[equinox92]

welcome to the delete club! *highfive*

All dem weight savingsssss

 

[bue car]

winning!

 

[equinox92]

Updated with new antenna pics

 

[equinox92]

Just a little bit o' touchup. Doesn't look that great, but it's better than having no paint.

Summer List Update:

Red - High Priority
Black - Regular Priority
Blue - Lowest Priority
Green - Done

General
-Air Filter
-Bumper crack fix
-Fender liner fixes
-Headlight bulb
-General fender touchup

Driveability
- WRX Gas tank (have one at a friend's place waiting for me to pick up)
- STi Surge Tank + Sender (Can go in with WRX tank... HOPEFULLY)
- 04 STi Steering Rack + appropriate column adapter for GC (still not 100% clear on whether or not it'll work, methinks yes though)
- Lighter wheels, will trade the P7s for them... may keep tires
- Whiteline Steering Rack bushings
- V6 STi struts/springs
- STi (1 1/16) Brake MC + booster
- IC Cowl

Cosmetic
- Quarter panel swap
- JDM tails
- JDM corners + clear bumper lights
- V5/6 STi seats F/R + Type R cards
- Flat Fuel door
- Fender STi badges
- Tints (still maybe on this)
- Gunmetal Radio Surround

 

[George.of.the.Jungle]

if he's still got the wrx fuel pump in that tank..gimme it.

 

[equinox92]

I think it'll have the entire sender. Well I mean I know it does, I was the one who pulled it haha.

 

[George.of.the.Jungle]

i need it.

 

[equinox92]

Lawl, got my headlight all squared away.

Also ordered Motul for the trans.

Summer List Update:

Red - High Priority
Black - Regular Priority
Blue - Lowest Priority
Green - Done

General
-Air Filter
-Bumper crack fix
-Fender liner fixes
-Headlight bulb
-General fender touchup

Driveability
- WRX Gas tank (have one at a friend's place waiting for me to pick up)
- STi Surge Tank + Sender (Can go in with WRX tank... HOPEFULLY)
- 04 STi Steering Rack + appropriate column adapter for GC (still not 100% clear on whether or not it'll work, methinks yes though)
- Lighter wheels, will trade the P7s for them... may keep tires
- Whiteline Steering Rack bushings
- V6 STi struts/springs
- STi (1 1/16) Brake MC + booster
- IC Cowl

Cosmetic
- Quarter panel swap
- JDM tails
- JDM corners + clear bumper lights
- V5/6 STi seats F/R + Type R cards
- Flat Fuel door
- Fender STi badges
- Tints (still maybe on this)
- Gunmetal Radio Surround

 

[bue car]

04 rack, what are you worried about? Sounds like you got it right.

 

[equinox92]

04 rack, what are you worried about? Sounds like you got it right.

Yep. As far as I know i just need that a rack adapter, and i'm good to go.

 

[bue car]

Yes, that's all. And new squishies

 

[equinox92]

06 STi 1 1/16" Brake MC + Booster

Another thing I've kind of just been putting off was getting the proper 1 1/16" bore brake MC as well as a brake booster made for boosted cars. Picked up an 06 STi Brake MC/Booster combo and tossed it in. The RS MC had a 1" bore and the RHD STi MC had the 1 1/16", so I figured it'd be worthwhile to get the PROPER parts to go with the brake system. Now my entire system (calipers, MC, prop valve) is the proper V4 STi system, and what a difference it makes. I can actually feel my brakes doing work, and can get into ABS with the tires I have which I couldn't do before. Time to get better ones . Pedal is much harder and is just so much nicer. Anyone running 4/2 pots or the V4 setup like me on an RS brake MC NEEDS to put this on their car. Same goes for Brembos. There's a reason why Subaru makes certain things different.

Anyways, enough text... picture comparison time:

The STi booster and MC (also came with the line, totally forgot I needed it so thanks!)

The magic number

RS stuff out. Looks like I'm going to have a wiring issue. Who's the moron that did that?

Boosters side by side. STi on the right, RS on the left. The STi booster is actually quite a bit bigger than the RS one.

MCs next to each other. RS on top, STi on bottom. Look the same, and have the same output points. Sweet, no ghetto bending!

The lines were a bit different too.. doesn't really matter. STi on top, RS on bottom.

STi stuff all in. Had to kinda reroute my wiring because of the bigger diameter of the STi booster.

Bleedin' stuff.

Also, shoes not required for this job.

And were all in and everything is ready to go! 0 Fitment issues for sake of wiring, which is custom to my car, so I doubt anyone else would have to worry about it.

 

[equinox92]

Also tossed some of this in.

Maybe it feels smother? I'm not sure.

Still need to do the diff....but lazy.

 

[equinox92]

And another summer list update:

Red - High Priority
Black - Regular Priority
Blue - Lowest Priority
Green - Done

General
-Air Filter
-Bumper crack fix
-Fender liner fixes
-Headlight bulb
-General fender touchup

Driveability
- WRX Gas tank (have one at a friend's place waiting for me to pick up)
- STi Surge Tank + Sender (Can go in with WRX tank... HOPEFULLY)
- 04 STi Steering Rack + appropriate column adapter for GC (still not 100% clear on whether or not it'll work, methinks yes though)
- Lighter wheels, will trade the P7s for them... may keep tires
- Whiteline Steering Rack bushings
- V6 STi struts/springs
- STi (1 1/16) Brake MC + booster
- IC Cowl

Cosmetic
- Quarter panel swap
- JDM tails
- JDM corners + clear bumper lights
- V5/6 STi seats F/R + Type R cards
- Flat Fuel door
- Fender STi badges
- Tints (still maybe on this)
- Gunmetal Radio Surround

 

[Combat Chuck]

Nice! So the STI brake booster and master cylinder were a bolt in affair outside of the wiring in the way?

 

[equinox92]

Nice! So the STI brake booster and master cylinder were a bolt in affair outside of the wiring in the way?

Yep, just swapped the gasket over on to the STi booster it went right in. Kind of a pain in the ass to wiggle in there though haha.

My wiring issue wasn't really that big of a deal. I just had it routed to the side of the booster and then down under it and to the plugs. With the STi booster's bigger diameter I just had to move it on top. I doubt you'd even have that issue at all.

 

[Combat Chuck]

Interesting. I've felt my brakes are pretty effective, but it would be interesting to see what this does for it. Thanks for the info!

 

[equinox92]

Interesting. I've felt my brakes are pretty effective, but it would be interesting to see what this does for it. Thanks for the info!

Yeah, the basic physics behind it all make sense.

Force = Pressure * Area

Assume constant pressure (hitting brakes with the same pressure) and increase the area (larger bore) and you have more force going to the brakes. Simplification of it, but yeah.

What Subaru has done is find the proper balance between feel and force (through means that are probably out of my skill set), because obviously you could let the area get extremely large and it would take an ant to blow on the brakes and you'd lock em up.

 

[George.of.the.Jungle]

add SS lines and a brace and you'll lock them with a quickness.

 

[equinox92]

add SS lines and a brace and you'll lock them with a quickness.

Already have Stoptech SS lines. Need more tire.