Kellie's 2002 GT35 WRX wagon
07-12-2011, 07:21 PM
#1
Kellie's 2002 GT35 WRX wagon
I've been a GD owner since December of 2001, but this is my newest and most involved project, by far. I've been wrenching professionally since 2002, both building Subaru motors and working as a dealer tech for BMW, but I have never owned a highly modified car. I'm used to diagnosing and fixing stock cars, and I didn't build this car, so I'm learning as I go.
The car is a 2002 WRB WRX wagon with 34,000 miles as of today. Mod list is copy/pasted from the for-sale ad, and it's only what is installed to my knowledge. I find more and more every day.
Engine:
-STi shortblock
-Element rods
-Wiseco pistons
-Nitride coated crankshaft assembly
-ACL bearing kit
-EJ20 heads ported and polished
-Jun 272 cams
-Cosworth oil pump
-Ferrea valves, springs, and retainers
-GT Spec headers (unequal length & ported to match exhaust ports)
-TurboXS intake manifold
-TurboXS 3” inlet front mount intercooler
-TurboXS 3.5” v-band exhaust
-TurboXS 4” v-band down pipe
-TurboXS rotated v-band 35R kit (.82)
Fuel:
-Dual Walbro pumps
-TurboXS fuel rails
-1000cc injectors
-Aero fuel regulator
Transmission:
-5 speed PPG straight cut dogbox
-PPG output shaft
-ACT 6 puck clutch
-PPG output shaft assembly
-Kartboy short shifter
Suspension/brakes/wheels/misc.:
-Cusco coilovers
-Stoptech BBK in front
-Volk CE28 17x7.5
-Defi boost, EGT and oil pressure gauges
-Blitz boost controller
Looks like the majority of the work was done by Andrewtech in Maryland (nice guys, by the way), and they work closely with TurboXS, hence all of the TurboXS parts. It came to me with a TurboXS wideband and Utec, but today Harvey (TheBoostCreep) and I spent the day sorting out the wiring and installing an AEM standalone. I consider this car a good starting point, or as my friend called it, a "pile of parts", but there are a lot of little details that I would like to sort out before I'll consider it "done" (hah, as if a car is ever done). The list grows every day, but I'm excited to chronicle it.
My priority right now is getting the car safely tuned for the altitude here in Denver. My initial tune will be for pump gas, but in the long run, I'll probably switch to E85. It also desperately needs a quieter exhaust. Once I establish that the car isn't going to blow up, I'll work on that. That's enough for now...here are some pics from the seller's PhotoBucket...hopefully he doesn't take them down. Dyno sheets to come early next week.
The car is a 2002 WRB WRX wagon with 34,000 miles as of today. Mod list is copy/pasted from the for-sale ad, and it's only what is installed to my knowledge. I find more and more every day.
Engine:
-STi shortblock
-Element rods
-Wiseco pistons
-Nitride coated crankshaft assembly
-ACL bearing kit
-EJ20 heads ported and polished
-Jun 272 cams
-Cosworth oil pump
-Ferrea valves, springs, and retainers
-GT Spec headers (unequal length & ported to match exhaust ports)
-TurboXS intake manifold
-TurboXS 3” inlet front mount intercooler
-TurboXS 3.5” v-band exhaust
-TurboXS 4” v-band down pipe
-TurboXS rotated v-band 35R kit (.82)
Fuel:
-Dual Walbro pumps
-TurboXS fuel rails
-1000cc injectors
-Aero fuel regulator
Transmission:
-5 speed PPG straight cut dogbox
-PPG output shaft
-ACT 6 puck clutch
-PPG output shaft assembly
-Kartboy short shifter
Suspension/brakes/wheels/misc.:
-Cusco coilovers
-Stoptech BBK in front
-Volk CE28 17x7.5
-Defi boost, EGT and oil pressure gauges
-Blitz boost controller
Looks like the majority of the work was done by Andrewtech in Maryland (nice guys, by the way), and they work closely with TurboXS, hence all of the TurboXS parts. It came to me with a TurboXS wideband and Utec, but today Harvey (TheBoostCreep) and I spent the day sorting out the wiring and installing an AEM standalone. I consider this car a good starting point, or as my friend called it, a "pile of parts", but there are a lot of little details that I would like to sort out before I'll consider it "done" (hah, as if a car is ever done). The list grows every day, but I'm excited to chronicle it.
My priority right now is getting the car safely tuned for the altitude here in Denver. My initial tune will be for pump gas, but in the long run, I'll probably switch to E85. It also desperately needs a quieter exhaust. Once I establish that the car isn't going to blow up, I'll work on that. That's enough for now...here are some pics from the seller's PhotoBucket...hopefully he doesn't take them down. Dyno sheets to come early next week.
Last edited by kellie; 08-07-2011 at 09:10 AM.
07-12-2011, 09:09 PM
#5
Not such a sleeper when it's so loud that your neighbors come out of their house to see what all the noise is. I can't wait to change out the exhaust.
The car is currently sitting at The Boost Creep/Harvey's shop waiting for its new standalone and MAP sensor. For whatever reason, it had two MAP sensors, both hooked up. One aftermarket, and one OEM (installed upside down). The wire for one of them was shorting to the wire for the throttle position sensor and causing some funky readings, so rather than spending the day tuning, like we had originally planned, we spent the day cleaning up the rat's nest of wiring around the ECU to prevent further problems.
My friend loaned me his camera to take pictures, but he didn't loan me the card reader, so those will have come next week, along with the dyno graphs. I'm also waiting on the guys at TXS to send me the dyno graphs from April when they tuned it. Lotta waiting ITT.
The car is currently sitting at The Boost Creep/Harvey's shop waiting for its new standalone and MAP sensor. For whatever reason, it had two MAP sensors, both hooked up. One aftermarket, and one OEM (installed upside down). The wire for one of them was shorting to the wire for the throttle position sensor and causing some funky readings, so rather than spending the day tuning, like we had originally planned, we spent the day cleaning up the rat's nest of wiring around the ECU to prevent further problems.
My friend loaned me his camera to take pictures, but he didn't loan me the card reader, so those will have come next week, along with the dyno graphs. I'm also waiting on the guys at TXS to send me the dyno graphs from April when they tuned it. Lotta waiting ITT.
07-13-2011, 01:38 PM
#8
Hi Ave!! Thanks for the compliments!
Selling the peanut eye car was the biggest mistake I've ever made in my history of owning cars. I still regret it. I ordered a DGM 2011 STi hatch to replace it. It took 3.5 months for it to come in, and sold it 7 months later for another GD. It just wasn't the same.
Selling the peanut eye car was the biggest mistake I've ever made in my history of owning cars. I still regret it. I ordered a DGM 2011 STi hatch to replace it. It took 3.5 months for it to come in, and sold it 7 months later for another GD. It just wasn't the same.
07-14-2011, 04:16 PM
#14
I spoke with Harvey this morning, and he said he finished a conservative pump gas tune for me. On 91 octane at 16 lbs. of boost, a mile above sea level, the car made 368 to the wheels. He said he wanted to play it safe since we don't know this engine and I was really nervous about it. I'm happy with that for now though. In the next month or two, we're going to make a high-boost E85 map.
I also received the dyno graph from TurboXS, but I'm hesitant to post it because it seems really high.
I also received the dyno graph from TurboXS, but I'm hesitant to post it because it seems really high.