Johndabrit's bugeye
 

2002 WRX 301.4WTQ 275.7WHP 18 PSI on 91

Motor:
'11 stage 1 EJ257, Stage 1 2.5 spec heads, '11 STi oil & oil pumps, CP forged pistons, ACL Rod/Main bearings, TGV/PCV delete, Oil Catch can, NGK Iridium Plugs, Walbro 255 LPH FP, DW850cc injectors, Group N Motor Mounts, Cosworth head gaskets, Megan racing radiator, Cobb battery strap, SPT radiator Bezel

Induction:
Blouch18G-XT/8cm/ported WG, Perrin TMIC, APS 65mm CAI, Hallman MBC, Samco 3" inlet, '03 JDM V7 STi hood scoop

Transmission:
2009 WRX Gears, Group N transmission mounts, Motul gear oil, MOMO Subaru V7 STi shiftknob, ACT Stage 2 clutch

Suspension/Brakes/Wheels/ride quality:
V7 JDM STi front/rear seats, WhiteLine 24mm RSB, WhiteLine solid EL, STi tophats, STi springs, Kyb struts, Stoptech slotted rotors, StopTech steel lines, Yokohama S drive tires, '07 WRX wheels, StopTech brake pads, V7 JDM STi Steering wheel, Stoptech brake fluid

Gauges:
STRI Xline V2 boost gauge, STRI Xline V2 EGT gauge, STi Gauge cluster, BT OBDII adapter w/rev & harrys laptimer pro iphone apps.

Exhaust:
Invidia catless bellmouth DP, MadDad Whisper 3" single-tip CBE, Dual-slip up-pipe

Aerodynamics:
'03 JDM STi rear diffuser,Wingless trunk lid

Lighting:
6000K HID dualbulb headlights, black OEM headlight housing, LED side-markers/lic. plate light/trunk light/dome light/and map lights.

Cosmetic:
V7 JDM STi Center Console, USDM STi door cards

Audio/video/security:
Kenwood DDX616, 1000w panasonic amp, 1500w Alpine amp, 12" Pioneer champion subwoofer, Alarm w/ remote start + neutral switch

The Future:
Front lip, E85 tune, Cobb AP

On the dyno
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The Valet where i park my car damaged the front end. Insurance claim in the works.
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Back to wingless. Feels good to be back!
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V7 JDM STi Interior
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After first few mods - with SUBYWREX
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Latest Dyno from 12/11
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Dyno from 5/11
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After build on VF43
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First tune ever (before build)
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Nice john!!! too bad its still not registered under you...... hahahahh. I keeed I keeed

what are you going to do with ur wrx brake if they are still in good condition haha

shieeets cleeeeean d('-')b

[quote=WESTcoast;2750802]what are you going to do with ur wrx brake if they are still in good condition haha[/quote]

pads are decent... rotors are CRAP..
you are welcome to the pads if EQ hasnt thrown them away. Lemme know.
-J

[quote=SubieFoo;2750791]Nice john!!! too bad its still not registered under you...... hahahahh. I keeed I keeed[/quote]

It will be as soon as we go to the DMV.. haha.. all good.
-J

now no more shaking under heavy braking!!!

[quote=SubieFoo;2750858]now no more shaking under heavy braking!!![/quote]

I'm on the way to pick it up now. I think it will be way different compared to stock. I've read a bunch of reviews and they say that the lines alone will make a difference because they dont flex like the rubber ones do.

so i just got the car back from EQ and the brakes feel perfect. literally like night and day. Car has some good bite and feels much safer overall.
-J

I'm glad you're enjoying the brakes John! The stoptech setup is really nice all around and this is by far one of my favorite pads to use. Bedding in your pads really brought me back to the days of my bugeye and the countless brake setups I had on that thing :D

-- Ed

[quote=EQ Tuning;2750957]I'm glad you're enjoying the brakes John! The stoptech setup is really nice all around and this is by far one of my favorite pads to use. Bedding in your pads really brought me back to the days of my bugeye and the countless brake setups I had on that thing :D

-- Ed[/quote]
so......when's the next EQ track day? :sign0008:

[quote=WESTcoast;2750802]what are you going to do with ur wrx brake if they are still in good condition haha[/quote]

never did get the old pads back....

def' sike fam bam FTW!!!

