COTM February 2011

[MainFrame]

UPDATED - 04/30/13



2002 WRX - 120,000 miles on the chassis and counting..


Engine/Power Mods:

port and polished ej205 intake manifold
port and polished throttle body with coolant bypass
8mm GrimmSpeed phenolic spacers
port and polished TGV deletes
ej205 heads, chamber modified for 2.5L (deshrouded intake valves), street ported
+1mm Ferrea super alloy valves intake & exhaust, radius valve job
GSC Custom non-AVCS Cams (272 / 234@ 1mm / Peak Lift 10.6mm intake, 10.65mm exhaust)
GSC Power-Division Beehive Valve Springs w/Titanium Retainers
Five-O 1400cc Top Feed injectors
Aeromotive A1000-6 Injected Bypass Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator
Full Blown dual pump hanger
Full Blown dual 340lph fuel pumps
braided Teflon -6 fuel lines w/AN fittings
Aeromotive fuel pressure gauge
Aeromotive Top Feed Fuel Rail Kit
Aeromotive inline mount 100 micron fuel filter
ej257 blueprinted case halves
balanced ej257 crank
Pauter X-Beam connecting rods
ARP rod bolts
Arias custom 99.54mm pistons with molly coated skirts
11mm STi oil pump deburred and shimmed
KillerB aluminium oil pan
KillerB Ultimate Oil Pickup
KillerB Windage Tray
King main bearings
ACL Race Series rod bearings
ARP 625+ Custom Age head studs
Subaru 2.5L head gaskets
Perrin EL header (wrapped)
Extreme Turbo Systems Rotated V-Band Exhaust Kit (wrapped)
Summit Racing 3" manual stainless exhaust cutout
04 STi Muffler
Custom 4" intake
AEM 9" dry flow air filter
TurboXS FMIC (modified)
Power Enterprise aluminum radiator
Samco Sport radiator hose kit
Peterson catch can (modified for vacuum)
Maniac Electric 160amp high output alternator w/+.5V diode mod
Garrett GTX3576R (velocity stacked compressor inlet)
Tial Stainless V-Band Turbine Housing (.82 A/R)
Tial MV-R 44mm EWG (1bar spring)
VTA EWG dump pipe
turbo blanket
GrimmSpeed 3-Port EBCS
Hallman Evolution RX manual boost controler kit (w/cockpit adjustment)
AEM 3.5 bar MAP sensor
Optima Yellow Top battery
home made grounding kit
"big 3" wiring additions (4 gauge)
GM Flex Fuel sensor
AWDTuning Custom Oil Cooler
open source EM
blueprinted and fully balanced rotating assembly



Driveline/Brake mods:

MSI Solid Aluminuim Engine Mounts
Torque Solutions Solid Transmission Mount
ACT HDSS clutch
ACT street light flywheel
JDM cryo treated & micro polished STi 5MT gearset w/dual cone first gear syncro
JDM STi heavy duty center diff.
Kartboy short shifter w/all the bushings
Perrin rear diff. lock down system
04 STi hubs
Brembo GT series big brake kit for STi
GrimmSpeed Master Cylinder Brace
Goodridge SS braided brake lines
18"x8.5" Rota wheels (pending change)
235/40R/18 Falken tires (pending change)



Suspension:

KYB AGX gas adjustable struts
Group N hardened tophats
Eibach prokit springs
Whiteline 24mm adjustable front swaybar
Whiteline 24mm adjustable rear swaybar
04-07 WRX rear swaybar mounts
Kartboy swaybar endlink combo
Whiteline steering rack bushings
TiC Lateral Link bushings
TiC Trailing arm forward bushings
TiC Trailing arm rear bushings
TiC FCAR bushing
Whiteline Plus front control arm forward bushing
MSI Tubular trailing arms 1" correction
front strut brace bar



Exterior:

mock carbon fiber side marker inserts
mock carbon fiber front grill "I" badge
Hella fog lights
wingless debadged trunk
tinted windows
Pro-D front lip
homemade aluminum skidplate



Interior:

reverse indiglo gauge cluster
blue LED HVAC conversion
AutoMeter A-Pillar 3 60mm gauge pod
AutoMeter Black Mounting Cup for 52mm Gauge 2204
Prosport Blue/White Exhaust Gas Temperature Gauge (pending change)
Prosport Blue/White Electrical Oil Pressure Gauge (pending change)
Prosport Blue/White Mechanical Boost Gauge (pending change)
AEM UEGO Wideband O2 Gauge
Zeitronix Ethanol Content Analizer
Alpine iDA-x305 headunit
Alpine PDX-4.100 amplifier
Metra 6.5" speaker spacers
Kenwood tweeters (front doors)
Infinity Reference 6.5" coax speakers (front doors)
Sony Xplod 5.25" coax speakers (rear doors)
Cerwin Vega 5"x7" coax speakers (rear deck)
Boss Audio BASS600 8-Inch Low-Profile Amplified Subwoofer (under driver's seat)
14 gauge speaker wire all around
120gb Toshiba 2.5" .mp3 hard drive
Momo air leather shift knob
NRG Gen 2 steering wheel quick release kit
Momo JET35BK0B Jet Black 350mm Leather Steering Wheel
Subaru mock carbon fiber trim inserts
Tactrix 1.3U cable routed behind dash
Busted Finger Motorsports AEM UEGO Logging Cable
Passport Escort 8500 x50 hard wired
ELM 327 Blue Tooth OBDII connector & Torque App for Android
Grip-It phone mount
driver's side airbag resistor mod
hard wired power inverter between driver's seat and center console
aluminum STi dead pedal






We're getting closer..

[MainFrame]

[shadowpr]

congrats on being cotm.

[02Wrx-ripper]

hey brother i have the same car color an all ill put some pics up, i just have all bolt ons im new to the wrx world and i absolutely love your indiglo gauges and the stereo color as well could you help a fellow brother out and show me were to purchase the same plz
Thanks cant wait to here back from ya pm me

[08wrx331]

gorgeous car, man. love it

[MainFrame]

[blakekawalec]

I wish my bugeye was like that... its kind of close... but not to the next level

[Live2drive15]

Nice work, looking good! Bet it is a blast to drive.

[RayfieldsWRX]

Great vid! I mounted up a camera in the car and had some fun with video editing a while back.

[zax]

Was it a Go-Pro camera?

Great vid! I mounted up a camera in the car and had some fun with video editing a while back.

I remember that avatar!

[RayfieldsWRX]

I fabricated a mount for my rear strut tower bar, and did a whole video to a Joe Satriani tune. Can't remember if I posted it here or not.

[shadowpr]

i hope your oil tank comes off easier than mine. that was a PITA.

[MainFrame]

The next step in project bugeye is nearing completion..

[zax]

You would take a picture of yourself Robin.

[Mikie13]

My...what a big...blower...you have.