Sleeper STI on Tuner Transformation
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Sleeper STI on Tuner Transformation
I just finished watching Tuner Transformations on SPEED channel. The show just redeemed itself after their abomination of the RX-8.
On it they took a Subaru STI and did to it exactly what I would like to do if I owned one.
Retuned the ECU.
New Intercooler.
Added intake.
Added Exhaust.
Installed a rear swaybar.
Upgraded brakes.
Then they painted the stock rims black and swapped a base model hood and trunk lid with the regular STI's.
Total sleeper car.
Just thought I would share and if this is a repost I appologize.
-JiM
On it they took a Subaru STI and did to it exactly what I would like to do if I owned one.
Retuned the ECU.
New Intercooler.
Added intake.
Added Exhaust.
Installed a rear swaybar.
Upgraded brakes.
Then they painted the stock rims black and swapped a base model hood and trunk lid with the regular STI's.
Total sleeper car.
Just thought I would share and if this is a repost I appologize.
-JiM
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Re: Sleeper STI on Tuner Transformation
Originally posted by j1mb0x99
I just finished watching Tuner Transformations on SPEED channel. The show just redeemed itself after their abomination of the RX-8.
On it they took a Subaru STI and did to it exactly what I would like to do if I owned one.
Retuned the ECU.
New Intercooler.
Added intake.
Added Exhaust.
Installed a rear swaybar.
Upgraded brakes.
Then they painted the stock rims black and swapped a base model hood and trunk lid with the regular STI's.
Total sleeper car.
Just thought I would share and if this is a repost I appologize.
-JiM
I just finished watching Tuner Transformations on SPEED channel. The show just redeemed itself after their abomination of the RX-8.
On it they took a Subaru STI and did to it exactly what I would like to do if I owned one.
Retuned the ECU.
New Intercooler.
Added intake.
Added Exhaust.
Installed a rear swaybar.
Upgraded brakes.
Then they painted the stock rims black and swapped a base model hood and trunk lid with the regular STI's.
Total sleeper car.
Just thought I would share and if this is a repost I appologize.
-JiM
I can't believe they painted thise beautiful BBS wheels, I hope they got it professionally done and it was a black car.
There are a couple black FMICs available for the WRX/STi as well, and it looks really mean. Did they use the black?
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When is this show on? I missed both the rx8 and sti episodes.Saw the weak auto m3 episode.
I dont know if mine was an Sti i think id leave as so. Sleeper would be 02 03 wrx no sti available over here in that body style.
With the car being out longer /more parts it is fairly easy to make faster than the Sti.
The sleeper i want is a miata with 5.0 swap:D
I dont know if mine was an Sti i think id leave as so. Sleeper would be 02 03 wrx no sti available over here in that body style.
With the car being out longer /more parts it is fairly easy to make faster than the Sti.
The sleeper i want is a miata with 5.0 swap:D
Last edited by wrx2rx8; 06-09-2004 at 12:30 AM.
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I can't believe they painted thise beautiful BBS wheels, I hope they got it professionally done and it was a black car
unfortunatly the car was silver.
![Frown](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/frown.gif)
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I think they took the cahones out of the car. Why spend 30k on a car your buying for only one reason, then strip it down to look like a 7k cheaper car. I'll admit the upgrades were nice, but still. They kept the old calipers and put in SS lines and cross-drilled discs. However, I think that they are gonna run into problems with the new exhaust. The STI boards are flooded with posts about boost-creep issues with any more freely-flowing exhaust is pu on. Since I didn't see any external wastegate or porting the original internal one and not to mention they uped the boost and retuned the computer, I think there may be some future damage to the engine there. All in all though still fun to watch.
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You retune the comp.Cause of the upped boost, to avoid engine problems.Anytime you mod a car/or drive it hard its gonna have future problems you just tune it right . Put that future as far out there as you can.
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Originally posted by wrx2rx8
You retune the comp.Cause of the upped boost, to avoid engine problems.Anytime you mod a car/or drive it hard its gonna have future problems you just tune it right . Put that future as far out there as you can.
You retune the comp.Cause of the upped boost, to avoid engine problems.Anytime you mod a car/or drive it hard its gonna have future problems you just tune it right . Put that future as far out there as you can.
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