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The Blubaru Build (2015 WRB Series.Blue)
The Blubaru
http://i.imgur.com/f5IvGos.jpg Current Mod List Updated 3-28-17 Turbo Kit JDL Unequal Length Turbo Kit Garrett GTX 2867R turbo with .63 A/R exhaust housing Recirculated wastegate Titanium ceramic coated hot parts Titanium fiberglass wrapped hot parts Heat blanket for exhaust housing Termotec heat shield on oil pan More JDL Stuff JDL Oil Cooler Kit with Setrab core (mounts behind passenger BRZ foglight) JDL Radiator Fan Shroud Slim Fans to make room for turbo JDL Catch Can Sensors/Electrical Omni Power 4 bar MAP sensor Infamous Electronic Boost Control Solenoid Stiffening/Bushings Perrin engine mounts (exhaust wrap with thermotec shielding loosely around mount material) Torque Solution transmission mount insert (95A Durometer, blue one) Whiteline KDT922 subframe bushings Whiteline KDT925 differential and outrigger bushings AEM Strut tower bar with master brake cylinder brace Perrin rear shifter bushing Clutch ACT SB7-XTSS clutch kit Exhaust Invidia N1 catback (2.5") Invidia resonated front pipe (2.5") Motiv overpipe (2.5", double titanium wrapped due to engine mount proximity) Wheels/Tires 949 Racing 6UL Wheels - 17x9 with 40 offset Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires - 245/40R17 Gauges Innovate Oil Pressure and Temp dual gauge AEM Wideband Failsafe and boost dual gauge Block8Head vent pod (2 gauge) Exterior/Interior Rexpeed convex heated side view mirrors Rexpeed carbon fiber hood struts Raceseng blue anodized shift knob Raceseng blue anodized front tow hook with GoPro mount JDM blue engine cover JDM BRZ tS STI front bumper badge Smoked Valenti tail lights Smoked Valenti lower brake light Diode Dynamics LED cabin, side marker, license plate, and door lights Diode Dynamics always on DRL module Helix clear side markers LED fog lights Fumoto Oil drain valve Move Over Racing front bumper quick disconnect kit Kartboy short throw shifter __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____ The Beginning And so begins the chronicle of my WRB Series.Blue build, well, maybe a year late, but hey, no one's perfect. To start off, the arrival and honeymoon. http://i.imgur.com/cuHOaU6.jpg http://i.imgur.com/VMKbdr0.jpg Upgraded from 90 Prelude Si. SLIGHT upgrade. http://i.imgur.com/XzzCHmQ.jpg Finally got the lip and side kit installed. Kit didn't come on car when I purchased it, so I had to wait a week or so before they arrived. Now to the beginning upgrades. http://i.imgur.com/7ee2ebt.jpg This was the very first upgrade. Friend works near Diode Dynamics and I surprised him with my car. Next day I had blue door LEDs installed thanks to his generosity. http://i.imgur.com/msxukVR.jpg Obligatory clear side markers with cool white LEDs from Diode. http://i.imgur.com/EKDBlKy.jpg First parts batch. Hood struts on right. http://i.imgur.com/p5p4gC5.jpg Another Diode Dynamics product. Acrylic custom plate for console. http://i.imgur.com/Or9mVp8.jpg Blue Raceseng knob with matching reverse lockout. http://i.imgur.com/7bnngKP.jpg WeatherTech floor mats, a must, with more custom acrylic from Diode. http://i.imgur.com/uKVuyHk.jpg Old interior, but showing off my phone mount and startup screen. http://i.imgur.com/VPisJ79.jpg Ricing up the engine bay with some blue. http://i.imgur.com/VXCmMHL.jpg Couldn't help but give the Series.Blue some EXTRA uniqueness. http://i.imgur.com/l8iPNQe.jpg Can't forget them good ol' Smoked Valentis with Reverse Light. Now for the performance side of things. http://i.imgur.com/w9uw9WK.jpg Didn't get a picture of all unpackaged, but here's a full exhaust system plus my OFT. Borla UEL, Motiv OP, Catted Invidia FP, Invidia N1 Catback http://i.imgur.com/7FDVjtL.jpg Dropped in the AEM strut brace with added master cylinder brace. http://i.imgur.com/rhKAWrc.jpg Kartboy short throw with rear shift bushing. The install was fun...(seen below) http://i.imgur.com/tSZIyMu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/IIWzRUp.jpg Who likes winter?!? Not my car... Lastly, for the moment, some glamour shots. http://i.imgur.com/HVFvmWJ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8wm6KiZ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/993tTiT.jpg Stay tuned for more updates! Her 1 year birthday is coming up on the 26th! I got something special planned. |
Oh boy. Incoming mass of pictures and updates.
