John2.5RS

I've been working on this chassis since Feb. 07. It's the final result of 8 years of plotting and planning, and 3 chassis worth of building, towards what I want to be one of the best Track/Street Classic Imprezas in the States. I wanted it to be different than the average GC, while still maintaining the Classic Impreza lines. It started life as a 1998 2.5RS (2.5L N/A). It's now powered by a complete Ver. 8 JDM STI Drivetrain. I'm planning on Taking it to the track in the next few weeks to shake it down and see what else I need to address in the near future. My ultimate goal is a reliable 400 WHP once I upgrade to the HKS GT2835 Twin-scroll. Here's a few shots of it so far.












MOD LIST

Exterior
Mitsubishi Evo MR Graphite Grey paint
STI Sport front bumper
Burn-up style CF Front Lip spoiler
Depo Blacked out headlights, with HID Hi/Low (6k) headlight conversion.
Blacked out & smoked corner lights
Amber LED Corner light bulbs
Amber bumper turn signals. (ver. 3 style)
JDM Red/Clear Tail lights; Smoked
Do-luck style flared front fenders
JDM Subaru Aluminum hood
22b hood vents
*Coming soon!* STI Titanium fender badges
Black radio ant. delete plate
CF S201 hood scoop
Seibon CF doors
CF WRC-style mirrors
Roof replaced with L roof skin (sunroof delete)
Seibon CF trunk
Color Matched Side Skirts
JDM ver. VI rear bumper cover
JDM rear plate bracket
Window tint
Shaved side moldings
STI S202 Adj. CF Spoiler
Nukabe Tow Hook


Wheels/Brakes
18X8" Prodrive GC-05F 5-spoke British Black wheels
Dunlop Star Spes 235/40/18 tires
Rotora Red 6-piston front brakes, 355mm 2-piece slotted rotors, SS lines
Rotora Red 4-piston front brakes, 330mm 2-piece slotted rotors, SS lines
Black STI lugnuts
Motul RBF600 Brake fluid

Suspension/Chassis
JDM GC8 Turbo front x-member
JDM STI ver. 8 Rear x-member
Tein Flex Coilovers with EDFC
Custom Chrome moly rear strut brace
JDM STI ver. 6 CF front strut brace
Aluminum fender braces
GC8 Pink STI Full pillow ball lateral links
GC8 Pink STI trailing arms
JDM GC8 Aluminum front control arms
Perrin (PSRS) anitlift/castor kit
Perrin front sway bar end links
STI front swaybar
Kartboy Front Swaybar Endlinks
Whiteline 22mm rear sway bar
Perrin Heavy Duty rear swaybar mounts
R180 hubs
Custom welded DOM 8-pt rollcage

Engine/Transmission
Utec EM with Launch control, Flat-foot shifting, Map switch
Zerosports STI Spec C ECU
2005 Ver. 8 JDM STI EJ207
VF-37 Twin-scroll Turbo
6-Speed w/ DCCD
ACT Streetlite flywheel
ACT Uprated pressure plate
ACT Stage 1 Clutch disc
Carbon Fiber Driveshaft
R-180 Rear Diff w/ Syms larger Diff. cover
Non-catted, 3" Bellmouth ceramic coated DP
Prodrive 3-port boost solenoid
Walbro 255 lph fuel pump
JUN upgraded adj. (1-1.3 Bar) WG actuator
JIC Full Titanium 3" non-resonated Exhaust (18 lbs.)
Kartboy HD poly. Exhaust mounts
2005 STI radiator
*coming soon!* PWR Radiator
STI Red silicon Intercooler-TB hose
STI Radiator cap
STI SS-braided clutch line
Samco Radiator and Ancillary hoses
JDM PS cooler
Kartboy Poly Shifter bushings
Kartboy Short shifter
Intercooler sprayer
Zerosports intercooler splitter
Optima battery
Prodrive Battery Tie Down
Prodrive oil cap
ARC belt cover
Prova brake Res. Cover
Prova Clutch Res. Cover
Custom mounting plates for HID Ballasts
C-west CF MAF cover


Interior
sound deadening removed; Interior repainted black
gutted interior & trunk
Semi-gutted dashboard
Repainted interior black
Defi Gauge Pod
Defi BF 60mm gauges (EGT, Oil Press., Turbo) *Future plans include* 3 52mm Stack gauges (Water temp, Oil Temp, & A/F)
Defi Link controller II
JDM Ver. 6 STI instrument cluster
STI Stainless Door Sill Plates
STI Ti 6-speed Shift ****
JDM STI Ver. 5 sifter trim
STI Ti Ignition Key
Prodrive leather 3-spoke steering wheel
Splash steering boss
NRG quick release
Recaro pole position SPG seats
Sparco 3" 6-pt quick release harnesses
Sparco 3" Harness pads
Sparco kidney pads
2004 STI Blue Carpet w/ Matching AL deadpedal
2006 STI Black floor mats
2002 WRX AL pedals
Auto-to-Manual window conversion
17" convex rollcage-mounted rear view mirror

Very Interested in your opinions, Positive & negative, But try and be constructive with the criticism, we all know it's easy to come off like a d!ck on the Web.

beef-on-the-bone

iTrader: (5)

WOW!!!!

mervil

iTrader: (5)

Bloody hell, now that's a mods list!! Looks awesome in that colour too

ScuuBdoo

now that is one hell of a nice car.

