Bigpower

thought i would start a project thread as ther is plenty to do with the version 3 sti i recently bought
i had a 580 mile round trip to pick it up last weekend when i get there all looks ok with it apart from a few little dents and flaking paint on the lower skirts that had not been prepped properly before painting (not the end of the world ) so took it for a little run all felt tight and handled as it should with no nasty noises crunches etc.. got it back and hmmm i can smell oil , looked under bonnet and oil burning on manifold, i assume its rocker cover gasket and a common problem on imprezas , anyway he offerered a few hundred off to sort that so i bought it, run home was all well but slow as the mrs was following in the focus.

about the car : its a version 3 sti done 81000 miles with certificate the guy imported it and owned it for over 6 years, cars totally standard including exhaust with cat in place , standard airbox no boost controllers dump valves etc.. it dont even had a boost gauge :roll: exterior has had a few bits done to it like sti6 rear spoiler and front bumper/grill ,tinted rear windows,


well it has not taken me long to make a start on getting a few bits and peices together picked up a 3" stainless de-cat downpipe and up-pipe today from someone local


also picked up some 17" black prorace 2 wheels with yoko parada spec 2 tyres as these clear brembo calipers or so im told


also ordered a full magnex stainless exhaust system to downpipe , 31/2" round end , get this thursday


also ordered an apexi induction kit (i know there is not much gain in having one of these but sod it )

plently more planned for the future but these few mods should help it breath a little easier and gain a few more ponys
also planning on fitting a nice set of gold brembo calipers etc.. once i pick them up
cars going in friday to get rockercover problem sorted and exhaust bits and pieces fitted
a pic as car looks now


looking forward to a trip to the nurburgring as i have never been and need to go, i would not have trusted either of my pulsars for the trip and have a little more faith in an impreza to get me there and back (famous last words)
anyway soon to be seen on a track near you :thumb:

well done fella keep the pics coming :-D

looks great - but pics are very small - get it loaded in the Garage :thumb:

Nice one TK, as Duncan says get some better pics up :!:

Also, you don't need the up-pipe for your level of tune(unless you are going mad with it ), there is no cat there in a classic! And unless above 350bhp ish a larger up-pipe will only make the car less responsive and laggy.

Good point on the up-pipe Logan. :thumb: The larger diameter will rob you of power as the exhaust gases need to be flowing fast to help spool.

Really nice in white !!!

Agree with the comments re bigger pics.

up pipe is on hold , i was under the assumption they were restrictive even on say 300bhp need to do my homework :lol: it was not a new item though and only paid peanuts for it so it can go on hold until a later date when i may need it ,
as for pics i will take some at the weekend when i start using the car , being a tight git im not taxing it when its the first on saturday , currently on sorn from last month

plus exhaust is blowing and rocker gasket issue which is all being sorted out friday
im looking forward to the weekend

Good lad

Yeh, bigger up-pipe and headers really only come into play above 350bhp! Even then you should measure the diameter before putting it on, as quite a few cars that should be making decent power on legr turbo etc are not making the figures, or are as laggy as hell due to an excessive up-pipe diameter.

If you keep it smaller then you get more torque, so, as always its a balancing act!

well put a few miles on it this weekend and all is good , vast improvement with the exhaust fitted



also picked up the brembos today , cheers gerry

managed to fit one side tonight before darkness and they did need a 4mm spacer with the prorace 1.2's im not a big fan of using spacers but i'l put up with them for now although there is about 1mm clearance between caliper and wheel spoke im looking forward to trying them out in the morning once i got other side fitted

well bit of an update i changed the wheels to rota gra's with toyo tir's a few weeks ago and car drives 100% better without the spacers, i have a set of tein ha's that are being fitted tuesday (cheers stu for the loan of the spanners)
also waiting for my performance friction bells rotas and pads to turn up, i have heard good things so looking forward to trying them
whiteline rear arb and drop links also on there way to me