[Rolfesz]

Hi everybody!
I'm from Europe, and own a black 2007 STi for about a year.
Firstly, let me say THANK YOU for all, I have been reading IWSTI for quite a long time now, but decided to register only now. I said thank you, because I appreciate this community very much, reading IWSTI was/is very helpful!

Unfortunately I don't have any dyno plots yet, thus I can't open a journal or power bragging thread, so I hope nobody will mind if I introduce shortly the car here.

-ECUTEK
-Invidia N1 Racing CBE
-Invidia V3 Divorced DP wrapped sprayed
-HKS SSQV
-K&N replacement filter
-Walbro fuel pump
-COBB crank pulley
-Defi triple gauges
-Perrin front strut bar
-Cusco rear CF bar
-Carbign Craft rear bumper CF heat shield

This is a daily driver, having some fun sometimes. The ECUTEK experts here has utilized the car in a good, reliable way by road tune. Always getting 100 Oct gas.
I plan to utilize the car with the stock VF39 turbo, since I'm not sure I need much more power and even would have the money for stronger engine internals required at high HP levels..
Actually if I had read IWST earlier I'd have considered buying the HKS BOV (if any) and the pulley. Truly, it is more than 16.000 Kms in the car (about 12.000 with tune) and no problem till that.
I'd like to upgrade the car with the following priciples:
-each part bring some noticable benefits
-still safe
-if I decided to further upgrade, parts could be retained


I would purchse some CAI, header, uppipe, maybe injectors, fuel rail kit, etc to utilize stock turbo, but how do I make sure if these parts will be okay when swapping turbo. I could not even decide if rotated or not, if TS or not. And my main problem is that I don’t see what would a complete turbo swap with the necessary parts and other related items that make the car safe (eg. engine internals) cost me…
I’m curious if anybody could tell how much it cost him from beginning to end to swap turbo. Of course it is important what kind, there is a little difference in having a used JDM TS manifold with uppipe and VF34 , or a complete Perrin rotated kit. And I guess most who has Perrin with close or more to 4-500 whp, did some engine internal issue, as well…
There was a thread I liked: ”Fantasy turbo”, I liked the FP TS GT30 HTA version… J If I had to say what I want with the car, I cannot say I don’t want top end power, but truly I use it more in the low-mid range. I think nobody who uses the car in the low-mid range would mind much top end power, as well, but due to compromises I would rather choose fast spool that HUGE top-end. It is subjective.

Anyway. Thank YOU again guys, and keep on visiting this excellent forum! J

[boondocksaint]

Welcome to IWSTI. Please read the stickies and enjoy the forums.

You can absolutely create a journal in the Member Journal area.