Hey what a evening for all involved. I was amazed how this machine went so close to stock form with just a set of coil over fitted.

Had an absolute ball. The car went extremely well considering. No other power mods other than a 2 1/2" cat back exhaust. Handled great with the suspension & our times improved by about a second per run from 4 runs in total. Awesome, awesome fun [IMG]http://www.perth-wrx.com/vb/images/smilies/smile.gif[/IMG]

Video below, apologies for the sound, but can't be stuffed doing anything with it. The lighting is also not the best, but thats the GoPro for ya at night.

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Thats amazing...and i can understand why you didnt want to do that in your STI....some places were tight as...

Simon - looks like you had a blast. Great effort to get there with mods.

In the end, PMd Wayne and he had none for your model available.

Good fun eh!

Car looked the part out there. We had a bit of a chuckle when we was you go through that second chicane ( looks to be the same run in the vid? ) where it looks like you were going to go through it the wrong way. Either that or you are doing a scando flick!

The chicanes took a hammering last nigh, I think they were only complete for the first few runs until a cone or two got smashed.

These people were not as skilled as Alex who threaded the needle between the cones instead of going around them :)

Doesn't Mao do a braided brake package?

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These people were not as skilled as Alex who threaded the needle between the cones instead of going around them :)[/QUOTE]


Many lols when that happened. Pity noone could see his handbrake action :-)

[QUOTE=GTB Liberty;644946]Simon - looks like you had a blast. Great effort to get there with mods.

In the end, PMd Wayne and he had none for your model available.[/QUOTE]

It was ridiculous amounts fun Andrew. We are going to enter the car twice next time so Darren can get a drive too. Bring on Feb 16th

[QUOTE=XT43;644949]Good fun eh!

Car looked the part out there. We had a bit of a chuckle when we was you go through that second chicane ( looks to be the same run in the vid? ) where it looks like you were going to go through it the wrong way. Either that or you are doing a scando flick!

The chicanes took a hammering last nigh, I think they were only complete for the first few runs until a cone or two got smashed.
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Its the first time I have ever done anything like this, as obviously is does not compare to a RAC day. The car was great taking all things into consideration.

I don't know what happened on that last chicane, I did quite well on those the previous 3 runs, but I remember saying to Darren after the last run they have moved them (as in from people knocking them over and putting them back up differently). Not sure if someone had hit them & they had moved them, but if that excuse does not work, I'm happy to run with the Scandinavian flick option :)

All in all an excellent injury & problem free night with so much fun had.

So after all the fun I had last round, I know I said I was not going to, but I have decided to do a few more mods to try and get some quicker times.

So what's next?

Greddy prfoec B electronic boost controller

440 cc yellow injectors - Hopefully the ones I have fit the rails, as I have
heard there are 2 types of side feeds, one type for the earlier models & one for the V3/4 onwards?

Walbro 255 fuel pump install.

Power FC ECU with the hand controller.

Full turbo back 3” exhaust.

Catless up pipe.

Hopefully get a better TMIC thats easy to fit, or try to fit a later model one which Geoff donated, it does not look like a easy job though.

Full dyno tune with the FC.

Project MU B Spec front pads.

Remove sound deadening & any other weight we can i.e speakers, rear washer bottle

Need to have a look at the rear brakes – I keep forgetting to, but they are making scraping sounds when driving slowly. Might just need a new set of pads hopefully, maybe a disc skim.

Lift the front suspension up 15 to 20 mm as we had rubbing noises in the front guard last round when cornering sharply.

Check out the front suspension arm bushes on the front & rear.

Carbon wrap the bonnet with that 3M carbon fibre look film - cheap & tacky I know, but the entire bonnet paint is flaking off & its a quick & easy way to cover it up.

Braided brake lines front and rear

Brake stopper

Give the car a good clean inside & out, try to polish out some of that weathered clear coat white spots & get it looking a bit tidier.


I’m Gonna take it down to Midvale on the 11th to get a bit more seat time in it too before the Rally Sprint on the 16th. I would like to also get some decent photos of the car in action too, hopefully at either Midvalve or the Rally Sprint, or better still, both.

I will take pics of all the above stuff when I am doing it & post it up.

Gonna be another busy break for the both of us it seems, but totally worth it imho :D