Joey V's 05 STi

Joey V's 05 street/track STi - Volk, Voltex, etc.

Hi,

I moved to Atlanta from Boston in August '12 and am getting my MBA at Georgia Tech. I really like Atlanta and the south in general (I went to undergrad in New Orleans). I haven't been to any local meets yet but plan to attend some soon. Hopefully I'll get to meet some cool people!

Anyways, about the car... It's an '05 STi. I bought it stock in October '08 and have taken it pretty far. I built it to be great on a track with appearance being second priority. Mods list and pictures below.

-Joe

 

Mod List:

Power:
Invidia V2 Bellmouth Catless DP
Fujitsubo RM01A Catback
Visconti tune (311whp/350wtq)

Suspension:
Ohlins Fixed Perch Struts
RCE Yellow Springs
Group N F/R Top Hats
RCE Sway Bars
Kartboy Solid Endlinks

Chassis/Driveline:
JDM STi Bumper Beam
TiC Fender Cowl Braces
Whiteline Steering Rack Bushing
Whiteline Roll Center Kit
Whiteline Anti-Lift Kit
Group N Motor Mounts
Group N Trans Mount
Kartboy Pitch Stop Mount
TiC Trans Crossmember Bushings
Kartboy Rear Diff lock bolts
TiC Clunk Killer
TiC Super Shift Set

Brakes:
DBA 5000 slotted front rotors
DBA 4000 slotted rear rotors
Goodridge SS Brake Lines
TiC master cylinder brace
Ferodo 2500 brake pads
Motul fluid

Exterior:
JDM HID Headlights
JDM Fog Lights (Ion Yellow)
JDM side markers/turn signals (Clear)
WRX Side Skirts (painted OBP)
Cusco front lip
Voltex carbon fiber rear diffuser
Bluebatmobile reverse light overlays
35% tint

Wheels/Tires:
Volk TE37 Time Attack 18x8.5 +50
Volk Limited Edition Center Caps
Rays Engineering Black Locking Lugs
Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec (255/35/18)

 

Pictures:

 

nice ride

 

Nice subie that rear diffuser is sick

 

Beautiful car dude.

 

Good job and nice mods.

 

i'll keep an eye out for your car. I live right up the road from Georgia Tech. That is a beauty.

 

Nice Ride!

 

Sweet wheels. That diffuser looks like something Darth Vader would rock or a storm tooper. It's pretty wicked.

 

Very nice ride man, It looks mean.

 

I bought it from a Subaru dealership in New Hampshire (I'm from Massachusetts) in 2008 when there were 25K miles on it and it was bone stock (no fog lights). I picked all the parts for this build myself.

 

Btw, thanks for the props, everybody. Hopefully I'll start to meet some of y'all soon at the local meets.

 

ahh nice saw your car at starbucks a week or two back at tech square. welcome!

 

te37 and rm01a...sounds like mine.

good lookin' car, welcome to the community!

 

Very nice car... All mods flow together nicely.... Love it.

 

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Caffeine & Octane is this Sunday morning up in Alpharetta, or just wait for the next Tuesday night dinner meet...which I think is closer to where you live.

 

Really nice looking ride. I don't think many subie owners go to the Varsity car meets on the first Thursday of every month but I know there are quite a few car enthusiast that do. May see you out there some time.

 

Nice Cah!

And the varsity meets are no longer. But def. check out caffiene and octane!

 

agreed on c&o this sunday

 

ah, saw it in midtown recently; very nice build.

 

Are you from MA? I detect an accent, haha.

Btw, I'm going to try to make it to C&O tomorrow. If any of you see me there feel free to come introduce yourself!

 

rear diffuser is pretty cool

 

I saw your car a forged ! You parked next to my silver STI

 

Hell yeah, I saw your car and figured STi's should stick together, lol. That was a really fun event hosted by Forged! Do you know what car put down the most power?

 

probably a geedeeare...

 

Very true ! Lol I went to see if you were there but never found you . Yeah it was a real good event, forged always does great events . Got me a free T shirt ! lol I think the most hp was the black GTR put down like 730 hp.

 

I'm going to caffiene & octane this sunday...cruisin with the forged performance guys and their GTRs :bowdown: or whatever they decide to bring

Also, some pics I found from an HPDE I did at AMP in September...going into turn 6

 

New pics coming soon!

Car looked, sounded and performed awesome out at AMP this weekend. You were hauling ass around the sweeper! I got to get some parts to keep up now hahha

1:36 is smoking fast for being so new to tracking. I'm proud of ya!

 

Ahh, Chadbee you found me! Haha. Thanks man! Sunday was a blast! I'm sure once springtime rolls around and you'r car is no longer stock I'll be eating your dust, lol.

 

We will see! I think you still a second - second and half on the table!

I won't be at C&O this month because of the Santa Run Event at AMP. Come up and hang out.

 

Good meeting both of you this past weekend.

Joey, 1:36 is stupidly fast! Next Tracks Unlimited event, I'll need to hop in and see how you handle T13 on to the front straight.

Chad, looking forward to those pics!

 

Alright, its been a while but I got some pictures from a track day at AMP to show y'all. Thanks to ChadbeePhotography for the absolutely incredible pictures. If anybody wants their car shot by one of the best car/motorsport photographers in the Atlanta area you should contact Chad! www.chadbeephotography.com

 

nice car and nice pics

 

Great track shots!

 

Good looking car !

 

what part of boston are you from? I played in the EJHL in Springfield for a little while.

Car looks great, love the front lip. Welcome to Atlanta

 

Are you the ESX that is always around Alpharetta?

 

Thats me

 

Cool. I usually hear you first and then see you. Even seen your car at C&O.

 

Yeah haha its obnoxiously loud. Are you going to C&O this sunday?

 

I'm usually there...hell, i only live about 1 mile away.

 

pretty sure you've seen the car at Topspeed too

 

Yeah they built a block for me and did some tuning on it after I bought it.

 

yeah i've seen the car around as well.. looks good!

 

Thanks man, I knew I wanted that lip before I even bought the car but didnt buy it until I knew I was moving to a place where I wouldn't have to uninstall it every winter, haha.

I grew up in central MA but lived and worked in Boston for the past few years before moving to Atl. I lived in Cambridge, Back Bay, and Chinatown/Theater District. That's cool you played hockey...I played hockey in Worcester when I was really young.

My car is at TopSpeed right now btw...my Ohlins struts are in NC being rebuilt by Ohlins USA. TSM is installing Endless brake pads too. AAAND I've gotten a few different quotes from them regarding motor builds and turbo setups...SS1 vs. RR1 blocks, cams vs. no cams, Dom 1.5 XT-R vs. ETS rotated GTX3076R, etc. Any input based on personal experience from the community would be appreciated!