Project Hatch (aka project grocery getter part II)

[RayfieldsWRX]

Great thread! Looking forward to your commentary.

[302@12psi]

Car looks great in white.

[Big Sky WRX]

I'd absolutely run this thing is DS for at least a year. Then maybe jump up to ESP (assuming it is placed there) once there is good aftermarket support to make that jump.

that's the way I'm leaning at this point- it's not going to be real easy though

And so it begins.....

Lower it and paint the .....

I project future $$$ spent on this project to be $11432.12. List of mods to include:

F&R LSD's
2 sets of Sway bars
13 sets of rims
20 sets of tires
7 sets of brake pads
a bunch-o-custom suspension
2 sets of camber plates
11 JDM goodies custom imported
8 gallons of Subaru Extra S
-3 deg of camber
and at least a CBE.

will be deleting this post in case my better half happens on to it

[T0rque]

Awesome

[AgentH]

Bigsky, check out the red pin stripping in the grill of this White STi:

[timber]

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[Big Sky WRX]

well I sourced a set of 08 front struts (if your wondering how I did that so quick- you'd be correct that I sourced them prior to getting the car ) to use a donors when Koni comes out w/ their insert/shock setup for the 08/09's

a comparo of the strut tops- similar, but not interchangeable

gen3 on the right



strut comparo- again similar (but different)

gen3 bottom



the stroke on the front strut is almost identical to the previous gen- 169mm (measured the 04 at 167), the piston diameter the same as well 22mm

you can also see from the pic that is uses the exact same bump stop as well- 60mm in length

I'm trying to get someone to get a measurement for the rear shock and for the rear bump stop as well

armed w/ these measurements I'll get measurements at full droop and then be able calculate bump and rebound travel

on a lighter note the better half is very impressed w/ the power of the new car- she's made several comments about having to be extra careful around town

[Houstonwrx]

I was amazed at the top end speed in the 09; it took me by surprise when I first took it on the freeway.

The turbo spools up really quick too, makes those short trips much more enjoyable

[camino cielo]

camino cielo- test drive one

Working evenings this week and was actually planning to go to my dealer (1/2 hr away) and look and test both the '09 WRX and an '08 STi, they're selling them $4000 off MSRP, sounds VERY tempting to me. And if I get a good price on trade in on my M3....

[RayfieldsWRX]

Working evenings this week and was actually planning to go to my dealer (1/2 hr away) and look and test both the '09 WRX and an '08 STi, they're selling them $4000 off MSRP, sounds VERY tempting to me. And if I get a good price on trade in on my M3....

I will be very interested to hear your review of the two cars, especially if you're able to drive them back-to-back.

[Big Sky WRX]

^ me too

[Big Sky WRX]

Sway bar Notes

for the Gen3 Imprezas

2008 WRX front 20mm/rear 15mm
2008 STi front 21mm/ rear 18mm
2009 WRX front 21mm/ rear 16mm

the front bars between the STi and WRX are NOT interchangeable

the rear bars between the STi and WRX ARE interchangeable

I should note that the rear bars on the Gen3's are shorter than previous models so you can't directly compare them by diameter- a shorter bar will stiffer than a longer bar

I'll post up lengths soon and maybe JR can roughly calculate the differences made by the different lengths

[BOOOSTIN]

BIG SKY~ did you order your SPT CBE yet?

[Hold_Fast]

Another *subscribed*.

Looking forward to following the journey.

[Big Sky WRX]

BIG SKY~ did you order your SPT CBE yet?

I'm currently debating- may have found a very good deal on a Cobb cbe