06 STI Time Attack Build up

Just got back to working on the car seriously so I'm just going to start this over fresh.
A lot of things have changed since I started the build...like everything.

Heres a quick rundown of what the finished car will be like

2006 STI (30K miles)
100% gutted
Lexan Windows
Carbon Trunk
Carbon Hood
Carbon Door Skins (in the future)
Its most likely staying the Army Green Color

Suspension
RCE T2s
Whiteline ALK
Whiteline Roll Center Kit
Whiteline Big Sways and Endlinks (may be replace with RCE)
Whiteline Rear Control Arms
Rear Diff Locks
DMS Front Camber Plates
RCE Fixed Rear Plates

Wheels
Enkei NT03s 18x10
Advan A048s (for now)

Brakes
Stoptech ST40s 355mm
Carbotech XP12s Front
Carbotech XP10s Rear

Transmission
2007 Legacy Spec B 6speed (long ratios)
Carbonetics 1 way Front Diff
Carbonetics 1.5 way Rear Diff
Cusco Tarmac Center Diff
Carbonetics Twin Disk Clutch
Kartboy Shifter and Bushings

Engine
2.2 Closed Deck Block
79mm Crank
Pauter Connecting Rods
Wiseco Pistons
Total Seal Rings
ARP Head Studs
Cometic Gaskets
JDM Version 8 Heads Ported
Full Ferrea Valvetrain 1mm oversize
Custom Grind Cams

Turbo Intercooler Etc..
Precision 67mm BB turbo T4 .82
Custom Header, Uppipe, and Downpipe
Garret Intercooler Core, custom endtanks and Piping
Tial BOV
Tial Wastegate

Engine Management
AEM DBW ECU
AEM integrated boost control
Anti-Lag
Launch Control

Interior
Stock Dash has been gutted of everything and is actually fairly light, I was going to pick up a fiberglass replica gut theres not really any need. MSI has a Carbon Race Style center console that I will probably get to replace the factory one.

I'm rereading this years rules for the Redline series to see if I can fit the car into modified, I want to run the gutted doors and Lexan windows but if I can't I have a full set of working doors with real glass.

 

I'm about to edit the first post as well but I've been working on the car a lot lately. Heres what has been going on lately.

Last week I cut all the plugs to fill the holes in the firewall. Most sanctioning bodies require holes in the firewall to be filled and since the car no longer has heat or AC there are lots of big gaping holes to fill.

I spent most of the day today looking for the Circlips that go on the rear axles before you slide them in the diff only to realize that they aren't on the axles....they stay in the diff.

Tonight I started the night out by making a couple of templates to for mounting switches, Relays, Fuses, Gauges, ECU and Data Acquisition.

Replacing the stock gauge cluster with the G2X Data Aq, that little display will tell me almost everything I need to know, I will most likely add a Wideband and a AEM Serial Gauge to the left and right.


This will house all the switches for the car as well as Circuit Breakers with LEDs to display the switch status as well as the Circuit Breaker Status.


Just started mocking up the relay board so I can figure out exactly where its going to mount. These are all Bosch 280 Weatherproof relays, very nice relays and pretty reasonable.

Feb\4
After much work on the relays and how they are going to mount they have since been rendered useless by these really trick aviation circuit breakers that I picked up from some friends that have a Air Salvage Company. I also picked up some composite Panels to make the Flat Bottom for the car.

The Toggles are 40amp breakers for the high power items, the rest will be on the button style breakers.


These are the 4x8 1\2inch composite sheets for the flat bottom.

I'm redrawing my entire wiring diagram though it should be easier this time since there will be no fuses or relays all the power can go directly through the switches\breakers.

A quick note about the wiring, all of the wire I'm using is Tefzel, a fairly expensive aviation grade wire that is highly flexible and heat resistant. It will all be covered in Raychem heat shrink as well.

Took a break from the wiring today to get some more mechanical work done.

Sunday Feb 7th
Just installed the GTSpec Fender Reinforcement Braces, Went on pretty easy...which is always nice

I had already installed the Carbonetics 1.5 way rear diff in the housing but I was having issues getting it back in the car. I still don't have all my strength back in my wrist from the motorcycle wreck so it was making it difficult to wrestle it into the car while on my back. Well I muscled up the strength today and got it in. I'm about to slide the axles in and put the ARP extended wheel studs in. Ill update with some more pics later.

Plans for tonight
Finish Gutting the Passenger doors, Install Extended Wheel Studs, Install Rear Axles and Tighten all rear suspension bolts.


Here you can see the Front Diff and Bell Housing separated from the tranny.


