my buddies sti build

wow! unreal! check out his build page. He still has to pot the final pictures of his car but all i can say is wow....and 500whp

http://www.iwsti.com/forums/gd-members-journals/177016-gixx6s-wrb-borgwarner-build-thread.html

ps. Ill me taking some pics of this jordan and posting it up when i get a chance to see it next time I'm in Calgary.

ughhh why cant you be as cool as your friends adam.

corey wrote:

ughhh why cant you be as cool as your friends adam.

haha because i dont work for an oil company....well, I dont work for encana! lol he has spent almost $25,000 on top of the car cost! it sounds unreal! doesnt even sound like a subaru, but its a 4" pipe for the headers, DP, and full exhaust (no cats/muffler)

wow thats quite the investment

i thought this guy was moving to regina

liability? lol

he tried to take it to subaru because he had a cracked cv boot and wanted warranty on it lol haha and they watched him pull in and told him they wouldn't touch his car hahaha. got another photo of his turbo set up, really cool setup!

that is a different guy, he has a 06 white STi

Why not sell it and get something better, rather then spend allllll that money.

because its a STi not a crx.

you could have a mildly modded nsx for that.

240sxy wrote:

you could have a mildly modded nsx for that.

lol...not sure it thats a comp or a burn lol

either way its one of a kind STi, i havent seen anything like it, and next year he's turning it into a full time attack car.

so hes not moving here ?

dont think so

Have respect for people who do what they love not just because they can afford it but are passionated about it. There is always going to be something better... but if it doesn't tickle your fancy then who cares.

siiiiiik. i judge no ones car tallying costs, i spend more money on food and alcohol than anything else in life... ;(

I'm curious if that header set-up would act to reduce lag any?
I really like the fab work. Did anyone read through the entire thing to find out why he placed the turbo there?
I don't feel like going through all the big words

Iluvsno wrote:

I'm curious if that header set-up would act to reduce lag any?
I really like the fab work. Did anyone read through the entire thing to find out why he placed the turbo there?
I don't feel like going through all the big words

well yeah, its twin scroll. also imagine the length of the intercooler pipes now.

i didnt read anything, but my logical reasoning sense is tingling.

Yes, but it is my thinking that subarus(even with TMICs) have lots of turbo lag because of the length of the headers as opposed to a regular car with a turbo bolted on the manifold. Adding a FMIC only increses the lag, I never thought to add the intrercooler pipes as standard TMIC equiped cars have very short intercooler pipes.
I read through all the pages and it doesn't mension any particular reasoning as to why he placed. I don't care if its twin scroll, I don't think that really affects where the turbo can be placed. I didn't ask if the design of the turbo/manifold increased spool time. I asked about turbo location. location location location. I had just never seed a turbo placed there on a WRX and was curious.

i can think of many reasons off the top of my head

ease of access
better air flow to the turbo
you should care that its twin scroll, because you asked if the manifold would reduce lag.
the intercooler pipes are DEFINATLY going to be shorter, that now the turbo is in the front and the car has a FMIC. i realise that a stock location turbo with a fmic would be different..but that doesnt apply right now.

Marshal wrote:

Yes, but it is my thinking that subarus(even with TMICs) have lots of turbo lag because of the length of the headers as opposed to a regular car with a turbo bolted on the manifold. Adding a FMIC only increses the lag, I never thought to add the intrercooler pipes as standard TMIC equiped cars have very short intercooler pipes.
I read through all the pages and it doesn't mension any particular reasoning as to why he placed. I don't care if its twin scroll, I don't think that really affects where the turbo can be placed. I had just never seed a turbo placed there on a WRX and was curious.

I'll ask him and post his answer

here is your reply

I placed the turbo in the front basically because there was more than enough room, I wanted as short of a header as possible for quicker spooling, plus I absolutely hate Subaru's 2 piece header design that is easy to get cracks and exhaust leaks on. With the header I am running I shortened the runner length by over 12" inches which will help spool this big turbo about 200-300 rpm sooner. Also placing the turbo in the front like this I have really short charge pipes totaling roughly 3 feet while the APS front mounts have around 9-10 feet of piping - again making throttle response and lag about 300 rpm better. So in total this turbo would hit full spool by around 4200 rpm but now I am hoping to get it down to 3500 which will make huge power really early on and continue to redline.

^
thank you!

/flex.

240sxy wrote:

/flex.

lol easy adrian, hahaha