Damn it Jon! Your car is coming along nicely! Looks like you are gettin all the right stuff. I hate you! HAHAHA

get a big snail!!!

At DMV now. Hopefully no more troubles.

DMV went smoothly. Fully legal. Have sticker. Car is in my name. Your turn Les!!!!!
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[QUOTE=tony1w;2751597]get a big snail!!![/QUOTE]

I spool right away with the vf43. Im looking into which would be the best turbo to hit 300hp while staying top mount and with lowest lag. Your thoughts??

[QUOTE=johndabrit;2751672]DMV went smoothly. Fully legal. Have sticker. Car is in my name. Your turn Les!!!!!
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congrats on the sticker! hahaha.

did Ed tell you when you reach full boost?

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Damn John your ride has come up! Really nice performance oriented mods. And congrats on breaking 300whp, really dig your car.

And after that buttering up you down to trade a Borla for your Maddad + cash on my end? ;)

thank you very much. I need to give the car a good bath and take some pictures. The ones posted above look like a different car now. :)

[quote=03'EyeBug;2985681]And after that buttering up you down to trade a Borla for your Maddad + cash on my end? ;)[/quote]

only if you know of something quieter for me

[QUOTE=johndabrit;2985689]only if you know of something quieter for me[/QUOTE]

Haha I was just kiddin anyways I know you searched high and low for that exhaust ;)

yeah .. just so happened that crfsti was doing a part out and i was in the right place at the right time. I wouldnt have been able to get it but he let me make two or three payments to him. It gets rid of a lot of the droning from the exhaust and still sounds great when you open it up. I wish i could get it even quieter but it seems like you have to go less than 3" to do that and i cant do that.
-J

im thinking about lining the entire trunk with dynamat type material to get rid of a lot more droning. coming from the exhaust. I have no spare tire or anything back there and it made the exhaust much more present in the cockpit. Stuff is really expensive though.

[QUOTE=johndabrit;2985735]im thinking about lining the entire trunk with dynamat type material to get rid of a lot more droning. coming from the exhaust. I have no spare tire or anything back there and it made the exhaust much more present in the cockpit. Stuff is really expensive though.[/QUOTE]

Yea my whole trunk is shaved and I have an EWG and catless 3'' all the way haha. It gets loud sometimes but I don't mind.

I wouldnt mind, but I dont wanna drone out the babies ears. I also like to take road trips with my wife and would like to actually hear her over the car. I m selling my amp and subs so i also want the stereo to overpower the exhaust without having to turn it up really loud. Your car is sick though

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added latest dyno.
Made 274.9WHP and 291.5WTQ not bad for a bugeye with over 200k miles on the chassis!!

Added video of car on the dyno

Updated parts/cleaned up post 1. I'll be working on looks over the next year. Suggestions?

Love the car man, has alot of stuff done to it I Plan to do on mine!! Cant wait to see it on saturday and take that sexy wing off your hands!

[quote=snyda;3096576]Love the car man, has alot of stuff done to it I Plan to do on mine!! Cant wait to see it on saturday and take that sexy wing off your hands![/quote]

well if i can offer any advice let me know. I've been through it all.. Motor, trans, various turbos and supporting mods, interior, exterior, A/V... bring it on!

Is the sti cluster plug and play? No mods?? And what year cluster should i use??

if at all possible you should get an 04 USDM STi cluster as it is more plug and play. 05 It is plug n play after you shave down the tabs allowing fitment of the WRX wire harness plugs and possible clip a wire or two. I have one pin bent over to one side which was done by previous owner of the cluster. I believe that one was bent to get rid of the buzzing noise which some of them have. All gauges work. Shift light works. Rev limit beep works. Dimmer works.. and the best part, the start up sweep works. I love my gauges.

