Hey Guys,

I thought it's about time I put up a post and details of my car.

I own a MY99 WRX, and it's my first Subaru. For as long as I can remember I've always dreamt of owning a WRX and have always loved the classic shape, so I finally ended up buying one and it is one amazing car to drive. I found one in the Eastern States and bought it about a year ago. It already had an extensive list of mods done to it and was running about 269HP, it was a very quick car and lots of fun to drive.

But decided to slowly change a few things. I had the car for about 4 months before it got slapped with a canary. Problem being to get it registered over here it needed an engineers report.

Which after 8 long months, the car still off the road and with the sticker, I finally got the engineers report and modifications permits for the car.

Worst part to all of it was getting it past the Emissions Test, after about 7 or 8 tests, a new turbo, new EURO 3 cat, some tuning it finally passed and is now registered

What I've changed so far is:

Removed the Power FC With hand controller which I replaced with the ViPEC and had the LC-1 installed, also removed the AFM and had a custom intake made with plumb back for the BOV.

Had a Hybrid T3/4 turbo which shat it self (knew it wouldn't last) and was replaced with the Garrett GT35R and Tial External Wastegate.

Had a 3.5" Custom stainless steel exhaust along with custom dump pipe to replace the one that was on there as it had holes all down the pipe from the car being to low.

Than not long after I had that done the turbo shat it self and was replaced and so off came half the new exhaust up to the cat and had to be remade to fit the new turbo doh!

The Car is going in next week to have a re-tune done. Looking forward to seeing the results with the new turbo.

So far this is the mods the car has currently, I'll be uploading pictures shortly, let me know what you's all think

Engine:
ViPEC ECU, With Launch Control, Anti-Lag & Rotational Idle
Innovate LC-1 Wideband Controller With Bosch o2 Sensor
Heads Over Hauled With New Valves etc., Machined Block and Heads
Forged Pistons (Friction Coated On Sides and Ceramic Coated On Top)
Eagle Forged Con Rods
ARP Con Rod Bolts, ARP Case Bolts, ARP Head Studs With Subaru Gaskets
Full Rotational Assembly Balanced (Balanced With Clutch and Drive Pulleys)
Top Feed Fuel Rails
800cc Top Feed Injectors
Walbro Fuel Pump
Turbo Smart T-Reg Pro Fuel Pressure Regulator (With Pressure Gauge)
Jap Racing Headers (Thermal Wrapped)
Full 3.5" Custom Stainless Steel Exhaust, Custom Dump Pipe (Thermal Wrapped) and Hi Flow Cat & Muffler
Top Mount Garrett GT35R Turbo with .82 rear housing
Tial 42mm External Waste Gate (Plumbed Back)
GFB Under Drive Pulley System
Hyrbrid Large Front Mount Intercooler
GFB Blow Off Valve
Hi Temp Radiator Hoses
Oil Catch Can
Custom Intake With Pod and Plumb Back For BOV

Drive Line:
Excedy Heavy Duty Clutch
Light Weight Fly Wheel

Suspension and Handling:
Tein Coil Over Suspension, With Front and Rear Top Mount Camber Plates and Lower Camber Bolts
Anti-Lift Kit
Cusco Front Strut Brace
Cusco Rear Strut Brace
Cusco Rear Diff Brace
Cusco Front Control Arm Brace
Whiteline Adjustable Rear Sway Bar
Whiteline Upgraded Front Sway Bar

Brakes:
Upgraded Front Brakes to STI 4 Pot Calipers With Slotted Rotors and Race Pads
Braided Brake Lines

Interior:
Apexi Boost Gauge
HKS Oil Pressure, Oil Temp & EGT Gauge
GReddy PRofec B-spec II Boost Controller
Greddy Turbo Timer
Cusco Shift Light

Here are the some pictures

When I First Got The Car




Engine Bay In Need Of A Clean + Old Set Up


After A Wash and Polish




New Garrett Turbo

Nice mod list there mate! Looks like she's a bit of a weapon! Sporting most of the Cusco catalogue too! Nice work!

Very nice list!

Car sounds like a weapon!

Any future plans? is it your daily driver?

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2005 WRX STI

Cheers guys, yeah it is a bit of a weapon, and it's not even properly tuned yet .

The handling is awesome to say the least.

Future mods possibly later down the track is a rebuild to EJ207. Apart from that nothing to major just yet, apart from getting it lowered back down as i had it raised right up to get it on a truck to have it shipped back to Perth (lucky for coilovers), so it looks a bit funny at the moment sitting so high.

Probably won't be my daily for a while as i want to keep the kms down on it for as long as possible as it's only got about 87xxx on it.

What figures are you hoping for with a good tune?

With half of the Cusco catalogue as Kym said, the handling should be good haha.

GL with future mods mate

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2005 WRX STI

I'd be happy to make 330 or more which from what I've been told should be easy enough.

Cheers mate

Delicious!

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Pictures are now up :-)

Beast! Very nice indeed!

Welcome mate.
Car and mod list looks good.

I'm confused a little here:
I wasn't aware that there were any differences between MY99 wrx and STI 4 pots.

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