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Oil cooler! I need one!! DD/Tracked, WRB 05, ARFAB block, Dom 4 XTR; 400WHP@20PSI

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UPDATED 9 May 2011

Plans for the car are as follows: Auto X and Circuit X and HPDEs are in my future. When I rebuilt the engine, thats what i was thinking about, mostly HPDE. Cost was an issue, but i know I have a stout block to continue doing what I want. Also, I am now married as of 6 August, 2010! Once the engine is finished with break in (at 600mi now) I will be working on suspension/bushings/bracing almost exclusively and hitting as many driving events as work will let me!

Big shout out to Dave, Robbie and Jap @ Epic Motorsports in Fayetteville, NC for all their help with installs and almost everything done on my car! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

trying to hit 5 events this year! (army willing)

Track event:
May 15-16, 2010 w/ Trackdaze @ Shenendoah Circuit, Summit Point Raceway, VA(/WV)
February 29-March 1, 2011 w/ Trackdaze @ Full Course, Virginia International Raceway, VA
April 30-May 1, 2011 w/ NASA SouthEast @ Carolina Motorsports Park, SC

The Car (Tara):

Engine: AR Fabrication assembled longblock: my original block rehoned, stock cams/crank
CP Pistons @ 99.75 & coated
Manley H Beam connecting rods
ACL coated main and rod bearings
Gates Timing belt
Killer B oil pickup
ARP headstuds
Cometic Headgasket
1mm oversized Ferrea valvetrain with bronze guides
and some finishing in the valves to make it work slightly better
Blouch Dominator 4 XTR

Other engine related mods:
Crawford Performance AOS V2
TGV Deletes done by AR Fabrication
Intake manifold ported by AR Fabrication
8mm Phenolic Spacer
Gimmick Radiator
APS DR525 FMIC
APS recirc BPV
APS hard inlet
KSTech 83mm intake
GTSPEC UEL header (4-1)(3 bolt)
GTSPEC EWG upipe (3 bolt)
Tial 44mm EWG @ 17.4 lbs with big red and small blue springs
TurboXS 4" downpipe --> 3" mid w/ 2 silencers, no cats, Greddy exhaust
Labonte Motorsports Meth Kit with failsafe (not used right now)

Drivetrain, Suspension and Bracing:
B&M short shifter
TIC Holy shift set (from Tony @ TurnInConcepts.com)
Klunk Killer comfort (from Tony @ TurnInConcepts.com)
Transmission Cross Member Bushings (from Tony @ TurnInConcepts.com)
Cusco front strut brace
BC Racing BR Series coilovers (from Josh @ Importimageracing.com)
BC camber plates F/R and extenders (from Josh @ Importimageracing.com)
RCE front swaybar @ hard setting (from Myles @ RaceCompEngineering.com)
RCE rear swaybar @ soft setting (from Myles @ RaceCompEngineering.com)
Kartboy endlinks F/R (from IAG performance)
Camber bolts maxed out up front
Kartboy Rear Subframe lockdown (botox) bolts
Whiteline RCA/Bumpsteer kit
Free caster mod
Turnin Concepts Trailing arm bushings (F/R)

Alignment:
These are alignment goals. Adam at Firestone usually spends around an hour and a half getting them just right... :)
Front:
Camber -2.6
Caster 5.1
Toe 0

Rear:
Camber -1.5
Toe 0

Interior, Electronics and Gauges:
COBB AccessPort 2
Maddad Ultra Standard boost, oil pres, water temp in ATI clock pod
Innovate DB-Red/LC-1 3796 Wideband
Valentine 1 radar detector
Dual receiver w/ Bluetooth
Schroth Rallye 4 Quick Fit Harness (driver side)
SRP Racing pedals
Garage door opener (LOL)

Brakes and Contact patch:
SS braided Brakelines w/ ATE SuperBlue from Ken @ wrxbrakes.com
DBA 4000 rotors F/R from Ken @ wrxbrakes.com
Hawk HPS or HP+ for street/DD; Hawk DTC-60 for track from Ken @ wrxbrakes.com
Grimmspeed Master Brake Cylinder brace from Josh @ Importimageracing.com
Enkei RPF-1s 17 inch x 8.5 +30
Dunlop Direzza Star Specs (245 45r17)

Body and Aero:
Seibon CF CW vented hood (HD0405SBIMP-CW)
Aerocatch hood latches
Ebay Special Limited front lip (hey! it was 60 bucks!)
WRX trunk swap
APR GTC 200 Wing (mounted for track only (usually)