I want one soo bad i hate the factory guage cluster on the wrx haha!

you've gotta start somewhere. Keep your eyes on the threads.. gauge clusters appear a few times a year.

updated threads 1 & 2. Feels good to be wingless again.

insurance adjuster was here today... hopefully damage gets paid for soon. I need a good body/paint shop. Any hook ups?

updated mods and replaced some pictures.

Give me your 18G!!! Please!! :lol:

Nice whip! What caravan are you joining for BaM?

[quote=LOL VTEC;3106846]Give me your 18G!!! Please!! :lol:

Nice whip! What caravan are you joining for BaM?[/quote]

I'm guessing that Def Sik will be rolling to bam so ill join in . Not sure if there will be a rendezvous with other caravans. You can have my 18G if I can have your 207 :) How's your car doing? Clutch fixed?
-J

[QUOTE=johndabrit;3106882]I'm guessing that Def Sik will be rolling to bam so ill join in . Not sure if there will be a rendezvous with other caravans. You can have my 18G if I can have your 207 :) How's your car doing? Clutch fixed?
-J[/QUOTE]

O that's right, 707 crew has their own caravan.

Car is running mechanically perfect, needs to be fixed cosmetically. But bills need to be paid off first though.

It was the throw out bearing

[quote=LOL VTEC;3106892]O that's right, 707 crew has their own caravan.

Car is running mechanically perfect, needs to be fixed cosmetically. But bills need to be paid off first though.

It was the throw out bearing[/quote]
good to know it was an easy fix. Your car is a beast. Seems like it was at EQ every single time i was there so i have had a lot of time to admire it :)

[QUOTE=johndabrit;3106908]good to know it was an easy fix. Your car is a beast. Seems like it was at EQ every single time i was there so i have had a lot of time to admire it :)[/QUOTE]

Thanks man, I appreciate it! Have to come and get a ride in it!

[quote=LOL VTEC;3106926]Thanks man, I appreciate it! Have to come and get a ride in it![/quote]

forgot you were just across the bridge. Come to the Def Sik meet tonight. I'll roll through.

i used to be 707 crew.... in an evo :(

less than 300 wheel on an 18g 2.5 motor?

[QUOTE=KYUKCA;3159176]i used to be 707 crew.... in an evo :(

less than 300 wheel on an 18g 2.5 motor?[/QUOTE]

1. I'm not fully tuned yet! Stay tuned cause my car is in the shop for some work, an aps cai, and some dw1300 injectors.
2. Once tuned on 91 I then may get an e85 tune.
3. I am already in the range of power I should have even tuned conservatively as I am. How much power did you expect to see with my setup? I don't have external wastegate, I don't have STi heads and I'm on 91. I'm not tuned aggressively. Show me a similar setup with a lotmore power on either eds or gst dyno..

expected around 340 i guess. didnt mean to be insulting. we'll see what mine makes and ill post it. guessin it wont be that good... autolab here has a dyno that reads low as **** like gst. dont remeber eds. ill be on 93 as well. sorry man

[QUOTE=KYUKCA;3159232]expected around 340 i guess. didnt mean to be insulting. we'll see what mine makes and ill post it. guessin it wont be that good... autolab here has a dyno that reads low as **** like gst. dont remeber eds. ill be on 93 as well. sorry man[/QUOTE]

All good. I just think your numbers are way off. There is no way I'm getting 340 without e85, meth or at least external wastegate and 93 fuel. 91 is all we have and it's crap 91 at that. I'm interested what your mod list is and what you tune to as far as whp wtq and driveability.

low 300's on an 18G is about right. for 340 youd need to be pushing it a lot and need like every bolt on available. Better a 20G for easier power to hit 330-350whp. Unless you're on a COBB dyno that gets 320hp with just CAI and turbo back lolz.

