[hairlesswookiee]

hey where can i find one of those lips???

[STI_SLC]

didnt even change the lights... and..... that's not "debadged"........

[MEXSTIMPREZA]

I like it very much, but I would like to see the smoked ones with the cutouts.

[S'poreSTI]

Recieved a small package from Japanparts today
(Cellphone pics, the wife has my camera)
STI Radiator cap
STI IC->TB red hose
2Din AV panel
Subaru (PIAA) LED (PIAA) dome light


Installed the Radiator Cap immediately

[S'poreSTI]

Dome light install was a snap, i really like the new light, much brighter thru the whole cabin, and a nice kind of white, almost with a purple hue, light that makes the cabin look great and the seats almost glow

Before & after pic, but the cellphone camera doesnt do it justice

[GhoSStRyda]

thats a nice lil package you got today! i like the way your LEDs are packaged. my LED domes are not that good looking but it has maybe twice as many as the subaru one you got. i like the red hose, i might have to add that to my list of things to get!

[S'poreSTI]

And since i was in a messing about with the car mood today, i finally got the IC painted with the much-missed STI
Used Duplicolor Caliper paint, codeBCP100. Printed the logo on Legal, (8.5*14) to get it a bit larger than letter. Made the stencil by laying down 3M blue painters tape on a glass tabletop, then fixing the print over the top, before cutting out the logo. Carrying the stencil to the car & centering on the IC was a bit of a pain, but i think it looks pretty good for <30mins work

[S'poreSTI]

A package arrived today


Flashed to Stage1 ACN91 (v101) on 5/23. So far have only had a quick spin out, ~12 miles. Seems to pull a bit better, but i'm not feeling all that much change yet. Hoping it will improve with more miles & learning

[AndresDiaz]

Originally Posted by S'poreSTI

And since i was in a messing about with the car mood today, i finally got the IC painted with the much-missed STI
Used Duplicolor Caliper paint, codeBCP100. Printed the logo on Legal, (8.5*14) to get it a bit larger than letter. Made the stencil by laying down 3M blue painters tape on a glass tabletop, then fixing the print over the top, before cutting out the logo. Carrying the stencil to the car & centering on the IC was a bit of a pain, but i think it looks pretty good for <30mins work

I really liked the STI letters on the intercooler, wonder why the removed it in the first place

[talsnic]

you installed the rad cap incorrectly.

look at the two oem rad caps, the one on the rad is rated at 137Kpa and the one near the intercooler is rated at 108Kpa.

if you install the 1.3bar or 130Kpa rad cap on the radiator, the rad cap near the intercooler will release the coolent at 108Kpa. making the new cap useless.

now if you install the 1.3bar or 130Kpa rad cap near the intercooler, it will release coolent at 130Kpa, and the OEM rad cap near the rad, will release at 137Kpa, if the STI rad cap was to fail to open.

[S'poreSTI]

Originally Posted by talsnic

you installed the rad cap incorrectly.

look at the two oem rad caps, the one on the rad is rated at 137Kpa and the one near the intercooler is rated at 108Kpa.

if you install the 1.3bar or 130Kpa rad cap on the radiator, the rad cap near the intercooler will release the coolent at 108Kpa. making the new cap useless.

now if you install the 1.3bar or 130Kpa rad cap near the intercooler, it will release coolent at 130Kpa, and the OEM rad cap near the rad, will release at 137Kpa, if the STI rad cap was to fail to open.

Good catch, man. Nice to know someone looking at that level of detail
But i gotta admit, my reasoning for getting the cap was pure bling. I figured swapping the front was virtually the same pressure trip point, (7kPa less), and the stocker on the manifold tank would handle any over-temp/boiling issues, tripping at 108.
Any flaws in my reasoning, or any potential danger doing it that way, do give me a shout. much appreciated

[talsnic]

i would advice for the use of the 1.3 bar rad cap, and the 1.37bar stocker.

reasoning: as the coolent heats up, lets say due to high engine load, or high rpms. the temp will rise in the coolent, and if the recirculating coolent cannot keep up, then the pressure will vent extra fluid at 1.08bar. then the temp guage will rise, and overheat if the load/rpm is not reduced.

now if the coolent will vent off at 1.3bar, the higher pressure will have a greater capacity to hold heat, thus, more heat can be transfered to the rad. its basic thermodynamics, the greater the pressure, the more heat that can be held within the coolent. with more heat in the coolent, the higher the temperature, which will lead to a higher temperature gradient between the air flowing through the rad, and coolent. so, the greater the temperature gradient, the greater the heat mass transfer to the air going through the rad.

basically, under heavy load or rpm, for extensive time, the tranfer of heat from the motor to the rad will be more effective at higher pressures.

with the stock rad cap, which is placed on the rad of 1.37bar, the system is obvously engineered to be capable of operating at that pressure. so why not switch it, such that both the 1.37bar and 1.3bar rad cap are used. it doesnt cost anything more, and will make the cooling system more effective when higher loads are placed on the engine.

[S'poreSTI]

A busy couple of days, got the front bumper off the car and took care of a few things


Switched out the foglight bulbs, turn signal bulbs, disconnected the DRL's, and took out the intake silencer. Afterwards i did notice quite a bit more sound, especially when giving it a boot when it 3rd at ~40mph, a real strong growl from ~3k to 4.5k.


But the main reason for removal was to 'de-civic' the grille, got that done and ended up making it into a 'semi-sport' grille, by dremmeling out some additional air holes to feed into the snorkle. Got the idea when removing the grill i saw the bumper cover has some holes pre-cut in front of the snorkle


Continued in next post

[S'poreSTI]

Grille strip was painted as per instructions in another post
Sport Grille looks better in person


To create some air slots i covered the side in painters tape and sketched out 4 slots, then used a dremel to carve out the plastic


Finished the slots by sanding with the dremel, then hand finishing with 400grit emery paper


Installed:

[Nick_GDB]

Nice! Very clean handywork!