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See post#46 for wagon


Well, it's about time I started a journal. I read Bruce Chapman's a.k.a Neanderthal Racing's first post and I got inspired hahaha

Well, let me start with the car itself. It's a 2004 STI that I bought August 5, 2005 with 22,700 miles.

I went online and started searching for information on the vehicle itself, because to be honest with you, I knew nothing about the car. I found iwsti.com, read a little, and joined Aug. 14th. (best mod I ever did )

Well, my first mod was the K&N short ram intake, which I had on the car 10 days after I bought it. Then my friend with an EVO IX (Intake, TBE) wanted to run to see how we stacked up... he beat me by a car ...so being the car guy I am I bought an HKS TBE the next day , then we ran and I got him...(Disclaimer: Don't street race )

Shortly after my clutch took a bad one (and the slipping caused the engine to drink oil "literally") and to make a long story short I ended up getting a new shortblock and complete clutch aseembly under warranty...

The car put down 288whp / 276wtq about with those mods. Since school & expenses have me by my ass and my wallet I haven't really done much to the car, but that should change soon

Enough of that, here's some pics...















Mod list:

Engine:
-K&N Short Ram Intake (Red)
-HKS D/P
-HKS Hi-Power Exhaust
-Ported wastegate

Brakes / Suspension:
-Cusco strut tower brace (Front)
-Cobb strut tower brace (Rear)
-Powerslot rotors
-Hawk HPS Pads

Exterior:
-RavSpec Carbon Fiber Lip (V Limited / S203) Style

Sitting @ home waiting to be installed
-RCE Yellow Springs

Coming soon:
Walbro 255
AP / Protune
COBB / Whiteline Sways
Group N Top Hats
Kartboy / COBB Shifter / Bushings
Brake Lines / Fluid
And I'm tossing around the idea of a wet 50 shot of nitrous oxide...

Hopefully this will turn into a nice build thread down the road, but those mods should be enough until I get more $$$...

[BillFromTR]

clean that bad b1tch!

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Originally Posted by BillFromTR

clean that bad b1tch!

Oh it's clean now trust me

[Neanderthal Racing]

i'm glad i could get on board early to wish you good luck. add on, grow and prosper.

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Thanks Bruce!

It only took me 2 years and 1000+ posts to start the journal

[RacerXS]

Nice start, good luck

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Originally Posted by RacerXS

Nice start, good luck

Thanks!

[pj21086]

lookin good. so do you have any future mod plans?

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Originally Posted by pj21086

lookin good. so do you have any future mod plans?

Yea, next up will probably be walbro & header + AP stage 2 protune, sways, springs, kartboy shifter w/bushings... Not necessarily in that order

Oh, and I might go wingless...

And I'm tossing around the idea of a wet 50 shot of nitrous oxide...Those are the realistic mods as of now...


After that, I want to pay off the car and build it BIG..., but for that I have to wait and see...I might just pull the trigger before it's paid off

This is a really expensive hobby...

[blindfold]

good luck to a fellow 04 owner, hope you'll enjoy the car even more with couple more mods

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Originally Posted by blindfold

good luck to a fellow 04 owner, hope you'll enjoy the car even more with couple more mods

Thanks!

I took a ride in my friends Protuned 06 and

That was nice...big difference...

[nice-rice]

Looks good man, your next mods and a protune should help out a lot in the fun factor. Good luck with everything.

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Originally Posted by nice-rice

Looks good man, your next mods and a protune should help out a lot in the fun factor. Good luck with everything.

Thanks

[solraC]

If you do decide to get that 50 shot you definitely need to give me a ride

When your ready to get protuned let me know! Id love to be there to see the dyno pull and results.

Good Luck

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Originally Posted by solraC

If you do decide to get that 50 shot you definitely need to give me a ride

When your ready to get protuned let me know! Id love to be there to see the dyno pull and results.

Good Luck

Will do man, I'll let you know

What have you been up to, haven't seen you at the meets