martyp1

Hi Pete,still waiting for the bumper to come back from the sprayers,should be any day now

Pete

Keep us posted fella..... best car on here imo....

martyp1

Picked her up today after the final map on V power + octane booster mapped by Dave Rowe.



The car is unbelievable, amazing!!!

Can't quite believe what Matt Clarke has created here. Its more of a monster than I thought and goes way beyond my expectations.

On the way home I had a play with my Dad's WRX running at around 260bhp. I thought he was braking as I shot past him but he said he was flat out. I can't believe a car can accelerate this quick, it really takes your breath away!

Still havn't taken her past 6000rpm and only blipped her in 3rd-5th gears. Don't have the bottle to open her up in 1st and 2nd yet.

I can't imagine what it would be like with race fuel and launch control, but that will have to wait a while until I have got used to what I have now.

Can't stop smiling

RCMS have really come up with the goods.

If anyone is going, the car will be on the SIDC stand at Santa Pod tomorrow (sunday). Come over and say hi. I will be by Chris Butlers car and friends.

marty

stevebt

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pleased its all sorted and your happy drive it properly thru 2nd 3rd and 4th , that will definately put a smile on your face! you will find out that its easy to pull away from 400bhp impreza's as if they were parked up

poormansporsche

Congrats mate, sounds like winner for sure! You mention needing the bottle for first and 2nd. gear. When are you seeing good grunt in the first and 2nd gears? Are they even useable at all? Also what compression ratio did you end up with?

hope to see some vids

cheers

garrett

Pete

Pleased for you Marty, sounds an absolute animal...

martyp1

On the way back from Santa pod opened her up in second ,really have to hold on tight.Olly said it will get quicker as it loosens up .The turbo kicks hard at 4,000rpm

funnycar

stunning mate!

Pete

Brown pants time marty??

wrc350+

so this ends the myth that you need a 2.5 to fly? i knew this answer as ive been a passenger in a few of rcms cars driven by olly. well done marty

CarLover

Very nicely done! Looks really impressive.




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911

Should be a good summer then!

Some final pics and details would be a nice 'summary'
Some idea of the characteristics of delivery would be good too!

you don't think we will all forget this one do you?

Graham

martyp1

Hi Graham,

I am in the process of sorting out the full spec on the build and when it is done I will post it up on this thread.

I will take some more pics of the car to include some close up shots of the engine bay, but I am waiting until the sun comes out so it will probobly be at the weekend!

I am also planning some video, I will try and include some in car footage as well as outside the car.

As for the way the power delivery comes in, all hell breaks loose at 4000 rpm all the way to 8000 rpm and what also amazes me is how smooth it is all the way up the rev range.

Marty

WRX_Rich

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Marty

if the car was going to be for road use only do you think you would still go down the 2 litre route

mines going in to RCM soon but im still leaning towards a 2.5... your post makes me question my ideas

reading your posts make me really excited about mine

stevebt

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my car was on a 2ltr with gt30r rotated and i was getting full boost at 4200 rpm

poormansporsche

What does "road use" mean? Like daily driver or track car?

The GT30R is a great turbo on the 2.0. Makes big power, very acceptable, throttle response. I'm sure the 79mm crank really helps with getting the power on at 4k or before but reaching full boost by 4k to 4500 is not unlikely. Would be great on track days.

I think if you were looking for a daily driver with the occasional track day the 2.5 might be more fun since you can run a bigger turbo and not worry about lagging throttle response.

Having driven the 2.5litre's and owning two 2 litre impreza's I prefer the attitude of the 2.0's. Comes down to how you drive i guess. You can make a lot of power in the lower lower mid RPM band or you can make the same power in the upper register of the RPM band. It's all preference really.

cheers

garrett

martyrobertsdj

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I wish I was the Marty that owned this beastie!!

Well done on creating an excellent car.

Can't wait to see it in the flesh!!!

martyp1

Hi Rich,the car is perfect for road use,put it this way ,my father has a 05 wrx ppp,i had a play with him and to give him a chance i did not rev it over 4,000 rpm ,and i still had the edge over him .
I have no more lag than what i had before when i was running rcm gt35 p18 at 1.45 bar (350bhp).
As you know the engine is 2.1 this allowed me to use the .82 exhaust housing with not much lag.
I am glad i went for the 2.1 rather than 2.5
It revs a lot faster and higher
I have full boost 1.9bar at 4,300rpm
cheers
martin

martyp1

OK Here it is then, the full spec (without all the nuts and bolts!)

