[Fine Line Imports]

A while ago a good customer came to us with his brand new completely stock 2006 STI and told us he wanted to add some more power and better handling. The first thing we recommended was a stage 2 power package. His response to me was I was looking for a little more power then stage 2 so I asked how much more he said about 500 whp and so this project was born. After over a year a lot of money and a lot of hard work this project is coming together and nearing completion. This customer is a stickler for details and wanted nothing but the highest quality parts for his car so COBB, APS, KW and many more suppliers were called on to deliver the car you see below.

Engine:
COBB pro-series sleeved short block.
COBB pro-series stage 3 CNC ported header with bigger valves
Cosworth 274-278 cams
Cosworth 12mm oil pump
ARP head studs
APS DR725 FMIC
APS TSR 70 turbo kit
APS rotated mount intake
APS BOV
APS fuel rails
APS aux fuel rails
APS 3.5in turbo back
APS header with header wrap
APS TGV deletes
Tial 44mm waste gate
COBB main pulley
PE 850cc primary injectors (4)
Bosch 600cc aux injectors (4)
walbro 255lph fuel pump
Aeromotive A1000 external fuel pump
Aeromotive external fuel filter
Aeromotive fuel pump controller
Aeromotive adjustable bypass regulator
FLI custom fuel surge tank
FLI custom reverse intake manifold pipes.
LINK G4 stand alone ECU
Aquamist HFS-5 kit
Spec-C 12 liter tank


Suspension:
KW V3 coilovers
COBB front and rear sway bars
Whiteline Anti-lift kit
Factory BBS wheels for now




Old engine out of the car and APS FMIC core mounted


COBB Pro series motor. This motor uses 100mm Forged JE pistons, COBB rods, COBB main and rod bearings, darton sleeves and is balanced and blueprinted.







COBB CNC heads with the Cosworth cams



Completed and assembled long block



Engine all the way back together for the most part and the start of the reverse intake manifold mock up.







These are some of the pic of the revers intake manifold being built by us here at the shop. On one of the pipes we made some notches to accommodate keeping the AC and still leaving no chance of it rubbing on the hood or the AC. All pipes have been sent out for final powder coating and will be back shortly.



This brings you up to date on what we have done with the car so far I will be updating this thread as the days go by and we make some more headroom. As always if you have any questions about the car or anything we have done please let me know.

[Fine Line Imports]

Update 10-02-08: It has been a busy couple of weeks at the shop but we did manage to make some headway on the STI. All the injectors and fuel rails are installed and the fuel lines ran. We got the IC pipes back from powder coating and installed those as well. Next on the list is tackling the fuel system from the trunk to the engine bay. Below are a few pictures from the final installation of the IC pipes and the two sets of fuel rails and the 8 injectors.





APS aux fuel rail kit installed onto the APS TGV deletes with the Bosch 600cc inj.




Both sets of APS fuel rails one set holds PE 850cc and the other the Bosch 600cc secondary set.




Aeromotive adjustable bypass regulator




The reverse intake manifold pipes all done coated and installed.




This is the notches we made in one of the IC pipes in order to clear the alternator and still keep the AC.





Some other pictures of the IC pipes.


[size="2"][b]If you have any questions please let me know.

[HAMERMAN409]

Wow - looks like great work.

I didn't know you could get powder coating in the peble finish like that.

[white04sti]

all i can say is WOW.... great job very clean work!

[TrboSTi]

lol how bout that price tag? nice work nonetheless! but damn i can only imagine that bill....

[Bishop]

Wow subscribed

[crystal_Imprezav]

That void in the sleeves in the middle of the block does not look good for sealing... Care to elaborate?

[crystal_Imprezav]

A Darton block should look like so:




That Cobb block is going to blow a lot of head gaskets... That is, if it even seals...

[flatthump]

Originally Posted by crystal_Imprezav

That void in the sleeves in the middle of the block does not look good for sealing... Care to elaborate?

That is quite the gap between sleeves. Cobb certainly doesn't put that in there for thermal expansion clearance did they? Looks like mistake.

[Fine Line Imports]

Originally Posted by crystal_Imprezav

That void in the sleeves in the middle of the block does not look good for sealing... Care to elaborate?

We noticed that as well when we got the block. So I called up datron and got there input on it. According to them it happens from time to time when they sleeve a Subaru block and there should be no issues because it is a dry sleev and the head gasket seals on top of that spot.


Ryan
Fine Line Imports

[Fine Line Imports]

UPDATE: 10-16-08


Here are some updated pictures of the fuel system for this car. In this first set of pictures you can see the distribution block installed and most of the lines ran into it. The block sits on a custom bracket so there is no chance of it movies or coming loose.








Next up on our list was fabricating the fuel surge tank and the mounting tray for the tank, A1000 pump, fuel filter and Aquamist pump. After some thought this is what we came up with.








If you have any more questions please feel free to ask. You can also check out more pictures and updates about this car and other project cars on our blog.