Chris05STi's 2005 OBP STi Journal (Black Betty) RENEE Photo Shoot PG 164 - Page 17

Chris05STi · 03-29-2006, 08:56 AM

**Update** Just ordered SS Cobb Heatshield, Cobb SS Brake Lines, 3 bottles of Motul RBF600 DOT 4 Factory Line Brake Fluid, and NGK 1 Step Colder Spark Plugs....ahhhhhh that should hold me off until next month!!

eatV8 · 03-31-2006, 08:46 PM

*** update ***

Congrats on your mmmm-azing 15.2 down the ¼ tonight

Haha, seriously guys. Chris did well tonight (Except for that ^^^) considering it was his first time at the strip. Had a PB of 13.5@100mph.

Chris05STi · 03-31-2006, 10:59 PM

Yah yah. Well as Steve said, it was my first night ever at a 1/4 mile track. I messed up in the second run. I really don't ever launch the car, but tonite was the first time I really hit it hard ever since I bought the car. So yah, I need more practice, but hey, I did pretty well other than the second run. Here are the 3 runs I had tonite. Btw, the second run, I bogged at the launch and was like OH $HIT, WTF, and then I was like crap, messed up on the 1-2 shift....I was so pissed, thats why I got there at 15.26. Ok, here are the times for the 3 runs:

1st Run Ever in my Life!
R/T: .342
60': 2.181 (ugh)
1/4: 13.936
MPH: 99.44

2nd Run (Crapola!)
R/T:.449
60': 2.020
1/4: 15.263
MPH: 92.15

3rd Run (FINALLY!)
R/T: .575 (CRAP!)
60': 1.828
1/4: 13.520
MPH: 100.13

**Edit: On the 3rd run, I didn't launch when the lights dropped to the green, as you can see, I waited for a split second or so when I was actually ready to launch the car, to see how good I could do it without the pressure from the Tree.

There you guys go, I know laugh about it, but it was the first timer....so hopefully I will get better as I practice more!

LightWerkz · 04-03-2006, 06:30 PM

NICE chris... Those are nice runs, for real..

oh yeah, when I was reading your post I can tell it was you, you type the same way you talk

BluePearl04 · 04-03-2006, 08:43 PM

Nice journal.. Keep up the good work.

Please don't flame me too hard.. I can take some, I have tough skin.

I have a real dumb question.. Seeing as this is my first Subaru and I'm new to the whole community, I noticed you had said that you didn't have a downpipe at first with the 3" exhaust, will a 3" bolt up to the stock downpipe, or is there a flange? My 3" downpipe on my GSX I used to have required a flange while I waited for the 3" exhaust to come in. I guess I could search, but it appears thats the setup you are running.

Awesome car though.

Chris05STi · 04-04-2006, 07:55 AM

Thanks for the comments. When I bolted up the Invidia G200 to the stock dp, I forgot to have myself informed that there is this donut gasket, Caesar let me know that you got to remove the donut gasket thats on the dp inorder for my Invidia G200 catback to mate up and bolt up all perfectly. Its a ring looking gasket thats pretty easy to take out on my car with low miles. I did a friend's car, and he had more miles than mine, and I had to chisel it out and then pop it off....since the gasket somewhat "backed" and hardened, where mine was still soft and easily removed. You should be fine hooking up a catback to the stock dp, it may/will require you to take that donut gasket off. And most if not all CBE provide the new gaskets when you mate it up the dp.

NJSTi05 · 04-04-2006, 03:05 PM

aWesome chris!!

Chris05STi · 04-04-2006, 07:01 PM

Ok some updates:

Thanks to Caesar awhile back for helping me do the "JDM" Tail light mod:

Also, some of the goodies that came in last week, and more to come this week......
Motul RBF600 Racing Brake Fluid:

NGK 1 Step Colder Spark Plugs:

More to come hopefully this week.......

LightWerkz · 04-04-2006, 07:14 PM

Looking good chris, preparing for the meth i can see

BluePearl04 · 04-04-2006, 07:21 PM

That taillight mod is awesome.

Add that to the list of stuff waiting for a sunny day..

