Author Topic: SingallZ's 97 v3 JDM Subaru Impreza WRX STI TYPE-R build (Read 15322 times)

goodveet · « **Reply #25 on:** September 16, 2013, 10:59:33 am »

Hahaha I didn't think there would be that much of a difference in feel. Once you get coilovers youll notice it will feel so much better, honestly feels like a totally different car. Probably one of the best bang for the buck mods on a gc8

SingallZ · « **Reply #26 on:** October 14, 2013, 09:19:39 pm »

In with the new (grimmspeed uppipe):

Out with the old (OEM with no heat shield):

And none too soon, the fumes from this broken pos was making me light headed while driving. So far it sounds a little throatier and the turbo spools up a little quicker, NICE.

SingallZ · « **Reply #27 on:** December 27, 2013, 11:02:55 am »

A while back while changing my struts I nicked one of my brake lines with a wire cutter. It was just a small touch and not really much damage (no leaks) but in the back of my mind I've never trusted it, so when rallysportdirect was offering a black-Friday sale I bought these new steel braided lines:

I've replaced brake lines many time in the past and this was by far the easiest one yet (just clipped right in) which was nice.

That said, uckfay I hate bleeding brakes... I really, really hate bleeding brakes...

seat safety switch · « **Reply #28 on:** December 29, 2013, 02:33:41 pm »

ALKs are a good choice. Kinda curious how they feel on the GC, it made my 06 wagon a lot better.

It slaughters your classing but man is it worth it.

SingallZ · « **Reply #29 on:** December 29, 2013, 04:23:32 pm »

Quote from: seat safety switch on December 29, 2013, 02:33:41 pm

ALKs are a good choice. Kinda curious how they feel on the GC, it made my 06 wagon a lot better.

It slaughters your classing but man is it worth it.

I did that around the same time I did the sways and wow what a difference, easily the biggest bang for the buck on these cars. Admittedly though it did take a awhile to get everything dialed in just right (struts, sways adjustments).

Hopefully if we have any kind of autoslalom next year (fingers crossed) I'll have to figure out my class again and get faster.

seat safety switch · « **Reply #30 on:** December 29, 2013, 10:30:17 pm »

Just bring the Porsche out and then let me co-drive because I no longer have an autocross car.

SingallZ · « **Reply #31 on:** January 12, 2014, 06:24:35 pm »

Although I put this on my car awhile ago I never posted it up here. I wasn't sure if I was going to keep it on, however yesterday it saved my oil pan (you probably can't see the scrap on this ittshay pic). It doesn't cover everything the OEM gaurd does and sometimes water splashs on the manifold, but it was worth every penny!

snakeman · « **Reply #32 on:** January 12, 2014, 06:28:17 pm »

Did I exchange waves with you on Shaganappi a few hours ago?

SingallZ · « **Reply #33 on:** January 12, 2014, 06:29:43 pm »

Yup that was me, nice car btw, Sounds awesome.

snakeman · « **Reply #34 on:** January 12, 2014, 07:02:20 pm »

Thanks, I really like your type r! I'm a big fan of the coupes.

SingallZ · « **Reply #35 on:** February 25, 2014, 11:07:43 pm »

So anyone else own a Type R with a 180 diff? If you do then good luck to you if the rear brakes go.

Recently one of my rear calipers seized, nearly caught fire which then destroyed the pads, rotor, brake line, and caliper. To find a replacement its been a few days of searching and reading because "some" Type R's had 180 diffs (yay!). Basically if you have a 180 diff, you'll need a 290mmX10mm rotor with a 190mm parking brake to work with your 1 pot floating caliper and guess what, these do not exist in north america... to fix it I had to get creative and get a little upgrady:

1. Set of 06 WRX 2 pot calipers (rebuilds, so no red paint, but they match the fronts

)
2. Set of 06 WRX brake lines
3. Set of 06 WRX brake pads
4. Set of shims (26633FA010 & 26633FA000)
5. Set of pad guides (26632FA020)
6. Set of Group-N gravel rotors 290mm X 18mm with 190mm parking brake (RSTR-2634)
7. Kartboy big brake adapter (KAR KB-016)
8. New Kartboy endlinks because one got a little melty...

More to come pics to come after its all installed (hopefully this helps save someone a itshay ton of time)

N3UBIE · « **Reply #36 on:** February 25, 2014, 11:27:37 pm »

Thanks for the heads up. This may save me from a serious headache one day as my car has an R180 diff as well. Now just to keep my fingers crossed that nothing seizes up....

Asstuna · « **Reply #37 on:** February 26, 2014, 06:59:30 am »

Seize.

Stealing your battery idea:

Quote from: SingallZ on July 09, 2013, 11:32:42 pm

So my battery died... as a result I figured I'd get myself a slight upgrade (it weighs almost half a normal battery):

LilDrunkenSmurf · « **Reply #38 on:** February 26, 2014, 07:21:44 am »

Wonder what the CCA is on that thing.

canehdianJ · « **Reply #39 on:** February 26, 2014, 07:22:05 am »

Quote from: Asstuna on February 26, 2014, 06:59:30 am

Seize.

Stealing your battery idea:

did you notice the steigle? mmmmmmm

Asstuna · « **Reply #40 on:** February 26, 2014, 08:41:36 am »

Quote from: LilDrunkenSmurf on February 26, 2014, 07:21:44 am

Wonder what the CCA is on that thing.

