jassmcr

SPEN555

What with the is it because it takes 3 stages to get to 350bhp?

BeeSTi

Looks good mate, you need to lower it now

jassmcr

Only if you define stage by BHP, Stage 5 and 6 is coming soon to the car and will take it beyond 500 BHP, therefore the theory of stage per bhp is vanquished. I prefer to look at stages of all round development of the car, suspension, bodykit, brakes and engine etc....

jassmcr

Cheers mate GRD have the competion ASTs & Whitelines ready to fit, should be able to get some more Gs out of the corners then without drifting the back end so much

frayz

iTrader: (7)

I see you have the AP 355's


How do you find them? and what do you use the car for?

SPEN555

Just looked at your profile, who mapped your car to get 400ft lbs torque from a VF34. Is this a rolling road figure?

jassmcr

Now the APs are bedded in, the peddle feels much harder and much more responsive compaired to the OEMs. You can bring high speeds to a stationary position with full confidence.I would highly recomend them if you drive fast or if your into track days. The fronts mix well with the rear EBC TurboGroove/dimple discs with yellowstuff to compliment.

I use the car during the evenings/weekends as I've got a decent company car for daily usage.

jassmcr

It certainly is, Surrey Rolling Roads mapped it, got print out booklet etc. They used a Dyno Dynamics Dynamometer. The fairest and most accurate way of measuring engine output in my opinion...

Pete

Nice, but rear spoiler is a no no for me...

Daz34

Who did your mods?

jassmcr

Greenwood Racing in Chobham Surrey, all the body parts were supplied and fitted at a Subaru Dealership...although it does surprise me you can read the post but not the car graphics pmsl..

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

Get rid of the gfx man, they ruin the car imo.

jassmcr

One day mate, at the moment though i'm giving my mates at GRD a bit of advertising support for all the good work, advice and value for £ they offer...

Bubba po

LOL, subtle, Daz.

jassmcr

yeah obviously I'll have to get GRD to put some more graphics on, clearly their not being noticed...

GRD

Its also worth pointing out that the car only started life as a wrx which i think Jacon picked up for around £16K as a euro import, engine mods came to under £4k
:: GRD - Greenwood Racing Developments ::

So thats 350HP/400FtLb for under £20k which is pretty good performance for the money in my book

...although i will admit that the suspension and brakes are lacking compared with the performance so would preferably need to budget for £2k-£4k on those too.

Terminator X

iTrader: (7)

Great looking car fella! SRR dyno'd mine pre mods, I just need to take it back to them to see what I've got now

TX.

Terminator X

iTrader: (7)

Certainly agree with GRD on the VFM front!

TX.

jassmcr

Thanks mate, yours looking good to and not a scratch on it from what I can see! - I hope you get the figures your looking..

I already had prefigures for car as I was running it on PPP and Subaru Dealership provided certificate etc, although I have to say it felt alot slower than it is now particularly through the gears and pulling power in higher gears without shifting down..

jassmcr

Yeah absolutely, I off course spent more for my own peace of mind on things like heat wrap, oil cooler, dump valve, brakes and internals etc But in principle someone on a budget can get a brandnew impreza then add the GRD performance package and have a better straight line car than pretty much anything Subaru put of the production lines these days (ALL FOR £20K). Add the brakes and suspension then your really looking at a well rounded car that keeps pace around town with most things..

The best part for me regarding GRDs tune is that the car gives the 400lbs of torque at just under 3500rpm..

wayne's scooby

iTrader: (1)

nice car and power you have for a wrx

Hol

iTrader: (1)

Fair do's to your starting with a WRX and for GRD for getting some good torque figures.

But the 'RB'320 was a limited edition car bought out to honour Richard Burns.

Whilst I have no issues with you wanting to make a lookalike, I think you are wrong to try and rip-off the name for your own vehicle.

GRD350, should be where its at.


A lot of people thought you HAD actually modded a RB320 (and only got 30bhp more), which James actually had to point out for you. You only really needed to point this out yourself, rather than getting defensive with some of the early post. As you can see, people are more appreciative, knowing that you have not started with a 320.

You do need to lighten up a bit, just because people disagree with you. That WILL happen a lot on here.

jassmcr

Fair comment about title and ammended accordingly..However I was stating fact in earlier comments about how and where I want to take the levels of modification (not as you put it in a defensive way) and I have to say the rear end picture clearly shows WRX, rear WRC spoiler is prodrive and bumper lip, the front end pic has spots and of course the wheels are different. All clear signals for the RB fans to know this car isn't one. On this subject not one post apart from yours has drawn any reference towards the RB320, I realise we are all entitled to our opinions on here just like my right to respond with balanced comments.

James wasn't drawing any attention towards the car being an RB or not he was merely demonstrating what good performance value can be had by sourcing a new WRX and performance package in the right way. Although In my case I have spent significantly more than the cost of a new RB320 in the pursuit of a vehicle that is unique to my choice...

WRXTek

nice power for a WRX. needs to be lowered a bit

jassmcr

Thanks mate, just got to find time and get it in for the suspension now...

MRSIMPSON

iTrader: (2)

Stickers off (once you've fulfilled your contract I hope you got a discount!? ) and lowered you're going to have one hell of a car mate, beautiful.

I recently bought a 'hawkeye' I'm learning the lingo, isn't it strange how high they ride? I got Tein springs, couldnt afford full suspension and its dropped it nicely, might be a cheaper short term alternative?

I think I'll look up GRD.

jassmcr

Thanks Yes I think they owe me a couple of favours mate, Infact I reckon a free AST suspension kit fitted should fulfill their side of the contract And get rid of that scary high ride, when I corner and use any kind of power it sticks the back end right out, so i'm with you on a sooner rather than later fix..

In all seriousness GRD do some fantastic performance packages to suit most tastes and the best part for me is the extra power hasn't meant sacrificing realiability... If your looking to modify its definitely worth you speaking to James @ GRD.

Later when budget allows you could go for the TEIN coilover computer adjustable shocks to compliment - I was looking at them before, I believe they retail around £1250 plus fitting..