Chris05STi · 04-04-2006, 07:52 PM

Yah, SMC Kit (Meth Injection) is on my list for the tune. Going to have a tune without Meth, and then a tune with Meth. Just incase I am driving around and the Meth runs low and I have no means of getting any, I can switch it out to the non-meth kit. Can't wait to get the rest of the goodies....ahhhh and next week, I order more crapola!

Chris05STi · 04-09-2006, 07:04 AM

Ahhh, that was a great sleeping!!! Well I went to SEMA yesterday, it was awesome. MacSTi (Stephen) and my g/f (thanks so much for putting up with all the car crap!) came too. It was great, nice setup. I met up with Adam from Z1Auto...great guy, very friendly in person as well. I picked up my Cusco Oil Catch Can from him, he brought it to the show just for me!!! His 350z is sick looking...really done up nicely and clean...great job Adam!! I also met the guys from Fizz, great bunch of guys who know their stuff...one STi had a rear diff cooler hanging off the rear bumper to the right.....really sick. Saw some goodies that this one STi had, they are going to hook me up with it and maybe.....later....this other part....you will see in time!! Also, met the guys from HALO Automotive. Bought their 7500k Plasma High Beam Bulbs...really nice quality. They aren't brighter than stock, but they look nice, and give a nice blue'ish beam, that matches the HID's. I got picks, I will post them later today. Also, I installed a new set of parking lights from AutoLumination.com....my previous set was crappy, and one blew out...so I got the 194's that are on top of the page. ALSO..loool, I recieved Cobb SS Brake Lines, and Cobb SS Heatshield from Cobb the other day....great stuff, will post pics on that as well later today. Just waiting for the custom DP, and I will be set for a nice install day. Stay tuned!!

MorePSiTehBett4 · 04-09-2006, 07:08 AM

awesome...can't wait to see what numbers you put down on meth

Chris05STi · 04-09-2006, 10:49 AM

Ok, here are some pics that I took of the goodies I recently got!

Cusco Oil Catch Can:

These are pics of the Halo 7500k Plasma High Beam Lights. As you can see, looking at the pic, the left side is the stock High Beam bulb with the 5 led parking lights. On the right is the Halo 7500k Plasma High Beam bulb with the newer parking light bulb from Autolumination.com (my previous parking light, 194's, blew, so I got these cause they are fully encased rather than the other design of a 5 LED disk being soldered on there).

Here are the bulbs in the casing they come in:

Here is the Cobb SS Heat Shield:

And finally Cobb SS Brake Lines:

And as always, more to come next week lool!

GEDDON81 · 04-10-2006, 12:41 AM

dude,reading this whole journal has helped me out alot as i am also gonna start modding very very soon.well done on your path man,the car is looking great.im loving how you are getting a lil bit of everything into your car instead of just going one way.keep it up man,you have me anxious to see whats next.

03-29-2006, 08:56 AM	#241
Chris05STi I Has a Turbo Timer Car: 2005 Subaru WRX STi Fav Mod: Every single one! Location: NJ Posts: 8,867 Join Date: Jun 2005 Trader Rating: (19)	Update Just ordered SS Cobb Heatshield, Cobb SS Brake Lines, 3 bottles of Motul RBF600 DOT 4 Factory Line Brake Fluid, and NGK 1 Step Colder Spark Plugs....ahhhhhh that should hold me off until next month!! This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.

03-31-2006, 08:46 PM	#242
eatV8 retired mod Car: 99 Subaru Impreza WR Fav Mod: JDM Air Freshener Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,843 Join Date: Apr 2003 Trader Rating: (0)	* update * Congrats on your mmmm-azing 15.2 down the ¼ tonight Haha, seriously guys. Chris did well tonight (Except for that ^^^) considering it was his first time at the strip. Had a PB of 13.5@100mph. Last edited by eatV8 : 04-01-2006 at 11:48 AM.

