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metal vs metal on rotArs manq. :-p

you can also take turbo heads and make them NA, or NA heads and make them turbo. ive seen it done in person.

this weekend. Sat-sunday event...basically two separate autoxs, two days, two courses....combined best times... The RX will get steering rack bushings, otherwise...its going to be the same as it was the last 3 events...but the driver will be alot more prepared mentally than for this pat sunday's event...in which I completely blew it.

IIRC, the FIRST time i installed the header on my wagon....it was off about 5MM. I didnt worry about it. I know that other aftermarket headers are off that much or MORE (Borla, GP Moto, Brulen etc...). I just moved hoses out of the way and bolted it down. I used the original 2 studs. However....after running it on the wagon for a bit....taking it off it and putting it on the RX....it fit perfectly.

most of the pics are of the subbies....didnt see any neons when i was scrollin thru.

yeah well....they are all dampers......thats undisputable. :-p

get the PN from them. I went over this 100000 times and still, its just a regular non RX strut.

cheater. :-p I hope to see 170 awhp this friday. I finnaly have the gain/% settings correct on the EBC so the boost is stable 15. Last time it was ast 10/42 and bouncing from 13.9~15.8 PSI...on interstate pulls Ive got it more stable to 14.8~15.2...

Pics! http://www.wrxhackers.com/April3Autocross/

260. 272 is the large one.

Morning bump.

drilling holes in the front fenders for the air dam to bolt on. Screws into the body panels where the body kit bolts up...just like stock. The rear peices need to be trimed to be stright only and not turn in under the back as the wagon is longer and you cant install the whole peice.

steering rack? stock. the WRX bushings fit...slight shortening mod to the pass side one for it to fit. I did it to the wagon, worked great.

Oh and more rambling about my driving....I was not looking ahead like i was supposed to, and the overal tightness and absolute UN-smooth-flowing nature of the course really had my sense of the proper line all messed up. I hit it 75% correct on my 4th run, and then totally fu-bar3d the 5th run. I need to LOOK AHEAD better and properly....and 5 more course walks would have done some good (Jon K and I walked it like....5~6 times tho...)...and I might could have seen a better line. The course flowed terribly, so there was no real line to make...just point and shoot and try to make it fast...oh well....National Level events wont be like that tho...but this does get you the experience for when one of the National level course designers has a brain fart. :-p

CCR Point Autox #3. Pics! http://www.wrxhackers.com/April3Autocross/ Final by CLASS Raw Overall Times Only 17th fastest today and 3rd in class....Shane, Warp3 on here....outran me and the red civic I had been outrunning by quite a margin beat us both. I drove like a$$ today, COMPLETELY. The course was CRAP and eveyone said so. Warp3 has been autox'in on courses like that since he started, and with instant power from his NA EJ25, he had the advantage. For example...to even get a competitve time in STX, 90% of the guys out today left it in FIRST GEAR....the whole way around. With the RX's ultra low gearing, 2nd lo was good to ho...got out of the power (below 2200 rpms) in alot of places. Warp3's RS and Pleiades' RS had no problems tho. Pleiades (Steven Rankins) set FTD...AGAIN. Otherwise...the new large radiator got installed, no overheating issues anymore. Using Motul Inugel coolant additive, and got an elec fan on the rad...got the mech one on there for now until I run proper wiring for it. I figured out how to NOT let the IC heat soak....I'll try that new method out in Atlanta this next weekend at the National Tour. Tom Hoppe (http://www.tomhoppe.com)was there, 2004 STX National Champion with his WRX...he was there driving his old WRX, the one he won nationals in. We made some changes to it...and its 100% better than when he won nationals with it (I drove it 2 weeks before Nationals)...drove it today, new springs new adjustments for toe and sway bars...along with some testing of some new tires, and its really hooked up now. Anyhow, I let Tom take the car out for a Time-Only run....he was REALLY impressed with the RX. He said the car really turns in VERY WELL, and the power delivery really suprised him. The onyl suggestions he made for changes to the car...bushings...otherwise the car is GREAT the way it sits. Also, Jon Jon Krolewicz (http://www.racerjon.com/), he's racing LMP cars, Daytona 24hrs in real GT cars, has his own track driving instructing school/track days (http://www.seat-time.com), been Karting for...well, a LONG time, another VERY VERY good autocrosser, drove the car and well and was extreamly impressed with the way the RX handled....again, he was very suprised with the power delivery. So...next mod are the SUperPro bushings all around...steering rack, control arm/leading rod, everything in the rear. Next autox: April 9th-10th, Atlanta....SCCA Solo2 National Tour.

the GC8 style WRX imitation scoop is great, fits the center hump. any of the REAL WRX/STi scoops wont, but any of the STi scoops are better, the WRX ones are just too small.

But 205/60/13 on stock rims dont rub. 215/50/13's rub on the inside rear on the subframe during HARD cornering with the car pretty low....ofcourse, those are real R compund race tires and stock 1987 bushings.

Because I posted up my chart from Top Speed literally 2 mins after it happened with 10~20 people as my whitness.

WHAT?!?!?!?! You cheated? so that is really only 190 at the CRANK? NOT at the wheels? IM going to kill you.

thats...190 to the wheels? to ALL the wheels? thats...about 270 at the crank. I am bested now! oh no3s! What kind of dyno is it? I was expecting to see about 150~170 at those boost levels for a TD04. Whats your mod list again?

Dood, that looks fine. Unless you are runnign a Super Ultra God-Zilla Deadbolt turbo, that will be fine up to a 20G.

Pics when i get rid of the tiger stripes and make it glossy.

ROFL LOL that was a good one. You had some ppl convinced.

this was spawned from the nasioc SE forum, when someone annouced the S203 is comming...it was really convincing too....until the usual NASIOC april fools day antics showed up when i went to reply....100 character min repsonse? I'm a mod? wtf? It was good tho. Where's brad's AFJ?

BOV BOV BOV!!!! grap onto a WRX recirc valve and plumb it in.