Moley's STI
 

After owning the car for 2 years, and having finallly got it pretty much where i want it to be, i thought i'd post a project thread.

I bought the car in 2010 after having a Classic for 6 years, having done quote a few mods to that.

Was originally going to get a blue one, but after looking at a few i ended up with another silver one. The car had a couple of mods - Afterburner backbox, 18" alloys and BC coilovers.

When i first got it....

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The wheels seemed a bit narrow for the car, so replaced them with some Rota Grids in white. Also had the paintwork tidied up, and got some original foglight covers and a front splitter.
Looking a bit better....

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The handling wasn't as good as the Classic, so fitted a 24mm rear Whiteline ARB, 22mm front ARM, and droplinks all round - which certainly helped.

A few months later i added a 3" turbo back Milltek exhaust system, Cosworth panel filter, and had an Ecutek re-map by Simon Roe (Jolly Green Monster). The car was running 339bhp, which i was happy with.... for a while...

Next addition was the AP 6 pot brakes i'd kept off the Classic, and i also painted the rear to match, including yellow Brembo stickers....

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I'd noticed a small loss in power after a track day, which was eventually traced to a blowing gasket between the turbo and up-pipe. Whilst it was being done i replaced the standard up-pipe to an APS one.
I was pretty happy with the power, so i decided to do some cosmetic changes, to add my own touch to the car.
Had the windows tinted, de-badged the rear, then concentrated on the front.

I'd alreay de-tango'd the headlights, so next step was the dark headlight mod. I also swapped the pink grille badge for a dark one, and fitted the Chargespeed brake ducts/fog covers i'd recently bought. (Thanks Tom)
Looks much better IMO....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...X/DSC01053.jpg

Inside was next. Managed to get hold of a black WR1 interior, which i'm really happy with. Much more comfy than the original seats, and look great! Got a dark grey carpet and new mats to match the seats aswell.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...X/IMG_1003.jpg


Next was a power increase.
I'd bought a RCM400 turbo, and was collecting the supporting mods.
Got a RCM induction kit, SFS intake pipe (after the Samco one i had collapsed), Power Enterprise 650cc injectors, and a 3 port boost solenoid.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...X/IMG_1539.jpg

Fitted the parts (which was a nightmare) and headed down to Surrey Rolling Road to see Charlie and Simon.
I knew the power would be slightly limited as i am still on the standard TMIC, so was quietly hoping for 375bhp.
I was very happy with the results!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...X/IMG_1618.jpg
Other than driving the car home, today was the first time i've given it a proper drive (Mrs Moley uses it as her everyday car)
To say i'm happy is an understatement! It pulls hard all the way up to the redline, and is really smooth. Yet another 10/10 for Simon!

Next mods are handling ones. I've bought a JDM STI Quickrack for it, and am going to change the ride height slightly. Hopefully that'll make it handle like the Classic did.
Other than that, i'm not too sure. Am thinking of going for a FMIC, as with that fitted it should be able to hit the magic 400bhp, but i don't want to chase figures, it drive nicely as it is.
I haven't had much of a chance to use it this year, as spare time has been spent on the house and planning my wedding.
I want to get it on track at least once this year, and Faney in the process of building a track car (also an Impreza), so will be helping with that.

Very nice mate & looking better. The blob really improves with the de-tango & dark tinted lights. :doubleup:

Nice post Gary. Looking really good now

Looking good Gary, nice results.

Thats the only model newage I realy like and and thats a nice looking one you got there. love the wheels

Great looking scoob this, looks so much nicer now than when you bought it, the silver grills were too bling bling for me!

Nice :)
For 9 hp is it worth putting a fmic on ?

very nice gary,love the fog light ducts and the seats/wheels.:10:

Love it Gary, you've done a really great job with yours mate :ok:

Nice spec and sensible mods and place to stop. The 2.0 sti lump seems to be able to run around 400bhp pretty reliably now. And the path you have taken was something I was very close to taking myself before getting the S4.