Also!
Lots of tools + now i have my very own garage!!! its awesome!!!
unlimited alignments @ firestone for as long as I own the car :D

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Ordered, Arrived and awaiting Install:
none

Buylist/Coming Soon!:
phone and/or AP2 mounts
35% tint
bigger Fuel Pump (maybe Aeromotive)
bigger injectors (maybe 5/0 motorsports 1200 or ID 2000s, well see)
E85 tune from Robbie @ Epic Motorsports
100oct tune from Robbie @ Epic Motorsports
ms109 tune from Robbie @ Epic Motorsports
c16 tune from Robbie @ Epic Motorsports
battery relocation
APR wing risers and gurney flap
change intake location and get shield for inside car
paint hood
car detailed

WANTED!!!!!!:
CF or Aluminum driveshaft
front subframe brace
X brace
front splitter
slicks!

---FOR SALE:---(make an offer!!!!) (in NC zipcode 28301)
OEM Brakelines
OEM Swaybars and endlinks
Precision Turbo FMIC
 
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Re: And now to the track! NEW MEMBER JOURNAL COMING!

Some history:

May 29, 2010- I run into back of a car @ 5mph while helping my buddy elliott buy an 04 STi in NJ. What a hassle! going through Broken Motorsports, then AR FAB in VA, before getting the work completed. IT TOOK 3.5 MONTHS!! but i finally have her back. YAY! :D

1st owner: in CT, thanks for keeping such great records!!! Tuned at speedtechnik (323 Westport Avenue Norwalk, ct 06851-4311)
2nd owner: in CT, thx for being so accomodating when i was up there! tuned at The Shop by junior. theshopct.com
3rd owner: me :) my second STi, (first being a AW 04 @ stg 2). sold it when i got in the service. got back from iraq and i still wanted one, so i got it (the perfect one, almost). flew up and saw the car, bought it, drove it down to NC, where it now resides. with me. :D
 
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Re: And now to the track! NEW MEMBER JOURNAL COMING!

keep getting a p0245 (boost wastegate solenoid bank A, i believe) boost code on my high boost map. cant figure out why. i went to the drags (for the first time ever) and did about 8-10 runs without a single problem. so whats the deal with that!??!?


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Re: keep getting p0245 pg1 My first trackdaze! NEW JOURNAL COMING SOON!

turned on the meth map today and no CEL! yay! i cant determine if it was unplugging my AP2 from the OBD "y" cable and directly to the port and reflashing or not.

for the first run i tried after that i could feel the meth injection for approx 500 rpms and then cut out again. i tried to pinpoint the problems and set up to datalog and gave it another go. now the meth turned on a little late and cut out a little soon. checked to see if i got the datalog, and the AP2 said it disconnected from the ECU (WTF, more on that later). about that time i arrived at Epic Motorsports and thought id give it another try after reflashing the same map again.

long story short...---> i tried again (still didnt datalog, same error) but the meth came on full and hard. I WAS SO HAPPY< HUGE FRIGIN GRIN ON MY FACE! :D.

dunno what happened, but it seems it fixed itself. maybe i had some bad meth or something or my AP2 is going haywire.

BUT FOR NOW, all is well!

AND SOME PARTS WILL BE HERE TOMORROW!!!

PICS!!?!?!? i think so
 
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Re: frigin broken bleeder valve on my brembos...

everything was going great til the second day. we are bleeding brakes and my buddy and i cant get the inner bleeder valve (stock brembos) out, hes being gentle and it just sheared right off. after about 4 hours and several different methods later we conclude that were gonna have to take it to a shop and get the sucker milled out. what a pain int he ***. so im using the other car (that my GF drives, 98 malibu v6) for a day to see if i can get this squared away.

good thing my buddy had an extra bleeder valve...
 
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Re: frigin broken bleeder valve on my brembos... installs are in!

So I decided that I really needed front endlinks for this track session I'm going to, even though I'm already in Virginia. ... it was a little hassle driving almost 2hours (4 hours total) to pick them up. But when I got to aig performance in
MD everything was better. I got endlinks ( plus spacers just in case) and hawk HP plus pads for a great price. Sweet. Now I'm glad I brought my own Jack and stands to install them. I picked up a helmet and 5 gallons of Meth at speed unlimited so I'm all set except for a tarp. Yay

This post made from my nexus one.
 
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Re: Car rebuilt by AR Fabrication updates returning soon!!!

so i had some problems with my front sway bar. here is a portion of my correspondence with Myles @ RCE. Ive color coded it for the simplicity of reading.

