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....
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....
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....
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....
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.
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.
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!
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.