careercadaver's wrx wagon...

[careercadaver]

Picked up a 2005 WRX Sport Wagon in San Remo Red over the weekend. Stoked to be back in a Subaru!! Had a B5 Audi S4 for a few months and before that a White GC RS Sedan. Drives a lot like the RS but the turbo's quite an upgrade to that set-up. 51K on the odometer.

Mods:

- Perrin Divorced DP
- Megan 3" Exhaust

Here's some pics as she sits. I'll probably play a little big here and there but it will be awhile before I heavily modify the car.


















Can't wait for coilovers and a decent wheel/tire set-up! Though I have few other priorities in front of all that. I'm running the OEM 16's with Continental ContiPro's that came on

Just ran a compression test that came out well, replaced the plugs while we had everything apart. Just bought a vf43, SPT Intake and I'm about to grab a 2" Perrin Uppipe in the next few days. A buddy has a fuel pump and injectors for me so this should come together rather quickly once I get everything collected. Goal at this stage is a conservative 300whp open source tune for a DD. I may track a few times but mostly a commuter.

[xFalleNx]

Beautiful wagon man!!

[rage-wrx]

Car looks great.

Your user name

[T0rque]

Green pump handle threw me off.. Only diesel pumps out of green around these parts.

[michaelwfox]

Green pump handle threw me off.. Only diesel pumps out of green around these parts.

Same....

[UEDan]

RED Wagon with a nice tint job. I'm jealous. Nice car man.

[rage-wrx]

Green pump handle threw me off.. Only diesel pumps out of green around these parts.

I think BP has green pump handles around here.

[careercadaver]

Beautiful wagon man!!

Thanks a lot man! I've enjoyed it thus far. Had to be a rare color for me to tackle a wagon. But Subie wagons are the best looking. imo

Car looks great.

Your user name

Thanks! Surprisingly enough I've gotten very few comments about the username. Used it for years...

Green pump handle threw me off.. Only diesel pumps out of green around these parts.

Same....

I think BP has green pump handles around here.

Definitely BP. That would be such a horrifying mistake...Id have nightmares over that one. lol

RED Wagon with a nice tint job. I'm jealous. Nice car man.

Thanks a lot. Not sure how long I can get away with the 5% tint here in MI. We're not supposed to have any tint on the front three windows. If they let me go too long I'll likely put a sun visor strip across the windshield. I sit a little higher in this car than I did my last and it seems to blast me at dusk (plus I had 35% all the way around, including the windshield)...that or my eyes are getting used to the side tint and when the sun breaks through it's a bit overwhelming. lol

[rage-wrx]

Thank! Surprisingly enough I've gotten very few comments about the username. Used it for years...

Do you work in pathology or in a morgue?

[careercadaver]

lol. No. I sell real estate. It's just my bleek outlook on life

[11blackwrx]

Nice looking wagon, dont see too many red ones

[careercadaver]

Nice looking wagon, dont see too many red ones

Thank you! I'm a sucker for a rare color. Locally I've only seen one other red Subie.

[11blackwrx]

I havent seen any red ones in my area

[careercadaver]

Picked up some parts for the turbo swap that will hopefully take place in the next few weeks.

- vf43 (30K, New Seals, No wastegate Crack, Zero Shaft Play, ported and polished)
- STI TMIC with Prodrive Silicone Y Pipe
- Perrin Turbo Inlet
- Perrin Divorced DP
- Perrin Turbo Blanket
- Perrin Front Strut Tie Bar
- Perrin Pitch Stop Mount
- Perrin Manual Boost Controller
- Megan 3" Full Turbo Back Exhaust
- SPT Cold Air Intake and Heat Shield
- Mishimoto Radiator (170 degree T-Stat)
- Rota G Force Wheels 18X8.5 et48 (2K on them)
- General G-Max Tires 224/40 (2K miles on them)
- Grimmspeed Gaskets
- Walbro 255lph

I'm going to heat wrap the Uppipe when it arrives and maybe pick up a heat shield as well. A friend of a friend is going to OS tune it for me once things are assembled. Might do a TGV delete too to see if I can't tweak a little more HP out of the set-up. The goal is to be at around 300whp on 93 Octane and hopefully leave the engine alone for at least a few thousand miles. Though I have a buddy on e85 that bleeds WRB so we'll see how long that lasts...

Really dying to start with aesthetic mods as well...it needs a drop in the worst way...

[careercadaver]

Cant believe it's been the whole summer since I updated this thread...Stage 3 Upgrade and tune went off without a hitch...I'll post up some pics of the process here soon...A few plans changed, mostly for the better. Bought coilovers and front Brembo's but sold the coils to fund the Spring/Strut Combo and a friend needed the Brembos so I sold those as well and went with Four Pots instead...

Quite a few other parts have been accumulating...

- WRX Struts w/ Koni Inserts
- RCE Yellows
- Perrin Front and Rear 25mm Sways
- Kartboy Front and Rear Endlink
- Whiteline Roll Center Kit
- Autometer Bezel Pod (Dual 52mm)
- VEI 52mm (Boost, Radar, Oil pressure and temp w/ Install kit)
- ProSport Oil Filter Sandwich Adaptor
- 06-07 WRX Four Pot Front Calipers
- ATE Super Blue Racing Fluid
- JDM WRX 2 Pot Rears (w/Kartboy adaptors)
- StopTech SS Brake Lines
- Hawk HPS Pads (F&R)
- DBA 4000 Series Rotors (F&R)
- STI Front Splitters (need Paint to Match)
- V-Limited Replica Front lip (good shape)
- GroupN Motor Mounts
- GroupN Trans Mount
- Rear Spats (Need paint)
- Alpine IVA-W505
- Focal FA165W 6.5" Components
- Focal Solid 4 (4X100) Amp

Still need to pick up front and rear top hats to finish out the suspension upgrade. Thinking Whiteline Com C Front and GroupN Rear Hats. I'll still need Camber Bolts as well...sway bars will have to wait till spring as I cant see putting them on this late in the year to run them in the snow...

I also grabbed a Yakima Roof Rack and put in a matching tint glare strip at 5%.

Here's a few pics of how she sits right now...





Still watching for JDM fogs too...