Subiesport Magazine - August/September 2008 - (Page 58)

EVERYTHING — EVEN THE KITCHEN SINK Words by Eric Eikenberry Photos by Author & Ryan Douthit ive a typical guy a high performance shop and you might end up with a few wellbuilt cars, or you might not. Mixing and matching parts from extensive catalogs at random occasionally works well, but it is knowledge that pays the biggest dividends. Give that same shop to someone with 23 years of racing experience in everything from shifter karts to Indy Light machines, like Richard Garcia, and you end up with Dyno-Comp. Located in Scottsdale, Ariz., they specialize in building performance cars to meet specific needs. Just like the 2006 Subaru WRX STI time attack bruiser you see here. After two successful seasons with a 2004 STI, Richard decided it was high time to step the game up a notch. G “A quick glance at the spec sheet lets you know that Richard is playing for keeps.” “When time attack was introduced in early 2005, most people could show up with a well-prepared street car and win the modified class and even in some cases win or place in the unlimited class. That is no longer the case,” said Garcia. But for him, just competing is not enough. He feels that to really com58 SEPTEMBER 2008 pete is to dominate and win in the unlimited class. Essentially, his approach is win big or go home. To achieve this, Dyno-Comp had to have both chassis balance and power. What they didn’t want was a lot of weight. They attacked the power problem with the addition of a healthy number of Cosworth components. Specifically, there is a Cosworth crank with a 79mm stroke, Cosworth H-beam connecting rods, Cosworth-built CNC-ported and blueprinted heads stuffed with high-flow Cosworth cams and Cosworth stainless steel intake valves. The exhaust valves are made of Inconel, a material made to withstand the extreme temperatures high-rpm use induces. Suffice it to say that Cosworth applies more effort to a single head than most people put into their entire engines, but their work pays off with 22 percent more peak intake flow and 41 percent more exhaust flow, which the large twin-scroll TSR70 turbo from Air Power Systems (APS) uses to produce 26 pounds of boost. Combined with an APS 80mm cold air intake and an Extrude-Honed intake manifold, the turbo is capable of spinning the EJ257 to the tune of 700 horsepower if Richard needs it. That’s the definition of stout. An Aeromotive A1000 fuel pump and billet pump controller feed billet Aeromotive fuel rails and Power Enterprises 850cc fuel injectors. With an APEXi AVCR boost controller, factory coils, and EcuTek software, Dyno-Comp has utilized the factory ECU for seamless performance. An APS equal-

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