South-West Chat (Formerly Devon)

[jd]

Any excuse for a drive out.

[the bungster]

'twas a hansom looking ride mind .

Lots of levers n shit for brake fiddling ...

Seemed like a nice guy too ....

[STImulant29]

yea it pushing out over 600 bhp. a guy from scotland phoned him asked him to buy him a car and do x y and z to it, then deposited the cash to him...bonkers

[the bungster]

yea it pushing out over 600 bhp. a guy from scotland phoned him asked him to buy him a car and do x y and z to it, then deposited the cash to him...bonkers

We can dream mate ...

[spect]

I am happy with my power

[jimmer]

I'd be happy with your power to!

Do you really need 600 bhp?

[STImulant29]

well i kinda wana go for 400/450bhp with stock sti internals strip it out and bigger brakes and then run some track days/meets. but 600 is just silly money and not worth it on the roads. think he was tracking it though

[the bungster]

How long will stock internals last at that kind of power ? Sti or not you gotta be looking at some upgrades surely ...

[STImulant29]

450all day long its done alot on sti internals, iv heard of people doing just over 500 but i wouldnt wana push it that far, after 450 ish u probably wana start looking at 2.1 stroker with a closed deck block just for piece of mind, iv debated it but do i really need to go past 450? id be looking at getting a bigger turbo/injectors/fmic/cone filter and remap il be hitting around 450. Couple 400/450bhp with weight loss and your on a winner. better mpg/tyre and brake wear/handling. And its cheap as chips and you can ebay some of what you ditch. I ditched my spare wheel and tools on sunday and noticed a massive difference plus the fact i was running v power with an octane booster. getting race seats alone probably save u 10-15+kg each seat then ditch spare wheel, air con, rear seats your looking at maybe 60+kg loss? running with things like half full washer bottle and i/c spray. Relocating the battery for a smaller lighter one and boosh youve just ditched 70+kg probably more out of your car in a day. and spent maybe 400/500 quid on the seats. winner

think i got a bit carried away then i felt something twitch

[jd]

450bhp on my 04 sti for 5 years now with no problems.

[jimmer]

Do you think its bragging rights,or is it i can so why not!

Rob you ave a point,good read!

[jd]

It isnt bragging rights.

I was simply stating that 450bhp on standard newage if setup well is not a problem.

[jimmer]

I didn't mean you jd,I meant having 600 bhp!

[jd]

ah ok

I would have 600bhp if I could, but then I would want 700

[STImulant29]

if u can why not! go for it, really its not that expensive seeing as you have the internals to do it, its just bolting bits on and getting it mapped. you can do everything yourself apart from the remap so again its not gona cost the earth and you get to chose the parts you want to use. you could even get bits off ebay but i wouldnt recommend it.

JD what turbo are you running in the newage?

jimmer if you fancy a read, this guy went to the extreme and ditched about 300+ib i think off his sti which is probably about 130+kg. Its a top read the guy got obsessed

[jd]

Currently have a GT30 hybrid from Enginetuner, it was sat there all shiny and I could not resist.

[STImulant29]

ok his target was 500ib thats 227 kg lighter than stock and i believe 10ib = 1hp more.

[STImulant29]

lol jd gotta love shiney things...my precious.....

[jd]

oo yes, still going strong. very well looked after by Enginetuner over the years.

[jimmer]

ok his target was 500ib thats 227 kg lighter than stock and i believe 10ib = 1hp more.

He must have chucked everything out?

[jd]

be amazed at how heavy the dront seats alone are. especially the drivers with the airbags etc.

sold mine

[neil wrx]

crikey rob u've definitely given it alot of thought. a man with a plan

[jd]

might have to start on mine before june hillclimb

[jimmer]

How much did you think that you have lightened yours by jd?

I think rob is going to go on a mission!

[neil wrx]