SingallZ, can you provide the specs on that battery? Or give me enough to Google?
Cheers

LilDrunkenSmurf · « **Reply #41 on:** February 26, 2014, 08:59:47 am »

From the OP

Quote

Odyssey Lightweight battery and tie-down

From the post below the pics:

Quote from: SingallZ on July 17, 2013, 12:01:28 am

These guys had both the battery and holder, good deal and were very helpful:

http://www.affordablebatteryspecialist.ca/

GrantC · « **Reply #42 on:** February 26, 2014, 09:50:47 am »

Quote from: Asstuna on February 26, 2014, 08:41:36 am

SingallZ, can you provide the specs on that battery? Or give me enough to Google?
Cheers

I'm not SingallZ, but it looks like the default answer of "PC680" to me.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=odyssey+pc680+cca

snakeman · « **Reply #43 on:** February 26, 2014, 09:53:59 am »

I want that battery tie down. I hate uckfaying around with those OEM J-hooks.

SingallZ · « **Reply #44 on:** February 26, 2014, 08:02:05 pm »

Quote from: GrantC on February 26, 2014, 09:50:47 am

I'm not SingallZ, but it looks like the default answer of "PC680" to me.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=odyssey+pc680+cca

Yup, its a PC680, it has PHCA of 520 and CCA of 170. I'm not sure if it'd work for all Subies, I have no A/C and my radio is really more for show, so I'm not sure if it'd meet your power needs.

Quote from: snakeman on February 26, 2014, 09:53:59 am

I want that battery tie down. I hate uckfaying around with those OEM J-hooks.

I got the battery and tie down from http://www.affordablebatteryspecialist.ca/, they were helpful and knowledgable.

SingallZ · « **Reply #45 on:** March 01, 2014, 12:25:50 pm »

Quote from: SingallZ on February 25, 2014, 11:07:43 pm

So anyone else own a Type R with a 180 diff? If you do then good luck to you if the rear brakes go.

Recently one of my rear calipers seized, nearly caught fire which then destroyed the pads, rotor, brake line, and caliper. To find a replacement its been a few days of searching and reading because "some" Type R's had 180 diffs (yay!). Basically if you have a 180 diff, you'll need a 290mmX10mm rotor with a 190mm parking brake to work with your 1 pot floating caliper and guess what, these do not exist in north america... to fix it I had to get creative and get a little upgrady:

1. Set of 06 WRX 2 pot calipers (rebuilds, so no red paint, but they match the fronts )
2. Set of 06 WRX brake lines
3. Set of 06 WRX brake pads
4. Set of shims (26633FA010 & 26633FA000)
5. Set of pad guides (26632FA020)
6. Set of Group-N gravel rotors 290mm X 18mm with 190mm parking brake (RSTR-2634)
7. Kartboy big brake adapter (KAR KB-016)
8. New Kartboy endlinks because one got a little melty...

More to come pics to come after its all installed (hopefully this helps save someone a itshay ton of time)

So I just finished a bunch of test fitting and F@#$ing S#&$ this isn't going to work!!

Basically the adapters push the callipers out by 10mm's which cause the pads to be out of alignment (half on, half off), I should have thought of this ARGH!!!. I could switch to 04 STI rotor (316x20mm 190mm) and STI Brembo callipers but then I'd have clearance issues with my 16in Rims and snow tires (which I love). The other alternative is to use 96 Subaru SVX rear callipers and continue to use my worn/warped JDM rotors (non-vented 290mm X 10mm 190mm) but who knows when l'll find a replacement. If I try to use an SVX rotor (non-vented 290mm X 10mm 190mm) with a 5X114.3 bolt pattern I'd need to drill it out to a 5X100 pattern and I don't think that'll work. Alternatively I could import a set of JDM rotors but that costs $$$$ and I really don't see any benefits (i.e. NO vented rotors and NO 2 piston callipers).

My solution? Swap my JDM brake back plate for an 04 STI brake back plate. They both use an 190mm parking brake and my new vented group-n rotors will fit over it, plus my smaller 2 piston WRX callipers will bolt directly onto it (no adapter necessary). Since I'll need to pull off the hub to get at the back plate I'll do a bearing replacement while I'm in there and hopefully it'll all work.

So now I'm ordering this:
6 - 26704FE000 and 26704FE010
13 - 28016PA010 X 2
14 - 28035AA010 X 2
15 - 28015AA070 X 2
16 - 28015AA080 X 2
17 - ?? X 2 (gotta find the part # for this)

Wish me luck, and FYI to anyone in the same predicament this post on NASIOC has been incredibly helpful.

goodveet · « **Reply #46 on:** March 02, 2014, 03:01:18 am »

Ouch man sounds like a pain

SingallZ · « **Reply #47 on:** March 21, 2014, 11:49:46 am »

So I still haven't got all the parts for my rear brakes issue yet (they're stuck in CanadaPost limbo). Wound up just using 2 SVX callipers with the old rotors for now. They stop good enough, but those rotors will need to be replaced before summer.

On a happy note I think I'm going to be busy this spring/summer (going to be tons of fun):

I'll do a DIY for the trunk cage when I'm done since I can't seem to find any good install DIY's for them.

SingallZ · « **Reply #48 on:** March 22, 2014, 08:14:46 pm »

I installed the GTSpec trunk cage, haven't tested it out yet but it was a bit of work getting it in:

Take off bumper (fyi the license plate folds up so you can slide off the bumper, kinda cool)
Take out back seats an install strut tower ends (always use new nuts when doing this per SOA)
Install bumper ties
Install cross beam and front-back ties
Cut this do-hicky off the bumper strut
Tighten everything up and wala finished product. Hopefully I'll have slightly increased the rigidity of the car, and if not its some pretty trunk bling...

seat safety switch · « **Reply #49 on:** March 22, 2014, 10:23:35 pm »

Worst case you can weld hooks to it and hold your grocery bags off the trunk floor when you corner.