I went ahead and brought this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2621556863...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

TO DO LIST

INTERIOR

AIRBAG OR GLOVEBOX
REMOVE OR KEEP ABC CHIP - BUILD UP (IF KEEP REMOVE VAVLE ON ACTUATOR)
BUILD UP STEERING SHROUD + GLOVEBOX
ROOF LINING

EXTERIOR

BRAKES + BUILD UP CALIPERS
PAINT WHEELS
T.CUT+POLLISH
CUT OUT FRONT BUMPER + MOUNT INTERCOOLER (IF FMIC)

ENGINE

CAMBELT - CHECK CAM PULLEYS TORQUED UP (REPLACE WITH NEW CAMBELT)
EXHAUST GASKET TO TURBO
WIRING UNDER INLET
WASHER BOTTLE
EXHAUST HEADERS
MAIN ENGINE BOLTS TO SUBFRAME +FLYWHEEL COVER
CHARGE BATTERY
OIL + FILTER CHANGE

Good news is, it has a type ra gearbox and a exedy clutch which feel amazing (no gearbox play, tight shifts) in it and a **** load of spares, mint interior and literally everything else apart from a alternator pulley.

Has a new cam belt kit installed, timed, and a brand new one to go in once the engine is running.

Day 0:
Brought the car back from manchester, left some parts back in his garage to make another trip on sat/sun in a van.

Day 1:
He had a subaru impreza workshop manuals and he gave me a to-do list with it. took of the front rad and called it a day to do some good planning

Day 2: 04/01/16
Studying the wiring map for the engine from the book, will label them all with masking tape.. going to buy a suitable tool kit; after labelling the plan is to pull off the top of the engine and start with rewiring.

One of the mistake he said he made was wiring the engine all completed, so all the wires would not reach the middle grounding point on the engine and around towards the inter cooler spot..

Ah Also going to look for alternator pulley.

END OF DAY 2: Completely confused by the alternator wiring loom (posted a pic) comparing to my friends gc8 sport, one wire does nothing at all and the other complication is two of the same type of connectors; something seems really screwed up with this wiring loom

Day 3: 05/01/16
Have a uni deadline for midnight and ive only done question will be working on that

 

At least this one has survived the breakers

Let's hope Project X doesn't turn into Project £

 

Good luck. Just take your time and you'll be fine

 

added pic

 

END OF DAY 3:
Started the journey on pulling the inlet manifold, didnt get too far, had to order some new tools

still have no idea about that extra connector on the alternator loom :/

 

A/C plug you don't appear to have air con.

 

Thanks! so i just have to tape it up and im good to go?

 

That would do well

 

DAY 4
Figured out the extra connector (Thanks JOE), torque wrench arrived yday waiting on the spanner set today, still need to organise a van to grab the rest of the parts from the guy in stockport(quoted £150 :S) hes got like 2 bumpers a decatted vortex exhaust system and a load of extra spares!

Gonna upload some car pics now

 

I wasn't serious about Project X becoming Project £

Let's hope things go ok for you

 

prepare for the worst, if it hits you, just laugh and if u avoid it just laugh; either way youre laughing

 

I salute you matey, exactly how I learnt about cars, although I jumped in at 18 with an Escort RS turbo.

 

DAY 5:
finally got all the tools are started poking away at it, been using this as a rough guide.

https://www.scoobynet.com/technical-...-guide-up.html

Questions:
*Do i have to pull the inlet manifold to wire the main engine loom (to knock sensor, cambelt positon sensor etc)?

*I found a rip in a little hose (spark plug to inletmanifold) what should i do about it, how do i go about replacing it if i need to, dosent seem to come off?

*where do i mark the throttle cable and how do i go about taking it off the manifold

*do i have to take the alternator off to pull the sensors underneath it (connected to the main loom), if not how do i go about disconnecting sensor A/B

 

DAY 6
Took the alternator half off, did some wiring loom organisation, still have no clue how to remove 2 cables from under the alternator (one which resembles a screw and one which resembles a screw-nut).

As the wiring loom has been jammed under the powersteering pulley thing, im thinking ill just have to pull the inlet manifold off anyways

to do:
*Figure out the wiring loom extra bits
*pull the manifold, rewire, correctly (try to).
*replace the tear piped(told it was a vacum tube from sparkplug 3 to manifold)

 

DAY 7
its been hectic so far have been really busy and not been able to log; managed to take the loom wiring out and now its getting down to nitty gritty and some progress being made.

if anyone could help label/check over the current label it would be most appreciated (will also make a post in the more specific forum section.)

edit:
Labelled the injector connectors as sparks

 

Update:
Pulled the inlet off wired her up, connected the purge solenoid (hopefully correctly), broke the tension on the crank pulley without any anticlockwise movement! checked the cams are all timed and that the pulleys have been replaced (just need to get a new belt on).

ordered shell helix 5w-40, inlet gaskets, fuschs coolant (amid,phosphate etc free), some blue threadlocker and a troque wrench which odes ft/lbs (2-28nm).

Its a v4 manifold on a v4 head connected to a v6 block. the only thing im unsure about now is:

*Alot of the wiring doesn't match the wiring diagram and some pins are missing HOWEVER this change carries on towards the ECU and thus its a "changed carried forward" so im sort of risking it in a way (really just want to make sure i have the injectors lined up correctly for the firing order)

*the solenoid system im really unsure about, there is a 3 port valve for manual boost control, which i dont mind using (getting guages etc) but have no idea and cant find documentation to figure it out.

id really appreciate if someone could just check over the changes ive done so far and give me some feedback because this is all thin ice for me.

will take some nice pictures when i can