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10-6-2013
Brandon's 2012 ISM STI Build GR Sedan
Compliments of evans609 @ www.clubwrx.net
10-6-2013
Hey everyone,
I figured I'd start a thread seeing I have a few things done and plan on doing a lot of things to my car. So here goes...
Previous cars:
1999 Buick Century
2001 Chevy Cavalier
2004 Olds Alero
2004 Nissan Sentra (first std)
2006 Mazda 6 GT
2011 Hyundai Genesis 2.0T
Winter Beater/Daily cars while owning my STI
2003 Volvo S40
2004 Chrysler Sebring
2010 Mitsubishi Ralliart (current daily car)
My current mod list
Engine/Power:
CP 99.5mm/ 8.2 comp forged pistons
Tomei equal length header
Tomei Uppipe
Invidia divorced wastegate/catless
Nameless Performance muffler delete
Perrin BPV
Perrin pulley and rad cover
Cusco Catch Can
Tomei Turbo Inlet Pipe
Interior/Exterior:
HT Autos front lip, side skirts, rear lip and exhaust garnishes
OEM JDM rain guards
SMY gauge cluster
15% tint in back
Password JDM fasteners
STI Carbon-Fibre valve caps
Hella Supertone Horns
Rally Armour Mudflaps (Black and silver)
Drivetrain/Transmission:
Kartboy Short Shifter
Kartboy front and rear shifter bushings
Suspension:
BC Racing BR type coilovers (on order)
Brakes/wheels:
Nothing yet
Here is how it sits now..
On order:
Muteki SR48 Lug Nuts (Red)
Anarchy Motive shift knob (copper)
BC Racing BR Coilovers
Aquamist HFS-3 Methanol Injection Kit
Invidia Q300 Exhaust (Stainless Tips)
Proto Tuning Holder
GTspec Front Strut Tower Bar
Agency Power UEL Header and uppipe (powder coated)
Waiting to install:
Tomei Fuel Pressure Gauge
Tomei Fuel Regulator
Subaru OEM inner fender well
Grimmspeed EBCS
Grimmspeed Y-Pipe kit
Cobb SF intake and box (blue piping)
DW 65c Fuel Pump
Soon to come: (Next Summer)
My mind is always changing so who knows
First thing I ordered when I hit 7000km was Nameless performance muffler deletes and a K&N short ram. The intake in my opinion is not great. It sucks in too much air. The mufflers are pretty good. Nice sound but lots of drone. Not my pics but they are pretty much the same \/
Once that came I had a custom tune done by Perrin (Stage 1) with my new Cobb V2 access port and a Perrin recir by pass valve.
I was running those few things for a little while and then I decided I wanted more power. So I was talking to my tuner and he recommended that I get a Catless Invidia Downpipe. Once I got that I took off this piece of garbage \/
And put on this beauty \/
I got that tuned up and got 267whp and 290wtq on 91 Octane
The following day I picked my little brother up and we went out for something to eat. While I was parked I noticed my car let out a weird shake.. So I quickly turned the car off. Fearing it was the common issue with sti (blown ring land) I called my tuner. He told
Me to do a couple tests and see what the Cobb AP was saying. It was reading a misfire on cylinder 4. He told me to bring it in the next day. When I brought it in he begun to do a compression test. She was reading 52psi on cylinder 4 when I do believe it supposed to be around 120psi. He told me my ring land was gone. Seeing at this point it was almost time for snow I put the car away for winter. (We still use salt in Newfoundland so I will not drive my sti in that garbage)
When I took it out the following April I brought it to my tuner. The car at this point only had a little over 13,000km on the engine. We started to scrap it...
Tied up and pulling the engine \/
Engine out! \/
She's pretty empty in there at this point
Engine with the cam gears and intake manifold off \/
All the parts off \/
This is what it looks like with all that off
This is the cracked ring land \/
And these are the new baby's that went in \/
These are the new CP forged pistons put back in the block \/
Going back in the engine bay!\/
And she's back in
My tuner took the engine out on a Thursday, taking his time (2 hrs) and Friday he started at 3pm and at 3am the next day or morning however you want to look at it I was on my way home. It was a pretty nervous drive home.
Next I ordered a HT autos front lip, side skirts, rear lip and exhaust garnishes. And took my car to my buddy's garage.
Getting ready to install \/
After install
Next I ordered: OEM rain guards
Blox shifter knob
Kartboy short shifter and bushings
Proto Cobb AP holder
When they arrived
During install
Next was the mudflaps.
Taking the tires off for easy access
The beautiful sti brakes lol
After install.. Pic isn't that great
Next I ordered a SMY gauge cluster with prosport boost/vac and AEM AFR
When I got my gauges
Installed
Next I got OBX header (which is garbage) changed to a Tomei EL header.
And not long after that I ordered Perrin rad and pulley covers
Before
After
the front lip looks wavy cause i have water on the lens
Then i waxed and De-badged the back except for the STI logo
Getting ready to de-badge
De-badging complete
Then i got my tint done. 15% in the back
Before:
During:
After:
I then order these things. Cusco Catch can and Hella horns
And this
Then I ordered a Tomei Equal length header. Found out that i had about a half an inch exhaust leak where the up-pipe connects to the header and also had a leak at the middle of the header
And then this happened cause i didnt have enough clips put in the front fender connecting to the front lip
Still needs to put this on. I put more clips in and bolted it in a couple places
Got bored one day at work and made a little video. Still needs to make a new video with the new header on but here is my old setup.
Then I ordered a grimmspeed y-pipe intercooler piping kit (Blue) and Tomei turbo inlet pipe. Still waiting for my Tomei type-s fuel regulator to come in..
And also got my new side skirts for Alain at Fraal.ca (check them out! Amazing service and can get you just about everything)
Then this showed up 4 days early lol
Getting ready to install
Also got my Perrin Cozy put on
And this was the garbage OBX header that came off. Looks like crap
And this was the final product hard to get a decent pic while under the car
I'm very happy with the final product sounds cleaner in my opinion
Then I ordered these little things lol
I installed my Cusco catch can and my Password JDM quick release fasteners.
The catch can was a simple install. Bolt bracket, bolt can to bracket and run the blowback line.
The blowback line was a bit too long so I cut off the extra and put it on the overflow nipple.
Here is the results
The JDM fasteners was pretty easy too. Jack the car up took the 2 front tires off, drilled holes and bolted them on.
Here are the results for this
Marking the holes
Drilling the holes
Bolting them on
Installed
Then I got my mounting bracket and wiring harness
Also my girlfriend bought a new car after she flipped her car. Nothing to fancy but she likes it lol and i like it so its all good.
this is her car that she flipped
and this is the one we got
Some photos when i was debadging
Then I installed my Hella horns. That bracket and harness made everything so much easier
These are the horns on the bracket
And the Hella horn next to a stock horn
Horns installed
Also installed my side skirts that day
jacked up!
Old ones next to New ones
The line of bolts lol
Installed
And last weekend i put on my Tomei inlet pipe
Stock still in
Stock next to Tomei
Installed
And this is where im sitting as of now. Still waiting for my Grimmspeed Y-pipe kit and needs to go in and get my Tomei Fuel regulator and my DW65c Fuel Pump
Here is my baby to date