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yay no more wheel gap

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Fuck the 4x4 look.

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its not 4x4 look it is rally style

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Rally style FTL.

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More parts :D

Perrin 22mm adjustable rear anti-sway bar; should work very nicely with the Eibach ProKit lowering springs!
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/547/IMGP1296.JPG

Megan bellmouth 3" catless downpipe; final part needed before the car gets tuned.
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/547/IMGP1293.JPG

http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/547/IMGP1294.JPG

Extra o2 bung for a wideband or maybe EGT probe.
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/547/IMGP1295.JPG

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Woooo! I'm so excited!!

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Downpipe and anti-sway bar installed! Thanks to Scheides, Anna, and Emily for lending a hand, and thanks to Shane for a Stage 2 base ROM to hold us over until Janelle is able to get in for a tune!

The swaybar install was a breeze and the downpipe wasn't too bad, it was just the stock heatshields that were a total PITA. Start to finish, including ECU testing/flashing, only took about 4 hours.

I'm sure Janelle will post pics later :)

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Sweet!

I want to get a downpipe now.

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Have to love the price to quality ratio on Megan exhaust pieces!

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Definitely! It looks great and fit perfectly.

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I've got that exact sway bar! A guy actually gave it to me for frizee! Pick up some solid endlinks and put that bad boy to use!

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Yeah the stock plastic end-links are weak as heck, plus they have rubber mounting points on either side :(

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These look like a good, lower cost, option:

http://www.maperformance.com/whiteli...r-wrx-sti.html

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Eh if you're going to buy something, you might as well get something worth the money. I found a set of Perrin links for $90 shipped, but I passed em up because I feel I can find a better deal. Some chick from the boards told me she picked up a set of cobb links for like $50 shipped.

Here's the Perrin links I was thinkin about.
http://subarustore.stores.yahoo.net/pereen.html

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Whiteline does great suspension work so I trust their products. I think those steel rod ones will be plenty for a 22mm bar, especially since they are much thicker than the stock Evo links that are supporting my 24mm bar.

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Whiteline ftw!

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Any Pics of installed Downpipe? Any Dyno results? or are you waiting till the spring Dyno Day?

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Janelle will be posting pics when she stops being lazy :D

Shane from DB (ecoli) gave us a Stage 2 base ROM to use for the time being, but as soon as we get a chance we'll be bringing it to him for a full dyno tune. Hopefully we'll be able to get it done later this month.

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I see this is coming along very nicely, hopefully next time I see you guys on the highway we will have to test and compare.

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OK well I tried to upload the pics last night... but either my pictures are too big or Scheides needs an update to the upload software... or both =P

Will get them up soon.

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Just attach them to the post! Click 'Go Advanced' or 'Post Reply' and the attachment section is below the posting area. :)

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How bout them pics?

:wetpants:

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LOL I was hoping you'd forget! She is out of town now, but I'll at least have her email the pics to me.

She is going to see Shane @ DB this weekend for a tune!

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Awesome! I can't wait to see some results

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Finally...some more pictures!

Turbine outlet
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...icture_075.jpg

Megan bellmouth 3" catless downpipe vs. stock
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...cture_0771.jpg

Nap time
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...cture_0721.jpg

Two cats in the stock downpipe!
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...icture_066.jpg

STI TMIC and eBay replica STI strut bar
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...icture_058.jpg

Perrin 22mm rear anti-sway bar and SPT 3" catback
Notice the crappy plastic end-links with rubber bushings, eventually they will be replaced.
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...icture_044.jpg

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A few more:

Megan downpipe
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/IMGP1306.JPG

SPT intake and heatshield
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/IMG_0995.JPG

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Beatin' stock STI's and Evo's all day long!
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/554/IMGP1312.JPG

This is 100% of what the turbo has in it; small turbo on a 2.5L FTL!
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/554/IMGP1314.JPG

Thank you Shane@DB for the rock-steady AFR!
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/554/IMGP1315.JPG

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...28-09_1342.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...28-09_1412.jpg

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I smell a new turbo in Janelle's future.

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not bad on the small oem turbo. to bad i sold the sti turbo jarried gave me

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Not too bad! Definitely needs a bigger turbo.

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Looks good janelle! Good solid power for only a handful of mods; that torque must be fun as hell! I think I smell a match: wrx vs gli! :)

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Tell Anna I'm ready whenever she is!

And there will be no new turbo... at least not anytime soon- I'm happy with my current setup and don't want to blow up my car. =)

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Wow, this thing looks damn nice, makes me jealous!

I thought the stock turbos on these things would have been able to get a little more boost out of them though?
Does this have the TD04 on it or is it a VF series?

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Thanks
I'm not really shocked my little turbo didn't give me any more boost, but I'm still really happy with the torque and HP readings. (it's the TD04 and no plans to change that anytime soon)

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The '06-07 WRX with a 2.5L engine uses the same turbo as the '02-05 WRX with 2.0L engine. Shane said this turbo is good for about 14 psi at redline on the 2.0L, but also mentioned the 2.5L is good for about 10-20whp more even with the lower boost levels.

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Same here, I plan on doing a downpipe, tune, and maybe lowering springs. Call it good just for the sake of having a reliable car. I'm probably going to do some more free mods soon though, like tinting taillights, and clearing and blacking out my headlight housings. Free Mods FTW!!

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You and Janelle should have a headlight day b/c she'd love to get the orange out of hers too.

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Sure! we'll have to figure something out. Just sucks that I'm all the way in St. Cloud :frown:

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Looks good for power, I wouldn't do anything else unless you plan on doing something with the tranny. have to get the mini back in and see what it does, maybe line it up with ya.

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Nice car. It was fun running with it. Keep the plastic endlinks though. Solid ones make the car drive funny (swaybar reacts too fast and makes it too snappy, unless you get stiffer springs and such). The perrin ones i had also sat funny and clunked. I took them off my old WRX and went back to the stockers.