Looks good Jon! Are the 750's going to hold up to E85? I thought 1k's were needed for that. dooooeeeeetttttt lol

[QUOTE=dTek;3159273]low 300's on an 18G is about right. for 340 youd need to be pushing it a lot and need like every bolt on available. Better a 20G for easier power to hit 330-350whp. Unless you're on a COBB dyno that gets 320hp with just CAI and turbo back lolz.

Looks good Jon! Are the 750's going to hold up to E85? I thought 1k's were needed for that. dooooeeeeetttttt lol[/QUOTE]

What 750s? I'm running 1300s after this week :) after my tune I expect to be right at 300awtq. Not sure about hp.

I think you can run 850s for E85.. but your not going to get the "bang for your buck" haha

Updated mods to show what's going in now.

i come from the evo/dsm world, hence my extreme lack of knowledge on suby's.

really nice car tho. wish we could have done some lake berryessa runs when i was still livin out there!!

ill post a build thread later, but i have a 2002 with a full 2006 swap (i mean everything) also an sti tmic, vf39, cobb dp, accessport.

[quote=KYUKCA;3159372]i come from the evo/dsm world, hence my extreme lack of knowledge on suby's.

really nice car tho. wish we could have done some lake berryessa runs when i was still livin out there!!

ill post a build thread later, but i have a 2002 with a full 2006 swap (i mean everything) also an sti tmic, vf39, cobb dp, accessport.[/quote]

if all your mods are the usual suspects youll probably do about 275-285hp and a bit more than that tq.. just my opinion. avcs will help you also. my heads dont have it :( id like to see your build and pics. Its good to see legit swaps. If full swap = 6 sp then you dont have the 300hpish threshold that the 5sp guys do.. hopefully you have a good tuner where you are.

its a 5 speed, ej255 not sti swap just wrx

heres a couple pics

[quote=KYUKCA;3159826]its a 5 speed, ej255 not sti swap just wrx[/quote]

unless you plan on getting a 6 speed you really shouldnt plan on going much above 300awhp. The 5sp is a split case design and is susceptible to torsion under load.

DW 1300's are in. The idle is nice and smooth @ 900 RPM. Same as on my 750's This is great news. On track to pick up the car monday night.

side note 750's are for sale only 200 bucks!!(half price from new)

Sorry to revive an old thread and threadjack But I had a question:

I couldn't help but notice that the torque curve slowly drops after boost is created. Why is this happening? The first thing that comes to mind for me is that maybe the subaru heads can't sustain the boost pressure or maybe there isn't enough lift for the cams at that RPM?

Turbo too small too?

[quote=Iwrxshiiet;3174411]Sorry to revive an old thread and threadjack But I had a question:

I couldn't help but notice that the torque curve slowly drops after boost is created. Why is this happening? The first thing that comes to mind for me is that maybe the subaru heads can't sustain the boost pressure or maybe there isn't enough lift for the cams at that RPM?

Turbo too small too?[/quote]
my heads are CNC'd to STi spec so they are the same size but do not have AVCS.

I'll redirect your questions about the curve to my tuner, but I'll also be posting the tune we did last night so you can see the difference/improvement. I'm not sure what you mean by turbo too small. I wanted the car to be a DD and around the 300awhp range with the most usable power as possible. All while tuned with motor longevity in mind. When replacing my turbo the 18G-XT seemed like the right way to go to get into that range while keeping the 5sp.

from what I have gathered when looking at Turbos etc etc. is that Turbos as their Size becomes to small, they either restrict Exhaust at Higher rpms, thus reducing torque, or power up top, or They produce too much heat instead of compressing the air, therefore losing their efficiency causing similar results. but I guess headflow would matter equally as much.

i just got my retune. Ill post it when Ed sends me the screen shot.
-J

latest dyno is up.
I made 275.7whp and 301.4wtq at 18psi peak
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I changed post 1 to be more compact and look more organized in tables. Took forever to format them because we have really limited html on i-club.. no tables.. not much extra code etc...

you getting new fenders? looking for a set of Pam sedan fenders. pm me. thanks

[QUOTE=eleanor|wagon;3220409]you getting new fenders? looking for a set of Pam sedan fenders. pm me. thanks[/QUOTE]

Are you offering Psm fenders or looking for Psm fenders?

updated mod list. Will be tuning again on apr 5th for an injector swap. I need to give the car a bath and take pictures. It's changed quite a bit since the last pictures were taken.

