Finished building my toy today..................

[irish al]

Thanks to everyones brains i have picked and for all the advice. I blame Scott for all this who kindly donated his downpipe at my second SIDC meet. It all happend after that.

Have been busy over the past few months and have ended up with the following on my 2003 WRX,

Black Rally Mud Flaps

Bonnet Struts

Upper Grill Mesh

Lower Grill Mesh

WRX Battery clamp

Sparco Oil Cap

Carbon Gear Knob

Flush Fit Alloy Valves

Tein Lowering Springs

Prodrive Geometry Settings

Powerflex Rear droplinks

Stainless Braided Brake lines

Dot 5.1 fluid

Mintex 1155 Pads

STI Front Strut Brace

Turbo Timer

B&M Short shifter

In Dash Double Gauge Pod

Boost Gauge

Dual Oil Pressure & Temp Gauge

Omex Pro Shift Light

Samco Intercooler Hoses

Earth Grounding Kit

HKS SS Dumpvalve

3" Magnex Exhaust & 5" Magnex Back Box

Magnex Downpipe

K&N Panel Filter

Headers

Upipe

NGK PFB7 Spark Plugs

Warlbro Fuel Pump

Teck 3 Remap by Andy F

Pioneer DEH-P70BT Head Unit

Single Din Pocket with flip down cover

Pioneer CD-IB100 Ipod Adaptor

Pioneer TS-E176C 17cm Components in Front Doors

Pioneer TS-E136C 13cm Components in Rear Doors

Pioneer TSW-306 12" Subs x 2

Pioneer GM-6100F Amplifiers x 2

Custom Built Speaker Pods for Components

Custom Built Boot Install

Dynamat

Neon Light

Fuses, Cables and more Cables

Lyndsey says thats me finished til next year (only 27 days to go )

[Gumball]

nice one mate, thats a fair old list youve got going there.

did you keep this quietish or have i been sleeping??

[irish al]

One month the list was on the computer, the next month it was on the car

[sharon_mccall]

Excellent stuff Al, sounds good m8.

[jcscoob]

Nice list mate

[Gumball]

thats good mate, personally i would have decided, changed my mind, bought it, posted, refunded, bought...............

i like to see people that are more decisive

[st3ph3n]

It's a fair selection. How do you find the uprated brake lines and fluid?

I must say I was very impressed by the ICE install last time I saw it.

[sharon_mccall]

Yeah his boot is cool as fuuuk. Neon lights are fab.

Was very impressed

[irish al]

The uprated brake lines and fluid are definately better and noticable, think that means there is less

fade, but to me it means i stop faster and firmer, if that makes sense

The Mintex 1155 Pads are a little squeky and very dusty but far better than the standard wrx ones.

[gus the bus]

Some list Al! You should post up your list for next year and Lyndsey will see what you want NEED for your Christmas

Unlike yours, mine is still a long list but once the spring comes and the bike goes it will be green light time (hopefully!)

[weeb]

thats is one mofo list!! must have cost u a bomb!!! the car sounds magic tho!! get some pics posted!!

[irish al]

Will get some pic posted when i get rid of the space saver, and its been washed.

[wrxmania]

Hi Al,

I could give you a loan of one of my "ready to go on the car soon as the back tyres are nearly gubbed" ones for a few days - I have a complete set of four polished and ready - just noticed the thread now....

Brian

[paddy247]

Nice mods m8

[irish al]

Close to 300bhp but no cigar,

Took my car to Dastek to day, It made 291bhp/298lbft.

Not sure whats next but i have a good idea

Has anyone else had thier wrx above 300bhp or what seems to be the limit for the engine.

There was also two guys there from Visual Sciences Ltd to recored the sounds from the cars exhaust

and hopefully they will be used in a new racing game being made. The cars 15min of fame

[st3ph3n]

Al, I'm no expert, but I'd guess the intake side is what's holding you back now. I remember reading something which slated a K&N filter over a standard one, although that was for a yank tank and not a WRX. Perhaps some sort of Cold Air Intake is where its at.

My engine plans for next year are quite similar to what you've done, with the exception of the headers, so your results give me something to aim at.

OH, I forgot to say - those are good figures. You shouldn't be disappointed.

[Bing]

Look like good figures to me too, sure it will run sweet as

Dont think the cold air feed makes all that much diffference till you reach 350 ish, but i may very well be wrong!

Just go back to Dastek another day, the figures will prob be different ...as Bruce F would say "higher, lower, higher, lower"

[spooks]

<< Just go back to Dastek another day, the figures will prob be different ...as Bruce F would say "higher, lower, higher, lower" >>

Gotta say disagree a bit with that, Dastek seem to have the most consistant rollers around, there will always be a slight difference but never more than 2-3 bhp ...... we have seen 20 bhp differences in other rollers.

Al great figures, speak to Andy to figure out how to get above the 300bhp mark...... he will tell ya im sure

Oh and dont blame me for starting you on the path Aint my fault , but I think it deserves a wee shot innit

Spooks

[mazheriqbal_mohammed]

That is one hell of a modification list, Iqy likes

I bet the scoob must be running a right treat with all those tasty mods, hopefully get to give you another run at Crail to test them out

Am very intrested to see what your custom boot install looks like, got any pics of it mate?

[oobster]

It's never finished Al, never.

It's just waiting for the bank balance to recover

Nice spec, nice noise off it last week too.

P.S. - Apologies, but there isn't an 'e' in Handling (your website)

[irish al]

Bing, paul did two runs for the car with about half hour between them. they were both very similar.

Scott will take you out next time i see ya.

Iqy, will have to wait till next year before we have more fun.

Andy, its not the bank balance, its Baby No 2 looking to be Baby No 1 for a while. Spelling corrected.

[paul@dastek]

Well this is my first post on this site but i need to comment on the power of Irish Al.

I was really impressed mate, i am now lacking behind i think the next thing for you is Intercooler.

Well done M8

[andrew_forrest]

Intercooler and turbo would be the next move.

The original TD04 is pretty much maxed out at this level but the upside is that it is on full boost by circa 2500rpm which makes for a very wide and useable powerband

I'm currently running my own WRX 03 on a TD05-18G at circa 375bhp but to be honest, once the testing article is completed for scoobymag, I'll be returning to the TD04 hybrid with 320/320 and full boost from 2600rpm

Andy

[fai17]

<< Intercooler and turbo would be the next move.

The original TD04 is pretty much maxed out at this level but the upside is that it is on full boost by circa 2500rpm which makes for a very wide and useable powerband

I'm currently running my own WRX 03 on a TD05-18G at circa 375bhp but to be honest, once the testing article is completed for scoobymag, I'll be returning to the TD04 hybrid with 320/320 and full boost from 2600rpm

Andy >>

Why are you doing that big yin??

[=Robbo=]

I'll take a guess why Andy is going back to the Hybrid TD04, it's because the Torque appears earlier. Nothing beats low down grunt for drivability. Big BHP/Torque at 5000RPM don't equal big fun on a B class road. I think the real fun comes from big brake power and going round corners really really fast.

But that's just my personal opinion.

Robbo.