2005 WRX - An All-Rounder
So I just got my car mapped by the brilliant Andy Forrest today and I thought now would be a good time to show how the car has come along in my 3 years of ownership.
I bought the car in 2014, I had just sold my Ibiza Cupra 1.4 TSI after getting a bit twitchy about the well known reliability issues they have. I wanted something that ticked the same boxes in terms of being a good fast road car but wanted something with more of a track record of reliability. A life long fan of scoobies, it was an obvious choice. Here is what it was like the day I bought it, a 2005 Impreza WRX PPP: https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...001d28cbe4.jpg in terms of mods it was fairly standard apart from: -BC coilovers -K&N filter -Decat downpipe -Roadrunner Scorpion back box -The usual PPP goodies First job was pretty simple, I like a car to look clean and uncluttered, so I debadged the rear end: https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...a057663065.jpg and de-stickered the front: https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...a936caae21.jpg Next up was getting a decent detailing regimen in place. I played around with a few products and found Dodo Juice hard candy topped up with Wowo's quick detailer after each wash is a really nice combination on the world rally blue paint: https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...67a49bab46.jpg Next up I was never really happy with the wheels, they had been badly kerbed by one of the previous owners and a cover up had been attempted with badly mismatched paint. A friend of a friend sold me his 18inch prodrives. They were in a sorry state but they were sorted out with a bout of shot blasting and a respray, brake calipers also got a fresh coat of red paint: https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...79f25878d0.jpg After this I went a few road trips and just enjoyed the car, here's the car at Dunrobin Castle, just at the start of the North Coast 500. An epic drive, the car was brilliant: https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...ddcfbe82dc.jpg And here's Loch Katrine, half way up the Duke's Pass: https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...784e48570f.jpg Time for a performance upgrade, I went for: Hybrid TD04 from Central Turbos Harvey's Trick Up-pipe Standard exhaust headers ported and polished STI TMIC with scoop and tray Walbro 255lph fuel pump STI pink injectors NGK 7s https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...f1f96913a1.jpg First job was fitting the intercooler, scoop and tray. Easy enough job and it made a nice subtle change to the front end: https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...17b29b5542.jpg Fitting the rest of the hardware was beyond my abilities, so it went into the garage. After a week or two of the car being off the road it was over to see Andy Forrest for a remap. Result: 304bhp, 304LbFt and a much better power band! The car now pulls harder than with the standard turbo all the way through the rev range, and it keeps pulling harder long after the standard turbo runs out of ideas. Future jobs: Sort out a few minor body work issues ie stone chips and door dings Fit less dusty pads Strut braces A decent detailing session on the engine bay |
looking good.
Which tyres are you running? What work was carried out on the TD04? I'm after a hybrid TD04 myself for my UK 2000. |
Great stuff,keep it up.
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Originally Posted by sunny1989
(Post 11958638)
looking good.
Which tyres are you running? What work was carried out on the TD04? I'm after a hybrid TD04 myself for my UK 2000. The turbo was fitted with a billet 19t compressor wheel and larger, ported compressor housing. I think there's some kind of heat resistant coating on the hot side too. |
Dyno reading from today. Logged with road dyno rather than a physical dyno
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...c0541f41db.jpg |
Originally Posted by Pedroimpreza
(Post 11958809)
Run on e85 fuel?
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Originally Posted by Pedroimpreza
(Post 11958809)
Run on e85 fuel?
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Originally Posted by johned
(Post 11958679)
Great stuff,keep it up.
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Curves look really good, must drive very nicely.
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Originally Posted by TECHNOPUG
(Post 11958852)
Curves look really good, must drive very nicely.
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Looks really good. Love the clean de-badged look. Subscribed!
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Liam do you know what boost the cars running to make those figures?
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Originally Posted by Cambs_Stuart
(Post 11959195)
Looks really good. Love the clean de-badged look. Subscribed!
