This is a discussion on Hold_Fast's ESP/SM/AutoX/Track build. Because race car. within the Builds forums, part of the Tech & Modifying & General Repairs category; I figured it's time to finally get a build thread going to keep track of my progress and keep myself ...
I figured it's time to finally get a build thread going to keep track of my progress and keep myself motivated to get work done to the car. It is officially no longer my DD, so I've decided to start driving it like it's meant to be. With a few autox events under my belt, I'm going to start getting more prepared for next season in ESP and to start doing some HPDE's. So as she sits now:
2004 WRX wagon - World Rally Blue
Sponsors: Me
Engine
EJ255 w/ intake AVCS disabled
SPT Short Ram Intake w/ AEM Dryflow filter
Perrin Turbo Inlet
TGV Delete and Coated
Intake Manifold P&P and Coated
GrimmSpeed Ported and Coated Exhaust Manifold
GrimmSpeed 3mm Phenolic Spacers
GrimmSpeed EBCS
TurboXS TMIC w/ DEI Cool Tape
Boomba Fuel Rails (AN Bling)
Walbro 255lph FP
Tanabe Downpipe (Heat Wrapped)
Cobb Catback
GrimmSpeed Uppipe
Mishimoto Radiator
Mishimoto Radiator Hoses
EVAP Deleted
A/C Deleted
Stereo Deleted
Lightweight (Motorcycle) Battery
Tons of Heat Wrap
Suspension
JRZ RS1's - 12k front 11k rear springs w/ helpers
MSI Motorsports Front Camber/Caster plates
Rear Camber bolts
MSI Rear Lateral Links
TiC Rear Lateral Link RACE Bushings
TiC Rear Trailing Arm RACE Bushings
Eibach 22mm Rear Swaybar & Endlinks
Perrin 25mm Front Swaybar & Endlinks
Custom Alignment (using my eyes)
Driveline
Carbonetic 1.5 Way Rear Differential
Exedy Stg 1 Clutch
ACT Lightweight Flywheel
Cobb Knob
Kartboy Shortshifter
Kartboy Front Shifter Bushings
Kartboy Rear Outrigger Bushings
Kartboy Rear Differential Bushings
Brakes
Front - Brembo's off an 04' STi
Rear - Subaru 2 pots off an 07' wrx
Kartboy Rear Brake Caliper Adapter
BF Goodrich Stainless Steel Lines
Various rotors/pads
ATE Superblue fluid
Wheels
17x8" Rota Torque +48 in Flat Black with 235/40/17 Star Specs
18x8" MB Motorsports +45 in Silver with 245/35/18 Hoosier A6's
18x9.5" Enkei PF01 +45 in Silver with 275/35/18 Hoosier A6's
Interior/Electronics
STRI Boost Gauge
STRI Oil Pressure Gauge
Innovative Motorsports Wideband O2
Exterior
Pillarless Front Grill Mod
De-ambered and Painted Headlights
20% Tint All Around
Waiting to be installed...
06' WRX TR front aluminum control arms. Need to pick up some sedan axle's.
On going Plans:
Brakes, etc
- ARP Wheel studs, because I feel like I should after using an impact wrench on the lugs multiple times a month Waiting for bearings to need replacing
- New front brake pads
- master cylinder brace Done!
- New-to-me Hoosier A6's for next year (unless I pony up for some BFG g-Force R1-S's) waiting to figure out the wheel situation...
Misc.
- Put water/oil temp gauges where my radio was (already have the mount made up!) waiting...
- Change the read diff/trans fluid, see what kinda shape the rear diff is in, possibly replace (cheap, why not?) Done!
- Rear strut tower bar, see if it changes anything, not sure that it will waiting...
- 1 Way LSD Front Diff
- Rear Camber Plates
- Racing Seats and Steering Wheel
- Maybe Fender flares. Because never enough tire.
Last edited by Hold_Fast; 05-09-2013 at 06:29 PM. Reason: Updated
~Stan
'04 WRB WRX Wagon (Build) - Hard Parked, AutoX Toy
'86 BMW 325es ~ "The Chump" ~ '11 Hyundai Elantra Limited ~ Daily Driven
"I was raised knowing there is a replacement for displacement, it's called engineering."
In my efforts to knock my first item off my winter list, I placed the following order from TiC:
MSI wagon lateral links w/ TiC bushings
MSI/TiC Groupbuy Deposit
TiC Trailing arm bushing bundle
WL Steering rack bushings
TiC Tranny Crossmember Bushings
The group buy deposit is for the MSI DSS. Check out the group by and save some money!
MSI & TIC love child group buy!!! - NASIOC
~Stan
'04 WRB WRX Wagon (Build) - Hard Parked, AutoX Toy
'86 BMW 325es ~ "The Chump" ~ '11 Hyundai Elantra Limited ~ Daily Driven
"I was raised knowing there is a replacement for displacement, it's called engineering."
Stan: lots of body roll here. Stiff springs and more swaybar.
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Yeah, the ST Coilovers are next on my list. I can get high spring rates straight from the factory too, so I'll probably be shooting for a 8k front/7k rear set up. Then see how mow sway bar I need after that.
~Stan
'04 WRB WRX Wagon (Build) - Hard Parked, AutoX Toy
'86 BMW 325es ~ "The Chump" ~ '11 Hyundai Elantra Limited ~ Daily Driven
"I was raised knowing there is a replacement for displacement, it's called engineering."
Box of goodies from Turn in Concepts.
