Vehicle Owner

Member ID: phahn

Location: Rolling Meadows, IL

Vehicle Info

2005 Subaru Impreza WRX

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed146mph
  • HP280
  • Weight3240lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.

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phahn's 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX

Performance Modifications

Engine/Drivetrain Modifications

- IHI VF 43 Turbo
- STi top mount intercooler
- Deatschwerks 565cc injectors
- Walbro 255lph fuel pump
- Tial blow off valve
- STi uppipe
- Helix downpipe
- Stromung twin tip cat-back exhaust
- Cobb AccessPort ProTuned By Jorge (aka RiftsWRX) of P&L Motorsports @ 18.5 psi
- ACT Street Clutch
- resurfaced OEM flywheel
- Subaru Performance Tuning Intake
- Subaru Performance Tuning Heat Shield
- Intake silencer deleted
- GP Moto elbow

Suspension Modifications

- Cusco Adjustable rear swaybar
- Cusco Front swaybary (22mm)
- Kartboy rear endlinks
- Kartboy front endlinks
- Eibach Pro-kit springs

Wheels/Tires

- 17 inch Rota Tarmac II wheels(17x7.5)
- Kumho ECSTA MX tires (225/45/17)

Visual Mods

- STi front splitters
- JDM "I" badge
- RallyArmor mudflaps
- cleared Headlights
- painted calipers (silver)
- painted rear towhook (red)
- De-badged "S U B A R U" on trunk
- JDM tail light mod
- 35% tint all around

Audio/Video/Misc

- STI interior swap (front and rear seats, door cards, center console)
- Subaru Performance Tuning Boost Gauge
- HKS turbo timer
- Kartboy short shifter
- Kartboy shift knob
- Kartboy "long" exhaust hangers
- Hella Twin SuperTones
- Valentine One Radar Detector (hardwired to car)
- Ipod video 30GB
- DEI Viper 791XV alarm system w/remote starter and 508D motion sensor
- Pioneer AVH-P5700DVD 6.5 inch LCD Head unit + Ipod Adaptor
- Parking Brake Bypass for Video

phahn's 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX

taken 07/05, in winter mode with Bridgestone Potenza all season tires on stock rims, stock exhaust

Dyno plot from 02/12/2008, put 280 to wheels on crappy winter gas! :)

phahn's 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX

Future plans for the car include:

Cusco front strut brace and Cusco rear strut brace with V-anchor
KYB AGX Adjustable Shocks or mild coil-over setup
AEM, Coolingmist or SMC Alky/water injection kit
Possibly getting another tune in the summer on 100 octane

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WJHockeyGirl  

Posted by: WJHockeyGirl

08/05/2009 04:01PM

im so jealous of your headlights!

bigbobchamp  

Posted by: bigbobchamp

05/09/2009 04:36AM

Hey nice Subie!! You should check out MySubie.com. It's a new Subaru social network w/ tools to help enthusiasts find parts, reviews, mods, pics, events, and more. Let me know what you think.

Psycareyo  

Posted by: Psycareyo

12/16/2008 11:49AM

Hows that Stromung CBE sound?

IWHIT10  

Posted by: IWHIT10

06/03/2008 12:19PM

Hey man. That is a sick ride. I was just wondering how you got the amber plastic part out of the head lights because I don't like the look of that either on my new WRX. Get back at me. Thanks

02blkWRX  

Posted by: 02blkWRX

04/15/2008 08:09AM

hey man, i'm about to put a similar setup into my bugeye...what are you numbers after the protune?

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: phahn

Location: Rolling Meadows, IL