New car: 2007 STI (urban gray metalic) with silver OEM rims, factory boost gauge, short throw shifter, and a Valentine 1 wired into the lighter line. Delivered perfectly by RallySport Direct and installed and Protuned by Andy at Verocious in Wilmington, DE: a Cobb heat shield, a Cobb downpipe, a Prodrive boost control solenoid, a Walbro fuel pump, and an AccessPORT tuned for 93 octane. Here are the before and after results:
Snow shoes: Hankook Winter iPike W409's on silver BBS rims from an '05 STi.
Handling: Freedom front strut brace; Cusco 40mm rear strut brace; realignment with zero toe, max. negative front camber, min. negative rear camber.
Bike toting: Subaru rear hitch & Performance XPORT Slipstream 3 bike rack.
Exterior: Limited wing added, wing vane diffuser removed.
Next and final modifications: DW 850cc injectors and a Blouch 20G.
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Old car: 2002 WRX (platinum silver sedan):
Valentine 1 w/remote display
Autometer bezel pod
VDO Vision Series 52 mm egt (°F) & boost (0-30 psi) gauges
Autometer EGT type k thermocouple probe (part no. 5244)
leather seats and door panels (factory look charcoal gray)
17x7.5 Rotas Subzeros (offset 48mm) with 225/45-17 Blizzak LM-22s in the winter or Michelin Pilot Sport PS2s or
17x7.5 SSR Competitions (offset 50mm) with 225/45-17 A3S04 Hoosiers
CG-Lock
Cusco Zero-2R coilovers with 7/5 (kgf/mm) springs: 13.5" drop from hub center to fender on balanced corners.
-2.0(f)/-1.8(r) camber street settings with 0 toe front and rear with 5(f)/4(r) dampening;
-3.0(f) camber with the same dampening on race days
STi aluminum control arms
Cusco 40mm rear strut brace
SPO front (22) & rear (22-24) sway bars (set at 24), end links, mounting plates
TWR bbk: red 4-piston front (2.1kg w/o pads, 3.05kg w/pads)/2-piston rear calipers
332x28mm (8kg) front/320x24mm rear 2-piece slotted rotors
forged aluminum hats, calipers, and caliper pistons
stainless steel brake lines
Carbotech Bobcat (F40 810) pads (effective, quiet, durable)
Subaru rear differential protector
Subaru short throw shifter
Cobb shifter bushings
STi engine & transmission mounts
ACT street clutch (from Gruppe-S)
ACT 13.9 flywheel (from Gruppe-S)
RA gears (Rallispec install in Hainsport, NJ)
Kartboy hangers
NGK copper plugs BRK7E (0.028 gap)
Power Enterprise Super V fan belt
GReddy oil catch can
Perrin turbo inlet hose
Vishnu 321 uppipe
STi 565cc injectors
342 Walbro fuel pump
STi Version 7 TMIC and y-pipe
APS SR30 turbo
APS 3" TB (1 highflow cat)
APS 70MM CAI
APS TMIC BOV
Ecutek (road tuned very well by Dave at Rallispec)
Cobb 420 cel fix
EGT cel resistor
Delta Dash
cf STi GT wing (Gruppe-S replica)
JDM STi hood scoop and splitter
35% tint by Leeberbs (NJ): fronts removed to pass NJ state inspection
painted stock skirts
Worn out and/or replaced: full synthetic (5W30) oil and oil filter every 4K; spark plugs and fuel filter every 30K; wimpy stock battery at 30K; Unichip at 30K; Pole Position S-03s after 20K; stock clutch and flywheel at 40K; Eibach Pro-Kit with stock struts; original TWR brake pads (dusty, noisy, shot in 6 mos); Ecutek dynotuned by Shiv twice ending up with boost fluctuations; rear axle assemblies and center differential bearings (all 4 sets) at 60K; Vishnu power pulley (which caused misfires very frequently on all cylinders); ACT (organic) clutch and Exedy 13.5 flywheel at 75K; front right axle boot (cracked and ripped from turbo heat) at 75K; A/F sensor and fan belt at 75K; EGT sensor at 80K; APS DR500 FMIC (black; silicon hoses; silver foglight covers) at 83K; APS dual-vent FMIC BOV at 83K; Freedom Design front strut brace (for room for STi splitter seal) at 83K; Spec Stage 2 clutch at 85K (which didn't last 10K); clutch cable, master, and slave cylinder at 85K
This is my pump gas horsepower with the lowest curve for my valet map
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