Sasha the Grey BRZ Build Thread
 

Proud owner of a 2014 BRZ Limited from Northern VA. Purchased on December 13th 2016 (I think) with only 6,500 miles on the odometer.

Her name is Sasha, there are many like her but this one is mine. I have a lot of things planned for her, hoping to be done before Boxerfest on June 11th.

Day after purchase.

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Current Setup

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Currently Installed Mods

Engine

K&N Drop In Air Filter
Borla Cat Back Exhaust with Cobb Exhaust Hangers
Perrin Black Intake Hose
Braille Light Weight Battery
Rexspeed Carbon Hood Struts
Borla Unequal Length Header
Ptuning Flex Fuel Kit
Fumoto Oil Drain Plug
PW JDM Carbon Fiber Cooling Plate

Suspension

Cusco Carbon Fiber Front Strut Brace

Interior

STi Push Start Button
GCS Anodized Red Climate Control Knobs
Beatrush Anodized Red Reverse Lockout
Subaru Door Bolt Covers
GCS Door Striker & Door Hinge Covers
Cusco Red Anodized Drift Button
Weathertech Floor and Trunk Mats
P3Cars Vent Gauge
Moddiction Anvil Weighted Shift Knob

Exterior

VIS Carbon Fiber AMS Hood w/ My Avatar Stenciled On The Underside (Probably My Favorite Upcoming Mod)
Supertek Short Antenna
Rexspeed Heated Wide Angle Mirrors
Valenti Red Edition Tail Lights
35% Tint everywhere but the windshield.

Wheels/Tires

Muteki SR48 Neon Chrome Lug Nuts
Silver Enkei RPF1's 17x9 (Winter Setup)
BFG G-Force COMP-2 A/S 245/40-17 (Winter Setup)
Black Enkei RPF1's 17x9 (Summer Setup)
BFG Rivals 245/40-17 (Summer Setup)

Purchased Mods To Be Installed

Valenti Euro Winker
Valenti 4th Brake Light
Cusco Carbon Fiber Rear Strut Brace
Kartboy Short Shifter With MTEC Shift Springs
Velox Anodized Black Side Fuel Rail Covers
PW JDM Carbon Fiber Engine Pulley Cover
PW JDM Carbon Fiber Engine Compartment Covers
PW JDM Carbon Fiber Fuse Box Cover
Helix Dark Smoked Side Markers With Amber LEDs
Goodridge Stainless Steel Brake Lines
Perrin Rear Shifter Bushing
Grimmspeed Front License Plate Relocation Kit
Rally Armor Mudflaps
ARP Extended Wheel Studs
Jackson Racing Dual Radiator Oil Cooler
Mishimoto Radiator Hose Kit Red
Mishimoto Performance Aluminum Fan Shroud Kit
Hella Twin Supertones
Ohlins Road & Track Coilovers V2
Raceseng Cascam Front Plates
Cusco Rear Lower Control Arms
OEM JDM Foglight Bezels

Planned Mods Awaiting Purchase

Stradale Titanium Suction Pipe
Shrader Rear Seat Delete
Fidanza Lightweight Flywheel
Drive Shaft Shop Aluminum Drive Shaft
Carbing Titanium Front Firewall Brace
Radium Dual Oil Catch Cans
Raceseng Light Weight Pulleys Red
TRD Rear Window Louvres
MTEC Stainless Steel Clutch Line
Hawk Sector 7 Brake Rotors
Upgraded Brake Pads

If anyone notices anything like "That won't fit with that without custom modification." Let me know so I don't have to find out first hand. Thanks.

