Rodder's STi - new WIIIIDE summer rubber

[rodder]

Hey everyone. So, I finally decided to create one of these things of my own. I just purchased a 2005 black on gold STi and am in the process of going back to stock/parting out my 2002 silver bugeye and selling it. It's been such an amazing car that I knew my only option for a replacement daily driver would be to upgrade to an STi.

My original plan was to find a black on gold (always wanted my bugeye to be black) bone stock STi and build it up myself, but after having a hard time finding a good example I found a car somewhat locally that seemed to be a great candidate. Already installed was an fp green, tial/element tuning ewg set up, aem meth kit, perrin fmic, tgv deletes, etc etc. Also installed were RCE yellows and the unabomber
sexy rearend. The car had all the wrenching done by Ryan over at Area 1320 in Nazareth PA and was tuned by Andy at Verocious in DE. It put down 383 whp on pump and 432 on meth.

So anyway, I plunk down a check, get handed the keys and bring the car home about 2 weeks ago. Here she is the day I brought her home:







I notice the car doesn't seem to be running very smoothly on the drive home. After driving it around for a few days I decide something is definitely not right and pull the plugs for a look see. They look OK but I decide to run a compression test while I have them out. Cylinder #4 is about 80 psi lower than the other 3... so now I have a brand new car with a blown engine. I take the car to Area 1320 the next night where they run a leak down and find it's leaking past the rings... looks like the good ole broken ring land in #4.

Now this is the part where I request that you try to keep your opinions to yourselves, as I am not pointing any fingers. IMHO, it won't really do me any good at this point anyway. All I know is the car was OK on the test drive and that somewhere in between the time I test drove it and finally got it home it broke. Yeah, pretty much sucks giant ****ing ****s.

Fast forward 2 weeks and I have a brand spanking new short block waiting to go in, some custom exhaust ideas, and some other nifty stuff like whiteline steering rack bushings, a bunch of kartboy and TiC shifter bushings and...
these:



The car is my official DD. It'll be driven in blizzards for snowboarding trips all winter and rallied around the back roads of PA, NYC and the jersey shore all summer. It will see some HPDEs and track days, and possibly even some drag racing.

Current mod list: (updated 1/3/11)

Updated mod/wish list:

Updated mod/wish list:

ENGINE:
Wiseco pistons & rings
ACL Race main/rod bearings
ARP head studs
Gates Racing timing belt
Grimmspeed 3mm phenolic intake manifold spacers
TGV deletes
Element Tuning ewg up pipe
Tial 38mm wastegate
FP Green, 8cm, 3” inlet
Perrin FMIC - core painted flat black with metallic gray piping
HOA 3-port boost control solenoid
Agency Power hard pipe 3” inlet
Area 1320 Custom big MAF intake w/K&N filter
DeatschWerks 740cc injectors
NGK one heat-range colder iridium spark plugs
APS fuel rails with custom ss lines/fittings w/DEI heat sleeves
Cobb Tuning catted down pipe w/custom rerouted ewg dump tube by Ryan @ Area1320
Cobb AccessPort v2 – ProTune by Jorge Carillo
RS*R 3” stealth cat back exhaust
Crawford Performance air/oil separator
R/T Tuning reinforced oil pick up tube
Custom grounding kit
Cobb Tuning turbo heat shield
Carbon fiber alternator shroud
SPT v1 oil cap
SPT v2 battery tiedown
Turbo turbine housing and all exhaust components ceramic coated flat black
Motul 8100 5w40

DRIVETRAIN/CHASSIS/STIFFENING:
ACT Street clutch
ACT Streetlite flywheel
TiC rear diff mount bushings – RACE
TiC tranny crossmember bushings
TiC shift linkage bushings
TiC shift lever pivot bushings
Kartboy front shifter bushing
Kartboy rear subframe outrigger bushings - RACE
Kartboy rear subframe lock bolts
Kartboy standard length exhaust hangers
Whiteline steering rack bushings
Cusco 40mm rear strut tower bar
Subaru Extra-S 75W90
Motul 90PA


SUSPENSION/BRAKES/WHEELS & TIRES:
Ohlins Sportline DFV coilovers – Custom alignment by R/T Tuning
APM 1-piece J-hook front rotors
Hawk HPS pads front/rear
winter:
OEM gold BBS
Dunlop SP Wintersport 3D 225/45/17
summer:
17x9 +42 Rota DPT in matte bronze
255/40/17 Dunlop Direzza Z1 Star Specs

