Meet the SPD WRX
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Starts life in 1993 as 1.8 AWD. Get suspension and bushing kit etc.1995. 

About 1997 - WRX hood and bumper, AWD w/WRX gearbox, still 1.8l, 110hp, but with very studley sounding exhaust. Scare Honda owners by letting them listen to me short shift, slowly from stop light. With a gray haired driver at the wheel, most take the bluff.

Below, seen from Mike's Garage as the engine transplant is underway. 

Doing the wiring for all important engine ECU. Do not worry about the mess on the passenger floor - tossed it.

Finished installation. Japanese motor, complete with Japanese dirt! Thanks to my friends Louie and Bill, who out of sympathy and/or admiration later detailed it with tooth brushes! Bone stock 1996 WRX engine. "STI version nothing."

At Big Willow, instructing students, hooked up, as the saying goes. (Thanks for the photo, Jud)