Saving Post For Crosstrek Build

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Currently Installed Mods

Method MR502 VT-SPEC 15X7 +15 Offset Wheels
BFG All Terrain T/A KO2 215/75-15 Tires

Mods To Be Installed



Mods Awaiting Purchase

OEM Painted Sport Mesh Grille
OEM Roof Spoiler
STi Front Strut Brace
OEM Subaru 20MM Rear Sway Bar
OEM Remote Start
OEM Air Deflectors
STi Shift Knob
Hella Twin Super Tones
LED Halos For Stock Headlights
LED Fog Light Bezel
OEM Blue Footwell Illumination Kit
OLM CS Style LED Tail Lights
Drop In K&N Air Filter
Perrin Brake Master Cylinder Brace
Rally Armor Mud Flaps

Saving Post For Buick Grand National Restoration

Hibernating

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What do you do when you're bored at work and the UPS guy drops off parts?
I install them in the parking lot.

Installed the Rexspeed carbon fiber hood struts and Perrin intake pipe. That intake pipe sits WAY close to the serpentine belt. Had to tighten it down a bit cock eyed to give it more distance from the belt. Oh well, hopefully in a month or so the Stradale titanium intake pipe will be here.

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Picking up a set of silver Enkei RPF1's 17x9 ET 45 tonight and will be putting these BFG G-Force COMP-2 A/S 245/40-17 tires on the wheels tomorrow. Enkei PF01's will be going up for sale this weekend.

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I'm looking forward to how this thread progresses...your car's name and avatar are hilarious by the way :w00t:

Thanks. I'm glad some people understand the connections. I plan to stencil my avatar to the underside of the hood. That should be fun.

New wheels mounted with new alignment. Need center caps.

Silver Enkei RPF1's 17x9 ET45 BFG G-Force COMP-2 A/S 225/45-17

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Didn't see anal or bukkake on the list. Are you a sociopath?

A thousand apologies, I'll amend the list asap. Most likely. Next question.

Made some changes yesterday.

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Sub'd
Nice car combo

Thanks! I see you have the same Subaru combo. :w00t: Jealous of that hyper blue, looks great.

Removed the daytime running lights fuse and installed the Braille light weight battery today. Teeny Tiny.

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If you're not gonna use the DRL you should get these, really cleans up the front end by deleting the DRLs entirely.

Also how do you like the battery? Is the weight reduction noticeable during driving? Seems like the biggest weight reduction in the front possible.

That fog light bezel is a great idea, guess I should add it to the list. Thanks for your input.

Is the light weight battery noticeable?....The butt dyno says no. Maybe it could save a tenth of a second or 2 on lap times. If I did the light weight battery at the same time as deleting the A/C I'd gamble you might feel the difference. But I'm not deleting the A/C so I'll never know.

In other news I've purchased and waiting to receive a gently used stock manual transmission and will be doing a close ratio gear set. Not sure if Cusco or Jacks Transmissions kit or if there are other options I'm unaware of that are out there.

Wheels and tires arrived for the Crosstrek......they'll fit on the BRZ though right?

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The Subaru Fairy visited today.

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Ate some dank a$$ Chinese food with some fellow members last night. Shoutout and thanks to JakeRogue for organizing the NOVA biweekly meets.

Took the day off work, it's going to be 78 degrees in the DC metro area today. Hopefully I have enough time to install the new manifold, do an oil change, burnt titanium engine dress up kit and wash and detail the car before heading to another meet later tonight.

Picking up Rally Armor mud flaps , Grimmspeed License plate relocation kit, and the Nameless Performance catted front and up pipe combo from a local member on Sunday.

Will update with pictures later today.

Brandon is one of the best there is!

Still jelly about the manifold though!!

-Carlos

2 weeks until Borla header, Nameless high flow front/up pipe, STi engine mounts, and Ptuning flex fuel kit get installed and dyno tune.

Finally got around to putting the Method wheels on the XV this past weekend.

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Dropped the car off at Ptuning Monday morning for the install of the STi Engine Mounts, Borla UEL Header, Nameless Front/Over Pipe, Ptuning Flex Fuel Kit and dyno tune.

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Plan was to have everything installed Monday then tune on Tuesday.
Thanks to a Nor'Easter, Ptuning was not open Tuesday and the car won't be ready until Friday or Saturday. So much for going to the first CDC autocross event of the year...Oh wellz.

