Bataru
07-26-2010, 01:02 PM
Hello SLi,
Here's how it all started. After 1 year of constant nagging and up-selling Subaru's, Chuck finally convinced me that my Mazda 626 was a POS and it was time to get into a real reliable car. So after a few months I found my Batmobile, located in Montreal, Ontario with 200,000km on it and a Bully Stage 2 clutch. The body had some minor rust on the fenders and lots of rust on the rear quarter panels & trunk. So off I went to Chuck's body shop and had the rears repaired, resprayed and cleared. So there I was happy with what I purchased the total after body work was $6000 :-D
So apparently the car came with all the service records which is rare these days.. Anyways looking through the service records showed that the car had a few overheating issues, a few head gaskets done to it and finally a new short block with new head gaskets! All of this ended at 170,000km with a well running non-overheating EJ25 SOHC which i sold to slowbaru just recently at 270,000km. Now after a test drive and a need for some turbo i have this :-D
So heres my mod list with pics at the end. Enjoy.
Current KM on the body = 280,000
Engine: JDM MY03' WRX STi EJ207 (EJ207DR5CR)
- JDM MY03' STi stock EJ207 w/ AVCS
- JDM MY03' STi VF-37 twin-scroll (No restrictor pill)
- JDM MY03' STi stock twin-scroll manifold / up-pipe
- Cruise control delete
- USDM MY04 WRX Drive-by-cable throttle
- Mishimoto Aluminium Radiator
- Mishimoto Aluminium Radiator shroud & dual electric slim fans
- Mishimoto Aluminium Polished Radiator Overflow Resivour
- Modified stock radiator hoses
- GDB STi Genome catback (modified axle back to fit BE)
- HKS intake + maf plate
- JDM MY03' STi Top Mount Intercooler (TMIC)
- JDM MY03' STi bypass / recirculation valve
- JDM MY03' STi OEM downpipe (with cats)
---- Catless downpipe w/ AEM EUGO Wideband (downpipe on-order)
- SLi Battery Tiedown
[list=2:3jkkmj6g]Maintenance items:
- oil seperator plate
- Rear Main Seal
- Gates Racing Kevlar Timing Belt
- Gates OE idler pulleys and tensioner
- OEM water pump
- OEM t-stat
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Fluids:
- Motul 75w90 synthetic oil
- Subaru Super Coolant (Blue)
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Electronics & Tuning:
[list=3:3jkkmj6g]
- JDM MY02 STi ECU "P/N = 22611AH190"
----- Swap was completed with a JDM MY03 STi ECU "P/N = 22611AH580"
----- however unlocking the ECU via open source proved to be a challenge.
----- *hansvonaxion* came through and shipped me the MY02 ECU! THANKS!
- AEM Tru-Boost Boost Controller
- AEM Tru-Boost Gauge
- Neetronics PDC-01 DCCD Controller
----- http://scoobyluke.com/scoob/scoob_dccd/ ... 20V108.pdf (http://scoobyluke.com/scoob/scoob_dccd/neetronics/neetronics%2520DCCD%2520manual%2520V108.pdf)
- AEM EUGO Digital Wideband A/F guage & probe
--- Probe welded to catless downpipe
- USDM BE Cluster. No issues. Redline goes past the Digital Clock :-o
- A/C Still Works
--------------------
- Harness Merger:
--- Completed by http://www.sevenautomotive.ca
--- Merged JDM MY03 STi engine harness to 00' BE Body Harness
--- Body harness left in the car
--- Engine harness tapped into approx. 30 wires.
--- BE stock harness retained and tucked away
--- BE ECU plugs retained
--- ECU kick plate raised with spacers to allow JDM ECU + Harness & Stock BE Harness to fit
--------------------
- Tuning:
--- Tuned by Neetronics @ Oakville, Ontario - Canada
--- Petro/Sunoco Ultra 94 Octane
--- PSi 18.55
--- 259 AWHP / 266 FT/lbs TQ
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Drivetrain: JDM MY03' STi 6MT 3.90FD
[list=4:3jkkmj6g]
- JDM MY03' STi 6MT
- JDM STi Titanium Shift knob (ball style)
- Exedy 6MT Stage 1 Clutch
- Exedy lightend flywheel
- Hybrid rear axles .. BH outers merged to JDM MY03' STi
----- SuberDave sent me a set of 21-splin races to create my hybrid axle - $175 shipped.