Here is the front pinion gear about to be blued so that I can check to make sure the diff is in right


Rear Diff installed in the car


Fuck the Super Bowl

 

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Yeah I couldn't keep the STI ABS without rewiring the whole car. ABS is important on Street tires

 

Do you just have the back half of the wide body or the with the fenders also? May want to hit some flea markets and Big Lots for some cheap 1" C-clamps for the back panels, and I'll come up this weekend to help mount those if you want?

 

Just the Back, I can pull the front far enough to fit the wheels I want, Im trying to get one of the wheels now, if it fits without it then I'm not even going to worry about it.

 

So you painted the car green.....Poor thing lost the Aspen White.

What rotated kit is this car going to use?

 

What is BASF?

 

yo matt gimme a call if you need help with that thing

 

They don't make the car baller...

They make it ball harder.

 

Yes Sir Flat Green.

I'm actually leaning towards using one of the regular rotated kits, it depends if I can get the turbo I want to work with a Tial Housing.

 

You know you need to just stick that 6262 on there. Why spend all that money on the tial housing when you can get the 6262 for $850

 

Yeah, I want to test a couple of turbos, theres a 58mm billet wheel turbo on the way for a certain car on here and depending on how that works I may go slightly bigger or smaller than the 6262

 

Matt you should put one of your rotated kits on there.....that's excellent promotion to sell more kits.

 

^^agreed!
looking good matt...is that your garage? looks larger than your dad's.
I want a crinkle red TB cover. looks good! Put me down for one, shit you are going to have a truck load of shit to deliver to me. lol

 

I've got like 3 timing belt covers and a couple of sets of valve covers I'm going to paint on Sunday, Ill take care of you.

Thats actually in the basement at my parents house.....they are thrilled. There is no garage at my house so thats not really an option

 

Thrilled for real or are you being sarcastic? My parents wouldn't like it....lol

 

Yeah that was Sarcasm....but they weren't using the space so it seemed like a good place to work on it.

The roof on the car is polished steel, just have to clear coat it now.

 

Sweet.....it'll be a beast I'm sure.

 

paint is so gay, you should have the valve covers powder coated

 

Wrinkle red paint FTW.

 

BASF green... as in you're driving for BASF?

 

What in the world does BASF stand for?

 

It is a checmical company that makes a lot of things including most of the stuff that goes into automotive paints

http://www.basf.com

 

looks like bare metal to me but I am colorblind.
Who painted for you?

 

Senior Rattlecan

 

added more to the first post. Moving everything to the basement in a few to start reassembly of the tranny and hopefully we will get the motor and trans back in the car Sunday night.

 

Are you using the magnus intake manifold on this car or is it still for sale?

 

what phenolic spacers are those?? Are they the Hondata ones?

Also, have you always run a reversed intake manifold?

 

Green and Red reminds me of Christmas

 

No its gone, there are lots of better intake manifolds on the horizon, it shifted the powerband way to the left

Yes Sir those are Hondata spacers.

I haven't ran the rotated manifold in the past but I never ran a Vmount in the past either.

 

Hey, if you dont need those side feed rails, I might know someone that would buy them from you

 

Let me see if I can make the topfeed rails work first.

 

you should just buy my GC shell and use that instead

 

that valve cover looks like red velvet

 

Time Attack was so last year.... haha I kid

 

LOL....So are 3.0 liter 12 to 1 methanol motors....errr...nevermind.

 

those are so like 4 years ago, or back whenever import dragracing died.

 

Lol

 

but seriously, buy my shell

 

You're closer to win than I ever will be, sir.

This shit will ball hard as hell when its done. As it should.

 

looking good cant wait to it finished

 

Good News, progress is being made. The motor is almost done at the machine shop, just waiting on Springs and Valves now. I started prepping the engine bay to put the motor back in last night.

The lighting is really bad so I didn't take any pictures but I should have something in the engine bay next week. I may still try and do Redline...if some things work out this week.

 

Update, just finished total wiring harness disassembly. I have depinned all the plugs on the harness and I'm going to start laying out the harness over the next few nights.

I have a few things left to order.

Tefzel Wire
ECU Plug Pins
Sensor Plug Pins
Heatshrink\Shielding
Amphenol Firewall fitting(connector that goes through the firewall
Bosch Weatherproof relays

For some reason none of the three cameras we now own are here...Ill find them tomorrow.

 

Nicad...go to bed its not healthy to be awake and on the forum at 4am...wait..

 

I'm at work. :unamused:

getting paid to read the internets

 

Nice