330S bits and bobs so far...

Not posted many pics on here yet, but now I have a few pics of things to do and those done!

Subaru extras included the STi quickshift gear lever assay, rear parking sensors, STi front lips, handsfree mic ( for phone ) and one of the nicer STi front grills.

Added clear ( jap spec ) rear o/s light and red painted bulb


Added Summit radiator top plate ( to force air through radiaor not allow it to go over )
And Zerosports Cool Aid II for the TMIC.




Added Zunsport black lower front grill, nice. Added red on black STi badge to it.
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Got some other mods but not fitted yet, including Forge recirc dump valve and front light black film.

AEM Cold air induction kit - was on my last STi but took off as told it needed mapping in...


3" sports cat downpipe and 3" to 2.5" 2nd pipe to mate with std PPP exhaust


S205 front crossmember braces


S205 rear engine undercar brace, rose jointed ends


S205 strut brace, with rose jointed joint in centre


Fitted




Also got Prodrive springs fited, no pics yet.

Forge dump valve is a bit of a problem - needs the OEM alloy recirc return pipe off the OEM dump valve.
Tough to remove - loctited in, and the philips heads get damaged easily!

Hopefully Revolution will get it sorted.
Downpipe and exhaust pipe getting fitted at Revolution soon, hopefully with the forge dump valve, and if time allows the under car braces too.

On the way to get mapped up in Edinburgh...

looking good mate,

where dis you get the sti suspension bits and bobs for and how much were they, I can see my debit card getting a hammering here lol

Hi Rob,

Got the strut brace and the under car braces from Japan, from a couple of places. One got tac & import duty the other didn't.
One place was Nengun, the other JapanParts I think.

Each was about £250 a piece!!!!!!!!!!!

Not cheap.

I believe RCM were / are importing them, albeit a bit more expensive ( £75 more and a bit for exchange rates apparently ).

Try
http://www.japanparts.com/db/partslist.php?dealer=1&car=134&middle=3&small=15

and

http://www.nengun.com/search/#g:1;m:239;b:88;t:n:u

Some tasty bits there matey. We will have to meet up for that beer soon.

looking good

lets no when ur at revolution getting bits fitted if iam off i,ll pop down for a bit crack

Yes there are certainly a few choice mods there!

Cheers guys!

I'll be at Revolution on Oct 7th in the morning, before running up to Andy F for mapping in the afternoon!


Hope to see anyone there!!

fooking hell that some serious modding parts going on there

how hard was the flexi tower bar to fit, thats some thing i want


but then i also want phils recaros to fit in mine

Strut brace will be a peice of cake to fit, 3x13mm (IIRC) nuts on each tower, drop it on and then pop the nuts back on, job done, 15 minutes from start to finish.

Cheers Mark! Function over form for me!!

As Abz says, quick and easy job to fit the strut brace. Even though there are adjustments at each end it didn't need any movement to fit it. Maybe needsto be stressed when fitted?

There is a rose joint ( pillow ball /socket type joint ) in the middle, meant to allow comfort at town speeds and still stiffen up across the car when pressing on!

There is also a non ball joint version for a few pounds less, not sure if S205 part or just Japan STi part.

Neil

PS - the recaros are available from Japan I seem to remember, can't remember but either £200 or £400 each, but I guess the shipping ( and tax ) would be large.

vulnax wrote:PS - the recaros are available from Japan I seem to remember, can't remember but either £200 or £400 each, but I guess the shipping ( and tax ) would be large.

LINK please haha

Haha indeed...


here it is!
Hmmm says GDB etc. not GR etc despite the search being for GRB Impreza, so maybe the older cars seats???

http://www.nengun.com/sti/full-bucket-seat-recaro


I am sure I had the current seats .........

Anyway, long day yesterday from home to Gateshead ( Revolution ) and onto that nice Mr. Andy F. ( Nr Edinburgh ).
Covered over 600 miles / 2 tanks petrol in the day! 5 am start, home by 11 pm !!! no lunch or dinner either due to timing.. doh!

Revolution were great, fitted the H&S sports cat 3" downpipe and 3" to 2.5" exhaust pipe and all mated to the OEM PPP / 330S std back box.
Also fitted the S205 crossmember braces front and rear, although a slight hicup was that the undertray would no longer fit back on! Damn these JDM vs Euro changes!!!
And fitted the Forge dump valve ( recirc ) I bought off their demo car ... as I couldn't get the return pipe off the OEM one myself! ( shame! )

A couple of hours with Andy got the S# std map onto the S setting, and a higher boosting / sharper response map set on S#.


Power runs gave ....





average ...



370 bhp
396 lb ft.


Comments included : It's breathing well, probably due to the sports cat and AEM CAIK
The Injectors are at 93% duty ... that means good air flow needing that much fuel, on std fuel pump. ( usually high 80%'s duty on uprated fuel pump ).


