Topic: Rith's 2009 STI (project thread with no pictures)

[Ambystom01]

On the Brembos, it's about 10 min of work. You could run AX6 all the way around and then swap the fronts to XP8s. HPS get burnt up quickly.

[rith]

Er,r I meant to say HP+.  ehhe

[jutes]

After running stock pads, then HPS, then HP+, I say go with HP+. That is an obvious choice. You don't HAVE to swap pads and can just roll around on HP+'ss's for DD. They really aren't that bad and once you get a dozen autox's into them they quiet up considerably. If you do decide to swap pads, go with a quiet DD pad (not HPS) and something more aggressive than HP+. 

[rith]

Swapped my rear Whiteline endlinks out with the Rallitek tonight.  The Whitelines look like they've been on the car for a million years, I honestly don't know if I had the whitelines not setup correctly or what but there was some obvious rubbing on the edges of the whiteline pillowball mounts boot area. The Ralliteks look feel a lot more sturdy than the whitelines...
It got rid of the clunking I was getting from whatever/however the whitelines were rubbing

Also, these things were a pain in the assay to squeeze the bushing into the arm.

[rith]

Installed my perrin catback on monday. It's a bit louder than I thought it would be..  but still sounds pretty good. Now I just need to sucker someone to help me install the downpipe one day 
Still debating whether or not to wrap any part of the catted downpipe.

(I'll have some pictures after work of the exhaust.. maybe even a video!)

And holy F, The stock is ridiculous as to how heavy it is

[jhtopilko]

The install should be closer to an hour, to 90 minutes.

I'd like to hear that exhaust.

[rith]

I'm terrible at updating this thread. So I'll just do an update of the grand sum of my limited mods.

Engine related stuff:
Tune is around 279hp/300 tq
Cobb SF intake
KillerB holy headers, swaintech white lightning coated
Perrin Catback
Perrin Catted downpipe

Suspension/Bushings/stuff
KW V3's
RCE sways front and rear
Rallitek End links (Exciting)
2011 STI control arms. (cuz spherical bearing)
RCE steering rack bushings
Whiteline Rear subframe inserts
Whiteline rear differential inserts
TIC transmission crossmember bushings
Torque Solutions pitchstop
Group N transmission mount
Torque solutions front shift bushing, Kartboy rear shifter bushing
Cusco front strut tower bar (I have no idea why I bought it, it was a hundred bucks)
Grimmspeed brake cylinder brace
Hawk HP+ pads

Tires are currently Bridgestone RE-11's.  265/35/R18
Rims are SSR Type-F's 9.5" R18.

Interior: I'm not much of an interior guy.. have Recaros in basement I've been too lazy to install.. maybe one of these days when I won't miss my assay warming seats.
le Famous DAMD steering wheel
KillerB Delrin shift knob..



Future Mods possible just more stuff like a CF driveshaft.. not really interested in strapping on bigger spooling things or fueling crap since that gets expensive quick.
Otherwise I'm pretty much done with the car.. ruled out getting camber plates since AutoX is done in Edmonton next year..  or if I man up and decide to try Castrol but I need to have a contingency plan incase I destroy my car since I'm kind of a bad driver. (At least in Autocross)

Here is a picture care of grant.