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Originally Posted by scoobidy
(Post 11959236)
Liam do you know what boost the cars running to make those figures?
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Originally Posted by LiamB
(Post 11959243)
I'll ask Andy and get back to you mate.
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Just curious with all the mods and >300 hp/ Torque do you not find that the brakes fade easily ?
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Originally Posted by Linksfahrer
(Post 11959512)
Just curious with all the mods and >300 hp/ Torque do you not find that the brakes fade easily ?
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Brakes ok
Well Liam , its nice to here that.
If you are just looking for some good pads with good bite with low dust, I can recommend for Carbon Lorrain RC5 's these are sintered and at least under my standard callipers are not noisy. UK sole distributor is "Paul Chance" <sales@clbraking.co.uk> 0044 7974 153967 Id like to think that they will be a good improvement and keep you out of trouble :thumb: |
Originally Posted by LiamB
(Post 11958865)
There's no let up after 5000rpm either which is refreshing. The car feels a lot happier past 5000rpm whereas with the standard turbo it felt like you were wringing its neck.
I've also got to launch at silly revs at the drag strip or I bog down, but modding is usually a compromise :) |
Originally Posted by Linksfahrer
(Post 11959534)
Well Liam , its nice to here that.
If you are just looking for some good pads with good bite with low dust, I can recommend for Carbon Lorrain RC5 's these are sintered and at least under my standard callipers are not noisy. UK sole distributor is "Paul Chance" <sales@clbraking.co.uk> 0044 7974 153967 Id like to think that they will be a good improvement and keep you out of trouble :thumb: |
Originally Posted by RS_Matt
(Post 11959580)
Same with my TD05 swap, Stock TD04 was fun but wasn't great for those long gear ratios! I push my 03 WRX to 7,600 all the time now. The only downside is spool start has gone from 2k to 4k :( My wife's Touran leaves me for dead if I'm not in the right gear :(
I've also got to launch at silly revs at the drag strip or I bog down, but modding is usually a compromise :) When yours comes on song it must pull like a train though, what figures did you get? |
Originally Posted by scoobidy
(Post 11959507)
Thanks i'd appreciate that, basically running the same spec as you but i'm missing some power so wondered what boost you was running
Failing that a road dyno from the likes of rom raider or torque pro might be worth a try. |
Another step along the way I forgot to mention: I reckon time will show the newages to be every bit as bad as the classics in the rust department. So i had the underside thoroughly cleaned, rust treated and sealed with dinitrol products. Cavities also filled with wax. Really clean job. A few tiny fits of overspray on the paintwork but these came off with tar remover, claybar and a bit of gentle work.https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...3fff51358a.jpg
Slightly discoloured back box has since been hit with APC, claybar and polish so is looking much brighter. |
Good job! Should keep the rust gremlins off for a long time...
The areas the usually concern me on a newage is the area under the radiator and behind the front arch liners. |
Looking good, is this a WRX300?
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Originally Posted by Cambs_Stuart
(Post 11962046)
Good job! Should keep the rust gremlins off for a long time...
The areas the usually concern me on a newage is the area under the radiator and behind the front arch liners. That's prompted me though, in/around the radiator looks good but I'll have to pull those arch liners and have a look. |
Originally Posted by CraigBWRX
(Post 11962651)
Looking good, is this a WRX300?
Yeah, it is/was a WRX300 :lol1: |
Rust around Radiator
I found quiet a bit of rust , but luckily it was easy to treat it when I took my engine out last year. Once you have the radiator out you can get to it fairly well , and rust inhibitor and blue hammerite makes it neat and tidy.
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Originally Posted by Linksfahrer
(Post 11962788)
I found quiet a bit of rust , but luckily it was easy to treat it when I took my engine out last year. Once you have the radiator out you can get to it fairly well , and rust inhibitor and blue hammerite makes it neat and tidy.
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nice project, that first pic on the NC500 is absolutely blinding!
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