[Flycaster]

You still just bouncing off the WG spring for "boost control?"

[evilSTi7]

Originally Posted by BruceChapman

anyone notice the hit counter for the thread has been stuck at 16,792 for the last week and a half. ben says i broke it.

i hope this isn't a forecast of what to come

lol, congrats on ANOTHER achievement.

[Neanderthal Racing]

Originally Posted by Flycaster

You still just bouncing off the WG spring for "boost control?"

i've been using the eb2's default setting. we need a couple of good live sessions with hydra and we might start cranking the boost up 1lb at a time, checking for knock along the way. in fact, i'm considering adding a knock light to the a-pillar.

i'm really in no big hurry, fly. phil will be tuning it in a few weeks, anyway and it's running great as is.

[Flycaster]

Originally Posted by BruceChapman

...phil will be tuning it in a few weeks, anyway and it's running great as is.

I'd figured that. Until I was able to get over the hill for the tune, mine ran fine as well. Of course, it runs just a *wee* bit better now with another full bar of boost...as I'm sure yours will when that day comes.

[Neanderthal Racing]

my official cutn edg project thank you list:

a lot of people and vendors made this project a success. i want to thank each one of them personally right now.

the big 3:

cobb tuning (www.cobbtuning.com)
everyone knows about the cutn edg initiated shockwave that reverberated around the planet a dozen times on january 31st that will, no doubt, change the industry for years to come. cutn edg is proud to have cobb tuning rescue the project by becoming our primary sponsor. a complete cobb built longblock based on cobb's pro stage2 racing shortblock, good for the over 600 whp we should have on tap, will propel us into the 10's this season.


element tuning (www.elementtuning.com)

coherance of purpose was the main theme for the build. we needed four critical ingredients that had to work in harmony; the right turbo for the cobb pro stage2 shortblock, an aquamist h2o/alchohol/methanol/nitomethane injection system and the right engine management to make it all go. i was fortunate to find them all in the same place. phil grabow IS element tuning. his time attack car provided the inspiration. he's the ultimate orchestra conductor for the project.

200mph productions (www.200mphprod.com)

my friend little ricky is the wrench for the entire project. a chevy head, he did whatever was required to put it all together, including lots of late night fabricating. he does it all; wrench, electrical, welding and fabrication. the best thing i did was to rent him the space to help make 200mph productions the official subaru project car shop of the mid-hudson valley. if youre within striking distance, he's your guy.

special mention to skydivers fireman bobby, brendan and dan who all had their hands on the car in the shop. iwsti's statik cleared my headlights; wdb, speednice and eatv8 stopped in to lend a hand and drool over all the 200mph production groupies hanging around the shop.

project vendor list: (in no particular order)

- crucial racing (www.crucialracing.com)
- dpr racing (www.dprracing.com)
- z1 performance (www.z1auto.com)
- aj-usa (www.ajusa.com)
- perrin performance (www.perrinperformance.com)
- rallysport direct (www.rallysportdirect.com)
- static x motorsports (www.staticxmotorsports.com)
- tarmac usa (www.tarmac-usa.com)
- summit racing (www.summitracing.com)
- kartboy (www.kartboy.com)
- king of imports (www.kingofimports.com)
- racecompengineering (www.racecompengineering.com)
- turninconcepts (www.turninconcepts.com)
- hirevimports (www.hirevimports.com)
- jscspeed (www.jscspeed.com)
- tirerack (www.tirerack.com)
- gaugepods.com (www.gaugepods.com)
- ltb motorsports (www.ltbmotorsport.com)
- ym international (www.fumotovalve.com)
- eddie marine (www.eddiemarine.com)
- dpr racing/pure tuning (www.pure-tuning.com)
- soloracer (www.soloracer.com)
- advance auto of new paltz (parts)
- nappa of gardiner (parts)
- colonial subaru of kingston (parts and tool loans)
- majestics hardware (parts and facility)
- likwid - proud sponsor of the 4:20 report

last but not least, i'd like to thank the all the members of the subaru impreza forum community who have posted on iwsti and nasioc. you guys pioneered sti mods with your successes and your failures. you inspired, instructed, flamed and guided the project, which really started before i bought my sti in nov. of 2004.

i'm afraid to start listing you because i don't want to leave anyone out. thanks to everyone. rides on request to you all (insert smiley face here).

[Flycaster]

Bruce:

Well done, and I can't wait to see how it runs after the tune. You've put in your dues, and have gone where none of us has before.

If I can ever make it back east to take you up on the free ride, I'll bring my helmet...and extra underwear.

[Neanderthal Racing]

...and a toothbrush because you always have place to stay.

[donmei]

Bruce,
You forgot to thank autozone for the mudflaps.

Don

[yohan7]

Originally Posted by donmei

Bruce,
You forgot to thank autozone for the mudflaps.

Don

lol! Make sure to put up some vids after break-in .

