I purchased the car near the end of 2002, a black 2003 Subaru WRX. At the time I did not have big plans for the car, it was meant to get me to and from school and for trips up to the snow. Things quickly changed though as I started attending local meets and really got involved in the Subaru community. I started slowly modding the car with the basic bolt on upgrades and was content with the car. Near the middle of my senior year in highschool I had a pretty light load of classes and really started to modify the car. I did the basic vf30 turbo upgrade with all supporting mods and also followed that up with coilovers. The car was a blast on the street and handled well on the backroads. Also I had a great time working on the car and doing all of the installs myself.
After running the vf30 setup for a little over a year I was eager for more power. Over the next couple of years the car went through many changes. Ranging from a stock motor ej205 with a rotated GT series turbo all the way to a full JDM V7 drivetrain swap that I installed by myself in my garage. I ran the JDM V7 swap for about a year until that motor unfortunately spun a rod bearing at a track day last winter.
I am now on to a new motor setup and just finished tuning it. This time I went a little crazy and fully built a 2.5 block, built the heads, and installed a larger turbo. Also I flipped the intake manifold around and fabbed up some larger intercooler pipes for it. The car recently made 484whp on Speed Elements low reading dyno dynamics dyno (570-580whp on a dynojet). The car is pretty crazy on the street now and I hope to attend a lot of track days in the near future to get the full potential out of the car.
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| Axis Built 2.5 Block (CP Coated Pistons, Pauter Rods, etc.) JDM V7 Heads (+1mm Valves, Dual Valve Springs, etc.) Kelford 278/272 11.3 Lift Cams Hydra EMS Garrett GT35R 1.06 Peakboost Uppipe/Downpipe HKS Carbon Ti Exhaust Tial 44mm Wastegate Tial 50mm BOV Blitz FMIC w/ custom 3" Piping JDM V7 Intake Manifold Extrude Honed JDM V7 Spec C TGV's 70mm Throttle Body RC1000cc Injectors Axis Racing -6AN Fuel Rails Aeromotive FPR Walbro 255 In tank Fuel Pump SMP Surge Tank Bosch 044 External Fuel Pump Peterson Fuel Filter Element Tuning Competition Catch Can Process West Oil Cooler PWR Radiator Perrin Radiator Hoses Crucial Racing Thermostat |
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| JDM V7 STi 6 Speed Suretrac LSD JDM V7 STi R180 Rear End JDM V7 Brembo Brakes DBA 5,000 Series 2pc Rotors Pagid Blue 4-2-1 Brake Pads ATE Super Blue Brake Fluid Stoptech Stainless Steel Brake Lines Zeal B6 Coilovers Cusco Ti Front Strut Bar Cusco OS Rear Strut Bar Cusco V-Brace Whiteline Rear Sway Bar Whiteline Rear Lateral Links Whiteline Rear Subframe Bolts Subydude.com +1 Endlinks Volk CE28's 17x8 +44 245/40/17 Bridgestone Potenza RE-01R Rota P1 18x8 +48 |
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| Interior/Exterior Recaro SRD Seats STi Gauge Cluster STi Shifter Trim STi 6 Speed Shift Knob Apex-I AVCR Alpine Head Unit Defi Link Gauges (Boost, EGT, Oil Pres) Tein Hood Dampers STi Projectors w/ 6500k HID's. STi Hood Scoop STi Grill STi v2 Front Lip STi Fog Covers STi Side Markers STi S202 Center Caps |