ENGINE

2100cc

Closed deck block (pair)
WRC 14 mm Head stud kit
WRC 14 mm Stud convertion
14 mm Head ream
14 mm Head dowel
RCM WRC 79mm Crankshaft Assembly (Team Ice)
Double Woodruff key
WRC Big End bearing shells
Main bearing set and Main bearing modification
RCM Arrow Extreme H section con rods -1mm
RCM Omega forged Pistons
RCM Nitrous pins
Modified Large capacity sump
Uprated Head Gasket
Engine machining to include Piston Hone to bore and Block face skim
RCM Modified Oil pump
New Water pump
Uprated WRC Thermostat
RCM WRC Nimonic Exhaust valves
RCM WRC Inlet valves
Ported and polished heads
New LHS and RHS Cylinder heads V5
RCM Twisted turbo kit
Garret GT30/37 turbo with .82 exhaust housing
Tial External waste gate
Twisted turbo oil and water supply
STI Uprated engine mounts LHS and RHS
Air Injector assembly
Induction trumpet
100 mm Filter Element
100 mm inlet hose
RCM Wingbox extension
Ceramic coated exhaust manifold
Ceramic coated downpipe
RCM WRC Double valve spring kit
RCM Titanium retainers
RCM Double valve spring seat
RCM Billet Camshaft kit
New age cam followers
Oil cooler modine
New timing belt
Thermal manifold spacers
RCM Oil catch tank
Polished inlet manifold
RCM Titanium alloy adjustable vernier cam pulleys
850cc injectors
Uprated spark plugs
APS 725 front mount intercooler
WRC fuel pump
Motec m800 ecu
With anti lag,launch control,traction control enabled.
with single lambda support
competition dry cell battery

DRIVETRAIN

O.S Giken Twin plate ceramic clutch kit
Uprated flywheel bolts
6 speed uk sti gearbox
RCM carbon prop shaft
RCM Hydraulic release bearing kit
3.9 rear diff
Sti uprated stopper bush
RCM uprated gearbox mount

hope you like marty

scooby0809

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you have got some scooby there my 420hp ra is quick enough for every day use!that must be insane will be interesting to see how the 6speed box lasts as you must be at its upper limit now? good luck to you mate one of the best scoobys in a long while

MrRA

Absolutely incredible spec. My hat goes off to you and RCMS.

911

Bloody hell.
What a great listing of balanced parts.

Look forward to the picture gallery!
Graham

Silver Scooby Sport

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You can say that again Graham

Very impressive to say the least, I'm looking forward to hopefully seeing this at one of the shows somewhere soon.

bioforger

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Christ, bet that little lot cost a few pennies Are the WRC parts actually WRC spec parts? If so, that motor is basically WRC spec, well almost

WRX_Rich

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thanks for nothing Marty - I have the same spec as you started with !!!!

your spec sheet is truely unreal - Talking to Olly I think they are as impressed as we are

poormansporsche

HOLY CRAP IF THATS NOT THE WHOLE HOG!

Damn GT30 with the .82 hotside. So with the smaller hotside you'd be getting full spool before 4krpms. Thats nuts. Fantastic build mate!

cheers

garrett

p1mark

Olly has said to me that Martin's car is fantastic - absolutely rapid and they are very happy with it - And thats from a man that drives an 800 bhp ish Impreza.

Never mind about the performance, to those that have not seen the car, it is a total minter and a credit to Martin's dedication (and wallet) and RCM's prep.

martyp1

Thanks for the good comments Mark .Its taken a lot of hard work to get the car to where it is at the moment ,plus lots of long hours at work .
The next dry day i will get some vids up.

pnbond007

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jeeeeeeeeeez, what a shopping list......

excellent...

~DrEaM~

very very nice spec!!!

made me want to mod my P1 even more...

any pics with the Team ice backbox fittet?

thanks
kev