It's finally here guys! An extensive video about merging! OkiSubies is letting the cat out of the bag and giving you guys an exclusive insight into our GC8 merging project Give us some feedback on how you like this step by step guide and if you want to see more content like this!👇🏼

You guys are doing great stuff 🤘

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! It is a long video but it is there if anyone needs it🙂👍🏻

Very informative! You guys are awesome

A great explanation. I think when the time comes I might just play it safe and send you my GC8 harness and get you guys to do the merge for me.

best video by far, keep up the good work!

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

@wauzer1

Жыл бұрын

As soon as I heard they gonna send it down to the Wire Dept, I knew what was gonna follow. This is a good running joke, love it!

Thanks for sharing this knowledge

Thank you for the video, it was excellent. Loved the detail and the care on the explanation of the harness and the swop.

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! We wanted to go more into detail but we knew it would already be so long of a video lol. Maybe we will breakdown each section of the merge in separate videos🙂👍🏻

What are those modules above the steering column? I recently installed a radio and sti genome gauge in my 97 sti and now my headlights and dash backlights dont work. All the other lights work fine. I think its the Illumination control module but I've had a hard time finding it since its rhd.

Very cool!

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Thank you for watching 🙂

Wondering if theres a video in regards to how to adjust clutch pedal to proper height? ❤🎉😅

amazing video guys. thank for sharing this huge job. I'm planning to do a V8 GDB STI Ej207 swap into my BF5 Legacy but i cant find a lot information about it and les the jdm Gdb service manual. do you know any site way to get one. Thank in advance. Gretting from Chile

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

Shoot us an email at okisubies@gmail.com and we can send you what we have🙂👍🏻

Are there any changes need for the drive shaft, steering rack, or anything else? Basically you need the ecu, full harness and the steering pump with the engine from the donor car.

@OkiSubies

11 ай бұрын

That is correct, for the drivetrain there is no difference at all and the newer setup will bolt right up.

For the love of god please tell me you only twisted the various wires together for demonstration purposes to show a connection. There is some quality work on the island but for whoever buys that car next, I hope the harness is merged properly.

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

Haha I actually said in the video that I am only temporarily twisting them and that all exposed wires must be addressed. Everything is crimped and shrink wrapped.

so you are able to reuse the ej20k ecu for a ej207 swap? also will a stateside ej207 engine work the same?

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

No the ek20k ecu is no longer used. The whole point of the merge is to get the ej207 ecu inside the GC8🙂 States never got the EJ207 but all merges use the same concept though🤙🏼

Would this process work with a left hand drive gd harness merging into a right hand drive gc? This video gave me confidence to atleast line them up ontop of each other tomorrow and compare.

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

The concept is the same but the layout of the ECU is just different. If the lengths work and everything seems good when you lay them on top each other then the rest will be practically the same. Here are some links that help me learn years ago. They are LHD applications and everything we do is RHD so if I was able to apply it you should be able to also🙂. www.rs25.com/threads/brydon-teaches-you-to-merge-a-harness.141937/ www.rs25.com/threads/1999-2001-rs-swap-to-wrx-or-sti-help-me-add-notes.82820/

@matthewbuechler6620

Жыл бұрын

@@OkiSubies Thank you for the links. It looks like I have to lengthen the maf portion of the harness in order to make it work. Do you by chance have an ecu pinout for a ver4 wrx sti. I am finding lots of expired links or forums with people questioning posted pinouts. Id rather have extras to double or even triple check. Thank you.,

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewbuechler6620 Yeah shoot us a message on FB or email us at okisubies@gmail.com and we can send you what we have🙂

Would getting the bulk harness from the sf5 sti work in a US left hand drive do the same job instead of a merge?

@OkiSubies

10 ай бұрын

Unfortunately not. The harnesses are different

@DanielGarcia-xb1uw

10 ай бұрын

@@OkiSubies damn that sucks. Is anybody offering a make to order harness other than the diy setup?

I'm so glad my cars have all been GD, the most wiring was just to add avcs. Wiring is not my strength.

@OkiSubies

11 ай бұрын

GD is a great platform! Really cool Subaru kept the wiring mostly the same for usdm wrx and JDM STI. Was it worth the swap to go JDM AVCS?

@dougrodriguez4977

11 ай бұрын

@@OkiSubies absolutely, and even a wiring idiot such as myself can pull off the wiring job. AI Performance sells a kit that comes with great instructions. I’ve wired 3 of my own cars and a couple of cars for friends.

I have a 95 Impreza with no obd2 port would I run into any issues doing this merge? Swapping a usdm 03 wrx engine into it

@OkiSubies

8 ай бұрын

The process is the same so there shouldn’t be any issues. The obd2 port that will be added just needs a spot. We usually just have it hanging under the dash so it is easily accessible

What’s the need for changing the power steering pump ?

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

We change the pump simply because it’s an upgrade. The pumps from the earlier model Subarus have the reservoir sitting on top of the pump and leak very often. The GD pump is isolated and the reservoir sits off to the side. The GD pump can also be purchased new from autozone so we swap it for ease of replacement once the car goes to America.

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

More importantly the GD inlet would most likely not fit with the oem power steering unit.

forester sf5 2000 sti, convert v7 wrx same process merge like this?

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

It sure is! We just did a 97 SF5 and used the EJ20K GC8 pinout so if you can’t find your SF pinout just use the version 5 6 one and it should work🙂

@devil_samuraix6176

Жыл бұрын

@@OkiSubies do u do merge and ship international i pnp?

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

We have never done that before but I don’t see why not. As long as everything is JDM lol

Can you guys help me with a manual swap? No fuel no spark

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

Did you change the ECU? There is nothing done in a manual swap that would effect both fuel or spark unless you changed the ecu and maybe it was bad or the wrong one.

Does this apply to an Sf5 forester?

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

It sure does! We used the same method in a SF5 just a couple of months ago🙂👍🏻

@DanielGarcia-xb1uw

Жыл бұрын

@@OkiSubies what is needed to do the swap for the sf5?

@DanielGarcia-xb1uw

Жыл бұрын

@@OkiSubies any tutorials?

@OkiSubies

Жыл бұрын

@@DanielGarcia-xb1uw GD engine, harness, ecu, and full power steering system just as it shows in the video 🙂

@DanielGarcia-xb1uw

Жыл бұрын

@@OkiSubies what did you guys do about the fuel pump module needed from the GD?

are you guys hiring!?