My hawk progress thread
 

Well some of you may remember my bugeye progress thread here

https://www.scoobynet.com/projects-4...ck-bugeye.html

Well I decided to bite the bullet and get myself a sti the bug was sold to a member on here who was over the moon with it and this came up for sale from a member on here I went to have a look yesterday the deal was done and I'm now the proud owner of a hawk sti :D

Spec as followed

Full tsl exhaust (receipt of purchase says £995 :eek:)
Cosworth head gasket and arp bolts to prevent further failure
Ecutek ecu remapped to 338 bhp and nearly 400 ftlb of torque
Perrin 3 port boost solenoid
Uprated fuel pump
Cdf rear arb and front and rear drop links
Tein coil overs
There are a Few more bits that I've probably forgot about lol

The difference between this and the bug are massively different feels so much smoother and the power is obviously a big improvement lol the diff is taking some getting used to as it can be quite worrying when on full lock or parking and you get it knocking lol thought something was broke till I read up on here lol

Future plans are change the rear lights to some blob eye ones and change the colour of the wheels just need to decide on colour and just give it some general maintenance discs and pads and service etc power wise I'm completely happy it's more than fast enough for me and its at safe level as we all know what the engines on these are like if they are pushed to much lol I've only really took a few pics as been to busy enjoying it and using loads of fuel lol like my last thread I will keep making updates on here every time anyway here are the pics there was a thread made in members gallery of mine and my friends p1 that he took some pics of if you want a nosey

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ps5d596c4e.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ps8845b410.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...pse205b7f8.jpg

Thanks for looking

Cheers
Craig :thumb:

Lovely looking Hawk bud, you've done well.

One word "beautiful" well done Craig looks a minter.

Martin

Looks great pal and hate to be a spoil sport but it's not really pushing these engines that's the problem it's the chocolate pistons(ringlands) they all within reason seem to let go before roughly the 40-50,000 mark once forged though they are mega :D

Well this has done 70k and still going strong the engine was recently took apart to have the gaskets done and pistons were inspected and didn't show any signs of wear so fingers crossed she holds on for a few more thousand lol cheers for the comments guys lol

Very nice mate, still the best looking shape (but I would say that) I really should meet up with the rest of us redditch folk.

😊

Lol u coming Weston mate ??

Sadly I work every weekend :( plus my boss is away that week so I've got no chance of getting the day off

Ahhhh man that sucks :(

The joys of the pub trade!!

I'm determined i will make it to at least one meet before the year is over lol.

well thought i would do an update no mods im afraid lol as 2 days after purchase my oil light came on :( needless to say i was devastated but luckily it turned out to be a broken oil pick up pipe so that was fitted along with a new sump and dipstick tube 400 miles later she is still running perfect phew! however has dented my wallet lol

Well today i went to weston with wmi £1302 raised for rnli charity well done guys thought it would be rude not to take some pictures

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...psbb952cbb.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ps11c742fa.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...psaabde582.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ps7d22d0f2.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ps010be7bd.jpg
cheers
craig :thumb:

Craig I'm glad it turned out to be an easy in expensive fix :thumb: car looks great I'm very jealous :D

Now you can enjoy it dude :thumb:

Martin

Cheers mart i was very relieved put it that way lol

Lovely car mate, ride height is perfect

Cheers Roy :thumb:

Looking good :)

Well did my first mod today got rid of those god aweful rear lights and installed some blobeye items looks much fresher imo I have no idea what Subaru were thinking when they fitted those things I think they must of been rubbing shoulders with lexus lol

here are the lights
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...psc1f3a415.jpg

before
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...psf2f86a91.jpg

after
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ps77a33a44.jpg

looks soooo much better imo

cheers
craig

Very nice - just needs some silvertech indicator bulbs to get rid of the orange in the rear lights IMHO ;)

Agreed it's on my to to list lol

You'll have fun with the front ones - I've done the same mod as you (STi8 lights on the rear of a black hawk) but the silvertech bulbs for the front are still in their packet - way too many things to remove to gain access ... a really stupid design from Subaru (again).

Looks so much better Craig, if you want to take the boot badge off send it my way lol

Martin

Lol cheers mate you decided on what your gonna do about your build yet

Not yet buddy, spoke with Alyn briefly he said he will jot some prices up for me. Think it's defo going to be a 2.5 but just don't know if its going to be cdb pinned etc etc lol. Any more plans in the pipe line for yours?

Martin

All sounds expensive lmfao hmmm dunno really thinking about getting it remapped again so I can fit a cone filter I hate having no noise from the front also the exhaust is really quiet but it's a £1000 exhaust seems a shame to change it lol

took the car to arden bridge services this morning for a inspection and oil change as ive done 1k since the issue i had and i also had a small weap from the rear diff turns out the drain plug hadnt been done up properly so that was tightened and topped up oil and filter change and she is still running like a dream techys had a good look and all seems fine car is still running 110% so im a happy man :) took a few pics last week aswell so may aswell post them up lol

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ps68917149.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...psc771b513.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...psb02dc772.jpg

cheers

craig :thumb:

Looking good!!!:thumb:

Looks exactly like mine at the moment, Black 06 hawk sti, with gold standard rims, blobeye rears:thumb:.

Did a few cheap mods to my car, like Type RA-R red pin stripe the grill, cut my standard number plate down so doesnt look to big, and I de-badged my rear tailgate of WRX and STi badges!!!

But got a garage full of parts that are waiting to go on mine like 18x 9,5inch Rota grids powdercoated gloss black, v-limited splitter, blobeye rear tailgate(no badge in centre)

whats the Tein suspension like??

Oohhh Rotas very nice :thumb:

It's not to bad mate not massively bumpy and make the car handle like its on rails deffo recommended :)

I have them on mine and camt recomend highly enough . . . Good ride height and lovely handling. Its the 4th car ive had them on and aftrr having mates ride in mine 2 of them have done it to their imprezas too