standard version 6 sti

 

hi mate are u still running the standard box an how hard do u drive the car with the power at hand. does the box still run smooth

 

so far so good. most of my driving is in low boost, to the shops and back etc.

if it had a hard track day, start draging it, it wont last long

 

You're mad mate!

 

Take heart Ian, my stock Sti 5 box lasted a whole season of Prostreet, countless hours on the dyno and numerous customer demos before finally letting at go at 560bhp. Popped a new 3rd 4th gear cluster in, all done for £200.

 

I dragged mine a good 20+ times at 450bhp 410lbs/ft without any issues and was getting 1.6 to 60fts, so wasnt taking it easy on my V5 RA box

And as Martyn says and ive seen, he has given his some serious stick

 

What time have you been getting on the strip Ian and Mervuil?

 

wow im going for about 360bhp in my 99uk classic. are these boxes alot weaker an will they handle this power/torque level. i dont really cane the car everywhere

 

And I did it all over again today Jay, winning round 3 overall with another 10.8.

 

wow im feeling fairly more confiden with my gearbox. hope i havent just jinxed myself

 

UK boxes are much weaker than the STi versions, so don't think you can cane them all.

 

Cane it I've got a spare 99/00 box for sale I could do with the money for more mods

 

haha ill keep the offer in mind although im not the caning type. i think my engine might blow first before the box. uk classics are crap

 

i have sorted out my power steering little problems from the relocation kit that i was using.

i have changed the bore of the pipe and adapter from the standard size (8mm i think it was at a guess) to 1/2 inch.

and fitted a pas bottle from a newer scoob

the wine from the pump at start up has gone now and steering is working 90%, just need to get the last of the air out.

 

Just had a little read through this. Nice work chap. Tastefully done

 

thanks frayz

alot of work goes into it, but am trying to make it abit different from the norn, and keeping it under stated on the out side.

 

What bhp are you running with the airfilter in the wing?
I was told that no wingmounted airfilter will feed the turbo with enough air to reach it´s "real" power around 500bhp...

 

just over 450 bhp

if Duncan Graham is using the same K&N filter as he use to when i brought mine, he had it on the big bhp time attack car

 

Dunc saw 598bhp on a wing mounted APS kit as far as i know.

 

Great, that sound´s fine for me, as I wanted to use a inner wing mounted filter on my classic too! Hope it can be fitted there with the Hybridpipework in place.

 

am not running the standard filter that comes with the aps kit, a bigger one

 

I have seen your filter of course, Harvey told me that the APS filter is only good for 350bhp.
The space in my innerwing seems to be exactly like yours, as the pipework goes down in the same place!
Great that there is a possibility to fit a big filter in the innerwing!!!
Hope the MAF (Q45) will accept the filter beeing a bit further away then standard.

 

you will prob find that the maff will need re scalling when using the aps pipe, and if you are going to use a q45 it will deff need a tweek

 

Thanks for the advice, I know about the MAF scaling with another airfilter, it´s always a timeconsuming work, but this time I can rescale it all perfect, as my MAF table is not the best at them moment anyways, because I never adjusted the Q45 MAF (with Apexi filter) to show the same values in the logs and on the map in my Apexi Power FC!

 

 

Previously ran 400/400 on a stock Sti5 Type R box with plenty of drag abuse, the car has now done a few track days and is still going strong...

 

my V3 sti box lasted me 3 years, whining for the last year and ive driven it hard and done 40 laps of the ring with it and i think it was the diff bearings, i fitted a uk TY54 box and 3rd gear died in 3 weeks so im rebuilding the V3 box with new bearings and fitting it to the later casing

 

have you still got the red intake pipe?if so isit up for grabs

 

lovely car buddy.

cna i ask what and where you got the rear lip fomr fancy thos on my car too as fed up with the larg v5/6 high level.

 

That is a nice looking class. I do love that colour!