September Car of the Month WINNER-Speedyham

I'll enter my fun car

Congrats to Speedyham for winning the September contest!!




A lightly massaged '96 Impreza Coupe :biggrin:

Mods:

Engine-
'02 WRX engine & ECU
AEM 65mm intake
Samco IC hoses
GM BCS
APS 50/50 BOV
Knife Edged TB
TB coolant bypass mod
PnP'd TGV's
665cc/min injectors
Phenolic intake manifold spacers
11lb flywheel
Gutted stock up pipe
Stromung TBE
Cusco Engine and Tranny mounts
Tuned by LSE, tweaked afterwards by me via Enginuity

Chassis-
No front bumper beam
relocated battery passenger seat area
Gutted interior
No A/C- all components removed
Schroth Rallye 4-Point Harness for driver
'05 WRX drivers seat
No passenger seat
22mm Front swaybar
24mm adjustable Rear swaybar
Helix endlinks all around
DMS 40mm coilovers with 300F/340R lb/in springs
Noltec Front Camber plates
Whiteline Race ALK
'00 RS front 2 pot brakes with CarboTech pads
'92 Legacy rear disc brakes with HPS pads
Kartboy shifter bushings
Shortened shifter
FHI/STI Carbon strut tower brace
'02 WRX wheels with 215/45R16 Falken Azenis RT615's or
Prodrive P7's with 205/45R17 Falken 512's for around town

Exterior-
'02 WRX hood scoop custom mounted to the stock '96 hood and painted to match






This car is used almost exclusively for AutoX. Future plans (long term) include 17x9 wheels with 275/40R17 Kuhmo V710's, stiffer springs, full pillowball rear suspension links, front and rear Quaife diffs, a Cusco 35/65 center diff, a PPG dogbox, a 2.5L STI longblock, and a gaggle of various other mods. Slowly, year by year, this car evolves into what I want it to be. Hopefully only a few more years until I decide it is good enough.

 

Congrats! Your car will be up on the front page within a couple days

 

Congrats! Hopefully one day mine will be a car of the month deal too....after I finish...lolz
What snail is on this thing?

 

thing is cool, congrats

 

A standard TD04. Not much for top end but you cannot feel the lag when autocrossing. It is the perfect turbo for what I do with it (well- a nice P&P TD04 would be better, but I've got higher priorities for the car right now) .

 

Congrat's and very nice job putting it all together. Love to see it at a track someday.

 

congrats.....

 

congrats

 

If there happened to be fun runs at an autocross I'd give you a ride no problem, assuming of course I planned ahead for it and put the passenger seat back in. :laugh:

 

oooh, that would be fun to get a ride along with you

 

Show up around 3:00 at the next MAC autocross at Midway stadium (October 14th) and I'll give you a ride if we have fun runs. Midway we usually have fun runs, but not always.

 

Sean let me drive his car for a couple of fun runs at Midway Stadium. He isn't kidding when he says the turbo is about perfect for autocross! The power is almost instantaneous and there's so much of it, so fast, that I couldn't figure out what to do with it--besides scare myself!--in just two runs. I'd been considering a WRX or Sti swap for my 2.5rs when the stock motor gets tired. Now I'm convinced that's the way to go. Thanks, Sean!

-- Larry B.