[QUOTE=johndabrit;3224173]updated mod list. Will be tuning again on apr 5th for an injector swap. I need to give the car a bath and take pictures. It's changed quite a bit since the last pictures were taken.[/QUOTE]

April 5th baby!!!!!

[quote=LOL VTEC;3224187]April 5th baby!!!!![/quote]

haha yeah i cant wait. I need to get my intercooler mounting bracket welded before that date though. I don't really wanna tune the car with the IC held on by zipties haha. After chasing down a rattle i saw that everything looked normal but closer inspection showed the welds had cracked and the IC was just sitting there in place without support. GARRRRR

[QUOTE=johndabrit;3224189]haha yeah i cant wait. I need to get my intercooler mounting bracket welded before that date though. I don't really wanna tune the car with the IC held on by zipties haha. After chasing down a rattle i saw that everything looked normal but closer inspection showed the welds had cracked and the IC was just sitting there in place without support. GARRRRR[/QUOTE]

O boy :lol:

I may be doing something to my car nobody has ever done before if I can get the geometry correct. 2012 wrx front end conversion anyone? Can anyone with that chassis let me take measurements?

That sounds like a ton of work. Props to you if you can pull it off.

I know I can go to 07 With a face lift kit but I don't think anyone has ever tried to retrofit the new parts to the bugeye.

I'm guessing I will need the following. Feel free to add any items.

Hood
Bumper
Fenders
Subframe
Radiator supports
Light housing brackets
Headlights
Grille

Not sure about wiring yet but will probably just run hid to avoid wiring complications.

damn john thats a crazy task to take on!! I know Hiro garage has done a conversion from the 08-11 sti on a gd chassis
[url=http://dsportmag.com/browse/featured-article/hero-revival]Hero Revival - CS Hiro Brings This Chop-Top GDB Back To Life | DSPORT Magazine #95[/url]

[QUOTE=xhengmanx;3251263]damn john thats a crazy task to take on!! I know Hiro garage has done a conversion from the 08-11 sti on a gd chassis
[url=http://dsportmag.com/browse/featured-article/hero-revival]Hero Revival - CS Hiro Brings This Chop-Top GDB Back To Life * | DSPORT Magazine #95[/url][/QUOTE]

Sick. Looks like it has basic info and pics. That is along the lines of what I wanna do however. Would be cool to get a build list from them.

I did a minor cut off mod to my reflectors similar to what you might do when retrofitting projectors. I had to rebake them to clean the inside. I took the opportunity to make the upward reflection as reduced as I could.

thread got cleaned up i see haha

Have you thought about just doin retros?

Before I do that I'll just do jdm. I'm not personally skilled enough to do retrofit myself

Yea i was pretty sketch about doing it. I had a friend help me out and it was actually WAY easier to do than i thought it would have been.

[QUOTE=stupidchicken03;3251743]Yea i was pretty sketch about doing it. I had a friend help me out and it was actually WAY easier to do than i thought it would have been.[/QUOTE]

What was your total cost?

[QUOTE=johndabrit;3251745]What was your total cost?[/QUOTE]

Got a good deal from a buddy on great condition used stock lights for $80.
Got BNIB projector kit shipped for $72ish
Already had tube of silicone.

Profit :)

Time for some updates. Got some goodies. Car finally has a grill. 2011 wrx wheels, and a front lip now.
And....
A huge dent in the trunk lid where some dude who looked like Damon wayans backed into me.
Fml

I'll be updating the pics an mods posts soon.

bummer man :ohwell: