[jagstyle]

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Killer B Motorsport

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Post #1 - Mod List
Post #2 - History
Post #3 - Engine pull
Post #4 - Parts stockpiled/ordered
Post #5 - stripping ugly APS TMIC
Post #13 - Brian Crower valves rejected, going with Supertech instead
Post #14 - group n lateral link bushings, replacement tarmac II damper, group n tophat top perch adapter plate
Post #17 - gasket kit
Post #18 - heads return from machine shop
Post #21 - group n lateral link bushings take 2
Post #22 - white manifold, black rails, links installed, headers arrive
Post #28 - old block dissected, 2 cracked pistons found
Post #29 - heads installed using arp headstuds
Post #34 - rocker covers, cam oil seals, oil pickup & pan
Post #40 - TMIC goes white, more engine block accessories installed
Post #45 - cam gears and timing belt
Post #56 - fuel return line, intake manifold, perrin headers
Post #76 - turbo kit has landed
Post #97 - finishing touches & fuel filter
Post #108 - clocking turbo, wash, engine moved from kitchen to garage
Post #120 - engine and turbo kit installed!!!
Post #124 - 05 tails
Post #145 - stage 1 of break-in completed
Post #158 - black BPV and STI stencil, ixiz hood dampers
Post #187 - PWR, Setrab, Mocal, Samco, -10AN
Post #189 - GST heartbreaker dyno
Post #198 - Thunderhill with CFRA, 2009-09-28
Post #212 - MFactory Oil Filter Relocation Kit
Post #215 - Setrab oil cooler installed
Post #226 - shift knock
Post #249 - white shift knob & axle nuts
Post #250 - October 2009 updates - Crawford 'BIG' FMIC ordered
Post #254 - 18x10 +35 Rota DPTs
Post #267 - Hankook C91
Post #271 - Crawford 'BIG' FMIC is here
Post #281 - Black Leather Recaros + black door-cards, carpet and rear seats
Post #306 - FMIC test fit
Post #315 - FMIC Installed!
Post #328 - Stoptech 6-piston BBK
Post #329 - Fender work
Post #342 - 18x10 +35 275/35/18
Post #393 - Killer B Motorsport Radiator & Alternator Shrouds
Post #413 - painted hub centers (axle nuts)
Post #421 - blacked out headlights
Post #427 - Test mode switch wiring
Post #435 - LC1 wiring cleanup
Post #442 - more headlight and wheel pictures
Post #457 - GST Mustang Dyno: 440whp/440wtq
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Mod List

Engine
CP forged pistons
LIC Motorsports Built Heads - 3 angle valve job, Supertech standard size innconel exhaust valves, stainless intake valves, dual springs
ARP headstuds
OEM headgaskets
gates timing belt

AMS Rotated GT3076R V-Band Turbo kit 0.82
Crawford 'BIG' FMIC
Perrin Equal Length Headers
APS 3" catback
TGV deletes
Hallman Pro RX MBC
NGK 1 step colder plugs

PWR radiator
Killer B Motorsport Black Anodized Radiator & Alternator Shrouds
Crucial 160° thermostat
samco upper radiator hose
Killer B Motorsport Rugedized oil pickup
air pump delete
PCV valve delete
Dual AMW catch cans
LC-1 wideband
PTP black turbo blanket

RPS Max Clutch Street Disc

walbro in tank
SMP surge tank
bosch 044 inline pump
peterson inline fuel filter
-6 AN lines and fittings
AEM FPR @ 70psi
axis fuel rails
Injector Dynamics Bosch 1000cc Saturated top feed injectors

mfactory oil filter relocation kit
mocal sandwich plate (180° thermostat)
Setrab 19 row oil cooler

Suspension
RCE Tarmac II Coilovers 600/500
Cusco Camber plates front and rear
whiteline 27-29mm sway front
cusco 22-24mm sway rear
whiteline endlinks rear
whiteline ALK
whiteline RCA
free castor mod
cusco rear strut tower brace
cusco v-brace
group-n lateral link bushings
05 STI control arms (spec-c)

Brakes
Stoptech 6-piston 355mm BBK front
stock brembos rear
PFC 38 street
PFC 01 track
stainless lines

Wheels
Rota DPT 18x10 +35

275/35/18 R888s

Bushings
cusco engine and tranny mounts

Unabomber's Sexy Rearend
- TiC Subaru Rear Diff Mount Bushings - RACE
- whiteline rear subframe lock bolts

TiC Tranny Crossmember Bushings

factory short throw shifter
TiC 06-07 Holy Shift Set
- Kartboy 6MT front shifter stay bushing
- Kartboy rear shifter stay bushing
- TiC 06+ STi linkage bushings
- TiC 6MT pivot bushings

Interior
EVO IX SE Recaros
Black door-cards, carpet and rear seats

ATI gauge pod
- Prosport Premium 60mm boost gauge
- Prosport Premium 60mm oil pressure gauge
- Innovate DB-Red 52mm AFR gauge
red hazard button

Killer B Motorsport White Delrin Shift Knob

Exterior
e-bay (Bayson-R) front lip
fastwrx black 'STI' Billet Aluminum Front Bumper Trim
foglight bezel for CAI
05 tails
subaru pzev badge

ixiz hood dampers

self tuned

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[jagstyle]

History

The STI is my first car

I flew down to LA on 07/21/2007 to buy it new from the Subaru dealership in Thousand Oaks. They picked me up from the airport and after signing papers at the dealership I drove the car 400miles back to norcal basically learning how to drive stick on the way home

Stock



Setup1
Maddad downpipe
cobb stage 2


Setup2
APS 3" TBE
APS 65mm CAI
Hallman MBC
walbro
protuned by Ed of EQ Tuning


dec 2007 first and last group drive


ouch!

