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Heres my '99 GC8 Subaru Impreza Turbo 2000AWD and how it got to where it is now.

Some recent pics:

















Spec

Engine:

IHI VF29 Turbo,
Front mount intercooer,
440cc Injectors,
Walbro 255 fuel pump,
Hayward & Scott downpipe,
Blitz NUR Spec R Mid section and Backbox,
Stainless steel headers and up-pipe,
HKS SSQV blow off valve,
Blitz SUS Power induction kit,
GReddy high pressure rad cap,
Zero/Sports radiator cooling plate,
Aeromotive adjustable fuel pressure regulator with gauge,
Ecutek Tek3 map,
NGK Platinum Spark plugs,
Mobil 1 oil.

Transmission:

Exedy Hyper D-Core twin plate carbon race clutch,
Exedy light weight Racing flywheel 5.4kg,
PPG straightcut gearset with synchro engagement and billet selector forks.

Suspension/Chassis:

D2 adjustable coilovers with pillowball mount uppers (adjustable on front),
Front alloy strut brace,
Rear alloy strut brace.

Brakes:

Standard Subaru 4-pot calipers on front and single pots on rear,
Front-EBC drilled and pitted discs with Mintex eXtreme Pads,
Rear-EBC drilled and pitted discs with RED Stuff Pads.

Styling:

Seibon CW Carbon Bonnet,
18" Inovit STVI Time attack alloys with Volks/Rays decals on,
GReddy Gracer front lip blended onto front bumper,
STi rear lights,
STi Grill badge,
Fog light covers,
STi 6 rear spoiler,
Aero mud guards,
Cystal side repeaters, side lights and indicators,
Smoothed and de-locked boot,
Colour coded,
Small GReddy decals on sides.

Interior:

G-Tec pro RR G-Force meter, digital tacho with shift lights and data logger,
Blitz Mirror drive 60mm boost, exhaust gas temp and oil pressure gauges in a carbon fibre center console,
AEM UEGO wideband controller and 52mm Air/Fuel gauge mounted in an A-pillar pod.


Power as of 13/07/07 and according to Scooby Clinics rollers: 301.5bhp at 5750rpm and 315ft/lbs of torque at 4750rpm

This is what the car looked like when I first bought it. It had lexus lights on it and a stupid looking custom backbox. Other than that the only mods it had was the colour coding, the aero mud guards and the crystal indicators and side repeaters:

Definitely looks better now mate! That torque curve looks lovely too.

i do love this car

and i like what your doing making it not look like other scoobys good on you

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but the scoob looks good ;-)

I promise i'll get it done this year lol. Soon as the weather is better i'll start it.

As for the Impreza, Chargespeed front wings and rear over fenders are on order. Rang TSL to pay for the front wings they had for sale and they told me they could only find one, so I bought them from somewhere else.

i stil reckon u should tke the spoiler off and put a carbon skin boot lid on WITHOUT a spoiler then drop the car a bit.

Sounds good to me as well.

Photoshop someone?? I may consider this, but the Do-Luck wing was over 500 quid so dont want to have to sell it. Plus a carbon skinned boot is around 500.

some1 photo shop it pleaseeeeeeeeeee

Ok first mod I bought was a Blitz SUS Power induction kit, so on it went:








Then I de-badged and de-stickered the back:




Next, the lexus lights had to go, so on went some STi items along with an STi grill badge and some crystal sidelights:






Then I found some rims I liked, Inovit Spirit's in 18's:

Then I wanted an STi version 6 rear wing so got hold of one of them and after looking for a front splitter I liked I settled on the GReddy Gracer one. So e-mailed GReddy and they said it would take 2 months to come from Japan and gave me a price, I called them a few days later to get an answer phone message saying they were on holiday. Which turned out for the best as when looking on eBay there was a seller with ones that were exact replica's for around half the cost and no wait. So got one from there along with some fog light covers. When it all arrived it was booked into the bodyshop for the wing and fog covers to be sprayed and the splitter blended into the front bumper and sprayed. While it was there I had the boot de-locked and the line across the back smoothed out:










Next a Cusco radiator cooling plate went on:



And I bought a front mount intercooler and a Walbro 255 fuel pump. The pump sat with most of the bits I buy until my standard pump died. Luckily it was on my back garden when it went, but it was raining and dark so I had to change the pump in the car with all the doors shut and a torch. The pump is in the tank, but theres a nice hatch behind the rear seats to access it. Had a major head ache and was a bit wobbly when it was done though because of the fumes. It was chucking it down though so couldnt open the doors or boot for ventilation.
The intercooler sat under my bed for around a year before it got fitted:

Chargespeed front wings and rear over fenders arrived yesterday, which was a surprise. Was told May time. Better get some overtime done to get the bodywork sorted.

Also got my decals for the Santa Pod Street Challenge.
And might go back to the mid-level spoiler for abit till I get the Do-Luck on, what do people think??

are the chargespeed goodies finished in carbon fibre by any chance.

and try NOT having a spoiler for a while and see what u think of it until u come round to having the bodywork done.

Nope, just fibreglass. If I had no rear wing I would have holes where it mounts.