Baja turbo upgrades?

[Dead91silvia]

Hey guys. I'm having a hard time finding things that fit this stupid car. Also would like to know what brands you guys like when doing motor upgrades. Whats is worth the money, and what it not.

Here are a few things I'm looking for.
-Shifter bushings
-ungraded intercooler (thinking 08-up STI)
-down pipe (catted)
-turbo inlet (mine is worn)
-TGV deleats
-exhaust (from down pipe
-turbo upgrade (VF of some sort)

Not sure what else I might be wanting to do, but there are other parts I'm going to be doing.

[Reason]

Plug in your info in www.4Zero1Motorsports.com and see what comes up :wave:

[scoobydo2.0]

Hey guys. I'm having a hard time finding things that fit this stupid car. Also would like to know what brands you guys like when doing motor upgrades. Whats is worth the money, and what it not.

Here are a few things I'm looking for.
-Shifter bushings
-ungraded intercooler (thinking 08-up STI)
-down pipe (catted)
-turbo inlet (mine is worn)
-TGV deleats
-exhaust (from down pipe
-turbo upgrade (VF of some sort)

Not sure what else I might be wanting to do, but there are other parts I'm going to be doing.

I'm gonna throw this out there and hopefully this will help...

-Shifter bushings
You can go with the standard Kartboy or Cobb bushings, but I found great luck with using Prothane bushings P/N 16-1602

-ungraded intercooler (thinking 08-up STI)
You can try and get your hands on a used STi TMIC but unless you find a great deal people thing they are worth more than a good quality new TMIC, I went with an FMS TMIC for my Subaru and it is huge and resists heat soak like a champ.

-down pipe (catted)
If you're going catted you'll probably want to go Invidia since they are about the most reliable, reasonably priced, and have a pretty decent reputation.

-turbo inlet (mine is worn)
I will get flamed for this, but as long as you get a 5 ply turbo inlet you will be in good shape. I have one from Godspeed andI am running 20 lbs of boost with no issues. There will be people who swear that silicone inlets that aren't name brand will collapse, I beg to differ, but I also work on my own car so I know what parts feel like they will be a weak point or not.

-TGV deletes
If you have an air grinder and a set of burrs save the money and do it yourself for free, here is a link to a how to - http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1741045.
The alternative is this (http://www.kstech.biz/weldless-tgv-delete-kit-02-thru-06-07-subaru/)
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2016/05/a20791d144db721d2263ab_l__25707141503808-1.jpg
or composite housings like this (http://www.fastwrx.com/products/motive-autowerks-composite-tgv-delete-housings)
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2016/05/TGVs_retina_largejpgv1436552426-1.jpg

-exhaust (from down pipe back)
Go custom, it's your cheapest solution. I know RandomTech made a Baja specific turbo exhaust and I think they were like $1,300. I'm sure you can cobble something together using turbo exhaust from either a Legacy GT or WRX/STi, but that's just how I would do it

-turbo upgrade (VF of some sort)
VF48 if you can get on that's got low mileage on it or go 18g because it's the same frame turbo but flows a ton more.

[Dead91silvia]

Some good info, thanks!

[scoobydo2.0]

Oh, get your hands on a Tactrix cable so you can log (and tune if you feel like going the opensource route) and a wideband O2 to keep an eye on things.