INTERIOR:
Defi BF imperial gauges – oil pressure, EGT & boost w/v2 controller in custom a-pillar and column pods
Beatrush delrin shift knob - white
Floor mounted fire extinguisher
Hard wired Escort Passport x50

EXTERIOR:
Mostly debadged/de-stickered
Pillarless grille
Wingless trunk w/2.5RS badge
WRX hood scoop
Fenders rolled/pulled
Subaru/Mont Blanc ski carrier

WISH LIST:
Front/rear adjustable sway bars
Front/rear adjustable end links
Adjustable rear lateral links
MOCAL oil cooler
TiC fender braces
APR front strut tower bar
APR carbon fiber radiator diversion plate
Rally armor classic mudflaps
Cobb Tuning adjustable short shifter
Sti V-Limited front lip spoiler
WRX side skirts
StopTech braided ss brake lines front & rear
Kaminari reverse hood
Interior Flair red climate control conversion
Interior Flair red Defi link controller conversion

[Vtecepidemic]

thats rather unfortunate man, i would be bent as hell if i spent that much on a new car & that happened.

[mrchariybrown]

wasn't this dana's old car?

if she sold you the car with knowing the problems, that's messed up. if not, that just sucks what happened

[RayArroyo]

damn dude good luck with the rebuild!!! car looks great

[EvlEgl]

She did have a Green on it, and the Dyno numbers posted are Identical...Plus he was talking about buying it when he signed up

http://www.tristatetuners.com/forum/...light=STI+DYno

That's unfortunate that the motor blew that soon after purchasing it...Seems shady but I dunno the whole story. Either way Good luck with the rebuild!

Car looks Sexy

[BillFromTR]

Any plans to build up the short block?

[malloyboy1]

nice car that sucks its broken already

[rodder]

Originally Posted by BillFromTR

Any plans to build up the short block?

nah. After a lot of thinking I decided that I didn't want to deal with the little issues that come along with forged pistons like having to let it warm up, the faster rings wear and blow by at idle, etc etc. I was almost gonna go with an Axis/Raw1 street short block but ended up getting a deal I couldn't pass up on a brand new STi block. The car basically needs to be perfectly happy being dug out of a snow drift in 0° weather, packed full of people and gear and driven 5 hrs to/from vermont in the middle of the night.

Andy at Verocious assured me that an OEM short block in this car on his pump gas tune should run perfectly fine for a long long time and that's pretty much what I had expected. Not sure what happened with the motor this time... my only guess is someone was ripping around on the meth map and popped it somehow. Maybe without even realizing it. Whatever, what's done is done. Just gotta fix her back up at this point.

We will be doing some interesting custom exhaust work during the rebuild as well. Just working on getting this thing even more streetable and more stealthy.

[TROLL]

damn... good attitude about it all... good luck getting things back together and on to greener pastures with the new car

[rodder]

yay, I can has new short block.



Also got an exedy street clutch and a gruppe-s flywheel on the way. Car should be back on the road very soon.

[TROLL]

glad to hear things are moving forward. did you just go with a new stock sti shortblock? any other changes being made or are you sticking with the same setup?

[rodder]

Originally Posted by TROLL

glad to hear things are moving forward. did you just go with a new stock sti shortblock? any other changes being made or are you sticking with the same setup?

Yes, it's just a stock STi short block. Decided I wouldn't be able to live with forged pistons everyday. No major changes yet. The engine set-up will probably stay pretty close to what it is now as long as I own the car. It's already making more than enough power for me as a daily driver. The only things we're doing along with the short block is the clutch/flywheel, swapping the HKS Hi Power out for the RSR stealth catback from my bugeye, and plumbing the ewg into a cobb catted dp to replace the catless invidia piece that's currently on the car.

Most of my future plans involve suspension work/tuning, and just plain driving the hell out of it.

[Honest_Bob]

Yay for a nice clean car with some balls.

[ReVision]

The paint on it looks like its in great condition and i'm sure the car will be better than ever once ryan's done with it!

good luck with it!

[Cardriverx]

Just wondering, if it was just the rings, why dident you just put some new rings on and get the block slightly worked over?

[cburwell]

Originally Posted by Cardriverx

Just wondering, if it was just the rings, why dident you just put some new rings on and get the block slightly worked over?

Chances are the ring lands were broken/cracked on the #4 piston as well.

[rodder]

OK now what do I do with this? I'm scared of the timing belt and cams.

[CMau87]

Meth gets you 50 more WHP?? wow..how much extra boost was it running with the meth??

[rodder]

progressssssssssssss

[rodder]