DONE RECENTLY:

Dyno tune on 12/20/08.  Got 381.4 wheel horsepower with 413 torque.  This was at 23.5 psi with a manual boost controller!  With the electronic boost controller this would be near 400 as it would maintain the 23.5 psi as opposed to the manual dropping off.  If I get a larger front mount with TGV deletes I'll be well into the 400whp range.

What you have to remember is that most rear wheel drive cars have around 10-15% drivetrain loss while AWD vehicles like mine have around 22% due to all the extra axles, drive shaft, transfer case, etc.  So if you have 400whp you have at least 500 crank hp since 500x 80% is 400whp, but more like 513 x 78% = 400whp.  Since these cars have more torque with the AWD and a good launch at 4.5-6,000 rpm your off like a bat out of hell with head, neck and body pinned to the seat as you hit max rpm or 28mph max in first gear right away and as you shift to second gear you lunge forward for a second.  It's a great experience if you've done it or want a friend to show you!

1)Rota G-Force 18X9 +35 offset

2)Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Specs 235/40/18

3)TSX Projector HID Retrofit headlight

4)DEFI's relocated to A-Pillar in triple gauge pod

5)ACT Street Clutch

6)ACT Streetlite Flywheel
7)Kartboy 30% less than stock short shifter with a 1" drop
8)Suede headliner with A, B & C pillars along with map & dome lights painted satin black to match

9)Beatrush Gold pulley cover

10)H&R Camber bolts front & rear

11)WRx sideskirts

12)Greddy Profec B Spec II electronic boost controller

Picture taken on 9/17/08 after Rota G-Force 18x9 +35 offset and Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Specs were mounted.  These aggressive wheels required 2.5 degrees of front and rear camber.

 

 

 

Picture taken on 8/24/08. Now I have the Evo license plate bracket, smoke shield, TSX Projector HID retrofit headlights and license plate delete painted GOLD.

I relocated my 3 DEFI gauges from on top of the clock in the center dashboard to the A-pillar.  I'm so glad the single pod for the A/F fit in the corner still and the view was unaffected.

 

 

Suede headliner, armrest and visors!  Ohh so smooth!

Perrin big MAF intake, Greddy front mount intercooler, Cusco strut bar (painted gold), Cusco oil catch can, gold Prodrive battery tie down, gold Prodrive oil cap, gold Sun Automobile hyper voltage system, Red Optima battery (painted gold) and Cusco Master Cylinder Brace (painted gold)

ACT Street clutch can handle 475 lbs of torque

ACT Street Lite Flywheel (stock is 18 lbs, this is 12 lbs)

ready for transmission to go back

Turnin In Concepts Kartboy 5 peice Super Shift kit. This has 30% shorter throws than the stock STi short shifter and is 1" lower! Ever notice how high the stock shifter is on these cars?

Tial 38mm external wastegate and dump tube

 

 

 

 

Rear badge professionaly airbrushed. Also something that no one has, shroud painted black with gold rings!

Golden eye (Impreza "I"), grill and badge!

Sitting a little lower with Tanabe GF210's

 

Brand new purchase - 8cm exhaust housing for my FP Green

Another recent purchase is the Tial 38mm external wastegate. It's going to be noisy!

I love the look of the 06's totally customized with the shroud painted gold with the gold rings painted gold. There's also a light black paint on the round lens'.

 

 

 

 

JE Pistons are installed and can handle 24psi with the front mount safely!

 

I didn't get actual photo when it was installed, but this is what the unequal length headers from Gruppe-S and the uppipe from Helix looks like. Equal length headers give you about 5 more hp, but lose the boxer rumble of the engine, so almost everyone goes unequal. The uppipe feeds the turbo it's power and is a litte wider piping and flow just like the headers.

 

Montauk Point Lighthouse (end of Long Island, N.Y. taken on 7/7/07)

 

I had no idea the FP Green was this much bigger than the stock VF39.

Forced Performance Green Turbo is in! Also Perrin turbo inlet, Power Enterprise 850cc fuel injectors and Walbro 255l fuel pump.

 

2005 Evo 8 MR front seats

Perrin inlet has 5 layers of silicone and is 3" all the way around and a smoother curve. It tapers to 2.4" so it fits stock turbo inlet.

