Hi everyone,

My name is Joe, I'm 24 years old and I've been a part of Perth WRX for around 5 years now.

This forum started a few years ago, and before that it was a very small group of people (probably around 20), that used to talk on Yahoo groups and mIRC, and meet up fairly regularly for cruises and social events.

Many of the original people have moved on to bigger and better things (and vehicles), and a few of these people are now some of my dearest and closest friends.

They know me very well, but the majority of people on here don't know me well, and only know me from what they have read in my posts.

The aim of this "reintroduction" is for those newer people to know who I am, what I drive, and why I'm here.

I drive an MY02 WRX, which I bought new in 2002. When you own a car for 5 years, it gets fairly modified.

Back in 2002, there were hardly any mods around compared to now. Exhausts cost 2000 bucks, intercoolers were 3000 bucks and ECUs were few and far between. Your choice was Link, Autronic or MoTeC, and anything else was obscure and unknown. Workshops were very limited also, with RMS, MMS and RT being the big 3.

Now, things have changed. Mods are cheap thanks to China, workshops are many, and new parts have been released. Because of this, my car has seen quite a few incarnations and many different components. I've owned 2 different ECUs, and have been around friends with all sorts.

Our regular saturday morning installs at Jme's shed in Wangara, means that even though I owned a car with certain mods, I've experienced, driven and been around WRXs with all sorts of mods. I know what works, and what doesnt, because of the cars that I've been exposed to.

Now, for my car:

2002 Subaru Impreza WRX



Engine:
K&N pod filter
AVO Silicon intake pipe
FP TD06-20G turbo
TurboXS FMIC
HKS SSQV BOV
Gutted and ported TGVs
STi heads and valvetrain - Ported and polished, knife edged splitters
Wade billet camshafts 278 duration 9.6mm lift (similar to JUN 264s)
V7 STi RA Spec C EJ207 short motor
ARP head stud kit, STi metal head gaskets
X-Force equal length wrapped headers
3" turbo back exhaust custom built by Race Torque Engineering
Bosch Motorsport in-tank fuel pump
Sard 650cc injectors
Motec M800 plug and play ECU, with antilag
MAC 3 port boost solenoid

Brakes:
Fairly stock, with Bendix Ultimate front and rear pads

Suspension:
HSD Type-HR Coilovers
HSD camber plates
Whiteline front 22mm sway bar
Whiteline rear 24mm sway bar
Whiteline rear sway bar links
Whiteline front spherical sway bar links
Whiteline Anti-lift kit
Whiteline front under brace
Whiteline rear diff support bushes
Whiteline steering rack bushes
ConceptWerks fender braces

Exterior Mods:
Subaru Factory Option body kit including:
front lip
rear lip
side skirts
STi grille badge
STi bonnet scoop
Clear indicators
Version 7 STi Mesh foglight covers
Work VS-XX 18x7.5 rims
Falken FK-04 GRB 225/40/R18 tyres

Drivetrain:
S T O C K. Not only that, but original 2002 spec gear also (including the clutch!)

Interior:
MOMO Competizione chrome gearknob
Pivot Gekko boost gauge
2x MoTeC DLA
MB Quart front splits with the rest of the factory stereo.

Performance:
Has previously run a 12.74 @ 174km/h with a VF22 and Link ECU, and stock EJ205 motor. Thats when it had 290ps at the hubs, on 20 psi.

Has now made 340ps on same boost, with more to come when I get around to fitting a clutch and winding 24+ psi into it. I'm aiming for as close to 400ps as I can get, and an 11 second pass.

Intended Role:
11 second street car, with factory like reliability and decent drivability i.e. I dont want a pig, I want to be able to jump in and drive it whenever I like.

Awards:
Runner up Slalom, Motorvation 2004
Winner Go-Whoa, Drag Combat 2004
Featured in Hot 4s mini feature 2004
Featured in Perth Street Car full feature 2006

Thats my car, and if you find me giving an opinion about any particular part, or with certain advice on anything to do with any sort of WRX modifications, its because I've either had the part myself on my car, a friend of mine has had the part on their car, or I've read it somewhere and its been backed up with suitable evidence. 5 years of this sort of learning has meant that I've seen, heard, read and learned a fair bit, and although I dont give too much away, I do when its required of me and I'm more than willing to help whoever requires it.

Feel free to ask me specific questions if you think I can answer them, and if you need any sorts of parts, especially fuel pumps, ask me because I sell them through my business.

Thanks