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Offline yella

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Well I am a little late to do this from the beginning, and lack pictures, but will get everything rolling from here on in! I got the car in 2011, it had 21,000 km on it, and was never drove in the winter.  I also got a steal of a price on it as the previous owner unloaded it for a SUV. 



So here is the list so far, and I should be able to chronologically put them in place.  I will add photos of the parts from the internet as most photos were on an old phone that kicked the bucket a while back.

Getting to stage 2!
1. Invidia Q200 Turbo back Exhaust(catted)
2. Cobb Intake
3. Airboy Tune (269 on 91 octane)

Wheels Stuff!
4. 18" TSW Nurburgring Wheels
4.5 18x8.5 WedSport TC105N
5. 245/40r18 Michelin PS2 Skins
5.5 255/35R18 Michelin Super Sports
6. 225/45r17 Nokian Hakka 8 studded(winters)

Some suspension stuff!
7. Whiteline 22mm rear adjstable sway bar
8. Front and Rear Strut tower braces(Ebay brand)


Stage 3 Time!(installed by VEX)
9. HKS Blowoff Valve
10. Perrin Turbo Inlet 2.4"
11. Crawford Air Oil Separator
12. Injector Dynamics 1000cc top-feed injectors
13. Deatshwerks 320lph in tank fuel pump
14. Blouch Dominator 2.5XTR Turbo
15. Grimmspeed 3 port boost control solenoid
16. Airboy Tune(327HP - 3rd gear-94 octane)

Interior Stuff
17. Glow shift guages, and pods(3 in the center, and three on the drivers side)
18. TWM shortshifter with bushing kits
19. TWM M1 Abrams shift knob

More suspension stuff!
20. KW Variant 1 coilover kit
21. Whiteline 22mm adjustable front sway bar
22. Front and Rear whiteline sway bar bushings

Switch to 91 Octane as I'm sick of not being able to go into Fernie with my car! 
23. Airboy computer tune ...... switching 94 to 91 octane yields weird results as we are able to advance the timing with he 91 octane.  So the 94 tune must have been on bad gas! No dyno results!

Stage 3 continued!
24. ETS Front Mount Intercooler
25. Tomei Equal Length Headers
26. Killer B Ultimate Oil pan, Pickup, and Baffle
27. Airboy tune - 365 WHP, 350 WTQ, 94 Octane

Engine Pretty maker stuff
28. Beatrush Radiator Deflector
29. Beatrush Alternator Shroud
30. Koyo Aluminum Rad

Safety Stuff for the track
30. AutoPower Race Roll Bar

Driveline Stuff
31. OS Giken GT2CD

Brakes
32. Endless pads, and DBA rotors with braided lines

Don't know what stage anymore continued, Fully Built EJ257 405 WHP
33. Cosworth Pistons 8:2:1
34. Carrillo h-Beam Connecting Rods
35. ACL Rod Bearings
36. Ferrea 6000 Intake and Exhaust valves
37. Ferrea Valve Keeps
38. Ferrea Valve Guides, and Seals
39. Supertech Valve Bucket/shims
40. ARP Head Studs
41. Tomei Head Gasket
42. Omni power 3 bar MAP sensor
43. Tomei PonCam cams
44. Tomei Valve Springs, and Retainers
45. Aquamist HFS3 V3 Water-Meth Kit
46. Howerton Engineering twin tank
47. Group N engine mounts
48. group n Pitch mount
49. IAG Billet TGV delete
50. Cobb after MAF Hose
51. AEM Dry Flow intake

That should sum it up I think.  405 WHP, awaiting the dyno plot as it would not print last night. 















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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2014, 06:16:36 pm »
Well after the weekend I got everything in! Took some time I figure about 20 hours all together, and a good two of them were trying to get the drivers side engine mount off after the bolt stripped.....  Its running good, and going for a tune on Thursday!







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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2014, 11:37:30 pm »
That Cobb SRI will be very close to being max'd out...

Gain 50 ft-lbs, ask me how! :-)

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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2014, 09:08:23 am »
That Cobb SRI will be very close to being max'd out...

Suggestions, as I am not happy with the location of it now with the turbo side coming right over it.
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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2014, 09:27:27 am »
check out KStech they have great intakes.

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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2014, 09:30:49 am »
I'd be interested in the SRI if you replace it.

