Bucky lasek + Subaru mechanic channel = winning

“If you don’t know something surround yourself with people that do!” The guys and girls at iWire are incredibly knowledgeable so impressed; by the time your done your will have a new car!!

Having 4 guys, a lift, and a proper garage makes swapping the crossmember/rack look way easier than how I did it solo in my driveway last week...

Not sure what Bucky did to deserve this, but someone in the YT world seems to be doing one hell of a job making sure as little people as possible see his videos. Keep it up Bucky, we're watching even if they're watching you too.

All hail the goddess of clutches!

Wow the GC body swap is way more in depth than the Gd body , 02 + 03 WRX swap is pretty simple !

Nice job Bucky! If you leave the p/s, the alt, and the a/c connected and remove the belts and lay the p/s to the pass side and the alt and a/c comp to the driver side. I was shown this 20 years ago by a Subaru Senior Master and have just found it easier when pulling the engine to do a swap or for repairs. You can drain the pump & res off the engine, then change to the wrx pump & res too.

So back in ‘90 friends and I stayed with a friends uncle on el Camino royal? Hit up a badass skate shop, met cool peeps and thought we were at Buckys house on his mini ramp. This was around the Ray Barbie Powell peralta time. Got run the fuck off the China Banks, Turns out we were at Danny Ways house. For real. And the empty fountain at Golden Gate Park from the H-Street video was our last spot before we went home to Illinois. Goddamn the 90’s were Cool! Love ya buck.

LOL that Thor line made my morning..

As always, thanks so much for posting these videos. All of your vids are great, but it's rare to find some as straight-up useful as these. Cheers dude!

It’s amazing how clean this chassis is

video quality is looking extra sharp today, good job

Love this series. Makes me want to go back and go over some of my swap things. That clutch fork pivot got me thinking.

I seriously thought you were going to take the dash support bar and fire it like a bazooka at the camera 😆

Man I clicked this vid primarily for the alt install. 👉👌💥

I can't wait for the next episode 🤙👏👏👏

It seems like no one uses a torque wrench anymore. Anyway when doing the final tightening with rubber suspension bushings make sure the control arm/ lateral links are at ride height. Otherwise the bushing will tear from too much twist during full compression.

i drive a dsm but love watching the builds. alot can be applied to any car your building..built not bought. p.s. the fact that i skate probably makes me biased

Great video. Will be very helpful for my build! Thank you very much BuckYeah!!!

So lucky didn't fill your sneakers with coolant Bucky when removing the last box when you were tipping it to try and remove it and clear the lip... I've done it before myself and with years of experience 😆

so much to learn thanks for this knowledge.

Ooh my gawd! Could you imagine trying to figure out that harness set up. Smh

You need a Goddess of Clutch skin in THPS 1+2!

Hey Buckie, it’s 12am from Aussie!!!!

You don't have to stick with the older alternator. I have a newer style in my 95. (Bought it for my 2002 B4) Just needed to buy the connector to adapt it.

I put a 06 Forester Alternator 115amp in my 96 Impreza. 2 pin car and 3 pin alternator. You don't need the third wire

Thanks for sharing. I enjoy these A-lot.

this is awesome, thank you for doing this, give me confidence that i can do mines one day

Im still just so jealous that you have not one but two cherry RS's in 2020 (not too mention now they're swapped). I couldn't find one decent one 15 years ago ffs!

This is awesome, so much good information

So, while looking at my swap, and the shims for the control arms. My logic says that if you put the washers on the Rear of the arm instead of front and back, it should get you a little bit better caster angle. Because you are essentially pushing the a arms towards the front of the car

I thought this was a good idea until I got lost at the harness. Might stick to my 2.5 n/a 😂

Wa buhup buhup my shit is fast. Damn buckit

I'm glad to see the use of washers on the control arms -- I was well into the rabbit hole of researching which (available) control arms would fit. Would you clarify the reason for the WRX throttle cable? Simply longer? Why the new pivot ball with the new clutch fork? I get the old fork wearing out, but the pivot? Thanks for doing this. You rock. 😎

Oh boys we may have a bright future instore.

Man, I love watching these. What made you decide to build the white one and this one? One for kicking ass and one for daily?

Put on top air intake for subaru STI in GC8.

Spent. Great content.

Insane iWire!

I put a 06 115 amp alternator in my 96 Impreza. You just don't use the one pin.

Buck yeah!!!

Bucky if you are ever looking for another set of hands bro I live on the East Coast and have many years of experience and would LOVE working with you on projects as I desperately need a change in my life soon.. Haven't been able to catch a break in along time.

So after this car is all wrapped up then you gotta get Brian to drop in on vert since you guys are learning a lot from each other lol.

🤘

Another great build video! If you had to do it all again and money wasn’t a primary concern, would you do a JDM motor swap in the GC or a USDM STI motor swap?

Red is to blue as brown is to pink wait was that striped a ground?

Hi Bucky. Great Vid. I noticed you run the sti bbs wheels - how did u get the bolt pattern to fit a gc8?

😂USE AN IMPACT LMAO fucking Buckey I swear lmao

Wouldn't it be nice if this was as simple as swapping an old V8 to a bigger old V8?

Yea buddy, Clarence can be picky but he knows where to have more space

Hey mate, What was the company that makes the gc gd steering knuckle adaptor?

Is there a playlist for all the RS swap videos?

Hey Buckey! What front sway bar did you use for this setup? I’m having issues finding correct front swaybar for my oem steel arms still on car. Thanks

Bucky, can i buy those control arms from you for my '03 Bugeye?

Next video drops tomorrow? 😁

Bucky, which model ACT clutch did you use?

What ecm did you used ? And did you keep the car emissions friendly? Thank you

Lol...something's primin'

How much HP do you gain? What is the power to time/$ ratio?

Not a torque wrench to be found.