03-31-2006, 10:59 PM	#243
Chris05STi I Has a Turbo Timer Car: 2005 Subaru WRX STi Fav Mod: Every single one! Location: NJ Posts: 8,867 Join Date: Jun 2005 Trader Rating: (19)	Yah yah. Well as Steve said, it was my first night ever at a 1/4 mile track. I messed up in the second run. I really don't ever launch the car, but tonite was the first time I really hit it hard ever since I bought the car. So yah, I need more practice, but hey, I did pretty well other than the second run. Here are the 3 runs I had tonite. Btw, the second run, I bogged at the launch and was like OH $HIT, WTF, and then I was like crap, messed up on the 1-2 shift....I was so pissed, thats why I got there at 15.26. Ok, here are the times for the 3 runs: 1st Run Ever in my Life! R/T: .342 60': 2.181 (ugh) 1/4: 13.936 MPH: 99.44 2nd Run (Crapola!) R/T:.449 60': 2.020 1/4: 15.263 MPH: 92.15 3rd Run (FINALLY!) R/T: .575 (CRAP!) 60': 1.828 1/4: 13.520 MPH: 100.13 *Edit: On the 3rd run, I didn't launch when the lights dropped to the green, as you can see, I waited for a split second or so when I was actually ready to launch the car, to see how good I could do it without the pressure from the Tree. There you guys go, I know laugh about it, but it was the first timer....so hopefully I will get better as I practice more! Last edited by Chris05STi : 04-03-2006 at 06:35 PM.*

04-04-2006, 07:01 PM	#248
Chris05STi I Has a Turbo Timer Car: 2005 Subaru WRX STi Fav Mod: Every single one! Location: NJ Posts: 8,867 Join Date: Jun 2005 Trader Rating: (19)	Ok some updates: Thanks to Caesar awhile back for helping me do the "JDM" Tail light mod: Also, some of the goodies that came in last week, and more to come this week...... Motul RBF600 Racing Brake Fluid: NGK 1 Step Colder Spark Plugs: More to come hopefully this week....... Last edited by Chris05STi : 04-04-2006 at 07:08 PM.

04-09-2006, 10:49 AM	#254
Chris05STi I Has a Turbo Timer Car: 2005 Subaru WRX STi Fav Mod: Every single one! Location: NJ Posts: 8,867 Join Date: Jun 2005 Trader Rating: (19)	Ok, here are some pics that I took of the goodies I recently got! Cusco Oil Catch Can: These are pics of the Halo 7500k Plasma High Beam Lights. As you can see, looking at the pic, the left side is the stock High Beam bulb with the 5 led parking lights. On the right is the Halo 7500k Plasma High Beam bulb with the newer parking light bulb from Autolumination.com (my previous parking light, 194's, blew, so I got these cause they are fully encased rather than the other design of a 5 LED disk being soldered on there). Here are the bulbs in the casing they come in: Here is the Cobb SS Heat Shield: And finally Cobb SS Brake Lines: And as always, more to come next week lool! Last edited by Chris05STi : 04-09-2006 at 10:55 AM.

04-03-2006, 06:30 PM	#244
LightWerkz STI Master Car: E46 M3 Fav Mod: ZCP Wheels Location: Clifton Posts: 7,497 Join Date: Aug 2005 Trader Rating: (75)	NICE chris... Those are nice runs, for real.. oh yeah, when I was reading your post I can tell it was you, you type the same way you talk

04-03-2006, 08:43 PM	#245
BluePearl04 STI Driver Car: 04 WR Blue STi Fav Mod: HKS Hi-Power Location: Dillsburg, PA Posts: 299 Join Date: Mar 2006 Trader Rating: (2)	Nice journal.. Keep up the good work. Please don't flame me too hard.. I can take some, I have tough skin. I have a real dumb question.. Seeing as this is my first Subaru and I'm new to the whole community, I noticed you had said that you didn't have a downpipe at first with the 3" exhaust, will a 3" bolt up to the stock downpipe, or is there a flange? My 3" downpipe on my GSX I used to have required a flange while I waited for the 3" exhaust to come in. I guess I could search, but it appears thats the setup you are running. Awesome car though.

04-04-2006, 07:55 AM	#246
Chris05STi I Has a Turbo Timer Car: 2005 Subaru WRX STi Fav Mod: Every single one! Location: NJ Posts: 8,867 Join Date: Jun 2005 Trader Rating: (19)	Thanks for the comments. When I bolted up the Invidia G200 to the stock dp, I forgot to have myself informed that there is this donut gasket, Caesar let me know that you got to remove the donut gasket thats on the dp inorder for my Invidia G200 catback to mate up and bolt up all perfectly. Its a ring looking gasket thats pretty easy to take out on my car with low miles. I did a friend's car, and he had more miles than mine, and I had to chisel it out and then pop it off....since the gasket somewhat "backed" and hardened, where mine was still soft and easily removed. You should be fine hooking up a catback to the stock dp, it may/will require you to take that donut gasket off. And most if not all CBE provide the new gaskets when you mate it up the dp.

