Hi. I just got my 03 2.5RS, 5 speed today. The last car I had was a Lexus ES, so this is quite a change for me. I've got a lot to learn about this Sooby, hope I have fun while I'm at it. Here's a pic of her/him (still haven't figured out which yet).

I come from clublexus...if you guys have any toyota/lexus questions (why would you though?!) you are welcome anytime on ClubLexus forums.

thanks

 

That looks exactly like my 02RS did when it was stock Welcome, hopefully you'll enjoy your new car.

 

I hope you have mod money! Cuz there are some bad influences here. Very nice new suby, Im glad its manual, and strommung is a great exhaust system to get. Here's some places to stroll around in...

www.lachutesubaru.com (talk to ben or julien)
www.cobbtuning.com

My two favorites, lots of goodies for you there just in case you wanted to check some stuff out. Welcome!

Dan
01 2.5 RS 2 door

 

oh great you guys...influencing a newbie before the car's broken in properly!! but i'm contemplating suspension, exhaust, and bronze jdm wheels of some sort. secondary mods would be...sound system and jdm HIDs. don't get me wrong, those are important too, but i don't have money to burn!

 

You should get some cams, headers, high flow cat, and pulleys too A CAI wouldn't hurt either. If this will help you, I have a 02 RS and I have a Ganzflow CAI, K&N filter, Stromung Catback, PROECM Chip, Kartboy Shifter, Momo Airleather Shift ****, Sparco Harness, Hawker 13.5 lb battery, Whiteline rear diff lock kit, 20 mm rear swaybar, Kuhmo Ecsta 712 tires, clear sidemarkers, and about 150 lbs removed from my car. I also have the following on order..

Borla Header
Random Tech Cat
Perrin Pulley
KYB AGX struts and Prodrive Springs
Lightweight Bumper beams
Exedy Clutch
Exedy 9 lb flywheel
Perrin Endlinks

After all of this, I may get a 50 shot for fun, get my TB bored by Rev-Lab, and start saving money to build my engine to 12:1 compresion, buy Cobb Racer Cams, Heads, buy a Unichip, and raise my rev limiter to 8200..

 

N/A beast, nice plans, heres my engine mods which is due back in 2 weeks or so.

Closed deck block
lightend, knife edged and balanced crankshaft
11:1 compression pistons
custom connecting rods
bored to 2.55+ litres
cobb racer cams
custom ported and polished cylinder heads
ported and polished inatke manifold
cobb springs
cobb titanium retainers
custom ss valves (3 angle valve job)
9 lb flywheel
fully blueprinted and balanced
revving to 8,500 rpm
Unichip tuning

Good luch with your car!

dan