My new daily driver

[CHA54]

Picked up my new daily driver on the weekend from Sydney, goes quite well.. This is replacing my old Golf GTi

Black 2002 GT Forester (last Black GT sold in Australia)

DRIVELINE

6 Speed Manual with full STI Driveline (from a 2004 STI with non-dccd)

R180 Spec C Plated rear diff

Brembo Brakes front and Rear.

DBA5000 Slotted Front Rotors

DBA4000 Slotted Rear Rotors

DS2500 Formula Ferodo pads front & rear

Brembo Brake fluid

Braided brake lines all round

Braided clutch hose.

Brake Support bracket

SUSPENSION/STEERING

Tein Flex Damper Coilovers all round (Adjustable camber/castor)

EDFC controller for damper adjustment on individual struts mounted in-cabin.

24mm Whiteline Front bar with HD Spherical links.

24mm Whiteline rear bar with HD Noltec links and HD NRG mounts.

Whiteline adjustable rear lateral links.

Whiteline bushings replaced on rear control arms

Whiteline “H” underbody brace

Cusco Carbon fibre front strut brace

Gtease custom rear strut brace (Stainless steel)

STI Front control arms.

ECS (East Coast Suspension) customized front Camber/Castor tops.

Car currently running -2.5 neg camber on Front and -2 neg camber rear with +6 castor on front.

Spec C Steering rack (short ratio’d , 13:1) with full replacement Noltec steering bushes and mounts.

WHEELS & TYRES

18” HR Rims

Falken Azeni RT615’s (245/40/18) all round

INTERIOR

05 STI front seats re-trimmed in Audi Black leather

Rear seats and door trims all re-trimmed in black leather

02 STI Momo Steering wheel with full cruise control functionality

Bose Guage Pod (3 Guages)

Maximum 52mm Guages (Oil Pressure - E, Oil Temperature - E and Boost - M)

Knocklink Display on customized setup

Innovate LC-1 with XD-16 Guage AFR Wideband display.

Kenwood DDX6039 Head unit with JL Splits and AMP.

Webasto Genuine Subaru Electric sunroof with slide and tilt functionality

Alarm with auto window lifters, tow sensors and window shock sensors

EXTERIOR

Foresterbitz rear tailgate spoiler

Bose guard flares (front and rear)

04/05 STI Customised front bonnet scoop

Towbar

MECHANICAL/ ECU

2.5L bottom end with CP Forged Pistons, Pauter Rods, ARP head stud kit.

V6 STI heads/cams. Heads were ported and polished and serviced with new seals, valve springs and retainers.

2002/2003 STI Manifold.

Perrin Turbo intake silicon pipe.

GT Spec II Extractors, heat-wrapped.

GT3040 Turbo with external Pro-gate wastegate. (Custom mounted in OEM Position) – heatwrapped pipework until catalytic converter

Horespower-in-a-box Turbo blanket

Hi-Tech full 3” Stainless steel exhaust system with Oval rear muffler.

Sard 800cc Injectors (Top feed)

MRT Fuel rails with additional fuel regulator

500HP Walbro In-tank fuel pump

Greddy Oil Catch Can.

Process West Oil Cooler with sandwich plate and covered/insulated pipework (Custom made for forester and fitment)

Rigoli Front mount intercooler with custom black pipework and full plumb-back Turbosmart BOV.

Process West custom made CAI with Unifilter.

PWR replacement 40mm radiator running replacement coolant

STI 1.5bar radiator cap.

Autronic SM4 full replacement ECU with Autronic 3 port boost solenoid.

2 boost switch on Boost (1 being wastegate – 16psi and the other being 19psi)

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[CAP]

I like it :D

Congrats on the new ride, very nice.

[saintly]

v. nice! :)

[CORZZA]

thats a nice transition

[MR22ZZ]

more like a return to what he once loved... nice pick-up Jason.

[Deviliss]

hot daily driver dude :)

[Northy]

very very nice ride mate

[RME1]

NIce nice - Subaru again? :D

[CHA54]

my last Subaru was a WRX hatch i bought new in 2001.

Had it dyno'd on the weekend, performed a little better than expected: http://users.tpg.com.au/adsl0uxv/dyno1.jpg

[Tats]

Good grief.... are you sure this is your daily driver? The JZX wagon would be a bit more streetable surely?!?

I love it :)

[CHA54]

this is AWD, wagon spins the rears pretty easily due to the VVT 1J making max torque so early. Only downside is the forester uses more fuel :P

[RME1]

Awesome!! I saw this on the RExforums and glad to hear it's gone to the PP Garage! :D

[ar44]

Damn!!!! Awesome car, congratz!

[Mintos]

sweet jesus look at that power curve! love it when boost is like getting smacked in the @rse by a truck :D

also looks like that 6 speed is pretty close ratio, very nice. Just gotta watch those dodgy Suby drivelines and refrain from launching off the limiter as tempting as it is to give yourself whiplash :P

now to crank this out of an RB25DET without making it a diabolical daily driver...easy :)

[BLKVVTIL]

nice nice looks hot, gr8 modz

[CHA54]

sweet jesus look at that power curve! love it when boost is like getting smacked in the @rse by a truck :D

also looks like that 6 speed is pretty close ratio, very nice. Just gotta watch those dodgy Suby drivelines and refrain from launching off the limiter as tempting as it is to give yourself whiplash :P

now to crank this out of an RB25DET without making it a diabolical daily driver...easy :)

I doubt the 6-speed will break anytime soon, they're a hell of a lot stronger than the 5-speeds and I'm only running a full face clutch.

I'm thinking about putting the same turbo and some sard 650's on the wagon now and going for 300kw ATW in that.

Just have to get my hands on a spare stock turbo manifold so I can cad up some exhaust flanges to make a nice new manifold.

[TRDgirl]

;) Sexy Subi!

[CHA54]

small update...

Ever since I collected the car I thought it had an exhaust leak somewhere. Had a chance to remove the undtray and have a proper look the other week and found the main source of the leak, which was quite large.

Subaru's run an "up-pipe" from the exhaust manifold to the turbo, the gasket at the manifold to up-pipe flange was blown out, and leaking enough to melt the inner guard liner etc with the exhaust gas :P

So... the car did 240kw atw with a fair amount of exhaust gas escaping before it got to the turbo, via this gasket" http://users.tpg.com.au/adsl0uxv/gasket.jpg

Have since sourced some 7-layer stainless gaskets, faced the flanges and re-assembled. Car spools a fair bit harder now and exhaust doesn't pop and crackle so much

[CAP]

So... the car did 240kw atw with a fair amount of exhaust gas escaping before it got to the turbo, via this gasket"

Show off :P

[CHA54]

I'm not going back to the dyno until I get the ECU unlocked so I can tweak it a little ;)

I dont expect much more power though, just a fairly significant change in the curve and less melted plastic bits :P

[MT]

just a fairly significant change in the curve and less melted plastic bits :P

thats always a good thing