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[Tiddy]

My Lil Corner

So my rex build so far goes something like this...
I bought this car after it sat in a shed for several years under a layer of dust without being started.
It costs alot.



1997 MY98 Version 4 Subaru WRX STI
build number 529/2000


EJ207
Forged pistons, rods and crank as standard
Rebuilt heads by X-Speed @60k
VF-37 Twin Scroll turbo
Tial 1 bar wastegate actuator
Kando by tomei ceramic coated equal length headers
Decatted up-pipe
MSR Custom twinscroll bellmouth
3" MSR Dump
BPM 3" Exhaust system
-High flow cat, Hotdog, BPM MK2 Twister rear muffler
SGMotorsports Air/Oil separator plumbed to crankcase and heads
Walbro Intank Fuel pump
AVO Silicone intake, pod to turbo.
RAZO non oiled Pod Filter
AFM hollowed out, using map sensor in intake plenum
GDB STI Spec C Topmount intercooler, MMS Modified
STI Alloy Y pipe modified by Maximum Motorsports to accomodate bov plumb back.
Turbosmart 3+6mm vacuum lines
GD STI BOV, custom plumbed
DIY Shortened clutch reservoir
Oil cooler
Earls braided hoses-1000psi
Version 8 partial dry sump
Version 8 oil pickup

SUSPENSION AND DRIVELINE
4.44 ratio five speed
Exedy lightened flywheel
Exedy sports organic clutch
Kartboy short shifter
Kartboy shifter bushes
TEIN Flex coilovers
TEIN Adjustable strut tops
TEIN Electronic Dampening Force Controller
CUSCO front strut brace
CUSCO underbody polished 4 point H brace
STI lower alloy control arms
Selby by Whiteline 22mm front sway bar
STI pillow ball swaybar links front
STI rear lateral arm
Selby by Whiteline 24mm rear sway bar
Whiteline swaybar links rear
Whiteline Antilift kit
Whiteline roll centre kit
4/2 pot calipers
DBA 4650 slotted rotors
QFM A1RM Pads


EXTERIOR
18" AME noble final stage by enkei rims
STI V6 RA V-Limited rear wing
STI mudflaps
STI V6 RA Roof vent
STI 22B tail lights
Morette Headlights
SYMS motorsport centre bonnet scoop
MRT alloy side bonnet scoop
C/F Bonnet struts

INTERIOR
ZERO sports centre 3 pod guage holder
STI V6 RA Speedo cluster
STI V6 RA Intercooler spray switches
STI V4 Seats
STI V4 Pedals
Twin Pillar pod holder
HKS 60mm guages
-oil pressure
-fuel pressure
-oil temp
-vac/boost
-exhaust temp
MOMO carbon fibre gear knob
APEXi rev/speed meter
Blitz boost controller
TEIN EDFC Controller



PITS PASSED!!

[V8EATER]

WOW Callum. Shes got some mods there man. Wicked stuff about the half cut. Cant wait to see it.

Im no Subaru fan and i never will be coz i hate the way they sound. I assume by the way that you say "Dak Dak", you means the noise it makes, correct?

They sound like a VW to me. 1970's style. You know what i mean. Adaka daka daka daka daka daka

[Tiddy]

Yeah the dak dak noise shits me,
its caused by unequal length headers causing a pulsating noise.
But I picked up a set of equal length headers, so now it just screams like a conventional engine but up to 7500rpm.
so that got rid of that problem, now i just have no room when i change the oil filter :/ bottom of the engine haha

[V8EATER]

LOL Bugger!

[NA_Goodness]

I love Dak Daks, I really do. And Callum's even more!!! Great work man, would love to watch it as you build it up.
As for the sound, I think thats half the reason I like it But oh well

Can you get oil filter relocation kits for them? Cos that'd make it a HELL of a lot easier!

[Tiddy]

Sure can.
At the moment I have a sandwich plate for the oil cooler there which has lowered the oil filter by 20mm.
Also found that a corolla filter is half the size of a Subaru one and fits perfectly.
So it's not too bad now

[Ten Four]

Dak dak noise = not to my liking lol.

Hang on, this is an STI?

[Tiddy]

This used to show my plan...
But I scrapped it

[NA_Goodness]

Hell yeah! Swap everything over, and your defiantely on a winner there!

Damn dude, you have WAAAAAY too much money

[2LV8ETR]

Fuck that. Change the VIN on the import.

[Hank Scorpio]

^ +1

[Tiddy]

^ +1

could cut and swap firewalls to swap the chassis numbers...
It has been done before,
But seeing as its current owner works at Midland Police traffic department... I better not.

[Hank Scorpio]

Hmmm... that could pose an ever so slight problem.

[2LV8ETR]

Live a little!

[V8EATER]

+1^

[Char]

nobody pays money for b rego cars seen few FD's an 98? black sti- all of them were for sale for under 9k n no one wanted them probably still for sale a year later

[Hanaldo]

It's ok, he scrapped that idea, he sold the Cosworth

[Tiddy]

Converted to topmount intercooler, upped the boost. New splitter for scoop, removed oil cooler and catch can, sorted emissions out, hot dog in exhaust, and im currently making a monster of a turbo!

[V8EATER]

arrr very nice.

[Tiddy]

crossing 2 different types of IHI turbo, a vf-37 twinscroll which has a P25 exhaust housing with dual entrys and a VF-22 which has the largest comressor wheel that IHI makes.
Everyones getting 300hp atw out of vf34(p20 housing) on 18.5 psi, which has a slightly smaller compressor wheel than a 22.
So twinscroll version of a 22 should be awesome,
aiming for 330atw from 18psi, and slowly up the boost.
Current Turbo(37) is at its limits at 300.