Before I post this I wanna say many thanks to Myles for being available and giving great customer service. Im thinking ill post up pics in the next post.

From: Mitch [mailto:mad:yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 8:33 PM
To: sales@racecompengineering.com
Subject: RCE front sway making alot of noise.

Myles and associates,

I called on Thursday and you asked me to send pics of my setup to try to diagnose the problem.

Just to restate, I have your RCE Sways w/ kartboy endlinks. I have had them installed since early may 2010. Other suspension mods include BC Racing BR series coilovers and camber bolts up front that were installed on wednesday. Previously I had TEIN basic dampers without the camber bolts.

The sway bars have constantly made noise, and continue to with this new setup. I think I can see where the noise is coming from. It looks as though the endlink bolt is hitting the sway bar itself because there is a spot where is the paint is chipped on the swaybar. Only the front makes the clunking noise, and only when driving over uneven terrain such as bumps, dips, and uneven speed bumps. The endlinks are almost straight up and down.

what is the torque spec when tightening the kartboy endlinks?

I'm including quite a few pics. Please, help me resolve this issue!

thanks guys.

Mitch


From: Racecomp Engineering <sales@racecompengineering.com> To:< yahoo.com>
Sent: Fri, September 17, 2010 9:12:07 PM
Subject: RE: RCE front sway making alot of noise.

Thanks Mitch for following up with me. One thing I see that makes a big difference with clearance is you need to move the lower washer that is between the bolt and the bushing. It is not needed there as the bolt head holds the bushing in. This will give you the critical clearance you need between the bar and the bolt head. That’s washer is about 1/8 inch thick. It appears the bolt head has hit the bar just barely and this will make the difference.

Let me know your thoughts.

Myles

In a message dated 9/17/2010 9:37:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, @yahoo.com writes:

Thanks for the quick response! It look plausible. I'll take out that washer that next time I'm underneath the car.

What should i torque the the bolts down to when I put them back together?

Mitch


From: "RACECOMPENGINEER@aol.com" <RACECOMPENGINEER@aol.com>
Sent: Fri, September 17, 2010 9:48:46 PM
Subject: Re: RCE front sway making alot of noise.

ALOT...like as much as you can....35ish or more. We used an impact gun on LOW! Be careful as you can brake those bolts. We tighten these very much.

Myles,

Just a quick note to address my concerns from earlier. Hopefully you can use this to help others int he future.

I found out (by spending time underneath my car) that most of the clunk sound was coming from the front corner of the sways bar coming in contact with the tie rod. I know this because there are marks in the FSB and up and down the tie rod. You can probably see it in the pics i sent earlier. perhaps my ride height was affecting it. my new ride height right now is 13.75 measured from the center of the hub to the top to the wheel well on the front (14 in the rear.) that is with 17x8.5 Enkei RPF1s with some well used direzza star specs in 245/40 (17). C/Os are BC BRs with plates. Front camber is -2.3 by maxing out camber bolts.

To fix the issue i went to the hardware store and bought some thinner washers that should still do the job quite well. I also tightened down the endlinks to 40ft/lbs with antiseize. That did not change the clunk though, as the FSB corner was still contacting the tie rod when going around corners or bumps. I decided to try the harder setting on FSB just to move it away from the tie rod. the result was great! the clunk is gone and the car handles extremely well, even better than before (but they might be my -3.0 camber on the rear that i changed at the same time). Note to self for next time, only make one change at a time.

Thanks for your assistance. You have been very helpful.

Mitch

In a message dated 9/27/2010 3:38:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, @yahoo.com writes:

Hey Mitch thanks a ton man for the feedback! Interesting to know for sure. I havent had this issue before other than with a few 07's that we sold to but we dont any longer.

Glad it handles well too!

Best Regards,
Myles Williams
 
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Re: Car rebuilt by AR Fabrication updates returning soon!!!

as you can see in the pics below, the tie rods have been hit by the front edge of the sway bar. originally i thought it was the bottom endlink bolt hitting the sway bar and making all that noise. i was wrong@!



the sways are now on the opposite setting to counteract this from happening. i also put in slightly smaller washers.
 
#23 ·
Re: Sways fixed! Thx Myles @ RCE! WRB 05, ARFAB block, Dom 4 XTR;

You said that the front sway bar was impacting the tie rod on the rear, SOFT setting? Because mine is doing so on the front, HARD setting.
 
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