RS Swap “To Do’s and To Don’t” Episode #4

Today I swap out the old cross member, install new STi steering rack, new Advanced clutch/flywheel and remove wire harness. There will be a more detailed wire harness install video offered on iWire’s KZbin that I’ll add the link below for when it’s made available.
(Note iWire does not do Swaps)
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[@GunsmithBeard]

“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!!

[@nuhdoi4237]

Bucky lasek + Subaru mechanic channel = winning

[@wakeupandbord]

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.

[@Nappylou69]

LOL that Thor line made my morning..

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

Hahaha🔨

[@troyfankell6581]

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.

[@ghostpunkkilla]

All hail the goddess of clutches!

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

Hahaha

[@scottibass]

video quality is looking extra sharp today, good job

[@lancelaprarie6128]

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

[@gordonmonkeyhurst5852]

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!

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

Gordon Monkeyhurst 👍🏻👍🏻

[@burton240sx]

It’s amazing how clean this chassis is

[@gavintaggart7370]

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...

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

Gavin Taggart I bet.

[@alitatunertc1775]

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

[@michaelsimoneau8364]

so much to learn thanks for this knowledge.

[@miguelolivares3831]

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

[@itzJobear]

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

[@charlesshamseldin9555]

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

[@Christosan88]

Thanks for sharing. I enjoy these A-lot.

[@salspec3381]

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.

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

Unfortunately showing all the torque wrenching/info would have added a few minutes to the edit. We did it though where it’s called for. My suspension is getting properly done as we mentioned but yeah you are correct.

[@salspec3381]

That's good to hear Bucky. I just see so many vids where things are put together with electric impacts and that's all.

[@junma40]

This is awesome, so much good information

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

J H Thanks👍🏻

[@TheMiddleAmerican]

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.

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

👊🏼😂

[@SimonPhoenix2022]

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

[@paulsche5112]

Hey Buckie, it’s 12am from Aussie!!!!

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

Hi Mate!

[@paulsche5112]

BuckYeah G’day mate. Hope ya have a good one!!

[@psedog]

About to hit midnight in Japan at well 😁

[@Pregun1990]

Yeah mate Australia!!!

[@dieseldabz7104]

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 😆

[@bruceholinight7978]

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

[@ericlanam4265]

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. 😎

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

Yes the WRX throttle cable is longer but can modify older as stated in video to work and pivot ball should be changed due to it wearing on fork.

[@donellmecca.booker5969]

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

[@rowansmith7767]

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

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

Hahaha

[@Le_w_sisters]

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?

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

The blue RS was really just my not so beater daily until it needed a head gasket and then it’s all Brian and Lances fault from there. Mostly Lance😂

[@Le_w_sisters]

@@BuckyLasekOfficial Lol, I get it man. Keep up the great work on the videos, love watching them!

[@josephdawson5086]

Wa buhup buhup my shit is fast. Damn buckit

[@aplong1911]

Is there a playlist for all the RS swap videos?

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

I may have to go in and update the playlist.

[@Ryan_Revier]

Put on top air intake for subaru STI in GC8.

[@MrSkittles1927]

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

[@mjd85la]

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?

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

Sti 👍🏼

[@robertstaff]

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

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

My blue RS has Method 503’s and my white widebody has a full Sti swap including hubs, etc.

[@robertstaff]

BuckYeah that explains it. Thx BL

[@psedog]

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.

[@WSOR6604]

Spent. Great content.

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

Thanks 👊🏼

[@Pregun1990]

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

[@einhander2764]

www.landefabrication.com/parts.html Looks like these guys

[@Pregun1990]

Thank you

[@jasoncarlson7867]

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

[@josephdawson5086]

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

[@justinrgrecky]

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

[@dieseldabz7104]

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.

[@Supreme0777777]

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

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

2002 WRX

[@GoletaSkateboards]

Insane iWire!

[@Grooove_e]

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

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

Lance still has them I believe 👍🏼

[@Grooove_e]

@@BuckyLasekOfficial how would I contact him?

[@JMART3LL]

Bucky, which model ACT clutch did you use?

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

ActSB2-HDSS clutch kit Act600705 flywheel

[@jaycrisp272]

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

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

That’s what iWire is for.

[@jaycrisp272]

@@BuckyLasekOfficialunfortunately they’re on the other side of the world to me 😂

[@edinsonvelascojr1714]

🤘

[@sti8107]

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

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

Try GD STi

[@neo8378]

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!

[@metalthing1]

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

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

Roughly 50-75hp but most importantly is the cost when you compare the swap to just replacing the head gasket for about $2g more.

[@metalthing1]

@@BuckyLasekOfficial I love what your doing but how much is an RS and all the parts? Just curious?

[@metalthing1]

I think you said earlier you can get more power with a Turbo or a bigger Turbo?

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

Metalthing fab Link to budget/parts: www.iwireservices.com/post/buckys-ej205-swapped-rs-budget-and-part-numbers

[@justinrgrecky]

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

[@regeneanit669]

Buck yeah!!!

[@Zaakro]

Next video drops tomorrow? 😁

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

Haha, thanks I need to edit it still😂

[@stg2lgcy00]

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.

[@BuckyLasekOfficial]

stg2lgcy00 Haha, I bet he could but on rollerblades (Because Hockey player) 👍🏻😉

[@davenezrapappas4589]

Oh boys we may have a bright future instore.

[@pistoffjstr1]

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

[@erllnutz2405]

😂USE AN IMPACT LMAO fucking Buckey I swear lmao

[@CamaroRick]

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

[@marklipsinic7916]

Not a torque wrench to be found.

[@edwardk6764]

Lol...something's primin'