01/27/2008 STI makes its first and only trip to the snow


RPF1s painted black


Setup3
Helix catless DP
APS 3" catback
APS TMIC
APS 65mm CAI
Grimmspeed uppipe
Grimmspeed crosspipe
crucial P&P&C manifolds
Hallman MBC
DW 740cc injectors
walbro
protuned by Ed of EQ Tuning

July 2008 Engine blows, 2 cracked pistons

car is repaired under warranty by dealer. Dealer just drops in 4 new pistons

april 2008 nasty parking lot door ding


Halloween 2008 accident

lady runs stop sign and hits me in the rear wheel area while I'm making a left turn. I get out and start yelling at her. He says she didn't see my blinker. I turn around and point to my still blinking turn signal Her fault and covered by her insurance. $3000 worth of damage. A month later we discovered that my tarmac II damper is cracked from the accident and leaking. Another grand worth of damage covered by insurance (don't ask how one bare damper without any springs or perches costs a grand )

November 2008 photoshoot in parents new garage


March 2009
Setup4
+dom3 turbo 2.4" IWG
+APS inlet
+TGV deletes
+Injectordynamics.com bosch 1000cc top feed injectors

dom3's IWG is worthless, overboosts and creeps even after wastegate arm is adjusted

April 2009
Setup5
+AMR Big MAF CAI intake
+KAS EL headers + 3 bolt uppipe modified for EWG by Covert Performance
+Tial 38mm v-band wastegate


Setup6
+E85


05/02/2009 norcal BBQ


05/05/2009 Infineon track day


Setup7
+track fuel system


needed more fuel for E85 so I picked up this fuel system so that I could up the pressure for more flow



(same as airboy dyno)


engine blows again
07/17/2009 compression check reads 145, 130, 130, 70


08/07/2009 jagstyle finally creates a journal

stay tuned for Setup8
+RAW street series shortblock
+Supertech standard size innconel exhaust valves, stainless intake valves, dual springs
+AMS GT3076 V-band rotated kit
+perrin EL headers

[jagstyle]

engine pull

waiting for engine picker to arrive


engine is picked


engine stand


I was already sick of the fitment issues with the larger stock location turbo (turbo wants to hit tgv housing, crankcase barb and throttle body connector) but this is what pushed me over the edge to get rid of the dom3 setup...

discovered cracked and leaking dom3 turbo, only a few months old


discovered cracked uppipe weld (where uppipe was modified by covert performance for EWG)


many broken tools later, two cam gear bolts are stripped so I was only able to get one head off...

holy sludge I thought E85 was supposed to steam clean the engine



I took the longblock to THE SUBARU Specialists - LIC Motorsports. so they could break free the remaining cam gear bolts and take car of my head job (wash, resurface, 3-angle valve job, install new valvetrain, set tolerances). In order to remove the stripped cam gear bolts they had to weld on a huge 19mm strut bolt . Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of the longblock in the back of the prius before dropping it off at the shop

how she sits now


what a mess

some more shots

[jagstyle]

stockpiled



teflon fuel return line to cut down on fuel smell in the cabin
cosworth timing belt guide
arp headstuds
group-n lateral link bushings
gates timing belt
oem headgaskets
ptp turbo blanket
3/4" many-ply silicone hose for crankcase barb (originally purchased with dom3 in mind as my dom3 was hitting and cutting my rubber heater hose)
group-n tophat top-perch adapter plates for coilovers
Prosport EGT gauge
RAW street series shortblock
replacement rear tarmac II damper

not pictured:
Brian Crower valves, springs and retainers because they are currently at the machine shop being installed in my heads


ordered

AMS Subaru Rotated Mount GT3076R V-Band Turbo kit



Perrin WRX and STI 02-08+ Equal Length Header System

[jagstyle]

stripping ugly APS TMIC

I bought the APS TMIC used. It was supposed to have extremely few miles on it so I was stupid and bought it on an impulse without asking for pictures. It arrived looking like sh*t; all sorts of bent fins, scratches everywhere, black smudges on the face where the rubber seal had burned in or something, powder coating chipping off, etc. I also can't stand the huge APS logo on there

before:


so now I am striping it to bare metal and will either leave it bare or paint it stealth black:

[jph]

git 'r done!

good luck with the build man!


J.

[pharo]

Sick! I didn't realize you already purchased the AMS kit.

[07EVOK1LR]

sweet build!!!

[Ikon]

sounds like a nice build...

[ebo03]

Built block, 3076r, top mount. Looks a lot like what I would like to do. Eager to see updates on this one!