Page 1: My car
Page 2: Appearance Modifications
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Page 4: Random Photos
Page 5: Fun in the Snow
Page 6: Autocross Fun
I ordered the Tein Front and Rear Strut Bars from JSCspeed.com. They were really helpful and very reliable. I worked with Kyle and he gave me a really good deal. Aaron is also the man!
This is what they look like installed. These are pictures of the front strut bars.
These are pictures of the rear strut bars.
I ordered the Megan Racing Catback Exhaust system and installed it today. It is a really good looking piece and it sounds soo good!
Here is a video of my car on YouTube...
I just did a slightly pointless mod, where I removed the intake snorkus in the passenger side fender well. It does nothing really for performance, but it amplifies the sound of the intake vortex and the stock rbv.
I got the SPT Short Ram Intake and Heat Shield and it is great. I can feel the rpm's rise quicker, and the sounds are completely mindblowing!
I got the Kartboy Short Shifter and the Front and Rear Shifter Bushings from TurnInConcepts.com. I got them for $150 shipped. They are the best $150 spent, because the differences in shift throw and clunk on hard shifts are night and day.
I purchased an STi Top Mount Intercooler from a local guy and I finally got it installed. It cleans up the look so much better.
I purchased the Tein H-Tech Springs for my car and installed them on my Suby...It looks so sweet dropped!
SIDE (Before / After)
FRONT (Before / After)
REAR (Before / After)
I got the Cusco Rear Subframe Brace and OEM STI Diffuser.
I ordered my Cobb Accessport Engine Management tuner. I installed it and flashed to Stage 1 initially. It improved throttle response, my boost levels rose slightly, but much quicker. It smoothed out the power progression significantly. I definitely recommend this product to anyone wanting more power out of their car.
Soon after, I got an Invidia V3 Catless, Bellmouth Dowpipe. With this mod on my car, I flashed my accessport to stage 2, and I now have much more power and torque. The power progression is significant and is definitely torquier. The stock downpipe on our car has a block off plate over the internal wastegate of the turbo. The air coming from that side of the turbo had to fight over the little hole to get out of the turbo. I put on a bellmouth downpipe, that is open over both of these areas and tapers down to 3 inches. This produces much more sound both from the exhaust pulse, and of the turbo spooling.
In these pictures, you can see the difference over the stock downpipe when upgrading. I have noticed that with the higher flowing downpipe, my exhaust tone is MUCH louder and deeper. When at WOT (wide open throttle), I can hear the exhaust is like a screaming banshee. In addition to the sounds coming out of the exhaust pipe behind me, I can also hear the turbo spooling up much louder. It almost sounds like my turbo is trying to jump out of my dashboard on the passenger side of my car. It whistles and whines much like stock, until I give my right foot a workout...then it screams! I will have videos of it up soon. All in all, a catless full turbo-back exhaust is much better than just the catback.
To add a little bit more airflow into my Short Ram Intake, I modded out my stock "Ram Air scoop". I dremeled out a hole in the underside of it to direct the air into the area by my filter, instead of going solely through the fender. It doesnt do much, but I figure the more cooler air I can get to the intake side of the engine, the better.
Falken Azenis RT615 Tires in 235/40R/17. These tires are good. Actually, that is an understatement. These tires are amazing. One never knows they have shitty tires until they get good ones. These are the good ones that tell me that the stock Potenza RE92s were terrible. The way these tires grip is mindblowing. They are near impossible to break loose at my current power levels. Even on wet pavement, they are harder to break loose than my stock tires on dry pavement.
I finally got an upgrades rear sway bar. I ordered a Whiteline 24mm adjustable Rear Sway bar and Helix Spherical Type Endlinks. The car now feels like it should feel. There is a tad bit of oversteer now, but for the most part it just sticks to the pavement and goes where it is supposed to go.
The rear bar stock, is a 17mm bar. This new one can be 23mm, 24mm and 25mm depending on the setting I put it on. You can really see the difference in size and the new bar is easily 20 pounds or more.
Page 1: My car
Page 2: Appearance Modifications
Page 3: Go Faster, Turn Sharper, Stop Faster Modifications (YOU ARE HERE)
Page 4: Random Photos
Page 5: Fun in the Snow
Page 6: Autocross Fun