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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2014, 12:58:49 pm »
I'd be interested in the SRI if you replace it.

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sounds good! If it comes up I will PM you!
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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2014, 02:49:29 pm »
How did the tune turn out?

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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2014, 06:19:55 pm »


365!  So pumped!

Assunta, if that happened than I would have to go full blown new race engine..... that would be bad for me!
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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2014, 06:30:38 pm »
What's your reasoning for going with a FMIC over, say, a Process West or Grimmspeed TMIC? Looks like it spools about 500-600 rpm slower than previously as a result, no?

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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2014, 06:54:23 pm »
Sunny has the temperature numbers, I would not have gained 50 hp with a top mount, and the STI intercooler is almost as efficient as those ones.  Heat soak with the bigger turbo is crazy on the top mounts.  I got told today my temperature going in was 23 degrees, and on a top mount it is 50 degrees. Thats huge.

the 500 lag I can live with as in most cases when I am driving it hard I am in the 4000 RPM or better range already, and when it hits, it freaking hits! I do not think with a different top mount I would have hit anywhere near these numbers, and I don't notice the lag…. but haven't driven it to hard yet either.
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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2014, 07:55:43 pm »
What's your reasoning for going with a FMIC over, say, a Process West or Grimmspeed TMIC? Looks like it spools about 500-600 rpm slower than previously as a result, no?
The boost threshold is almost the same between the TMIC and FMIC.

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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2014, 08:05:10 pm »
I need to thank the guys at vex for steering me in the right direction and of course sunny as he makes my car sing! 
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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #14 on: April 25, 2014, 02:55:25 am »
Good night!  Congrats on the new tune! 

On the aesthetic side of things, are you going to keep the hood scoop?
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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #15 on: April 25, 2014, 06:11:49 am »
Awesome!

Nice to see some guys putting down some less depressing numbers. Hahha.

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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #16 on: April 25, 2014, 07:06:23 am »
Good night!  Congrats on the new tune! 

On the aesthetic side of things, are you going to keep the hood scoop?

I have been throwing that around a lot, and looking at options.  Problem is I am like a sea gull... I see something shiny, and I chase it.  So many shiny things....UGG!
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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #17 on: April 25, 2014, 08:01:24 am »
Turbo subaru = hood scoop.
Do what some of the guys on NASIOC have been doing, mount an oil cooler where the TMIC used to be.
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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #18 on: April 25, 2014, 09:13:04 am »
Turbo subaru = hood scoop.
Do what some of the guys on NASIOC have been doing, mount an oil cooler where the TMIC used to be.

I saw that, and that is in my top three options list.  I also like the fact that it hammers more air into the engine bay to keey the temperatures lower.
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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #19 on: May 04, 2014, 10:27:33 am »
Couple updated pictures of the FMIC, and a couple other goodies just got ordered..... will update in two weeks when they arrive!

Through the Scoop

Freshly cleaned! I so have to paint those damn strut bases!

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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #20 on: May 04, 2014, 10:38:10 am »
Nice numbers and car looks clean.  Are you going to try for 400hp?

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Re: yella's 07 STI build thread
« Reply #21 on: May 04, 2014, 06:33:39 pm »
Nice numbers and car looks clean.  Are you going to try for 400hp?

Thanks.  No more power…. until either the engine goes 'baboom' or when the money is saved up for the engine build. 
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Re: yella's 07 STI, JUST GOT PRETTIER, and SAFER!
« Reply #22 on: May 10, 2014, 04:15:44 pm »
Well I added a couple more minor items to pretty up the engine bay. 



I am also in the process of getting my course license for racing, and my points put me in the GT1 category, and right up against the bar for needing a Roll bar.  I decided that being safe is better than not so I got one of these AutoPower roll bars.  I just need to paint it, as the black is not the color I want!



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Re: yella's 07 STI, JUST GOT PRETTIER, and SAFER!
« Reply #23 on: May 10, 2014, 05:35:41 pm »
What is the color u want? ^-^

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Re: yella's 07 STI, JUST GOT PRETTIER, and SAFER!
« Reply #24 on: May 10, 2014, 05:59:31 pm »
I'm thinking blue to match the seats, or gold, as it now appears that is going to be the color scheme in the engine bay.  Blue makes the most sense.
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