Nostalgia attack, can buy back my favourite car I sold

[Mr Footlong]

Ok, subject to being well enough, looks like I am going to see that "Blobeye" JDM STI on Saturday:




Those wheels must die, as must that Fog light, I will do my usual relay mod to merge it in to the high level brake light, assuming that it is sub-1m from the ground. Going to have to swap out the decatted Nur Spec R setup too as been there, done that setup and as well as being banned from pretty well all tracks, I am too old for that level of exhaust noise. Equal length headers will have to die too, no way am I not having the Scooby burble..

[Batfinnk]

Agree 100% about the sticking out rim edge which is a shame as I think the style of wheel and the gold look fantastic against the black. That's probably one of the smartest looking blobeye's I've seen tbh.

[bam_bam]

See, that's how I thought the brake groves should go, long leading edge into pad first. DavePerc seems to think the reverse should be applied. Confused.

[Mr Footlong]

I honestly don't know Bam as I don't have any pictures that I can remember of my other grooved discs on other cars, expect for Fluffy and they led first like on the Blob above. As for the wheels, the gold just doesn't do it for me, I will most certainly be going for this setup methinks - http://forum.rs246.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... 75#p599987

Sod it, the specs on the car are:

2003 JDM STI
2.0 engine with AVCS Heads
6 Speed DCCD Gearbox
SC46 Billet Twinscroll Turbo
750cc Denso Injectors
Japspeed FMIC
Custom hard inlet pipe with K&N Filter
3 port catch can mounted in inner wing
3 port boost solenloid
3 bar map sensor
Zero Sports Cooling Panel
Tein Bonnet Lifters
PIAA Sport horns
New Battery fitted last month
Blitz Nur Spec R 3” system decatted with bung
Hayward and Scott 3 inch Twinscroll Down pipe
Walbro 255 Fuel Pump
Standard Twinscroll Headers and Up pipe
Carbon Fibre alternator cover
Polished Battery and Fusebox cover
Simtek ECU with Launch Control and Anti Lag enabled; mapped by JGM to 456.6bhp at 1.65 bar.
Cobra Cat 1 Alarm
STI Radiator Cap
Carbon front strut brace
Rear Strut Brace
Whiteline Rear 24mm adjustable Anti Roll Bar
Whiteline Rear Camber Bolts
BC Coilovers
Zero Sports front 23mm Front Anti Roll Bar
Gold Rota Grid Drift 18x9.5s with Falken 452 Tyres
Arches Rolled by Arch enemy to fit the wheels and make car driveable with no rubbing issues.
Alignment set up by Zak at Mocom Racing.
CGS Motorsport 6 speed cerametallic Paddle clutch.
AP Racing red 6 pot front brake callipers CP7040 with APPads and 355mm AP Discs.
Gold Brembo 2 pot rear brakes
AP Racing Brake fluid
HEL Braided lines
Defi Boost, Oil Temp and Oil Pressure Gauges in ATI Centrepod
WR1 Gear knob
Kenwood Head unit
Alpine front and rear speakers
Electric Mirrors
Air Con
Benen Front and rear towhooks
Cambelt was done at 45k
Gearbox 4th gear synchro also done at 45k
New Clutch at 45k
New Neutral Position switch at 51k miles
Car was on 54k miles when it had the major power upgrade parts fitted, 56k miles now

[bam_bam]

Sod it, the specs on the car are:

2003 JDM STI
2.0 engine with AVCS Heads
6 Speed DCCD Gearbox
SC46 Billet Twinscroll Turbo
750cc Denso Injectors
Japspeed FMIC
Custom hard inlet pipe with K&N Filter
3 port catch can mounted in inner wing
3 port boost solenloid
3 bar map sensor
Zero Sports Cooling Panel
Tein Bonnet Lifters
PIAA Sport horns
New Battery fitted last month
Blitz Nur Spec R 3” system decatted with bung
Hayward and Scott 3 inch Twinscroll Down pipe
Walbro 255 Fuel Pump
Standard Twinscroll Headers and Up pipe
Carbon Fibre alternator cover
Polished Battery and Fusebox cover
Simtek ECU with Launch Control and Anti Lag enabled; mapped by JGM to 456.6bhp at 1.65 bar.
Cobra Cat 1 Alarm
STI Radiator Cap
Carbon front strut brace
Rear Strut Brace
Whiteline Rear 24mm adjustable Anti Roll Bar
Whiteline Rear Camber Bolts
BC Coilovers
Zero Sports front 23mm Front Anti Roll Bar
Gold Rota Grid Drift 18x9.5s with Falken 452 Tyres
Arches Rolled by Arch enemy to fit the wheels and make car driveable with no rubbing issues.
Alignment set up by Zak at Mocom Racing.
CGS Motorsport 6 speed cerametallic Paddle clutch.
AP Racing red 6 pot front brake callipers CP7040 with APPads and 355mm AP Discs.
Gold Brembo 2 pot rear brakes
AP Racing Brake fluid
HEL Braided lines
Defi Boost, Oil Temp and Oil Pressure Gauges in ATI Centrepod
WR1 Gear knob
Kenwood Head unit
Alpine front and rear speakers
Electric Mirrors
Air Con
Benen Front and rear towhooks
Cambelt was done at 45k
Gearbox 4th gear synchro also done at 45k
New Clutch at 45k
New Neutral Position switch at 51k miles
Car was on 54k miles when it had the major power upgrade parts fitted, 56k miles now

Mod list too short, walk away.

