Been a little busy playing with the car the last few days in the pursuit of a little more power

My plans are to take my Wrx to its limits and see how far i can go before i need to upgrade to a 2.5 lump B)


Currently the car is running 285bhp/286ftlb but i want a little more so will be adding the following new toys to the car


Mods to be added are as follows:


TD05 18g
sti injectors
full 3inch decat system
Fuel pressure regulater
Front mount intercooler
Walbro Fuel pump
Perrin Inlet Pipe


Future mods are

Blobeye front end
Wide arches
Roll cage
Interior stripped out
New anti roll bars and droplinks
Bigger brakes
plus a few more bits !!!!!!


Plus a Simtek ecu and map by Jolly Green Monster



Here are a few pics of whats been done so far


Tdo4 turbo next to Tdo5< you can see the size difference !!!!! Lots of cursing when bolts would not undo !!!!!




Old 2.5inch Exhaust system next to new 3 inch Zero Sports exhaust, will need some cleaning stuff now




New Downpipe, nice and shiny




Downpipe lagged and ready to go on the car, the most itching stuff in the world ( according to Pele )






Turbo and downpipe fitted ( with a few scraped knuckles !!!!! )




Got the Fuel pressure reg and injectors waiting to go on the car, but my next job is to fit the front mount , which i think will be a little bit of fun

And i would like to say thanks to my 2nd mechanic Pele for handing me tools and finding lost bolts etc

Will post up pics when i have done some more to the car which wont be long


Not bad for someone with no under bonnet skills !!!!!!!





Tony

 

Looks good so far mate …..I am another looking to build a STI eater (well ZEN is it would never run if i did it) …..what BHP are you running then at the min… what your aim ???

 

285bhp/286ftlb at the moment,

as much as i can get from the wrx lump then most likely a 2.5 sti build

 

UPDATE .............

Well been busy today with the Wrx.






Fitted a perrin inlet hose


The front mount core , nice and shiny too




As it looked first thing this morning




Then half hour later !!!!!!!!




After much debate and thinking decided to cut a little from the frame so as to keep the strength



Trail fitted !!!!???



Refitted the other way up and modified the pipe work to fit around the metal work






Now got to cut the bumper to fit around the front mount, although i will be losing my fog lights because of the pipe work, roll on the morning and daylight again.

Also got walbro fuel pump and fpr to fit tommorrow if i have time :thumbup:


So thats my day and very nearly ready for a remap by Jolly Green Monster



Tony

 

Good effort so far, I fitted my own FMIC and many other parts and it is really satifying when it all works out, keep up the good work!

 

Cheers mate , its fun doing it yourself although i have little mechanical knowledge but im getting there and happy with the results

 

looking good mate doing it urself gives you more satisfation when your overtaking...............

 

I've helped restore a couple of classics in the past but am no mechanic, just got to know your limits and don't try anything that can't be undone if you are not sure of it. Leave the important stuff like internals and maps to the pros and that way you don't end up with a dead car!

 

Mapping will be done by Simon aka Jolly Green Monster and engine builds will get done by an expert, anything else ill give it a go

 

Good man!

 

Bugeye is most likely different to a classic, but I retained my fog lights when I fitted my FMIC.

I know someone local, who preferred the drive of his bugeye with the TD04 to the 18G currently fitted. 16G's can make good power.

I like your approach though. Keep it up.

 

Well got the bumper back on today and the intercooler sits 3 inches below the bumper !!! Nice and good for air flow but now need to sort out a splitter to hide it



Maybe i should do the front end conversion now lol the newer bumper is deeper ( i think )

got a few more toys to add hopefully this week end weather permitting

A nice set of 2.5 sti injectors


Fuel pressure reg so i get constant supply no matter what !!!!!!





And i got a nice cowling for the instrument panal, the idea is to have
boost and fuel ratio gauges in the cowling
oil temp,oil pressure and water temp on the top of the dash in a defi pod




so its coming along slowly, just got to alter a few pipes under the bonnet and ill be ready for a remap by the Jolly Green Monster



Tony

 

looking good, if its a front splitter yout after, yhen I have one for sale have a look in the sale, it'll be a good few pages back. Lester one nice and deep. Like the JUN one for the classics.

Is that the cowling from the States? If so it doesnt fit our cars, I had to re make mine but butchering a UK 1 and the US 1 together with alot of sanding! Dont want to pi55 on your post BTW.

I love these posts, as I wish I had done it when I done all my work (still doing it!) to my bugeye!

Keep it up!

S!

 

yeah good stuff like the thread the work is nice and tidy. like others have said know yours limitations and you will be fine. simon is mapping my car when its ready ? new project 05 sti mickyjeff lots of work to do. good luck with yours will be keeping an eye on your thread for progress.
keep positive
cheers mick.

 

Car is looking sweet mate

BUT i think the cooler is defo upside down

every 1 i have fitted- the pipes go in at the bottom i can see y you would think its right though

tommy

 

Well it turns out the kit is for a classic ( which is good for the mrs as she has one !!!! ) so ill be buying a new age one now and trying again , been looking at the perrin ones but have also been looking at the turboxs one too



will keep you updated on what i get, unless someone has a second hand one for sale at a good price




tony

 

nice 1 mate even the classics stick out the bottom some times just depends on the type i suppose

good luck with the project any how mate !!!

tommy