April 2006, two months after I bought it.

 

 

Notice all magenta/pink stickers/emblems are now gold to match the rims, brembo's and metallic paint.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PERFORMANCE UPGRADES
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1) Forced Performance 8cm Green Turbo
2) Tial 38mm external wastegate with 14.7 psi (1 bar spring)
3) Cobb Accessport version 2 Tuning done by Dave Brown from Metric Subaru
4) Perrin Big MAF air intake
5) Perrin turbo inlet
6) Greddy front mount intercooler (GT-SPEC PROTOTYPE)
7) Greddy Evo2 catback exhaust
8) Invidia v2 downpipe
9) Greddy Profec B Spec II electronic boost controller 
10) Power Enterprise 850cc fuel injectors
11)Walbro 255 liter fuel pump
12)JE forged pistons
13)Kartboy TiC short throw shifter with bushings 
14)Sun Automobile Hyper Voltage System
15)Gruppe-S Headers
16)Helix v3 up-pipe
17)Tial 50mm blow off valve
18)Cusco oil catch can

19)ACT Street Clutch

20)ACT Streetlite Flywheel

GAUGES
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1) Defi boost, exhaust gas temperature & oil pressure in A-pillar triple gauge pod
2) AEM wideband air/fuel gauge
3) Apexi turbo timer (with volts connected)

SUSPENSION / WHEELS / TIRES / BRAKING / INTERIOR
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1) Rota G-Force 18" x 9" +35 offset 
2) Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec 235/40/18
3) Tanabe GF210 springs
4) Gruppe-N top hats
5) Cusco 22mm rear sway bar with Perrin endlinks
6) Cusco rear strut bar
7) Cusco front lower under "H" brace
8) Cusco front strut bar painted gold
9) Rays lightweight racing black lug nuts
10)Evo 8 MR front seats
11)Hawk HPS brake pads
12)Cusco Master Cylinder brake brace
13)Goodridge Stainless Steel brake lines
14)Suede headliner, visors and armrest with A, B & C pillars along with map and dome lightspainted satin black to match

15)H&R Camber bolts front & rear

16)Rolled rear fenders

VISUALS
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1) Chargespeed v2 carbon fiber front lip painted semi-gloss black everywhere except for the side fins
2) TSX projector HID retrofit with cleared out headlights and satin black shroud
3) Painted front grill gold & surrounding frame glossy black
4) Tinted 3rd brake light & painted rear tailight shroud black with gold ring and light tint on back up & turn signal lens
5) 20% tint all around
6) Evo 9 license plate frame
7) Debadged trunk
8) Changed turn signal & parking light bulbs to Raybrig for the close HID look
9)Varis carbon fiber B-Pillars
10)Prodrive battery tie-down
11)Prodrive oil cap
12)2-1.3 bar radiator caps
13)Subaru rain-guards with "Subaru" painted gold
14)Front & rear STi badges professional airbrushed gold
15)"I" oval impreza logo painted gold
16)Painted rear trunk cylinder black to remove chrome on black look
17)GT Spec Gold Radiator Shroud
18)Perrin license plate delete (painted "Perrin" gold)

19)WRx sideskirts

19)Beatrush gold pulley cover

STEREO
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1) Kenwood KDC-X689 radio
2) Sirius Satellite Radio
3) 2-10" Phoenix Gold Speakers with Massive Amp

SECURITY
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1) Clifford Matrix RSX 3.5 Alarm with Remote Starter
2) Medeco Hoodlock
3) Robocop steering wheel lock (no photos)

MISCELLANEOUS
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1) Hotshot heated windshield washer spray
2) Tein hood struts painted gold
3) Auto-Dimming rearview mirror
4) Zaino Bros. car wax
5) Passport Escort 850 radar detector
6) STi embroidered floor mats
7) JDM S204 Hazard light switch
8) Cusco heatshield
9) Real Carbon Fiber license plate frames
10)2-STi radiator caps 1.3 bar
11)STi OEM shift knob
12)Red Optima battery (painted gold)
13)Evo9 front license plate bracket

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COMING SOON:

1)CUSTOM PIPING FOR HOT SIDE OF FRONT MOUNT INTERCOOLER

2)TGV DELETES FROM GRIMMSPEED

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My car at the dealership two days before I took ownership end of February 2006.

