Thats right. He has alcantara, a bit more luxurious look, than my boy racer one;)

using the Perth-WRX mobile app

This is what you want [url=http://www.prospeedracing.com.au/products/Blouch-RBK-Dominator-1.5XTR-suit-01%252d07-WRX%7B47%7DSTI-and-08%252d11-STI-Twin-Scroll.html]Blouch RBK Dominator 1.5XTR suit 01-07 WRX/STI and 08-11 STI Twin Scroll - Pro Speed Racing[/url]

[QUOTE=s20525xxx;805590]If u wanna keep u car for a long time, then resale value probably become a less concern in long term. Dont get me wrong, Sti is a better car. Im like u, tony, I had a wrx b4. But he will take maybe 3k loss and add another 10K for a sti. thats lot of money to swallow in short period.

If u can, get Showgun's my12 STI. I can guarantee, u wont regret. $50000, Td06-20G, 365whp, 500wtq. only done 25000km. Perfect compression test result.[/QUOTE]

Lollllllz

5k extra gets you Tino's car....

good to see you upping the power on it, should be a good unit once the new turbo is bolted up :)

[QUOTE=Tony;805587]You went an rs40 because it was cheaper than an sti of the same year. The same reason anyone else buys a wrx over an sti. Then you own it for awhile and your like "wtf did i do, i have no business driving this around when i could own an sti instead".[/QUOTE]

Not true, after I bought the bugeye I wish I went equivalent STi, but not with the RS 40 vs same year STi. Same with the current (new) models, I have a hunch that the FA engines will be better long term the the old EJ 2.5's.

I was having all these same thoughts.. oh I want a bigger turbo, oh I want a six speed eventually, oh what about the brakes.. Nek Minit pulled into Subaru Melville and Traded in my 08 (literally signed the paperwork on the spot). Best decision of my life.... well actually I probably would've gone with something second hand instead of getting arse raped on a 70k car, but that's another story.

If you only want that 300hp mark, then a VF52 and standard bolt on mods (PM me if you want a complete list of what I used) will do it at 18psi with good response and cheaper than using an upgraded turbo. E85 will get you to ~350hp. I'd rather spend the savings on a decent clutch, mine struggled at 300awhp. I've not heard of too many 5 speeds in the gen 3's going bang, I reckon they are a pretty capable unit these days.

If you want to go beyond that 350ish mark, then you are starting to get into built engine / bigger turbo / 6 speed territory.

huggy - did you ever post a dyno chart of that 300 mark because I don't ever remember seeing one. Why not post your shopping/mods list in the thread for benefit of future users?

I would be very, very surprised if you get an 08 ej255 to hit 300 with a VF52. No-one can categorically outline any differences but I'm certain the 08 blocks are spuds. A couple of people over east over the years have run VF52's in their 08's and not gotten close to 300 and as we all know there are a lot of disney dynos over there. Just can't see it happening personally.

Was probably Throttle Happys claims that got huggy.

I made 303hp/447nm with VF37 @ 1.6bars, ej207 engine tho and united P100