xluben's FogTurbo Bugeye

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I couple more interior pieces have arrived.

A couple rig shots from last night.

EDIT: Of my friend's car. Not mine..

12-16-2015

I've been working on getting this seat mounted. The Kirkey brackets are universal and require drilling of the seat and the bracket/mounts in the car.

Here's a shot of the seat mounted to the Kirkey brackets. This photo is with the height as high as possible while keeping the stock layback angle.

Under this will be a fixed seat base for the GD chassis. Unfortunately with just these brackets it sits several inches lower than stock so I'm still working on some mounts to raise it back up.

12-18-2015

Kirkey seats are finally in! It took a lot of measuring, cutting, and drilling to get them how I wanted. Using stock seat belts for now. Steering wheel is borrowed from a friend until I get mine.

12-22-2015

This is at the current power level. None of the things I'm doing at the moment would make it any faster. Could make it a hair slower due to weight...

I found a Youtube channel that took my video and put the speedo portion on top of the external car footage for a list they made. I don't know how to do that, but I thought it looked cool.

1-4-2016

I picked up a 5 point harness. Waiting to install until the cage is done.

1-7-2016

I never did a full write up. There are already a lot of threads on the GD 6 speed swaps so I didn't think I'd be adding much. Here's a quick summary of the setup when I initially installed it. I listed the model year of the parts I used but also tried to give a compatibility summary in parenthesis. 

Drivetrain/Transmission

• OEM 2012 STI 6MT (Same gearing as all 2007+ STI, all 08+ STI do not have speed sensor in trans)
• OEM 2004 STI Driveshaft (Same as all 2004-2007)
• OEM Stock WRX Axles (Same as all 2002-2007 Sedan)
• OEM Stock R160 3.545 Rear Diff (Same as all 2002-2005)
• OEM 2004 STI Front Axles (Late 04 Male Axles)
• Anarchy Motive Shift Knob (Any STI 6MT Knob)
• 04 STI Shift Linkages (Same as all 2004-2007 STI)
• Kartboy Short Shifter (Any STI Shifter)
• Kartboy Front Shifter Bushings (Any STI Shifter)
• Karboy Rear Shifter Bushings (Any STI Shifter)
• Torque Solutions Tranny Mount (Any Tranny Mount, WRX version needs shims)
• ACT HD Pressure Plate (Any STI Clutch)
• ACT 4 Puck Unsprung Disk (Any STI Clutch)
• OEM Stock WRX Clutch Slave (Any Pull Type)
• MapDCCD Center Diff Controller (Recommended over DCCDPro)
• MapDCCD Wheel Speed Sensor (Needed if you use an 08+ STI 6MT)

Here's an updated list of how it is now. I've made a few changes to increase durability. The updated items are bold and highlighted.

Drivetrain/Transmission

• OEM 2012 STI 6MT
• DSS CF Driveshaft (GD STI version)
• DSS 800HP Rear Axles (Hybrid R180 inner and WRX outer)
• OEM STI R180 Rear Diff (3.545 final drive from any 06+ STI)
• OEM 2004 STI Front Axles
• Anarchy Motive Shift Knob
• 04 STI Shift Linkages
• Kartboy Short Shifter
• Kartboy Front Shifter Bushings
• Karboy Rear Shifter Bushings
• Aluminati Solid Billet Tranny Mount
• ACT HD Pressure Plate
• ACT 4 Puck Unsprung Disk
• OEM Stock WRX Clutch Slave
• MapDCCD Center Diff Controller
• MapDCCD Wheel Speed Sensor

2-1-2016

Updated interior shot.

2-7-2016

I redid the Kirkey seat mounting without the square tube I had used to raise them up before. The first 4 pics are the passenger side. It is mounted in basically the "normal" spot for the brackets. Way low and far back for me to drive so the driver side I used a strip of aluminum to mount it a few inches further forward. Still way lower and a bit further back than before. It's pretty far back compared to what I normally would sit at but I think it will work out well.

Here are some pictures of the cage in the daylight. This is with the seats in the new positions. Still need to install the harness and fabricate the mounts for the seat backs to the cage.

Compilation of the quickest and fastest Subaru 1/4 mile drag racing passes from 2015. All of the cars are in the 8's and 9's! Includes the White Bullet STI, CJ's V8Bait STI, P&L's Drag STI, JrTuned's 2015 STI, and more!

08.48 @ 168, Roly Resto, 2005 STI

08.69 @ 164, CJ Synak, 2006 STI

08.76 @ 169, Tyler Ivy, 2007 STI

09.12 @ 152, Clive Fulcher, 1998 GC8

09.13 @ 152, Jr Barrios, 2015 STI

09.30 @ 149, Jeff Chang, 2005 STI

09.45 @ 141, Brian Leazenby, 2003 WRX

09.51 @ 150, Ben Johnson, 2002 WRX

09.91 @ 121, Kyle Padilla, 2002 WRX

*These are the best passes that I could find videos for, there could be others that didn't have video available or were not known at the time that this video was made. All passes were from 2015.