----- http://wordpress.suberdave.com/?page_id=278
- JDM STi MY03' STi R180 3.90
---- Installed R160 yoke/flange onto R180 to support the 4EAT driveshaft
- 97' BD 4EAT driveshaft
- Group N 6MT mounts
- Group A Pitch Stop
- Kartboy rear shifter stay bushings
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Fluids:
- Motul 8100 X-cess 5w40(6MT)
- Subaru 90LS LSD Oil (R180)
- AC Delco limited slip differential additive
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Wheels:
[list=5:3jkkmj6g]
-Tenzo R DC-6 18x8 +45 off set - Matt Black - 6 spokes -Summer - Kumho Ecsta 4x KU22 225/40/18
- 5Zigen 17x7 +50 off set - Hyper Black- Dual - 6 spokes - Winter - Hankook iPike W409 - 215/50/17R
- EIBACH Hubcentric Wheel Spacers 10MM all the way around
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Brakes:
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- Techna-Fit Stainless Steel brake lines
- JDM MY03' STi - Brembo 4-pot fronts
- JDM MY03' STi - Brembo 2-pot rears
- Rear 2-Pot Caliper Adapters (fastwrx.com)
----- chop/drill/snip the factory dust/splash shields
----- the rear spindle ground down to make room for the caliper bolts
- Custom front rotors (DBA pattern replica)
- DBA 4000 Series STi Adapter Rear Rotor
- Hawk pads f/r
- Painted calipers (engine grey) w/ custom bat symbol sticker
- Motul DOT 5.1 High Performance Brake Fluid
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Fuel System:
[list=7:3jkkmj6g]
- Walbro 255 lph
- Petro/Sunoco Ultra 94 Octane
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Chassis/Suspension: BE9
[list=8:3jkkmj6g]
Front End:
- Group N engine mounts
- JDM MY03' STi x-member
- USDM MY04' STi steering rack (Brand New)
- JDM MY03' STi Power Steering Pump
- Modified BE non-turbo power steering lines (oxy/acet torched and re-bent)
- USDM MY04 STi merged to BE 01 steering u-joint
----- pressed out the u-joint and used 75% BE u-joint
----- Had to retain the BE dampner in order to fit the spline count
- JDM MY03' STi front Aluminium control arms
--------------------------
AirRide Set Up
-Airlift 30-way Adjustable Dampening & Height, Front & Rear Air Struts.
-Twin air tanks & Twin hi-flow compressors mount in spare tire well.
-Upgraded 1-way valves.
-Kill switch (for lifting on hoist).
-Water Purge valve mounting under spare tire well.
-Accuair e-Level system complete with 4 custom welded auto leveling sensors attached to each control arm.
-Auto-Calibration for height sensor as the ride or weight changes & On the fly controls via USB panel or iPhone.
-The system airs up to the highest level within half a second. Air down takes 1 full second
--------------------------
Differential Support:
-stock
--------------------------[
Rear End:
- Cusco Rear subframe lower brace
- Whiteline 22mm Adjustable RSB
- Solid Endlinks
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Interior:
[list=9:3jkkmj6g]
- Optima Red Top
- GT leather package
- Ugly fake-woodgrain accents (going to paint when I have a chance)
- Viper 2-way pager Alarm + Remote Starter
-
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Exterior:
[list=10:3jkkmj6g]
- JDM RSK HID + DTRL Delete (30amp fused)
- JDM B4 Taillights (corners + center)
- OE - TYC Fog Lights
- Custom B4 Legacy Carbon Fiber JDM hood w/ scoop (CF-Technologies)
- B4 grille (grey L7 logo)
- Custom grille (batman symbol)
- stock GT skirts
- Integra Type-R front lip (ABS)--Broken x2-- I Need Something Smaller-- Deleted For Now
- Debadged except for the "Legacy" which has been resprayed in Universal Black (Blackish-gunmetal)
- Hella Supertones!
- Tint = 17 non-metallic all the way around.
- AVS 2-piece BE rain guards.
- Wiper Arm Sprayers taken from a 97' Park Avenue (90's GM fixed wiper nozels)
- Rally Armor (black with grey lettering)
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Audio:
[list=11:3jkkmj6g]
-EJ207 Turbo Boxer rumble... sounds very very very very very nice.
