Hi peeps,
Thought now's about the time I started a build thread.
Here's my MY06 TBSTI Wagon...well this is what it looked like the day I bought it. Completely stock apart from a HKS panel filter.
Initially I wasn't going to touch it, for some reason I couldn't help myself and now I'm destroying it part by part lol
Mods so far are as follows:
Engine:
HDI short ram piping
Perrin Air filter
PSR silicone turbo inlet pipe
Blouch TD05-18XTR turbo
Garrett turbo beanie
Mishimoto R-Line FMIC
HDI cooler piping (It fit with minor modification)
GFB Respons BOV
GT Spec unequal length stainless steel headers with ceramic coating
Invidia 3" dump pipe with cat (modified offset to fit)
Invidia Q300 centre piping
Twin Varex VMK10-250 mufflers
3.5" Zetti stainless steel tips
Mishimoto cooling fans & aluminium shroud
Aluminium radiator
STI radiator caps
Kobe silicone radiator hoses
Proflow aluminium coolant overflow bottle (OEM one removed to fit FMIC piping easier)
DeatschWerks DW65c fuel pump
DeatschWerks 1100cc side feed injectors
Turbosmart 800 fuel pressure regulator
AEM TRU-BOOST boost controller with 3-port solenoid
AEM digital AFR gauge
AEM digital fuel pressure gauge
AEM digital oil pressure gauge
Transmission
Hexmods F1 valve body (Courtesy of Graeme, hands down the coolest guy here - thanks Graeme)
*NEW* Hexmods brass bushings for planetary gears (Also courtesy of Graeme) - UNFORTUNATELY NOW REMOVED THE VALVE BODY FOR SALE OF VEHICLE
Suspension
Tein street flex coilovers
Whiteline 22mm front sway bar
Whiteline 20mm rear sway bar
Whiteline front & rear sway bar links
Whiteline front lower control arm inner rear bushes with anit-lift/caster correction
Whiteline adjustable rear control arm upper outer bushings
Whiteline adjustable ball joint & tie rod ends
Whiteline rear control arms adjustable front & rear assembly
Brakes/tyres
Brembo front & rear calipers (Courtesy of Norm - thanks Norm )
Dixcel slotted rotors - (now removed)
DBA 4000 slotted rotors front & rear 326/316mm
HEL gold braided brake lines
Project MU HC800 brake pads
Goodyear Eagle F1 D5's
Interior/Exterior
Carbing carbon fibre dashmounted gauge pod
Kenwood KAC-8105D amplifier
Kenwood DPX-U5130BT head unit
STI gear knob
Ultrex grill (thanks Norm) - REMOVED
Ultrex eyelids - REMOVED
Custom LED heads lights and HID's courtesy of Mr Burns - Thank you - REMOVED
Mods still yet to install but taking up space in my garage
(to be installed for next tune)
Whiteline rear diff mount bushes - PROBABLY GOING TO SELL
Setrab transmission cooler - PROBABLY JUST GOING TO SELL - OEM ONE WORKS FINE
Future mods I would like to do
Cryo everything (Alexei/Graeme style) block, shafts etc.
more clutch plates to tranny etc.
Close deck & sleeve
2.2 stroker kit
Kelford or Brian Crower 272 cams
Garrett 3071R
and the list goes on...
Had a tune last year at PITS on the Gold Coast, but had a big fail due to an oil pressure issue. Thank you to Matt Spry for not killing it on the Dyno for me.
After a lot of stuffing around with my mechanic and chatting to dr20t and others on here, it only turned out to be the AVCS solenoids. All sorted now, was an easy fix. Ready for the dyno again. Will post results when that happens.
#wagonlife
UPDATE!
Road tune by Kido - impressed, just needs dyno now and e85