Subiesport Magazine - November 2008 - (Page 38)

BROTHERS IN BOOST me over.” A nice, solid daily driver was all that Eric wanted at the time, with just a few mild upgrades here and there. “While in Iraq in 2004-2005,” he continued, “I contacted Garret at World One Performance to get some input on a basic handling and power package. After a few e-mails and phone calls, we agreed on a list of parts.” Eric started off with a balance of power and suspension, including a full Invidia catless turboback, GT Spec headers, a TurboXS UTEC to balance out the air/fuel ratio and timing, a TurboXS top-mount intercooler for extra cooling, a Perrin short ram intake, and a set of Tein Flex coilovers. After about four or five months, Eric decided that his TurboXS Stage 3 wasn’t quite enough for his tastes. Capitalizing on a cancelled turbo order for a different World One customer, Eric picked up a TD06-20G turbo with the proper supporting mods, along with switching to a Turbosmart external wastegate and a corresponding external wastegate uppipe. A tune from Phil at Element Tuning completed this next phase of modification, leaving Eric very happy with the output of his car so far. Things stayed steady and consistent for a number of months, until an unfortunate encounter with a dirt barrier provided a need for a new front bumper. Since the bumper was coming off anyway, Eric figured that this was a good a time as any to upgrade to a TurboXS front-mount intercooler. With the new intercooler in, the blow-off valve was upgraded to a Turbosmart Dual Port to keep MAF readings in check, and the boost controller was replaced with a Turbosmart eBoost 2 to provide consistency. Seeing Eric’s car gain more boost month after month, Brett decided it was time to follow suit. However, this time Brett wanted to do things the proper way, combining good power with reliability. Brett knew this was no easy task on his stock 2.5RS motor, so through the connections he made through the local Subaru community, he was able to contact Steve at Pacific Import Auto, who were veterans of doing WRX and STI motor swaps into naturally-aspirated versions of the Impreza, Legacy, and Forester. In mid-2006, while on R&R from his second tour in Iraq, plans began to swap out the stock 2.5RS motor with some variety of turbocharged Impreza motor. “I originally was on a tight budget and was going to do just the JDM STI swap,” Brett recalled. “But I saved my pennies, and eventually two years later had a full USDM swap with all the goodies.” The word “goodies” ended up being quite the understatement, since the swap included not just the motor, but also the STI 6-speed transmission, STI hubs, axles, driveshaft, and rear differential, STI Brembo brakes front and rear, STI BBS wheels, and the full STI interior. A stock turbo wasn’t enough either, so that was switched out for a TD05-20G, complete with an AccessPORT tune from Tim Bailey of Surgeline tuning and all the proper supporting modifications, along with methanol injection. Brett even matched Eric with the full Invidia turboback exhaust and Gruppe-S headers. While the build took quite a bit of time, most of which was spent with Brett on deployment in Iraq, Steve from Pacific Import Auto and Brett’s wife were happy to surprise him on his 29th birthday with the finished product. Tuned to 354 horsepower to the wheels and 405 foot-pounds of torque, Brett was able to launch his car to a quarter-mile in 12.5 seconds at 112mph. Not to be outdone by his good friend, Eric felt the need to add more to his STI. However, with new 38 NOVEMBER 2008

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