-OEM tweeters
-OEM 6-disc changer (black)
[/list:o:3jkkmj6g][/list:o:3jkkmj6g]
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Future:
- Catless Downpipe
- Spec B R180 cradle
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old setup
Engine: EJ252 SOHC MAP
- Borla Knockoff UEL headers
- Custom 2.25" 1-piece cat back."
- Magnaflow single tip muffler w/ 2.5" tip
- Group N engine mounts
- SLi Battery Tie Down
Maintenance items:
- Replaced short block @ 170,000km
- Head gasket @ 170,000km
- Rear Main Seal
- Oil Separator Plate (Plate of DOOM) & revised bolts
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Drivetrain: 1997 BD 5MT 4.11 - open differentials
- JDM v.5 Short Throw Shifter
- JDM v.5 linkage
- B&M front shifter stay bushings
- Kartboy rear shifter stay bushings
- Bully Stage 2 clutch
- Group A pitchstop
- Group N 5MT mount
- 97' BD LGT 5MT 4.11 (swap) & 97' shifter fork
- 00' BE axles, driveshaft, release bearing, pilot bearing, etc..
Pics:
So I bought an OEM grille modified and meshed with the S401 badge riveted on from Subaru_Terrence. I then ordered a belt buckle off ebay and had to remove the grille support from my hood in order to fit everything perfectly.
This is what my Bat Mobile looks like now :smt029 Its a little hard to see but you get what I was going for.
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2826/dsc00697mz.jpg
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/2054/dsc00698k.jpg
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/9293/dsc00699x.jpg
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/9893/dsc00700cq.jpg
http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/5286/dsc00708v.jpg
...
Carbon Fiber Hood & Grille mounted
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3971/dsc0185jp.jpg
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/6259/dsc0187e.jpg
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/222/dsc0188se.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3329/dsc0189v.jpg
Cusco lower subframe brace... its very very very low!!
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/6589/20120619201313924.jpg
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/815/20120619201327151.jpg
http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/268/2012062121225296.jpg
-Bat
Here's how it all started. After 1 year of constant nagging and up-selling Subaru's, Chuck finally convinced me that my Mazda 626 was a POS and it was time to get into a real reliable car. So after a few months I found my Batmobile, located in Montreal, Ontario with 200,000km on it and a Bully Stage 2 clutch. The body had some minor rust on the fenders and lots of rust on the rear quarter panels & trunk. So off I went to Chuck's body shop and had the rears repaired, resprayed and cleared. So there I was happy with what I purchased the total after body work was $6000 :-D
So apparently the car came with all the service records which is rare these days.. Anyways looking through the service records showed that the car had a few overheating issues, a few head gaskets done to it and finally a new short block with new head gaskets! All of this ended at 170,000km with a well running non-overheating EJ25 SOHC which i sold to slowbaru just recently at 270,000km. Now after a test drive and a need for some turbo i have this :-D
So heres my mod list with pics at the end. Enjoy.
Current KM on the body = 280,000
Engine: JDM MY03' WRX STi EJ207 (EJ207DR5CR)
- JDM MY03' STi stock EJ207 w/ AVCS
- JDM MY03' STi VF-37 twin-scroll (No restrictor pill)
- JDM MY03' STi stock twin-scroll manifold / up-pipe
- Cruise control delete
- USDM MY04 WRX Drive-by-cable throttle
- Mishimoto Aluminium Radiator
- Mishimoto Aluminium Radiator shroud & dual electric slim fans
- Mishimoto Aluminium Polished Radiator Overflow Resivour
- Modified stock radiator hoses
- GDB STi Genome catback (modified axle back to fit BE)
- HKS intake + maf plate
- JDM MY03' STi Top Mount Intercooler (TMIC)
- JDM MY03' STi bypass / recirculation valve
- JDM MY03' STi OEM downpipe (with cats)
---- Catless downpipe w/ AEM EUGO Wideband (downpipe on-order)
- SLi Battery Tiedown
[list=2:3jkkmj6g]Maintenance items:
- oil seperator plate
- Rear Main Seal
- Gates Racing Kevlar Timing Belt
- Gates OE idler pulleys and tensioner
- OEM water pump
- OEM t-stat
[/list:o:3jkkmj6g]
Fluids:
- Motul 75w90 synthetic oil
- Subaru Super Coolant (Blue)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Electronics & Tuning:
[list=3:3jkkmj6g]
- JDM MY02 STi ECU "P/N = 22611AH190"
----- Swap was completed with a JDM MY03 STi ECU "P/N = 22611AH580"
----- however unlocking the ECU via open source proved to be a challenge.