Subscribe to thread? oh yes!

Silver Scooby Sport

iTrader: (15)

That's a million mile's from how it started life... I've read your build thread on NASIOC Top class work

DB07P1

awesome job mate

Dspeed

Wow more pics please?

Schumacher

John, you just can't stop whoring, can you?

Good to see you over here. Car is looking great, as usual.

John2.5RS

Never! If there's a Subaru enthusist site, I try and get as may opinions as I can, I like to know what the Subaru Communities think of my Pet Project! I know there's more GC love outside of the States than in it.

Here's a few older pictures.







Went to a Charity Car Show today, here's a few of my Friend's cars too. The White one is a full RHD Ver. II 555 STi conversion



\/ This was a LHD N/A car before, Full parts swap from a functional RHD car, Top notch swap!


















This is just an example of the lengths I got to make my woman happy, Pick her up a 44 oz. Soda and balance it in the Flimsy stock cup holder down a busy road under construction!



Think Initial-D.



I'll be getting a CF Burn-Up Style Front lip soon!




If I hadn't wrecked my last project car, I may have had the funding to do some more extensive Chassis Prep like the Zen car and RCM's Gobbstopper. (two of my favorite cars of all time)
As I get more track time, I may get another shell and prep it following there outstanding examples. I have a few Friends that work wonders with metal, But here in the states, most people do Domestic muscle cars or other imports, I thinks there's only a handful of Turbo'd GC chassis in my State. So It's hard to verbally convey what I see in my head to what they do, and those cars are just about spot on with what I'd like to do, as far as Chassis prep. But that get's expensive since I have no Sponsors or any shop backing (But I'm working on it! )

Schumacher

Come on people, show some love! One of the best GCs out there.

trails

iTrader: (41)

agreed...just don't ask him to paint the doors

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

I hope you are going to paint that awfull carbon the same colour as the body work!!! it currently looks like a cut n shut !

trails

iTrader: (41)

John2.5RS

I've been talking to my Girl about partially painting the doors to blend them in with the rest of the body.

And like he said, I'm not going to paint all the CF bits, and it basically is a 'cut n shut', as you call it.

I paid $1800 for a rolling shell, and did the rest myself. besides, painting the CF adds weight.





The only reason it has a decent paint job is I have a Friend that's a Professional Painted, and hooked it up. I was just going to rattlecan it flat black so it wouldn't get rusty. It's gonna be my Track car, so the paint is only going to get worse the more I track it, so I'm not too worried about it. I wanted it to look good from 50 feet (15 M) @ 50 MPH (80 KPH). Next color change I was thinking British Racing Green, maybe with some pearl or metal flake in it. Haven't seen too many Subi's in that color (at least here in the states)

Thanks though.

John2.5RS

here's a clip of the dyno



244 WHP @ 10 psi, 91 oct. (No AVCS, WG boost)

I just wanted to make sure the A/F ratio was safe before the Track day on Saturday. It was nice and safe, running a little rich, leanest it got was 12:1 and it was only pushing 8 PSI there, so it's good to go! Going to pull the Dash and figure out the AVCS in the next few weeks. It's quite a bit down on power (as was to be expected), but it's running good and with the lower power, I'll be able to focus on getting a feel of the chassis before I turn up the wick.

Midnight Runner

Thats a bad *** motor!

martyrobertsdj

iTrader: (1)

Looks lovely, but to be honest the doors are the only bit I'm not keen on really.

Fair play to ya though fella.....top motor

John2.5RS

I know alot of people don't like the exposed CF, but I think it help my coupe stand out in a crowd, similar to the Audi R8's sideblade. I was thinking about painting part of the door leaving a small portion exposed CF, but I can't find a design I like.

trails

iTrader: (41)

leave it, its your car and you are happy with it. Looks unique which is always cool

ScuuBdoo

Leave the car the way it is.

John2.5RS

I am, for now. No real intentions to do much else exterior-wise, except the Burn-up style CF front lip.
Went to a Local Track day this past Saturday, Car performed awesome, even though it was only low boost, I was pulling away from everything out there in my class. It was really fun, and I can't wait to get some track wheels and sticky rubber mounted.

Here's a couple pictures from the event.

M444GY

iTrader: (72)

dude that is one amazing motor

looks stunning . lovin the cf

beef-on-the-bone

iTrader: (5)

get the roof skinned in carbon!!!!

trails

iTrader: (41)

John2.5RS

It's funny that you mention that, I'm trying to work it into my calender to find time to drop it off in the next few weeks/months to have the roof molded for just that purpose.

John2.5RS

This thread inspired me to make a DIY front lip, And I have to say, I like the look for the cost. I'm still planning on getting a CF lip, But I think this will hold up the speed bumps and track curbs a little better.

ScuuBdoo

Nice one. It looks good.

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

Looks fantastic, I really like the doors

John2.5RS

Thanks!

I should have a CF lip soon, but probably not before the next track day (May 3rd-4th @ PIR). Seriously thinking about getting the remaining interior piece 'Flocked', It will help with glare and looks good too. I just have to find a company in the States that can do it.
I'm also still working on making some door cards, I will probably have those Flocked as well.

Here's a couple desert shots without a lip for future reference.

minty

iTrader: (1)

where did you get the rubber lip from, if you dont mind me asking ?????

I've been after something like this for my 22b front bumper but cant find the material anywhere to make it.

What did you use, it looks perfect

thanks
Chris.