[daemon]

Daemon's 2004 STi

Engine Bits
Cobb Stage 2 short block with coated bearings and coated pistons
Cobb CNC ported heads +1mm valves
Cobb high flow oil pump
Cobb catback exhaust with modified center pipe (i.e. no taper)
Custom no-MAF 83mm ID cold-air intake (or 4" short ram depending on mood)
Full-Race coated twinscroll exhaust manifold
Full-Race coated twinscroll uppipe with dual Tial 44mm wastegates
Full-Race coated downpipe
Garrett twinscroll GT35R with coated 1.07 A/R turbine housing
Tial Q BOV
Subaru JDM TGV delete housings
APS 525 FMIC with custom piping
Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator
JECS 720cc injectors
Walbro 255 fuel pump
Zeitronix 3.5 bar MAP sensor
Hallman Pro MBC (currently replacing a Prodrive EBCS)
Phenolic intake spacers
Custom catch can
Gruppe-N engine and tranny mounts
Blood
Sweat
Tears

Some Other Bits
Cobb front and rear sways
Cobb rear strut bar
RCE Tarmac 2 coilovers (400/350)
Vorshlag front and rear camber plates
6 Gun Racing ball joint relocation kit
STi fender braces
Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec 225/45/17
Perrin front and rear endlinks
ACT Street clutch
dba 4000 front and rear rotors
Fedoro 2500 front and rear brake pads
SS braided brake lines
Defi Oil temp, oil pressure, boost, and EGT gauges
Innovate Motorsports LM-1 wideband with gauge
TurboXS Knocklight
Kartboy shortshifter and bushings
KSTech hood scoop delete (or stock scoop depending on day/mood/whim)

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[VSGTS14]

hmmm so i'm stumped.

[Chris05STi]

Nice setup....see now you have to explain the entire setup since you posted pics....

[daemon]

Originally Posted by VSGTS14

hmmm so i'm stumped.

Thanks to the Internet, it is hard for me to discern if that is sarcasm or sincerity. Either way, I tracked down this shot of the car from March 2007.



The most obvious difference is that I decided to try out an LGT intake manifold. I also installed a rotated GT3076R at the same time. I just finished up the install this evening. I don't even know if the car runs yet. That's the next task and scheduled for tomorrow.

[daemon]

Originally Posted by Chris05STi

Nice setup....see now you have to explain the entire setup since you posted pics....

Thanks. I'm still fighting the urge not to explain my setup. However, since I did finally start this thread, I guess I've resigned myself to continue it. The reasoning for not wanting to explain things is that it might expose me for the fool that I am. Most fools don't like to acknowledge their own foolishness.

I'm one of the sad folks that has tried way to many parts. The problem is not so much the expirementation, but the cost it incurs. For turbos, besides the stock VF39, I've had a 20G, SZ49, SZ55, and now this twin scroll GT3076R.

I'm also a sad folk that lost a ringland over the summer. So this is also not exactly internally OEM.

[04STiguy79]

Tune??? Or just going to see if it starts? Do you have a any EM? Just asking not much of a explination of what has been done, and you say you just installed a 30R.

[daemon]

Originally Posted by 04STiguy79

Tune??? Or just going to see if it starts? Do you have a any EM? Just asking not much of a explination of what has been done, and you say you just installed a 30R.

I will be setting a base level, safe tune before I start it up. The engine itself is still in the break-in phase, so I am not going to be boosting for a little while. I do have a wideband, EGT, oil temp/pressure, and knocklight installed as well. I use primarily StreetTuner, but do occassionally use Enginuity when I have to.

[04STiguy79]

Cool good luck with the build. Break her in gently

[daemon]

Originally Posted by 04STiguy79

Cool good luck with the build. Break her in gently

Thanks. Easy to say, hard to do with a foot made of Pb.

[daemon]

Some good news. The car starts! I have some tweaking of fuel to do since I am now running an Aeromotive FPR and have it set to around a 54 psi base intead of 43.5 psi.

And for anyone wondering (anyone? anyone?), the LGT electronic throttle body is indeed plug and play with the STi ECU and wiring harness. At least for the 2005 LGT and 2004 STi. No warranties intended or implied for any other model years.

Here is a shot of the maiden voyage down the driveway. Don't mind the dirt. And, no, I didn't actually drive with the hood up.