----- *hansvonaxion* came through and shipped me the MY02 ECU! THANKS!
- AEM Tru-Boost Boost Controller
- AEM Tru-Boost Gauge
- Neetronics PDC-01 DCCD Controller
----- http://scoobyluke.com/scoob/scoob_dccd/ ... 20V108.pdf (http://scoobyluke.com/scoob/scoob_dccd/neetronics/neetronics%2520DCCD%2520manual%2520V108.pdf)
- AEM EUGO Digital Wideband A/F guage & probe
--- Probe welded to catless downpipe
- USDM BE Cluster. No issues. Redline goes past the Digital Clock :-o
- A/C Still Works
--------------------
- Harness Merger:
--- Completed by http://www.sevenautomotive.ca
--- Merged JDM MY03 STi engine harness to 00' BE Body Harness
--- Body harness left in the car
--- Engine harness tapped into approx. 30 wires.
--- BE stock harness retained and tucked away
--- BE ECU plugs retained
--- ECU kick plate raised with spacers to allow JDM ECU + Harness & Stock BE Harness to fit
--------------------
- Tuning:
--- Tuned by Neetronics @ Oakville, Ontario - Canada
--- Petro/Sunoco Ultra 94 Octane
--- PSi 18.55
--- 259 AWHP / 266 FT/lbs TQ
[/list:o:3jkkmj6g]
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Drivetrain: JDM MY03' STi 6MT 3.90FD
[list=4:3jkkmj6g]
- JDM MY03' STi 6MT
- JDM STi Titanium Shift knob (ball style)
- Exedy 6MT Stage 1 Clutch
- Exedy lightend flywheel
- Hybrid rear axles .. BH outers merged to JDM MY03' STi
----- SuberDave sent me a set of 21-splin races to create my hybrid axle - $175 shipped.
----- http://wordpress.suberdave.com/?page_id=278
- JDM STi MY03' STi R180 3.90
---- Installed R160 yoke/flange onto R180 to support the 4EAT driveshaft
- 97' BD 4EAT driveshaft
- Group N 6MT mounts
- Group A Pitch Stop
- Kartboy rear shifter stay bushings
[/list:o:3jkkmj6g]
Fluids:
- Motul 8100 X-cess 5w40(6MT)
- Subaru 90LS LSD Oil (R180)
- AC Delco limited slip differential additive
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Wheels:
[list=5:3jkkmj6g]
-Tenzo R DC-6 18x8 +45 off set - Matt Black - 6 spokes -Summer - Kumho Ecsta 4x KU22 225/40/18
- 5Zigen 17x7 +50 off set - Hyper Black- Dual - 6 spokes - Winter - Hankook iPike W409 - 215/50/17R
- EIBACH Hubcentric Wheel Spacers 10MM all the way around
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Brakes:
[list=6:3jkkmj6g]
- Techna-Fit Stainless Steel brake lines
- JDM MY03' STi - Brembo 4-pot fronts
- JDM MY03' STi - Brembo 2-pot rears
- Rear 2-Pot Caliper Adapters (fastwrx.com)
----- chop/drill/snip the factory dust/splash shields
----- the rear spindle ground down to make room for the caliper bolts
- Custom front rotors (DBA pattern replica)
- DBA 4000 Series STi Adapter Rear Rotor
- Hawk pads f/r
- Painted calipers (engine grey) w/ custom bat symbol sticker
- Motul DOT 5.1 High Performance Brake Fluid
[/list:o:3jkkmj6g]
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Fuel System:
[list=7:3jkkmj6g]
- Walbro 255 lph
- Petro/Sunoco Ultra 94 Octane
[/list:o:3jkkmj6g]
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Chassis/Suspension: BE9
[list=8:3jkkmj6g]
Front End:
- Group N engine mounts
- JDM MY03' STi x-member
- USDM MY04' STi steering rack (Brand New)
- JDM MY03' STi Power Steering Pump
- Modified BE non-turbo power steering lines (oxy/acet torched and re-bent)
- USDM MY04 STi merged to BE 01 steering u-joint
----- pressed out the u-joint and used 75% BE u-joint
----- Had to retain the BE dampner in order to fit the spline count
- JDM MY03' STi front Aluminium control arms
--------------------------
AirRide Set Up
-Airlift 30-way Adjustable Dampening & Height, Front & Rear Air Struts.
