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I thought I'd get a thread going for my new car. I've had my V5 Type R Ltd locked up indoors under a blanket now for 2 years. The plan for that one is to give it to my son when he’s old enough (5 right now).
So I wanted another for daily duties, and the odd track day. I did the deal on this Type R.
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I was worried when I first got it, but so far I haven't found anything too dodgy. It is a credit to its previous owner :)

It needed mapping properly as the last mapping attempt was aborted on the rollers @ RCM due to alternator and boost solenoid giving up.

The first thing I did was book in with Gary @ GR-Performance for a Dyno run and basic health check. He found the fuelling all over the place, but he was happy with the sound of the engine so a result for me :D
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So I parked it up in my tiny garage and commuted 19 miles a day on my bike till mapping :(
I would have been happy for Gary @ GR-Performance to do the mapping, but due to distance and past very positive experiences with Duncan RaceDynamix I booked in for his earliest slot.

Only driving when I had to:
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The first thing I changed was the momo wheel for a Sparco:
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Then I booked in with Tim @ Trilogy in Stalybridge for an improved alarm system. He found an ingenious hiding place for the siren to avoid cluttering up the engine bay :idea:
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I can not recommend Tim highly enough. Rare to find these days, a proper enthausiast, who's an expert in his field and still down to earth.
Trilogy: Car audio & alarm installation
Peel Street, Stalybridge, Cheshire SK15 1PT
0161 303 9818

Not a fan of the 22B bumper (unless it's on a 22B) or the carbon bonnet, both were sold and standard items bought.
To get the standard items I had to go and visit a man who literally made me cry for days.......... Brian from Cams Performance. He bought my old Blob :cry::cry::cry: But you have to forgive and forget :D He did a cracking deal on a bonnet and grill, and I also picked up my bumper from there. He has some awesome machinery and the biggest parts collection I’ve ever seen. Another top man who I will definitely be back to for anything I can't manage myself :)

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Before mapping I had a long list of things I'd like to do, so collected a few parts:
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I spent hours faffing about switching the tiny Mishimoto (great quality btw) I/C core for the nice new Hybrid one, and at the same time swapping bumpers.
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When I was finally done, I noticed a tiny coolant leak on the hard pipe that runs along the radiator :razz: I called Brian @ Cams Performance and he told me to come down as he was sure he’d have one somewhere. After a few minutes searching, the nicest one he could find was on his 700 BHP MK1 Escort (with full Subaru running gear). So he whipped it off and gave it to me :luxhello: What a nice guy.
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Next was the fuel filter, currently a tiny billet Torques one. Having had past bad experience with a similar style filter, I swapped it for a standard one:

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Next I changed the up-pipe for a Harvey/AS Performance Trick one. I advised Alyn I was using a Lateral Performance Billet MD321 18G and he said I was in the middle in terms of choice of up-pipes. As it is more a daily driver than track car, we agreed to go for the one which was most suitable :) More great service from the Subaru community, with a new up-pipe along with OEM gaskets delivered next day by Alyn from AS Performance at a very good price along with plenty of great advice :cool:

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Does the RH S20 004 mean anything to anyone???

I also had my GrpN Engine mounts ready to go on if needed, but the original mounts looked in great condition so I’ll save the GrpN bits for my boys Type R Ltd :)

I also changed the plugs for some NGK BCPR7ES. With the fuelling all over the place, the old plugs were looking well past their best.

I wanted to do a few other things before mapping but due to time restraints and the up-pipe and plugs taking 5 hours :o I went to bed looking forward to meeting Duncan in the morning :)

Mapping went much better than expected, started off with a boost pipe blowing off. Duncan beet me to it when racing for our ratchets. With all clamps tightened we went back out for some more. I was expecting Duncan to tell me I’d bought a lemon, but to the contrary he was very happy with everything. He said it sounded like a built engine to him but everything was fine.
He was really happy with the turbo, saying it was holding 1.5 bar all the way to redline. I requested to keep things as safe as possible; he said he was happy to push it further but I was worrying about the 5 speed box.
Another bonus was to find out that the Alcatek already had L/C and Anti Lag enabled :) L/C is not much use on a 5 speed box, and Anti Lag isn’t really my thing, but if it’s already there then nice to scare the kids every now and then :idea:
The eBay supplier I used to buy a Innovate Wideband sent the wrong one, so when Duncan comes round next time I’ll have some switches ready for him for A/L and L/C and also the correct wideband and controller.
He estimated a very safe 350 ~ 360 BHP so happy days for me :luxhello:

The current spec:
2.0 STi Engine - From the old ABW race car
Nitrided crank, STi internals. new piston rings with Cosworth head gaskets
V5/V6 heads
Baffled Sump
Lightweight Pulley set
Advanced Automotive O Ring Thermal inlet manifold sapcers
550cc top feed injectors (blue) matched from Lateral Performance
CDF top feed kit
Parallel Braided fuel rails
Sytec Motorsport FPR
RCM Fuel pump
Hybrid FMIC with HKS hard pipes
Brand New Alternator
MD321 18G Billet Lateral Performance
Perrin Turbo Blanket
3 Port boost solenoid
RCM Oil catch tank with return to sump
RCM Exhaust and de-cat centre section
HKS bell mouth downpipe heat rapped
Pipercross cone filter with Mafless pipe
As Performance Trick Up-Pipe
Alcatek ECU with Anti Lag & L/C (not wired yet) Mapped by Duncan RaceDynmaix

STI Grp N fly wheel
Excedy clutch
DCCD 5 speed gearbox
Meister R Zeta R Coilovers
Brembo brakes front and rear, std rear disc and performance friction Floating Disc fronts
Eibach anti-roll bars front and rear
Hard Race Trailing arm & Lateral links set
CDF Drop Links front & rear
Wheels XXR 527 17" x 8.25" ET 25 in bronze
Yokohama Advan Neova AD08

HT Autos 22b body kit

Flocked Dash and gauge pod
Sparco Deep Dish Wheel

Lots to do, next is paint and underseal, then geometry :D