This post will list the modification timeline of my 2008 STi, and will be udpated as time permits. #BecauseDailyDrivenRacecar
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Millenium Motorsports Built Longblock (v3)
- Darton Sleeves
- JE 9.5:1 pistons, stock bore
- Manley Turbo Tuff I-Beam rods
- Molnar 79mm billet crankshaft, Castillo treated and nitrided
- STi JDM 12mm oil pump
- ARP 2000 case bolts
- OFM 1/2″ ARP head studs
- Race ported heads from SoCal Porting
- GSC billet stage 2 cams
- Supertech dual valve spring & titanium retainer kit
- Supertech +1mm stainless intake valves
- Supertech +1mm inconel exhaust valves
- Supertech valve stems & guides
- Fluidampr Crank Pulley
- Gates Racing timing belt
- Killer B oil pan, baffle & pickup tube
Power v3
- ETS rotated turbo kit, Garrett GTX3076 Gen 2
- ETS manifold
- Maddad Essentials Street Series Cat-back
- IAG air/oil separator
- TurboXS FMIC core with custom charge piping (by KPowered)
- Boomba throttle body
- NA Longrunner Manifold
- 15mm phenolic spacers
- Koyo Radiator with Mishimoto hoses
Power v2
Rotated GTX3576RPerrin rotated 2″ uppipe (T3)Custom rotated 3″ downpipe with QTP electric cutoutPerrin 3″ intake with K&N filter & pre-filterPerrin EL Big-Tube headerPerrin EBCSTial MV-R 44mm EWGTurboSmart Supersonic BOV
Fuel v3
- Radium pump hanger with (2x) AEM 50-1200
- Radium multi-pump regulator
- Radium top-feed rails with pulse dampeners
- Injector Dynamics 1300cc injectors
- Fuelab filter with 6 micron micro-fiberglass element
- Continental Ethanol content analyzer
Electronics v2
- DelicousTuning FlexFuel Kit
- EcuTek ProECU
- AEM IAT sensor (tapped just before throttle-body)
- AEM 5-bar MAP sensor with Cobb MAP sensor adapter
- NGK 1-step colder plugs
Drivetrain/Chassis v2
- Driveshaft Shop Carbon driveshaft
- CompClutch Rigid Twin-Disc clutch
- Beatrush mounts (engine, trans, pitch-stop)
- Kartboy, Whiteline & SuperPro bushings, all around
Suspension v2
- Tanabe Sustec Pro S-OC coilovers
- Whiteline 22mm adjustable front & rear swaybars
- Whiteline front control arm inner-front bushings
- Whiteline anti-lift kit
- Kartboy front & rear solid endlinks
Brakes
- Grimmspeed master cylinder brace
- Goodridge stainless steel lines
- StopTech Power Slot front & rear rotors
- Hawk HP+ front & rear pads
Wheels v2
- SSR Type-F matte black 17×9.5 +40
- Michelin PilotSport PS2 275/40
- McGard spline drive lugs (black)
Interior
- ATI triple gauge pod
- -Innovate MTX-D Boost/Shift Light
- -Innovate MTX-D Oil Pressure/Temp
- -Innovate MTX-D EGT
- SMY gauge bezel
- -Gauges: AEM UEGO Wideband
- 15% tint all around
- Weathertech floor liners front & rear
Exterior
- GTSpec aluminum undertray (splashguard)
- Hexis 3D carbon wrap, roof & front bumper section
- HTAutos full lip kit
- RokBlokz mudflaps
- Painted OEM grill/mustache
Roof Rack
Subaru factory railsInno medium fairing (40″)Yakima Frontloader bike racks with lock cores
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Dec 7, 2015
Finished engine bay and first fire video.
Dec 5, 2015
Worked on the engine bay, fabbed a bracket for expansion tank.
Dec 3, 2015
Exhaust fab done, small changes and added Y-pipe for QTP cutout.
Nov 16, 2015
Resprayed intake, intake manifold and charge pipes wrinkle black.
Nov 15, 2015
Fabbed MPR & Y-Splitter bracket & made Teflon fuel lines.
Nov 11, 2015
Corn-injection components from radium.
Nov 6, 2015
Picked up the engine from Outfront!
Oct 30, 2015
Perrin/Setrab oil cooler and Hella horns shenanigans.
Sept 13, 2015
Rear diff back in, Driveshaft Shop carbon driveshaft installed.
Aug 30, 2015
Full gamut of poly bushings for the rear end.
Aug 15, 2015
The Driveshaft Shop carbon 1 piece drive shaft, next to OEM counterpart.
Apr 16, 2015
Boxes of parts are always exciting.
Mar 27, 2015
Raced ported heads from SoCal Porting
Jan 15, 2015
Installed TurboSmart Supersonic BOV.
Nov 8, 2014
Replaced STi Group-N mounts with Torque Solution mounts (engine, transmission and pitch-stop).
Sept 12, 2014
Super happy with the power for now, but we ran out of fuel at 23 Psi. I see 30+ Psi in my future after adjusting and making some fuel delivery changes.
15 Psi – 367whp, 326wtq [S]
23 Psi – 454whp, 391wtq [S#]
July 31, 2014
Finally got it running this week. Just need to sort out a couple fitment issues and start breaking it in.
July 27, 2014
Snagged an angle-grinder from Home Depot and fabbed up a throttle body spacer.
July 26, 2014
Engine bay finally complete (a couple things to clean up, but it’s fireable).
Radiator shroud waiting for install until after coolant system is burped.
July 19, 2014
Charge pipes fabbed up today.
July 18, 2014
Couple odds n’ ends, mached up everything in the engine bay to get charge pipes fabricated the following day.
July 17, 2014
Modded intake manifold and throttle body so I could rotate the intake manifold.
*Everything is just mach-fitted onto the engine to get charge piping fabricated this weekend, gaskets will go on before final assembly.
July 15, 2014
Received the Fluidampr crank pulley. Installed that and the Competition Rigid Twin clutch, then put the engine in the chassis.
July 12, 2014
Made some progress bolting parts to the engine and prepping for the install.
July 11, 2014
EGT bung welded onto cylinder #4 runner, put a “cat” on my Perrin rotated downpipe; bonus picture of shop cat at K-Powered.
July 8, 2014
Re-organized my gauges over the weekend, knocked a few other things off the list; received my EcuTek ProECU kit from Delicious Tuning today.
July 3, 2014
Picked the engine from Outfront Motorsports, stopped by my favorite food joint on the way home (mmm, PORTILLOS!).
My son, Liam, is ready for boost; are you?!
July 2, 2014
Received some assembly pictures from Outfront Motorsports.
June 23, 2014
Stopped by Outfront Motorsports to check out the newly pinned closed deck case halves.
June 19, 2014
Snagged up a couple 55 gallon drums from a buddy to stock up on E85.
June 8, 2014
Sent an email to Outfront Motorsports to proceed with finishing the build.
Yeah, it’s a pretty lame update; but I was pretty excited so it got documented. 😉