griggs81 2006 STI HPDE Car

Thanks.

The stock speedo is almost always off by 5mph

 

You referring to Ball or the 'kid' :wiggle:

 

obviously I'm the arrogant bastard since I just assumed that he was talking about me.

 

yeah, but you're not that little...

 

who you callin' little?

 

sorry, guess I should have said back-flipping arrogant lithe bastard. Once again sorry for any confusion

 

This one? I hear that 'kid's' an ass

I should really make sure I'm at least sober enough to remember doing these...

 

nice use of the word lithe. +1

did i take this video? it looks familiar

 

it should - notice the orange shirt in the background? lol

It was from the Helen camping trip where we ran into 420 and pEd, drank the massive magical margaritas, and brett discovered how not to walk in the woods

this has to be one of the biggest threadjacks in history

 

add in some haziness and blurriness and I might have recognized it </threadjack>

 

you know the answer

 

Fact.

 

It was a tough, tough decision but I've decided to move on to Spec Miata. I drove one at Road Atlanta recently and fell in love with it. Selling my STI was the saddest sale I've ever made in my life. :|

You interested in some track parts? I got track parts. ;-) Will post it all in the classifieds section soon.

 

Good luck with your new ride then. I might be interested in some of your parts. let me know when you'll post them.

 

A little more work before March BMW HPDE

So, back to letting you know what I've been doing to my car lately. I bought a couple of parts from members of this site.

First was a new seat, a Sparco Pro 2000. I like how I'm a little lower in the car, it holds me in, and I can feel the car better. I also like the fact that I have a submarine belt that actually comes up throught the seat! I can't wait to see how much better it will hold me in place on the track, especially with my stickier tires.

Second was a set of Carbotech XP12 brake pads for the front and XP10 for the back. Since I already made so many changes to the car since the last time I have been out on the track and I just put on a brand new set of HP+ brake pads on a month ago, I'll wait to put these on after the event.

I'm thinking next on the list is safety; a HANS restraint and a welded in roll-cage top that list.

 

Quick update. I got my car back from Robinson Racing and they did a GREAT job on the roll cage (pics below). The bends and welds are top notch and also very tightly fitted (can't get that from a kit...).

Only problem is that my DCCD is giving me error codes now and I don't think you can re-set/fix it without the expensive computer thinngy. Are there any good garages near Buckhead/Midtown? I might have to go to the Alpharetta area if not... Regardless, I'll have to wait until I get my padding delivered and installed before I drive it on the street again.

 

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I haven't had the chance to put it through its paces yet (I need to install padding first). My first impression is that even with a stock suspension, I can now really feel every crack in the pavement. I'll give an update after my track weekend June 4th and 5th with the PCA at Road Atlanta.

 

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Thank you for the info, I'll give him a call tomorrow. It was nice meeting everyone last night at the G2G.

 

So it turns out that my problem is with the steering angle sensor its self, the DCCD Computer, or the wiring between the two. I'm not ready to spend hundreds of dollars to fix this unless it makes a substantial difference or the cage shop will pay for it...

With that said, does anyone know how the AWD system works with the DCCD not operational? Is it just like with the non-STi WRXs? Any thoughts or opinions? I prefer to drive with the setting all the way back (open diff) and that is the light that is flashing, so I'm assuming it is set there (and I've read that this should be true). If so, I wouldn't mind leaving it alone unless I start doing some rally driving...

 

Video from Porsche DE @ RA June 4-5

The car performed great with the new cage, even though the DCCD wasn't working at Road Atlanta this past weekend with the Porsche club.

Here is the best video from the weekend. About a minute and a half into it I get passed by a Lambo, so make sure you are somewhere you can turn up the volume because it has some exhaust work done on it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QLOyL4JntA

Enjoy!

 

So, did you do anything to your Sparco seat? Did you extend the holes for the harness?

 

Not yet. I'm going to be doing that sometime soon. I've got to get my 5yr/60k maintenance done and some other things done before my next event too (oiling, wheel studs, etc.). I'll hopefully have all that done before the next event in July...

 

I'm still looking for a racing seat! I might check out Discovery parts next week.

 

I haven't updated this thread in a while, but I broke my car, so I wanted to let everyone know what I've been doing to her up to this point.

This summer I did a lot to the car. I had the following installed at TopSpeed:

1. Moroso V2 Aluminum Oil Pan
2. ARP Wheel Studs
3. Moroso Air/Oil Separator
4. Invidia Catted DP
5. Borla XR-1 Cat Back
6. Very Conservative and Smooth Road Racing Tune
7. GrimmSpeed EBCS

I installed the following myself:

1. Whiteline 24mm Sway Bars (stiffest setting)
2. Kartboy Endlinks
3. Whiteline Racing ALK
4. Titanium Brake Shims
5. Modified My Racing Seat for Correct Position of Shoulder Belts
6. Padded the roll cage
7. Intake Air Silencer Delete

I had an alignment done at GTE. I enjoyed going there as they let you hang out with the tech and your car while they explain what they are doing... It's amazing what a good alignment will do (mostly due to getting the most negative camber out of the stock suspension as you can).

Seems like the Tune wasn't conservative enough so that any problems that I was having with the stock Turbo or stock Motor before that I couldn't tell showed up at my MVP track event. Burning A LOT of oil now. I have to tell you though that the car felt sooo good... Finally getting close to a legitimate race car. Guess I'll be getting some turbo and/or motor work done very soon...

 

what turbo are you thinking about?

 

Sorry to hear about that man. Any idea what's going on or what actually failed?

 

Not sure exactly what needs to be fixed or replaced yet, but I'll post an update once I know. If it comes to replacing anything, I'm trying to target ~350 whp (I was at 285 whp before).

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Here is my video (using Harry's Lap Timer on my old iPhone 3GS) of the last session my car was able to run...

Pretty eventful session. Broke my car, turned a 1:43, and passed a Lamborghini Aventador around 5:50 in the video...

The g sensor turns yellow above .9Gs and red above 1.1Gs. The beeping was set to 6,200 rpms on the tach.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVSKJt3JUxI

 

Get a 20g or 1.5 Dom turbo and be done with it.

 

dom 1.5.. amazing turbo

 

Found out that two cylinders aren't holding compression very well... Looks like it is time for a motor rebuild. I'm trying to figure out if I can swing getting a new turbo (Blouch Dom 1.5) at the same time since I'll have to get the car re-tuned anyway (and it would be awesome). I'll be working on getting everything lined up this week, so I'll post some updates when I figure out what's going on.

 

http://wrxatlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30469&highlight=topspeed+ss1
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Starting a new thread for the car. On to the next stage...

Here is a link:

http://wrxatlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32429