04-04-2006, 03:05 PM	#247
NJSTi05 Spec C Club Car: 05 WRX STi Blue/gold Fav Mod: my NawWS! Location: Bergen Co. NJ Posts: 2,354 Join Date: May 2005 Trader Rating: (6)	aWesome chris!!

04-04-2006, 07:14 PM	#249
LightWerkz STI Master Car: E46 M3 Fav Mod: ZCP Wheels Location: Clifton Posts: 7,497 Join Date: Aug 2005 Trader Rating: (75)	Looking good chris, preparing for the meth i can see

04-04-2006, 07:21 PM	#250
BluePearl04 STI Driver Car: 04 WR Blue STi Fav Mod: HKS Hi-Power Location: Dillsburg, PA Posts: 299 Join Date: Mar 2006 Trader Rating: (2)	That taillight mod is awesome. Add that to the list of stuff waiting for a sunny day..

04-04-2006, 07:52 PM	#251
Chris05STi I Has a Turbo Timer Car: 2005 Subaru WRX STi Fav Mod: Every single one! Location: NJ Posts: 8,867 Join Date: Jun 2005 Trader Rating: (19)	Yah, SMC Kit (Meth Injection) is on my list for the tune. Going to have a tune without Meth, and then a tune with Meth. Just incase I am driving around and the Meth runs low and I have no means of getting any, I can switch it out to the non-meth kit. Can't wait to get the rest of the goodies....ahhhh and next week, I order more crapola!

04-09-2006, 07:04 AM	#252
Chris05STi I Has a Turbo Timer Car: 2005 Subaru WRX STi Fav Mod: Every single one! Location: NJ Posts: 8,867 Join Date: Jun 2005 Trader Rating: (19)	Ahhh, that was a great sleeping!!! Well I went to SEMA yesterday, it was awesome. MacSTi (Stephen) and my g/f (thanks so much for putting up with all the car crap!) came too. It was great, nice setup. I met up with Adam from Z1Auto...great guy, very friendly in person as well. I picked up my Cusco Oil Catch Can from him, he brought it to the show just for me!!! His 350z is sick looking...really done up nicely and clean...great job Adam!! I also met the guys from Fizz, great bunch of guys who know their stuff...one STi had a rear diff cooler hanging off the rear bumper to the right.....really sick. Saw some goodies that this one STi had, they are going to hook me up with it and maybe.....later....this other part....you will see in time!! Also, met the guys from HALO Automotive. Bought their 7500k Plasma High Beam Bulbs...really nice quality. They aren't brighter than stock, but they look nice, and give a nice blue'ish beam, that matches the HID's. I got picks, I will post them later today. Also, I installed a new set of parking lights from AutoLumination.com....my previous set was crappy, and one blew out...so I got the 194's that are on top of the page. ALSO..loool, I recieved Cobb SS Brake Lines, and Cobb SS Heatshield from Cobb the other day....great stuff, will post pics on that as well later today. Just waiting for the custom DP, and I will be set for a nice install day. Stay tuned!!

04-09-2006, 07:08 AM	#253
MorePSiTehBett4 The Next Petter Solberg Car: 04 STi JBP Fav Mod: GST Tuning, God in my life Location: SAC, NORCAL Posts: 864 Join Date: Feb 2006 Trader Rating: (1)	awesome...can't wait to see what numbers you put down on meth

04-10-2006, 12:41 AM	#255
GEDDON81 STI Driver Car: 05' OBP STI Location: memphis,tn Posts: 298 Join Date: Jun 2005 Trader Rating: (1)	dude,reading this whole journal has helped me out alot as i am also gonna start modding very very soon.well done on your path man,the car is looking great.im loving how you are getting a lil bit of everything into your car instead of just going one way.keep it up man,you have me anxious to see whats next. This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.