A few pics of my 2008 Sti Hatchback.
 

A few people will know that i was after a Sti hatchback in WR Blue for a while, after searching for around 9 months i eventuall found this one.

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Looks tidy.
Whats the specification?

more intrested in 20th anniversary

Very nice indeed :thumb: I am assuming its had a rebuild?

Looks really nice mate. :thumb:

Love the hatch, looks like a really nice motor.

The engine has been forged, closed decked and has the 14mm head stud conversion, Andy Williams did the build. It's currently running 436bhp with 505 Nm of torque. The build is below, the turbo is an SC46, HKS downpipe, uprated fuel pump, Cobra sport cat back exhaust system, ive probably missed a few smaller things.


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Ive not even seen it myself so i'm deffo interested in seeing it lol

i guess its blue;)

That looks mint Rob!
Are you going to fit the Recaros?

Are you going to do the bumper swap.

Here you go ;)


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Thanks for that Ross, i'll message you on messenger once Alyn has had a chance to look at the car just so you know what the issue was.. The one i posted above was one i originally viewed, the sale fell through due to the DVLA but literally the day after i bought your the seller phoned me saying everything was fine now and would i still be interested, it's already forged and partially modified so it was originally the sort of base car i was looking for, so after not being able to find one in blue for around 9 months, i now have 2 lol.

If i can track down a facelift bumper i'll then yeh i'll put one on this car as i prefer it.

Hi Rob - it lost its coolant from a leak somewhere and was driven without much coolant for about 6-8 miles and as I said it got into the red :(

It’s just a case of whether there is internal damage and to what extent (for everyone else’s knowledge).

I’ve been quiet on here up to now as between this and the R205 I’ve got Torque GT selling for me, I’m taking an £11-12k bath on the pair of them. Not in the best of moods about it.

Hopefully your ownership of 2 hatches will be a better financial experience than mine :D

Sorry to hear about the hit you've taking Ross, i think we've all taken decent hits at some point, i know i have. Hopefully it all works out for you in the end, if it cheers you up any i've got 2 money pits on the go at the min lol, not by intention, it's just how its worked out.

Anyway…. enough of that thread hijack :)

Does this one have the burble you wanted?

Yeh it does mate, its a UK 2.5 so has the unequal length headers, the exhaust is a Cobra Sport with a HKS down pipe and its had a decat so it's a fairly loud as well, but a nice loud. My fuuture plans are to take the car to AS Performance and take it to the next stage. I would think i'll change the turbo as it's got an SC46 which is a big turbo and is quite laggy, i'll leave that to Alyn to advise me on the best direction to go in to get more torque, bhp figures don't really interest me, i'm just after getting as much torque as i can with it still being as reliable as it can be.

I've giving it a thorough clean and fitting a few bits, i should hopefully be picking up a Force Performance Black turbo for it on tuesday to replace the SC46.


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New turbo ready to go on when i can get it booked in to be fitted.


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Isn’t that a 600bhp turbo ?

My friends made 640 on his Evo 8 and didn’t even last 2000 miles before failing

I won't be going upto 640bhp, its like with anything, any engine, turbo or mechanical part can fail, your just really unlucky if it does. Was his turbo not inside the warranty ? I'll be aiming for somewhere between 500 - 600bhp, its the torque figures that interest me more than bhp

it was more the fact you said the current turbo was laggy and then went for a even bigger one I didn’t get

I'm not just swapping one turbo for another, when i bought this car it was as a base car for me to go down the modifying route, i always planned change the turbo, a lot of other things will be changed to get the most out of this turbo. As an example i'll be going with 1050 injectors, the fuel pump will probably get changed, bigger induction with larger capacity piping like with the MAF tube etc, whatever needs to be changed will get changed.to optimise the turbo.

I'll just do a quick update, since i posted the original thread ive changed a few minor things like different coloured Perrin engine dress parts, its had a new Mishimoto cone filter as the previous one which the last owner had it had seen better days. I've also had the car mapped by Bob Rawle so a new 3 port boost solenoid was fitted, i was really happy with the changes that Bob made, it now drives a lot better, previously it felt laggy to drive, more laggy than it should be but i guess that was down to the previous map the car had, ive quickly learnt that a good map is one of the best bits of money that you can spend on your car.

It's going for a full service soon at Chevron, all the fluids will be changed along with the plugs and filters etc, so with a map and a full service it's a good starting point with a new car, esp a scooby. I'm hoping that i can have a few things fitted when the car is in for service like an oil baffle plate, a new upgraded oil pickup pipe and an AOS, while the oil is being drained it would be a good time to get them done if Chevron can fit it in with my service. After that in January/Feb i'm hoping to have the new turbo fitted along with 1050 injectors and a new 80mm induction system which Simon is going to fabricate, it's the same as what they use on their own cars. Right i better get off now and go and do a bit of busking to pay for it all :) ....... A couple of recent pics below, ive not taken many pics really


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I would choose TDR over Chevron all day long.
Have nothing to Simon he is nice but they charge per hour;)
Tdr owner is good and super quick,different league in my experience.
Seen ICP-fuji racing makes and sells baffle plates and oil pick up pipes.

The American boys swear by the fp black
brilliant choice of turbo
looking forward to the updates
keep em coming bro

Saw someone put a V12 toyota engine in one these !

It's just trying to be different and putting my own stamp on the car, their are not many scoobies in this country that run a FP turbo, in the US as you say they are quite big on FP, i'll also be having my own induction fabricated to try and get the most from the turbo, it will be an 80mm one.

Car looks great dude. Looking forward to see what that FP black makes. Should be an absolute beast with that fitted!