[offset]

Hey Bruce, if Ricky is a Chevy guy I would really be interested in his thoughts on Subaru's now that he has fully built one up. Any chance you can capture some of his comments and post them in here?

offset

[donmei]

"you want to put how much power through that tiny rear diff??!!??"

[STi_Mark]

Originally Posted by BruceChapman

in my case, there really is no college program to learn what i do for a living. i'm an inventor, author and businessman with 43 worthless college credits from 2 community colleges from 30 years ago. i graduated from hs living in a tent pitched back in the woods the last 5 weeks of my senior year. somewhere, there is a diploma out there with my name on it but i've never seen it.

in my 20's and 30's i created a (verbal and physical) crisis intervention technology for managing aggressive, suicidal and out-of-control people without hurting them (key words, without hurting them). we have about 800 agencies nationwide that use our training program. i'm also a martial artist and defensive tactics instructor with my own defensive tactics system. i have a patent for the only physical technique in us patent history. altogether, i've got 12 us patents (3 granted, 9 pending) to protect our new line of "client protection products" and mechanical restraint equipment. we manufacture most of our products right here at my facility in gardiner. i sublet the shop section of the bldg. to little ricky. i'm also a licensed federal firearms dealer (ffl) and have a small gun store in my house.

that's it. other than that i'm a total slug.

This made my day. Nice story, interesting career indeed.

Good luck with your car.

Regards,
Mark

BTW, could you sell firearms to California direct? My father and I are looking to take opportunity of our Constitutional Rights.

[statik]

Originally Posted by BruceChapman

my official cutn edg project thank you list:

a lot of people and vendors made this project a success. i want to thank each one of them personally right now.

the big 3: (in no particular order)

crawford performance (www.crawfordperformance.com)

chris and quirt contributed to this project, throughout. chris handled the sale, answered every question and got my s4 shortblock out to me with the newly designed 3rd generation piston. being on the west coast, i had the good fortune of his advice at way off hours. quirt crawford spent time with me at englishtown answering questions and shooting the sh*t when he had much better things to do.

element tuning (www.elementtuning.com)

coherance of purpose was the main theme for the build and i needed four critical ingredients that had to work in harmony; the right turbo for the crawford shortblock, an h2o/alchohol injection system and engine management to make it all go. i was fortunate to find them all in the same place. phil grabow IS element tuning. his time attack car provided inspiration. he's the ultimate orchestra conductor for the project.

200mph productions (www.200mphprod.com)

my friend little ricky is the wrench for the entire project. a chevy head, he did whatever was required to put it all together, including lots of late night fabricating. he does it all; wrench, electrical, welding and fabrication. the best thing i did was to rent him the space to help make 200mph productions the official subaru project car shop of the mid-hudson valley. if youre within striking distance, he's your guy. skydivers; fireman bobby, brendan and dan all had their hands on the car in the shop.

project vendor list: (in no particular order)

- z1 performance (www.z1auto.com)
- aj-usa (www.ajusa.com)
- perrin performance (www.perrinperformance.com)
- rallysport direct (www.rallysportdirect.com)
- static x motorsports (www.staticxmotorsports.com)
- tarmac usa (www.tarmac-usa.com)
- summit racing (www.summitracing.com)
- kartboy (www.kartboy.com)
- king of imports (www.kingofimports.com)
- racecompengineering (www.racecompengineering.com)
- turninconcepts (www.turninconcepts.com)
- hirevimports (www.hirevimports.com)
- jscspeed (www.jscspeed.com)
- tirerack (www.tirerack.com)
- gaugepods.com (www.gaugepods.com)
- ltb motorsports (www.ltbmotorsport.com)
- ym international (www.fumotovalve.com)
- eddie marine (www.eddiemarine.com)
- dpr racing/pure tuning (www.pure-tuning.com)
- soloracer (www.soloracer.com)
- advance auto of new paltz (parts)
- nappa of gardiner (parts)
- colonial subaru of kingston (parts and tool loans)
- majestics hardware (parts and facility)

last but not least, i'd like to thank the all the members of the subaru impreza forum community who have posted on iwsti and nasioc. you guys pioneered sti mods with your successes and your failures. you inspired, instructed, flamed and guided the project, which really started before i bought my sti in nov. of 2004.

i'm afraid to start listing you because i don't want to leave anyone out. thanks to everyone. rides on request to you all (insert smiley face here).

hey, didn't some of the "tools" required to work on your car come from my shop? :P

also, any increase in boost yet? stop by!

[Neanderthal Racing]

Originally Posted by offset

Hey Bruce, if Ricky is a Chevy guy I would really be interested in his thoughts on Subaru's now that he has fully built one up. Any chance you can capture some of his comments and post them in here.

i'll ask him and relate what he says.

[Neanderthal Racing]

Originally Posted by statik

hey, didn't some of the "tools" required to work on your car come from my shop?

go check the credits now