My WRX

[scooby doo]

Heres my Wrx that i bought 3/4weeks in standard trim
with a nocking bottom end,

Got it for a very good price.
once home i started playing on it lol, so hear it is as it stands today.

THESE ARE THE ONLY PICS I HSVE ST THE MO.
i got another close deck,
hks filter and filter pipe,
decat,
blitz nur spec,
dawes device (to fit)
apexi power fc,
walbro (to collect + fit)
turbo timer,
quickshift,

hks coilovers with pillow mount topmonts,
top front sti brace,
top rear sti brace,
bottom cusco h beam brace,
Roto grids,
Toyo R888s
clear indicatos
private plate,


next collect and fit sti interior,
collect and fit new clutch +lightend flywheel,
fit new rocker cover gaskets
get irdium plugs
change all filters+oils
buy rear spacers,
buy bottom rear brace,
mapp it to 1.3bar with 440s fitted
look into changing the brakes,
ditch the air con and black canister,

[midlife2]

Looking nice

[Mortster]

Looks good matey.

Looks a very clean one mate.
If you can, ditch the dawes device and go for an AVCR for your boost controll,it will compliment your Power FC, The dawes is a very crude manual boost controll, i know as i ran with one for a couple of years in the early days of tune.
Also do a bit of research and go for the best Gear and diff oil you can get.
Oh and love the wheels with the R888's

[RobEvo5]

Looking good mate, finally got yourself and proper car then

[scooby doo]

Originally Posted by RobEvo5

Looking good mate, finally got yourself and proper car then

Yeah lol,

i will Try and get the best oils as i want to keep it in good form,
dawes device will be a tempery solution till i go to electronic type but not the avcr, never liked it in my Gtir

Thanks for the comments

[RobEvo5]

For the price of a Scott.t chip if if still has any or even dare I say it a dodgy ebay chip for the subaru. It might be a better bet than a dawes device. I think the cheaper chips which are a plug and play item for the early scoobs can be had for around £50-£100 these days.

I think the cheaper chips do nothing much more than a dawes and just raise the boost, but at least with a chip the boost will be consistent and the ECU will retard timing if its needs to to match. Dawes devices can spike and springs can get weak which can give inconsistent boost levels.

Don't get me wrong I'm not one of the...... 'its got to be remapped brigade, Dawes devices are dangerous and will blow ya engine ya da ya da'. But the price of chips are so cheap its got to be worth considering over a dawes.

I've used dawes devices on other cars with great success in the past but at the time it was the only cheap option available. For the early scoobs plug and play chips are cheap and even the live mappable ESL daughterboard are good value compared to Apexi and the like.


p.s loving those wheels and tyres if you ever decide to sell for a more road friendly set. Drop us a line and give us first dibs, they would make for a nice track set of tyres and wheels.

[Chunk]

Very nice mate

Looking good

[scooby doo]

Can i use the power fc to raise the boost?
surly thats got to be better than those esl chips??
Then that way it will also be mapped to that setting
I love the rims to lol
but bit wide as runing 215/40/17

Over to scott or Simon on this one.
I do know that the AVCR is one of the best stand alone electronic boost controllers on the market.
When mapping using a dawes device you got to fanny about with spanners to wind in or out. Very crude, but as i say it was fine on my scoob which had a power engineering chip fitted.

[AndyWRX]

looks nice mate very clean

Lovely looking bit of kit matey.

I have to agree with Martyn, those alloys with 888's look really good.

Great to meet you today, a true petrol head like me, and certainly know your stuff. Look forward to seeing you and the scoob at a meet.

[666subaru]

Nice looking car mate.

[Scott.T]

apexi can raise the boost but only as far as about 1.1bar due to it using the standard subaru map sensor. To go higher you need to buy either the apexi boost control kit or turn boost control off on the ecu and bypass it with something like an avcr. A dawes can be used to do this but a bit crude. Map to 1.45 mid range dropping to approx 1.25 depending on injector flow. A dawes will not allow yout to tail off the boost.

[scooby doo]

Thanks Martyn, nice to meet you aswell and you have a awsome looking scoob,

new plan going to run a sti7 top mount as i do plan to use this car for bit of track and maybe some hill climbs so wount to keep lag to a minmal.
and also the stanard look to.

I will be using the dawes device till i source a profic b or hks evc 5-6
due to not likeing the avcr very much (bad expreince in the past)


Thanks for the comments

I'll have an STi8 Top Mount for sale in a couple of days time if you are interested?

I'll be giving it a clean up over the weekend and will post some pics up.

[scooby doo]

Bit more of an update, removed my knocking engine last nite,
started timing up the new close deck thats going in,
Also have a new japspeed up pipe,
new performance clutch kit

just need to port my standard headers and wrap them,
refit the new engine and get some new oil and filters for it,
Sorry for the crappy pics was late last nite and using my phone.

[Chunk]

Nice one mate

Coming on nicely

[scooby doo]

Also forgot ive got a full scooby clinic 3in system with bellmoth decat coming very soon

Nice one mate, Keep it up

[AndyWRX]

Comming along micely mayte get some more pics up

[lady-turbo-wrx]

Saw it the other Day,nice looking car.... i love the wheels

[Brad Wrx]

Yes Benji, you are the best, we should all worship you lol, , looks like a nice work space you have there,

Good on you dude

[scooby doo]

Engine would be done if you wasnt off on your summer holidays lol.
Now get back in there and finish it of for me lol

[Brad Wrx]

ha ha slave driver you are worse then my missus

Originally Posted by Brad Wrx

ha ha slave driver you are worse then my missus

Never let your missus know that though, she will just "Up Her Game"

[Brad Wrx]

Originally Posted by worzel

Never let your missus know that though, she will just "Up Her Game"

to true

[scooby doo]

Bit more of an update,

new Graham goode camblet on with new crank seal,
4 pot calipers and discs collected during the week,
ive fitted v2 sti interior (not a fan of the red/black)
new rocker cover gaskets fitted
5mm spacers fitted to the rear,
full scooby clinic 3in system inc bellmouth
japspeed up pipe
heat wrapping the lot.
collected another Turbo,

Awaitng on a new uprated clutch to arrive then its ready for the new close deck to be fitted.

next finish porting the oem manifold and Wrap them,
fresh oils and filters
Buy 440s
mapp the pfc

And DRIVE THE THING!!!!!!!!
Big thanks to brad tho hes being a huge huge help with this and for putting up with me really lol

[Brad Wrx]

no worries benjamin, its not over yet tho

[scooby doo]

Bit more of a update with mine,
Its all up and runing all new filters and oils,
really pleased with it at the moment,
Next is to fit a my02 tmic and spray kit that ive got, and have my rear bumper painted due to small scrape
anyway heres some piccys.

Nice one mate, getting there now.
Are you coming to Japbash tomorrow?

[scooby doo]

Cheers mate,
unfortunaly iam not, just fitted a new 4point brace to it aswell and rear sti brace so hope that helps stiffen it up,
i must crack on and get this v7 tmic on

[Chunk]

She is looking very clean

Write up & pics of the intercooler installation please