Cleared headlights with flat black paint around headlight housing and changed bulbs to Raybrig

Better than the stock look, right?

 

Painted grill gold and surrounding frame glossy black

 

I love the Greddy Evo exhaust 2. It remains one of my favorite mods because it maintains the rumble and amplifies it just the right amount so it's not overly noisy.

Perrin short ram intake now replaced with Big MAF.

Green Tein hood struts painted in GOLD for a better match!

Prodrive battery tie down & oil cap in nothing else than GOLD!

Cusco turbo heatshield to deflect some of the hot air the turbo makes and keep away from intercooler (no longer used).

Perrin Large top mount is approximately 2.3 size the volume over the stock STi intercooler. Replaced with Greddy front mount.

See the difference? Besides the overall outersize, it's a matter of the larger cooling fins and flowing capacity. This is why they consider it 2.3 times the stock one (no longer used)

Sun Automobile Hyper Voltage

Custom hoodlock welded to radiator frame to keep intruders from getting under the hood and stealing hop-ups or taking the car.

Volk Racing LE28N 18" X 8.5" forged & lightweight wheels rapped in Yokahama Advan A048 225/40/18 track competition tires. Also Rays wheels black lugnuts.

Cusco rear strut bar. Also, 2-10" Phoenix Gold Speakers with Massive Amp.

Cusco 22mm rear sway bar.

 

Endlinks add strength over stock and allow pressure to be transferred more to the sways.

 

Front underbrace taken from front of car. It mounts in four places with stock 17 & 19mm bolts.

Front underbrace taken from passenger side

All trunk badging is gone & tinted the clear part of taillamp & 3rd brake light.

A lot better than the stock look!

JDM style taillights. Only inner light comes on with parking light. Now replaced with the 06 taillamps tinted.

When braking the inner lights get brighter and the outer lights come on.

Raybrig parking light bulbs aren't too far off from true Xenon

Xenon lights and Raybrig parking light bulbs are on here.

3rd brake light is tinted.

exhaust starts off from the passenger side and gradually makes it's way to the driver's side.

Greddy Evo2 catback exhaust all shined up with No.7 chrome polish

Ever see what the stock turbo inlet and waste gate looks like from the exhaust side?

 

Invidia v3 downpipe with high flow cat & divorced wastegate (no longer being used). Went to the Invidia v2 without the cat and no divorced wategate for more power.

 

DCCD = Driver Controlled Center Differential = can change the transfer case torque from 35/65 to 50/50. Also STi OEM shift knob.

Stock pain black shifter knob painted numbers nothing else than GOLD, with a little red.

 

A driver's cockpit with many gauges! Turbo, EGT, oil pressure, air/fuel, volts & turbo timer.

Blitz turbo boost controller mounts neatly out of the way in center sun visor!

AEM wideband air/fuel ratio gauge. I love it!!

Defi control unit, Kenwood KDC-X689 with MP3, CD, Sirius, iPOD, 3 line display & 180 degree theft concealment! Also, Apexi turbo timer with volts & JDM S204 hazard light switch. Ohh, don't forget squash air freshner.

 

 

 

 

 

Would you believe me that this is my hood? Just as good as a mirror!

 

 

 

see the gold & green?

 

How about here? It's so much better in person.

 

 

Varis Carbon fiber B-Pillars (very rare!)

Hotshot heated windshield washer spray

Basically it attaches to the washer resevoir and stores the liquid for 15-30 seconds and then shoots it out on the windshield at 150 degrees. This keeps the nozzles on the hood from freezing and clogging up the lines. You manually get to chose when to use the wiper blades. Other mode of operation is to spray automatically but the wiper blades will go up also. This isn't as good because you'd hope that the blades aren't frozen onto the windshield and thus burning out your motor. It's mainly for ice and snow when it smears and then you use your wiper blades making the smudging worse, but no liquid is coming out. Very annoying if you experienced this. Also good for easier bug removal and bird poop and generally just cleans better.