Also, the Nameless Front/Over Pipe was hitting the engine block, probably due to the way the Borla Header mates to it, so I've opted not to install it.

While I was dropping the car off I decided to make the plunge into modifying the suspension. Ohlins Coilovers, Raceseng Cascam Front Plates, Cusco Rear Lower Control Arms are officially on order.

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After leaving Ptuning I headed to work to pick up the Password JDM Carbon Fiber Engine Dress Up pieces that had arrived as well as the Velox Fuel Rail Covers, a couple STi Oil Filters.

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A local BRZ owner listed his brand new VIS Carbon Fiber AMS Hood for sale and quickly snatched it up. Picking that piece up Friday evening.

Just got off the phone with Ptuning, 201HP on pump gas 215HP on E85. Picking her up tomorrow morning.

Busy weekend. Picked up the VIS hood Friday night. Picked up Sasha from Ptuning Saturday morning. It's great to no longer have the torque dip, loving the launch control feature.

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Currently second highest power output NA from Ptuning.

Went to work installing PWJDM CF engine dress up and as expected the rear pieces will require some trimming to fit correctly, may not even install those pieces. I'm not particularly impressed with the way they look back there, the images on line made them look a bit more appealing than they actually are. Plus another member will never let down the fact that all they will do is trap heat. So for now the front cooling plates definitely stay.

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Next I installed the hood with the help of a friend.

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Finished the evening off with finally installing my STi engine start button.

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Sunday I headed to Columbia, MD for the monthly Pub Dog Meet. Excellent turnout.

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As expected the UEL header gets pretty damn hot. Sitting in 495 traffic yesterday I could see the heat radiating from the edges of the hood and my intake air temperatures reached as high as 120 degrees F, once traffic let up and I was moving temps stayed between 60-70 degrees F. Should have had Ptuning wrap the headers but it's nothing I can't handle over the weekend.

Currently awaiting arrival of the Header Wrap, Jackson Racing Dual Radiator/Oil Cooler, Mishimoto Thermostat, Mishimoto Performance Aluminum Fan Shroud Kit, Mishimoto Radiator Hose Kit, Mishimoto Liquid Chill Engine Coolant, OEM JDM Fog Light Bezels, Hella Supertones, and Greddy Intake Snorkel. I intend to install everything that requires removal of the bumper all at the same time so that I hopefully only have to remove the bumper once.

Last weeks biweekly meet.

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Spent the past weekend in Martinsville for the NASCAR race.

2017 OEM Brembos on order.
Paint correction scheduled for the 15th.
Looking to sell my silver Enkei RPF1's and replacing with SBC RPF1's.

Hopefully I can get around to doing the Jackson racing dual cooler and other front end items installed this weekend.

STi Trailing Arms. Going on tonight when I get home from work.

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Damn, those are nice numbers. I'm hoping I'll be able to hit something around there when I go E85.

Goodluck dude. Highly recommend the '17 intake manifold.

Trailing arms installed.

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Update. Been really busy the last 6 weeks. Got Married, left my job for a new job, worked on the car as time and weather permitted.

Since the trailing arms were installed, the following items have been installed.

Ohlins Coilovers
Cusco Rear Lower Control Arms
Raceseng Front Cascam Plates
Whiteline Front & Rear Sway Bars with Adjustable Endlinks
Brembo Brakes
Goodridge Stainless Steel Brake Lines
Valenti 4th Brake Light

The car has also been thoroughly detailed with 99% of scratches and paint imperfections removed (there were plenty of them).

The Enkei RPF1's don't clear the Brembos but my old set of PF01's do so they are currently on the car. Wheel shopping is in order as I will be getting rid of all 3 sets of Enkei's I already have.

Awaiting arrival of Velox rear diffuser (non-aggressive), TRD rear louvres, Shark fin antenna, Front STi emblem.

Pic dump to follow within 48 hours. Or just check my IG, whooppcee