Ghost's 04 STI

I've been on this forum for a while now and I'm finally getting around to starting a journal on the progress/direction on my car. Everyone buys their Suby for different reasons; a beast of a daily commuter, autox, rally or just for the hell of it. I on the other hand bought my Subie for drag racing. I was attracted to the traction of AWD and power capabilities of the boxer engine. The fact that its different for all the other 4cyl cars was the biggest seller for me. Well, thats the direction I'm taking my car. Any advise y'all could give me to help me achieve my goals would be great.

I bought it in April of 2007 w/39000 miles.
Here is a list of my mods

Engine
-Perrin lightweight crank pulley
-Perrin Radiator shroud
-Perrin EBCS/Hallman Pro hybrid BC
-Custom FMIC
-Tial BOV
-3" TBE
-1 step colder NGK plugs
-Power Enterprises timing belt
-Cobb 12mm oil pump
-Brian Crower billet H-beam rods
-Cosworth rod/main bearings
-JE pistons/rings 100mm 8.5:1
-Cometic head gaskets
-ARP studs
-AEM wideband
-Dual Walbro 255's
-Cobb Access Port V2
-Coolingmist Water/Meth Injection
-Tial 44mm Vband wastegate
-850cc injectors
-Aeromotive Sidefeed Fuel Rails
-Aeromotive FPR
-Sargent Power S362 Rotated Turbo Kit
-Sargent Power AOS

Machine work and balancing by Ball Engines
Powdercoating by Brian Reel (breel)
Tuned by Sargent Power

Suspension
-Tein H tech springs

Drivetrain
-Exedy stage 4 clutch
-Nitto NT-555 235/45/17 tires

Exterior
-custom grill
-De-badged trunk

Interior
-Prosport Guages
-Push-button starter
-CF guage pod
-Blacked out headliner and pillars
-Perrin shift knob
-Spongebob air freshner
-your mom

Some pics










Huge thanks to Mike and Andy @ Sargent Power, Matt Ball, Doug @ Topspeed and Brian Reel for all the help and support with the build.

 

nice car!

 

wow....nice ride man

 

Twin scroll setup. Go big or go home!

 

i envy you!

 

this may be a dumb question but is that a roof scoop or window in the door behind you.. kinda looks like both?

love the ride, cant wait to see the finished product

 

lol, thats the window in the door behind the car. are there any other parts im overlooking that i will need to get to 500?

 

Well, well well... I FINALLY got an AP and I have an appointment @ Topspeed next wed the 29th for a protune. I probably have the most extensive break-in ever! lol 22,325 miles. After buying a house the STI was put on the back burner for a while. I am sooooo exited to have some boost again. Its been a year. I will post the results of the tune as soon as i get them. Until then!.....

 

hot sex in the 3rd degree

 

Real talk son.

SRSLY. This car rules.

 

It's about time!

 

What turbo? Still stock one for now?

 

Yeah :unamused: I should be purchasing a turbo within a couple months. This will just get me by for now

 

It will be interesting to see what it does with stock turbo. I would defer to the TopSpeed guys for turbo recommendations.

Looks like a great project.

 

My bugi has been reduced to a bug after seeing that. That engine is pure sex! I'm sure the TS crew will get you to 500 and then some with a turbo set up!

 

thanks guys. im REALLY interested what #'s ill get too.. i tried the stage 2 map and it was a joke. i was running lean at idle and overboosting like crazy, i quickly removed it. I noticed that there is very little lag and LOT's of torque though. even with only 5psi. BTW, i ran the 1/4 while in the 5psi break-in (it had over 18k miles so it was safe) and got a 1.8 60ft and a 13.2 @ 105 with 10.0:1 afr's. I was impressed.

 

Very nice car!

 

OOOOooooooboostFace!!! Ibetyouget330whpw/tune....LATER!!!

 

lolz....i wish!

 

Cant wait for weds!!! me, Suby_rue and a friend with an Evo 9 are all making a road trip to Topspeed. The Evo is getting tuned too.

 

when is your tune. i'm off wednesday. and dont have anything else to do. maybe i'll come up and watch

 

Its at 9am, I'm not sure which of us is going first. We're leaving fayetteville around 7:30am.

 

anyone wanna take a stab and guess what i'll put to the wheels?

 

330 hp 350 tq.

 

I'm looking foward to seeing what Doug can do. If I get over 330whp ill flip. I'm thinking 310-330whp and 340tq

 

Doug tuned my buddies 2004 STi that was stock minus my custom exhaust and an Injen intake and HKS SSQV bov. Made 325 hp and 354 tq. STOCK engine.

 

sweeeeeeet!!!! I may be underestimating a bit!

 

though I do still have but a wee little turbo

 

Ok, just got home from Topspeed. I have to say, Doug did an amazing job on my sti and my buddys evo. I ended up putting down 310hp and 357tq and the evo put down 365hp and 353tq. The car feels GREAT and pulls nice and smooth. So glad to have the boost back....the turbo is not just for decoration anymore

 

Nice numbers. Bet it feels great.

 

Nice. Bet it feels great with that torque.

 

you betcha! :naughty: It feels awesome and its a conservative tune too. I have to change my intake to get some better #'s. Ebay intake FTMFL!

Heres a cell phone pic on the dyno

 

Well, I'm anxiously waiting for my turbo kit to get finished. I got to meet Mike and PEd tonight and check out the fabrication. Cant wait to see the finished product. Heres a teaser photo

btw, ignore the date on the pic. The batteries fell out of the camera and reset the date..

 

i want a before and after ride!

 

:rofl: If I run into you at a meet before the kit is installed, I'd be happy to

 

Ooooooooooooooooooooyourgoingtosoundlikea18wheeler.....

 

Ok, today I put in the Coolingmist meth kit. I made a custom mount below my radio for the controller and indicator led's. I only need a couple more things installed before the turbo goes on.











The green led lets me know when I'm low on meth and the 3 red leds light up when meth is flowing through the nozzle.

 

Nice. I really like the mounting location.

 

thanks!

 

That looks sooo good!

 

Im planning on removing the stock fuel rails and injectors tomorrow or monday. Do you have to take off the intake manifold to get all the hard fuel lines out? Im pretty sure ill have to but thought I'd ask anyway.

Looking to get the Aeromotive fuel rails/ Fpr and stainless lines installed before next weekend

 

Takin it off today...anyone have any pointers

 

Yeah, dont let your meatloaf....

 

I like where this thread is going But then again, I have already read the next chapter

 

i was debating on changing my fuel rails and lines too, but at my level not needed. All of us need to get together and grab a beer or two one of these days.

 

Hell yeah I'm down for grabbing a few:beer:

 

I mapped out my fuel setup and I'm heading tomorrow to get the lines and fittings. Here are a couple pics of what I'm running. I also picked up a second Walbro 255. Anyone have a link or advise on how to piggyback a second fuel pump?

 

This is going to an awesome setup.

That turbo is huge!

 

Here is a link that shows the Buschar dual pump set up: LINK