-Twin air tanks & Twin hi-flow compressors mount in spare tire well.
-Upgraded 1-way valves.
-Kill switch (for lifting on hoist).
-Water Purge valve mounting under spare tire well.
-Accuair e-Level system complete with 4 custom welded auto leveling sensors attached to each control arm.
-Auto-Calibration for height sensor as the ride or weight changes & On the fly controls via USB panel or iPhone.
-The system airs up to the highest level within half a second. Air down takes 1 full second
--------------------------
Differential Support:
-stock
--------------------------[
Rear End:
- Cusco Rear subframe lower brace
- Whiteline 22mm Adjustable RSB
- Solid Endlinks
[/list:o:3jkkmj6g]
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Interior:
[list=9:3jkkmj6g]
- Optima Red Top
- GT leather package
- Ugly fake-woodgrain accents (going to paint when I have a chance)
- Viper 2-way pager Alarm + Remote Starter
-
[/list:o:3jkkmj6g]
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Exterior:
[list=10:3jkkmj6g]
- JDM RSK HID + DTRL Delete (30amp fused)
- JDM B4 Taillights (corners + center)
- OE - TYC Fog Lights
- Custom B4 Legacy Carbon Fiber JDM hood w/ scoop (CF-Technologies)
- B4 grille (grey L7 logo)
- Custom grille (batman symbol)
- stock GT skirts
- Integra Type-R front lip (ABS)--Broken x2-- I Need Something Smaller-- Deleted For Now
- Debadged except for the "Legacy" which has been resprayed in Universal Black (Blackish-gunmetal)
- Hella Supertones!
- Tint = 17 non-metallic all the way around.
- AVS 2-piece BE rain guards.
- Wiper Arm Sprayers taken from a 97' Park Avenue (90's GM fixed wiper nozels)
- Rally Armor (black with grey lettering)
[/list:o:3jkkmj6g]
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Audio:
[list=11:3jkkmj6g]
-EJ207 Turbo Boxer rumble... sounds very very very very very nice.
-OEM tweeters
-OEM 6-disc changer (black)
[/list:o:3jkkmj6g][/list:o:3jkkmj6g]
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Future:
- Catless Downpipe
- Spec B R180 cradle
--------------------------------------------------------------------
/////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////////////////////////////
--------------------------------------------------------------------
old setup
Engine: EJ252 SOHC MAP
- Borla Knockoff UEL headers
- Custom 2.25" 1-piece cat back."
- Magnaflow single tip muffler w/ 2.5" tip
- Group N engine mounts
- SLi Battery Tie Down
Maintenance items:
- Replaced short block @ 170,000km
- Head gasket @ 170,000km
- Rear Main Seal
- Oil Separator Plate (Plate of DOOM) & revised bolts
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Drivetrain: 1997 BD 5MT 4.11 - open differentials
- JDM v.5 Short Throw Shifter
- JDM v.5 linkage
- B&M front shifter stay bushings
- Kartboy rear shifter stay bushings
- Bully Stage 2 clutch
- Group A pitchstop
- Group N 5MT mount
- 97' BD LGT 5MT 4.11 (swap) & 97' shifter fork
- 00' BE axles, driveshaft, release bearing, pilot bearing, etc..
Pics:
So I bought an OEM grille modified and meshed with the S401 badge riveted on from Subaru_Terrence. I then ordered a belt buckle off ebay and had to remove the grille support from my hood in order to fit everything perfectly.
This is what my Bat Mobile looks like now :smt029 Its a little hard to see but you get what I was going for.
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2826/dsc00697mz.jpg
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/2054/dsc00698k.jpg
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/9293/dsc00699x.jpg
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/9893/dsc00700cq.jpg
http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/5286/dsc00708v.jpg
...
Carbon Fiber Hood & Grille mounted
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3971/dsc0185jp.jpg
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/6259/dsc0187e.jpg
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/222/dsc0188se.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3329/dsc0189v.jpg
Cusco lower subframe brace... its very very very low!!
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/6589/20120619201313924.jpg
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/815/20120619201327151.jpg
http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/268/2012062121225296.jpg
-Bat