Now if only my landlord would clear out my garage space...
~Stan
'04 WRB WRX Wagon (Build) - Hard Parked, AutoX Toy
'86 BMW 325es ~ "The Chump" ~ '11 Hyundai Elantra Limited ~ Daily Driven
"I was raised knowing there is a replacement for displacement, it's called engineering."
With the beautiful weather this weekend, I attempted to swap out my rear trailing arm bushings and do some rust repair to the arms this weekend. Despite a 24 hr soak of PB Blaster, I couldn't get enough torque on the bolts to get them loose. It might be time for a new high-lift jack. But I'll be back another weekend for you...
But I did finally get around to removing that under-hood-insulation thing.
If anyone stumbles upon a good deal on coilovers or has any suggestions, let me know!
~Stan
'04 WRB WRX Wagon (Build) - Hard Parked, AutoX Toy
'86 BMW 325es ~ "The Chump" ~ '11 Hyundai Elantra Limited ~ Daily Driven
"I was raised knowing there is a replacement for displacement, it's called engineering."
don't forget endlinks!
Hawk Eye #1991
Dirty Crew #11
Military Militia #1991
I still don't know how I got this car...
They are somewhere on my list. I should swap them out when doing the lateral links, but that would make too much sense.
~Stan
'04 WRB WRX Wagon (Build) - Hard Parked, AutoX Toy
'86 BMW 325es ~ "The Chump" ~ '11 Hyundai Elantra Limited ~ Daily Driven
"I was raised knowing there is a replacement for displacement, it's called engineering."
You should stick with a good spring/strut combo. Any $1000 coilover isn't worth the metal it's made of.
How did you get the '04 STi Brembos to mount up? Do you have some sort of adapter?
And what's up with the end of the thread title "Because race car." ???
Scott
Past Subies - '11 STI Limited stage 1+ and '04 STi stage 2+
'13 Wrangler Rubicon - custom front bumper w/12k lb winch & off-road lights, skid plates, diff guards, etc.
'04 Porsche 911 Turbo GT2 clone 600 HP/TQ
'77 F-150 heavily modded for off-roading
I was contemplating a spring/strut combo, but I can't really find anything that will allow me to use higher spring rates (seems like people have found more spring, less sway bar to work well for autox). I've looked into the kits offered by Ground Control as well, but they seem to get mixed reviews.Originally Posted by teflon_jones
That's why I figured I would give the ST Coilovers (rebranded German KW Varient 1's) with nice high spring rates and camber plates a shot. This package comes out to roughly $1700, and I will at least have a nice set of GT Worx camber plates once I can upgrade to something more aggressive/$$$.
Thoughts?
Also, the 04' front brembo's bolted right up. Just need to use the caliper bolts that came off the STi, get some 04' rotors, do some slight heat shield modification, and you're done. Pretty easy actually. I'm running the 07' wrx rear 2 pots for now, till I decide if a BBK is in my future.
"Because race car" is just a joke going around NASIOC that I found amusing.
~Stan
'04 WRB WRX Wagon (Build) - Hard Parked, AutoX Toy
'86 BMW 325es ~ "The Chump" ~ '11 Hyundai Elantra Limited ~ Daily Driven
"I was raised knowing there is a replacement for displacement, it's called engineering."
I don't understand what you mean that you can't find anything that will "allow" you to use higher spring rates. Just get shorter and stiffer springs and sport/HD struts to match...
Scott
Past Subies - '11 STI Limited stage 1+ and '04 STi stage 2+
'13 Wrangler Rubicon - custom front bumper w/12k lb winch & off-road lights, skid plates, diff guards, etc.
'04 Porsche 911 Turbo GT2 clone 600 HP/TQ
'77 F-150 heavily modded for off-roading
The stiffest springs for a spring/strut combo that I can seem to find is the RCE Yellow springs (~380lb Front/~325lb Rear). While these would probably be OK, if I went with a coilover setup, I can basically pick whatever rates I want to fine tune the suspension more if I wanted to. Is there another vendor or setup that I'm missing?
~Stan
'04 WRB WRX Wagon (Build) - Hard Parked, AutoX Toy
'86 BMW 325es ~ "The Chump" ~ '11 Hyundai Elantra Limited ~ Daily Driven
"I was raised knowing there is a replacement for displacement, it's called engineering."
Going to bump this for the MSI/TiC group buy going on right now for an autocross legal front control arm bushings & aluminum housing.
OMG an affordable MSI part!!!! - NASIOC
If the group buy hits 50 people, MSI will raffle off one of their subframes (worth almost $2k!)!!!!
~Stan
'04 WRB WRX Wagon (Build) - Hard Parked, AutoX Toy
'86 BMW 325es ~ "The Chump" ~ '11 Hyundai Elantra Limited ~ Daily Driven
"I was raised knowing there is a replacement for displacement, it's called engineering."
Pre-Christmas bump.
Just got a great deal on some very lightly used carbotech brake pads, so those will be going on once summer hits. Pretty excited to try these out. But I missed out on a deal to get a full set of used ground control coilovers, so I'll still be browsing the classifieds.
I'm also looking at some cheap rental garages so I can hopefully *fingers crossed* get some work done this winter.
~Stan
'04 WRB WRX Wagon (Build) - Hard Parked, AutoX Toy
'86 BMW 325es ~ "The Chump" ~ '11 Hyundai Elantra Limited ~ Daily Driven
"I was raised knowing there is a replacement for displacement, it's called engineering."
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