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Swapped out the Koyo radiator for a CSF radiator , Its far larger than the Koyo and had no issues with coolant temps for entire sessions and also brought oil temps down at least 20-30 degrees. Now the coolant temps barely rose over 210 and oil got no where near 250 like it did at … Continue reading Waterford Hills Track day
Well I learned a lot from Gridlife midwest ... The car have oil temp issues the entire weekend due to what I think is a stuck thermostat and lacked spring rate to perform optimally on the track. Its what happens when you build a car that still needs to be somewhat comfortable on the … Continue reading Gridlife Midwest 2018
Disclaimer This is just advice I have learned from friends , experience and reading after owning Subarus for the last 7 years. It primarily applies to turbocharged Subarus but I would apply the same logic towards an EZ30 or EJ25D powered car as I would with my EJ207. Here is the Subaru maintenance schedule that … Continue reading Maintaining and Modifying your Wrx / STi
Going to be making more videos here in 2018 and I started with a recap of the last five years of ownership. Should also have a few other videos documenting local builds and maybe even an SCCA RallyX championship winning car ! https://youtu.be/a4G1qyIQ7Kw
So if you are looking to run a set of Koni inserts , Tokico D Specs or KYB AGX with 2004 + Wrx rear tophats you are going to run into a little issue where the struts make a horrible tapping noise when the rear struts hit a bump. The reason for this is that … Continue reading How to run 2002-2003 Wrx Struts on any GD 5×100 wrx/STi with 2004+ Tophats
So Gridlife round 5 didn't go so well as I got sick with what we are calling " superaids" leading me to drive home Saturday around 2pm and sleep for around 14 hours. As of today I am still not 100% back to feeling normal but I am getting there. Gridlife was fun for the … Continue reading Fall update and future plans of world domination
So after making the wagon into more of a track car it seems the pendulum is going to swing back towards what the car originally was which was an excellent daily driver that I put 500 miles on a week at times. The 9k/8k springs are a little too rough for our horrible Michigan roads … Continue reading Change in Direction but not a change in purpose