How does it feel / drive?

Much sharper, faster on accelleration, faster through gears.


If I remember times for 30-50, 50-70 were about 0.4 second quicker each from around 2.1, 2.2 down to 1.8, 1.9...


The old S# was around the std figures, 335 bhp, 326 lb ft, so not at all far out.

sparkey wrote:looking good

lets no when ur at revolution getting bits fitted if iam off i,ll pop down for a bit crack

Don't think you made it when I was there mate?

Manchester_Kris wrote:Some tasty bits there matey. We will have to meet up for that beer soon.

Yes we will matey boy!!

vulnax wrote:

sparkey wrote:looking good

lets no when ur at revolution getting bits fitted if iam off i,ll pop down for a bit crack

Don't think you made it when I was there mate?

was off but didnt make it afew jobs to do & was early afternoon b4 i got sorted

glad ur happy with out come

vulnax wrote:Anyway, long day yesterday from home to Gateshead ( Revolution ) and onto that nice Mr. Andy F. ( Nr Edinburgh ).
Covered over 600 miles / 2 tanks petrol in the day! 5 am start, home by 11 pm !!! no lunch or dinner either due to timing.. doh!

Revolution were great, fitted the H&S sports cat 3" downpipe and 3" to 2.5" exhaust pipe and all mated to the OEM PPP / 330S std back box.
Also fitted the S205 crossmember braces front and rear, although a slight hicup was that the undertray would no longer fit back on! Damn these JDM vs Euro changes!!!
And fitted the Forge dump valve ( recirc ) I bought off their demo car ... as I couldn't get the return pipe off the OEM one myself! ( shame! )

A couple of hours with Andy got the S# std map onto the S setting, and a higher boosting / sharper response map set on S#.


Power runs gave ....





average ...



370 bhp
396 lb ft.


Comments included : It's breathing well, probably due to the sports cat and AEM CAIK
The Injectors are at 93% duty ... that means good air flow needing that much fuel, on std fuel pump. ( usually high 80%'s duty on uprated fuel pump ).


How does it feel / drive?

Much sharper, faster on accelleration, faster through gears.


If I remember times for 30-50, 50-70 were about 0.4 second quicker each from around 2.1, 2.2 down to 1.8, 1.9...


The old S# was around the std figures, 335 bhp, 326 lb ft, so not at all far out.

Was you car a 330S originally or PPP'd?

Have you uprated anything engine wise prior to Andys remap?

vulnax wrote:

Revolution were great, fitted the H&S sports cat 3" downpipe and 3" to 2.5" exhaust pipe and all mated to the OEM PPP / 330S std back box.

Did Andy say anything about the 2.5" being restrictive in any way? Thinking of maybe swapping my Magnaflow for a PPP (little quieter) and interested what you think of it and Andy's comments if he said anything.

Sounds spot on matey. You need to take me for a blast.

Hi Guys, not been here for a couple of days.

Answers :
Car is a 330S so had the Prodrive ECU and decat pipe and rear exhaust parts.
The only engine changes were external, i.e. fiting the AEM cold air induction kit, the open mouth 3" H&S sports cat exhaust mated to the std 2.5" PPP rear box, ohhh and the zero sports TMIC air splitter, and a forge recirc dump valve.

Doubt the forge dv does much for the power. TMIC splitter may aid charge cooling hence less chance of det / more power?


Andy F said the car breathed very well, the AEM induction works very well, and the 3" sports cat seemed no problem. ( Previously it was said a sports cat may lose 2 BHP against a full decat, hence why I went for sports cat ! ). Fuel injectors were 93% duty, which again indicates good inlet air flow ( although would need better fuel pump and / or injectors for more power hikes! ).
There was no obvious back pressure or flow restriction due to the rear half of the exhaust being only 2.5", ( I expect the gains are opening the turbo exit with the wide mouth and initial wide pipe bore ) and no limiting power or torque due to exhaust flow limits.
And still quiet, only slightly more exhaust roar ... dugga dugga, although a bit more induction suck / hiss from the CAIK.

Full decats on similar std motors seem to get up to 380 bhp ( not sure on torque ) and my sports cat / hybrid exhaust made 370 with more to go ( mapped safe to allow for the odd dodgy fuel of lower octane ) and Andy reckoned an easy 10+ BHP / lb ft if mapped nearer to the limit.


So in summary, I'm happy, the car is way more sprightly and pulls far better from 3000 rpm, before it was stodgy unles caught just right on the boost / torque curve. Boost profile altered in the mapping, but not as aggresive as could be achieved, and little increase in peak boost overwhat I saw on Rev2 as standard!


I'd recommend / do this again, only down side is the cost of a sports cat which is 3 x the cost of a decat d/pipe!!!


V



Kris, will do when we meet up!

Still need to scan & post the power / torque graph.


At a rolling road day on Saturday so maybe 2 lots of graphs to post up!!