Blob STI's can be had for very little money right now, bolt on a decent turbo, bigger injectors and either ECUTEK or opensource, decat and hey presto a reliable 400bhp.

Love the look Gary, Im particularly liking the Chargespeed brake ducts and de-tango'd tinted lights ;)

What kind of ride hight are you going for? do you want me to have a quick measure up on mine? remember you saying how you liked the way it sits.

Dave.

Yeah please, if that's ok. The previous owner had the coilovers set up, and i'd like to tweek them a bit.

CJ - i'm considering the FMIC for safety really, a few more bhp would just be a bouns

Happy to help you fit as I think I owe you

Very nice mate, looks even better in the flesh :-)

Great example:worthy:

Very nice Gary, nice power too :ok:

That puts you at the 400 mark. Best think about forge me thinks. :grin:

Very nice indeed! Ducts really set the front off! :ok:

The Newage 2.0 STI lump seems happy at 450bhp, lots running that power now, so there is still room for more - safely (i hope)

Better pic of the front....

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Hi Gary,

sorry for delay,

Measured from the centre of the centre cap to the wheel arch in millimetres...

........NS OS
Front 330 332
Rear. 335 335 (*rears have the widetrack arch extensions so could add 2/3mm on if you don't have these to get same angles as they extend below the metal arch behind by a couple of mm)

That's measured without anyone in, the heights/geometry etc where done with 50kg in the driver seat so that should be not far off spot on when your sat in it..
The Tein type flex spring rates in mine I believe are 7kg front and 6kg rear..

The Cambers are -1.48 degrees front and -1.35 rear. Caster = 4.4 :ugeek:

Believe this is a fast road set-up.

quite some rake angle from just 5mm difference in height!

Dave.

ps. Can park them next to each other at modified live and see how similar the angles are after your done?? ;)

Excellent, cheers for that.

I know what i'm doing after work tomorrow now, lol

No worries post some pics up when you have adjusted :D

It's a lovely car moley:doubleup:

Very nice Gary, nice mods too.

Lovely looking blob gary

Cheers for the kind comments guys.

Ginola - good talking you you today. Just had a proper measure, mine is 345 on all 4 wheels. Going to drop the front 5mm, then it'll be the same stance as yours, but 10mm higher all round.

Although may consider 340 rear and 335 front

Love it Gary, great mods , really spot on

:10: very nice mate!!!

Always thought this Scooby looked nice.

All the best Gary :ok:

Lovely car mate, nice power too :-)

A question if I may. Where did you get your brake ducts from, direct from chargespeed or another company? I sent money via paypal last night to vivid racing only for them to suddenly announce they no longer had any in stock. Trying Carbonfiberhoods now, hopefully with more luck! Cheers.

I bought them second hand. I think ABW can get hold of Chargespeed stuff

Thanks for replying. Is ABW a company or a member on here?lol

http://www.a-b-w.co.uk/ :)

Nice one, Cheers Steve :-)

Lowered the front 5mm yesterday. Sits a bit better now.

Sorry for for poor pics....

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Did find one problem though when i took the front wheels off....

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Looks good Gary :ok:

Also looks like that wheels taken quite a thump :(

Have ordered a replacement, should be here middle of the week.

Probably did it on a pothole, had exactly the same on Rachel's Fiesta.

Kin ell looks like you caught that just in time :shock:

thats a "crack in wheel" and as said before a "cracking car" ........ loving the look, Mrs Pieman also loving the look:ok:

It looks great Gary, look forward to seeing it in the flesh on Sunday.

Dave

Looks great Gary,shame about the about the cracking wheel,hope you get this sorted


Jura

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...X/IMG_1539.jpg
the car is looking really good and a great result after the re map, please can you send me a link of the exact sfs pipe you have as i have the same induction kit as you to go on mine :doubleup: