I do like the spoiler, not sure what route I'll take with it but it will be a long term project to keep myself from getting bored. Perhaps a JDM AVCS EJ205, pink injectors and a 16G. I would love to come across a HTA68, we shall see.

You know I'm no 2.5L fan, if anything 2.1 stroker but I'm a factory sealed motor fan. That's my preference for reliability, so far that has been the case. I think I'll be playing with the new project for years to come, no need to have it on the road.
I'm going to Japan in February with my family for two weeks, hopefully I'll have time to go car part shopping.

No 2.5L for me.
You however should be running a bigger turbo on your 2.5 and sell me the HTA68.

Update pics on the pup?

Rescue project news, I’ve decided to revert the black Saabaru to a WRX drive train, back to a 5 speed transmission and R160 rear diff with a jdm avcs ej205. All the ver 7 STi drive train parts are going to my sedan bugeye, where they naturally belong. The bugeye has a rust free body that has never been hit. The black Saabaru is rust free but has been hit and is not the perfect car I want. I’m getting rid of my desert silver aero, my work horse. The black Saabaru will be the new work horse and I’m ok submitting it to all year round use.

For it to be a legit work horse it needs to run on a 91 oct tune in order for me to be able to drive it to Missouri, several times a year. No 93oct after Pennsylvania. I have ID850 injectors using a vf48, an aggressive tune, not ideal for long distance travel.  It a guzzler, a 91 oct tune feels counterintuitive. I could just have a 91oct map I guess. I also prefer the TD04 on a avcs enabled ej205 with stock injectors on my work horse, I can get 28mpg on a fun stage 2 tune. I got Very lucky when I purchased the ver 7 drive train, I’d like to hold on to it long term, does not use any oil in 4500 oil change intervals and the transmission/diffs are quiet and smooth. With a hitch, the sedan gets practical enough to commute to work and go mountain bike riding if the roads are not salted.

Last edited by Rodman (2020-03-20 06:59:10)

Just sit in your basement with the rest of us..... 

It’s alive and running very well. It is sitting now at factory height plus saggy but spacers in the rear to account for the additional weight from the hitch and bicycle rack. The koni adjustable struts contribute a great deal to the good quality ride. A jdm STi gauge cluster sits now where the edm Prodrive cluster used to sit. The new jdm ej205 is working perfectly, no check engine lights, avcs is working properly. It’ll need map adjustments. It is running on the ECU and map off the previous work horse. The new motor came with a slightly larger td04HL turbo, the intermediate pipe is new but an identical 2.5“ Stromung, the new axleback is a custom made Stromung vs a Prodrive previously. I also installed a Perrin turbo inlet, a Cobb aftamaf and a Kartboy aluminium crank pulley. Small differences but enough to require map adjustments.  I have a ver 7 jdm STi intake manifold to install, it’ll delete TGV, once that is installed I’ll start the tuning process. I’m very happy and loving it but sad thinking about it becoming an all year round work horse, it’s really a shame, the body is 100% rust free. I might not be able to get myself to drive it all year round.

Last edited by Rodman (2020-05-08 23:09:40)

Thank you Jim, it’s a lovely car, I really enjoy it.

Thank you sir.

Looking good!