This next car I’d like to share with you all, I really like… like a lot. Ha! This customer initially contacted us last year when their 16 STi was new about doing a few simple bolt ons and we happily did. The car made 302 whp and 347 wtq with the following bolt ons: AEM Cold Air Intake ID1000 Injectors Cobb Fuel Pressure Regulator Cobb Fuel Pump Invidia Catless DP Cobb AccessPORT After several months of having their car back and then riding in my car (400 whp on E85 at the time) they inevitably were after more power. Being that we did some very simple upgrades the first go around and they wanted the option to go bigger down the road so we talked over the idea of going with a rotated turbo kit vs a stock location upgrade; this would leave the option to go a lot bigger later without having to completely change the setup. Luckily, they also have E85 available in their area so we went with the Cobb Flex Fuel kit which would allow them to run either E85 or 93 depending on what they had available. After some discussion, a final plan was put in place to do an ETS Rotated Turbo Kit using a GTX3076R, ETS Front Mount Intercooler Kit, our TSM SS1 Shortblock, and the various supporting hardware for those items (full listing of parts below). TSM SS1 Shortblock Diamond Pistons w/ Skirt Coating TSM Custom Tolerances TSM Expert Hand Assembly ARP 2000 Headstuds Killer B Oil Pick Up IAG Air Pump Block Off Plates NGK One Step Colder Spark Plugs ETS GTX3076R Rotated Turbo Kit DEI Titanium Turbo Blanket DEI Titanium Heat Wrap for Uppipe and Downpipe ETS 3” Core Front Mount Intercooler Kit TiAL Q BOV Omni 4 Bar MAP Sensor AEM IAT Sensor Visconti SD Conversion Harness Competition Clutch Stage 3 Segmented Ceramic Clutch Kit Invidia Q300 Catback w/ Stainless Tips Cobb Tuning Flex Fuel Sensor Kit Cobb Tuning EBCS Injector Dynamics ID1300cc Injectors AEM 320lph E85 Fuel Pump The car currently has only been tuned for break in and is being driven the 1,000 miles we recommend before turning it up. Watch out for updates on the final power numbers! Until then here are some pictures from the build:
Just finished taking this thing out for its final drive before shipping it back to the customer I'll post up all the results when I get it put together! It made really good power for being REALLY conservative. I just kept wishing I could turn it up and push the turbo and fuel system to its full potential lol
Ok guys, sorry for the wait here - we've been super busy prepping for an upcoming event. The owner has had this thing back for a few weeks now and they are super happy with the results (so are we)! Before we dive right in to the numbers, let me preface this with the owners wanted something super conservative and as reliable as it could be so we purposefully left a fair amount of room for error here; none the less, I still think that how this thing sits is great for a daily driver and is a TON of fun to drive. I know the owners plan to do some drag racing and are coming out to a half mile event in January with us so it will be cool to see what she does in those arenas as well. Car: 2016 STi Location: TopSpeed Motorsports, Alpharetta GA Tuner: Taylor @ TopSpeed Motorsports Dyno: Dynojet linked AWD Transmission: Stock 2011 6-speed Gear: 3rd Peak hp at rpm: 406 whp @ 6,400 rpm on 93 / 463 whp @ 6,300 rpm on E85 Peak tq at rpm: 359 wtq @ 5,600 rpm on 93 / 421 wtq @ 4,700 rpm on E85 Baseline for stock STi: 2015 STi made 246whp/253wtq on 93 Target boost: 20 psi on 93 / 22 psi on E85 Fuel: 93 & E85 (Cobb Flex Fuel) Full Mod List: TSM SS1 Shortblock Diamond Pistons w/ Skirt Coating TSM Custom Tolerances TSM Expert Hand Assembly ARP 2000 Headstuds Killer B Oil Pick Up IAG Air Pump Block Off Plates NGK One Step Colder Spark Plugs ETS GTX3076R Rotated Turbo Kit DEI Titanium Turbo Blanket DEI Titanium Heat Wrap for Uppipe and Downpipe ETS 3” Core Front Mount Intercooler Kit TiAL Q BOV Omni 4 Bar MAP Sensor AEM IAT Sensor Visconti SD Conversion Harness Competition Clutch Stage 3 Segmented Ceramic Clutch Kit Invidia Q300 Catback w/ Stainless Tips Cobb Tuning Flex Fuel Sensor Kit Cobb Tuning EBCS Injector Dynamics ID1300cc Injectors AEM 320lph E85 Fuel Pump