman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikeman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/6 "2009-10-29T18:45:19Z")
I’ve always wanted one of these! Good luck man! Looks like you have your hands full with the previous owners hack job:run: ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/7 "2009-10-30T05:12:03Z")
Such a sweet project. Good luck and keep this updated! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/8 "2009-11-01T20:21:28Z")
this thing is an absolute mess and to make it worse most of it was done by a big name professional shop. melted plug: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0158.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0158.jpg) everything has 5-6 zip ties on it making it take forever to unwind everything: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0144.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0144.jpg) melted wire loom: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0145.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0145.jpg) this is either a coolant or oil line that is capped off: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0146.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0146.jpg) instead of the proper connector for the injectors someone put these pieces at the end of the wires. Just by hitting the wire with a wrench I accidentally unplugged an injector. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0153.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0153.jpg) all the vac/boost lines are in multiple pieces. The line to the boost gauge inside the car used a 1" section of larger line to mate two different sections. I can’t imagine the gauge getting the proper reading with this: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0155.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0155.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/9 "2009-11-01T20:27:33Z")
wat shop ---
**Author:** ![juicedz4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juicedz4/32/5051_2.png) [@juicedz4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juicedz4)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/10 "2009-11-01T20:28:26Z")
what a fn mess this thing is, jeze. Dan ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/11 "2009-11-01T20:52:58Z")
my sr20 harness is just like this. and it will stay like that until I figure out what injectors it will be getting. lol > [@mafdark](#): > > instead of the proper connector for the injectors someone put these pieces at the end of the wires. Just by hitting the wire with a wrench I accidentally unplugged an injector. > > ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/CIMG0153.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/2/a/2abe51e742dae07dc1993140e57d383aba1c93bb.jpeg) I guess the story behind my harness is that it had bigger injectors at one point, but he sold all of it and put it back to stock. sweet. ---
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/12 "2009-11-02T08:26:17Z")
wow im glad u were trying to sell this mess to someone. im glad your fixing it all right ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/13 "2009-11-02T08:49:08Z")
> [@llink78](#): > > wow im glad u were trying to sell this mess to someone. im glad your fixing it all right Anyone who was remotely interested in the car was told that the wiring should probably be redone (and it should probably get STI heads/turbo setup as well) before they even came out to look at it. Granted I didn’t know of ALL of these problems until I started digging into it, and I’m sure I’ll find more. ---
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/14 "2009-11-02T14:37:03Z")
i didnt mean anything bad about that but holy mess ---
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/15 "2009-11-02T15:01:09Z")
Geez i hope you have lots of spare time to sort that out, looks like a electrical nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![VR2000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vr2000/32/5382_2.png) [@VR2000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VR2000)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/16 "2009-11-02T15:09:16Z")
holy…good luck with the project! ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/17 "2009-11-02T15:12:43Z")
looks like yo need to put insurance on it, reg, plate it, 10 day reg., and start it, let it burn down… yo must have got a deal i wouldnt have paid $500 for the car. ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/18 "2009-11-02T15:13:02Z")
Just by a new harness. I have never met a clusterfuck of wires like that. Its like someone put wire,crimps,and t taps in a blender ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/19 "2009-11-02T15:17:44Z")
> [@nitroinsane](#): > > Just by a new harness. I have never met a clusterfuck of wires like that. Its like someone put wire,crimps,and t taps in a blender yep. Wiring is something that as soon as you touch it, you’ll never get it right again. I have a pile of OEM parts I’ve ordered or will order. Turbo kit is coming off and being sold. I considered putting STI heads on it, STI OEM turbo setup, and the ECS merged harness… it’d be a killer car but frankly I can’t risk putting all that money into the car and getting offers of 7k on it (see my BMW thread) ---
**Author:** ![upstateclipse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/upstateclipse/32/7348_2.png) [@upstateclipse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/upstateclipse)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493/20 "2009-11-03T19:19:58Z")
Is the turbo kit made to fit with the non turbo crossmember? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1998-2-5rs-re-build-thread/75493.md?page=2)