[chunky79]

The most important mod EVER, Goodyear Assym2 seem to be missing aswell. As bum says, leave it.

[Mr Footlong]

The tyres will be going with chav wheels, don't worry.

[Mr Footlong]

Well, after a long-ass day yesterday, including detailer friend being awesome and popping over to clean the 6 because he wanted to, I went over with best friend to tow back what was left of her. I was sure I had the keys with me at 7pm but realised that I had the keys for all the other cars but that one halfway there.....

Friend was annoyed and wanted to turn around to get them but I said no, confident I can break in to her. Got there, explained to the various truck drivers there that I wasn't in fact a thieving scally and proceeded to break in, even telling them where the garage left the keys in the car as proof she was mine. Managed to pull the glass out enough on one of the frameless rear doors for me to wedge a gibbon arm in to get the handle and hey presto, unlocked. Popped the boot to get the keys I had been told were in the there, to find nothing.

After pulling the car apart I eventually found them wedged between the centre console and the firewall trim...... Best friend drove like a flaming woman all the way back, doing 10-20mph below the speed limit throughout, man that was hard work, got back at about 10pm...... Had worn out the new battery doing the two trips with various light on but even with no volts whatsoever the old lump fired up so that I could plop her back on the drive for the last time. Component stripping wil start at some point when I can bring myself to start all that guff. Seeing the other one tomorrow morning.

[Mr Footlong]

Job done.

Quite a handful. The handling and grip are outstanding as expected, the adjustable diff that can run either on auto or manual is good fun, the clutch is pretty bloody awful and the power delivery is pretty bloody awful. Big turbo, fmic with lots of pipework and not nearly enough torque ideally means that if I am not in the power band I am pretty farked.

The 6 will show this a clean pair of heels every single time off the lights and on the private runway runs such as between where we picked up the car from and home as madam told me. However, this car is sooooo good on the tight/high speed country road stuff, easily better than my old Evo VII and that is something.

Bam, the exhaust. Despite having a similar Nur Spec R setup before that was mega loud, this one is around 30% louder again and even with your exhausts running in noisy mode, I genuinely think that this is louder, just don't ask me why. We put the 6 on the driveway along with this and played the blip the torrtle game, the 6 wasn't anywhere near half as loud af this nuttermobile. After 2 hours driving the car I had a headache and ringing in my ears that only recently subsided, sod all sound deadening in the car. This setup will be gone sharpish.

The wheels are going as I said, have people swarming all over those already. Suspension is way too low, clipped speed humps beautifully today. Massively adjustable but I think I am going to revert to near standard with lowered springs. Stupid towbar loops are going, steering wheel is going, gearknob and handbrake are going, going to reforge the internals, get the antilag and launch control disabled and hide the buttons then get the map adjusted for more torque hopefully without reducing the overall power.

Last thing to add, I was in the kitchen when I heard a car come to a halt, then reverse back at speed. Went to have a look and got to see 2 chavs sitting in the middle of the road with their cameraphones out taking picture or video for about 45 seconds before driving off. Hmm, please don't say I am going to be a chav magnet again, I was hoping those days with the scooby has passed...

[Mr Footlong]

Right, wheels already sold 3 times over without actually advertising them or mentioning a price, exhaust attracting chavs with money too. Going to take a drive through Farnham town centre on the way out, should be hilarious....

[bam_bam]

Must be loud.

[Mr Footlong]

Just come back from two trips out in it today and another headache at the end, might as well be running no sodding exhaust at all. Can't wait to get shot of it. Hit the antilag by accident three times too, wasn't sure if I should have been annoyed with myself or laughing at thsle noise and roosters that were probably coming out of the back.

[mavada]

...the sound of those boxer engines is incredible. at our local mcdonalds they gather and start revving their engines.....its <beep> if a war is going on...

[Mr Footlong]

Oh god don't say that, I got out Imprezas when all of that was going on and had hoped that had passed.

Housemate told me that we had a congregation of chavs outide the house last night after midnight...

[bam_bam]

Oh god don't say that, I got out Imprezas when all of that was going on and had hoped that had passed.

Housemate told me that we had a congregation of chavs outide the house last night after midnight...

The collective noun for chav is an "Easyjet".

Mr. 12" had an Easyjet of chav's outside his house last night, they were spunking over his blobeye