It's certainly been a while, and many, MANY things have happened. I'll try to start from where I last left off, but I know chronologically, it'll be impossible for me to remember everything. Here we go. http://i.imgur.com/542he0V.jpg I finally got some spacers for the wheels. 20mm up front, 25mm for the rear. http://i.imgur.com/QWsVyGe.jpg After a nice wash in the new digs. http://i.imgur.com/zpcG4S6.jpg Just outside showing off that wash. http://i.imgur.com/lviCXN6.jpg Fumoto Valve goodness! http://i.imgur.com/gEHgW8H.jpg Stock pressure plate, disk, and flywheel coming out to make way for... http://i.imgur.com/xawTbRe.jpg NEW CLUTCH! All done in preparation for diabolical things... http://i.imgur.com/XQ4X6oL.jpg Release bearing was replaced at the same time. http://i.imgur.com/kFEatxh.jpg The actual clutch components I swapped to. http://i.imgur.com/Jh9M374.jpg I was surprised my bike fit in there. http://i.imgur.com/OVqwukv.jpg Her last AutoX of the season on horrible tires and power. http://i.imgur.com/oPbdVY0.jpg Getting some nicely sized wheels to make way for more rubber. Pilot Super Sports, by the way. http://i.imgur.com/jfr3s8g.jpg Just after being powder coated locally. See where I'm going with this yet? http://i.imgur.com/WiFvNVX.jpg Now THAT'S more LIKE it! http://i.imgur.com/NDvcIUu.jpg From the back. Just as fine. http://i.imgur.com/ZTpepv4.jpg Oh hey! What's that? A GTX 2867R? What more could a girl want? Here are the rest of the parts I got from JDL: Catch Can Oil Cooler Radiator Fan Shroud All turbo piping to meet with my motiv overpipe Wastegate and BOV GTX 2867R Probably more... let's take a look http://i.imgur.com/Y1Q09Mt.jpg Infamous Boost Controller - not from JDL http://i.imgur.com/V6ItqYb.jpg IC and Oil Cooler Core from JDL http://i.imgur.com/SkXeWVS.jpg Wastegate and BOV (I eventually returned to get the anodized blue ones) http://i.imgur.com/ocin8Gq.jpg Heat shielding for oil pan and engine mounts http://i.imgur.com/8LXiShz.jpg Good ol' titanium exhaust wrap http://i.imgur.com/RJsUN9z.jpg Slim fans for extra room for the turbo http://i.imgur.com/YZusoRo.jpg Oil cooler hoses and fittings for oil return line from the turbo TURBO INSTALL! http://i.imgur.com/oilKBcb.jpg Engine had to come up first since I wanted some new mounts to handle the torque. http://i.imgur.com/361RCzd.jpg New mounts wrapped, shielded, and installed. http://i.imgur.com/UKjyDT5.jpg Making headway on vacuum lines and tying up things under the IM. I really didn't take a huge amount of pictures during this install. I was HIGHLY focused on the work rather than documenting the install. Sorry. I had my fair share of problems what with never having installed a turbo system ever. Had a panic about vacuum fittings behind the IM because I didn't have the correct sizes, yadda yadda yadda. Various other fitment things with how tight some clearances are, specifically the recirculated wastegate system. That wasn't fun. All in all it took a total of 20+ something hours over a weekend to get everything in and working. Note I didn't say working WELL. That comes next... http://i.imgur.com/8ssEXZL.jpg Here's the oil pan and turbo manifold after all the heat shielding and wrapping has been done. http://i.imgur.com/Hu2IFEK.jpg The Block8Head gauge pod with Innovate Oil pressure/Temp and AEM Failsafe AFR/Boost gauges. http://i.imgur.com/v6RkxAE.jpg A sensor resting on the downpipe. Not the worst, but I wrapped it with heat shielding just in case. That wasn't the big issue. I wasn't getting any boost to the engine. The turbo spooled up slightly, but my tuner said I was getting zero boost. That's no good. http://i.imgur.com/nd65fJw.jpg Found the culprit. The connection that was the hardest to get correct ended up just popping straight out on me. Zero boost indeed. That was only HALF of the main problem. http://i.imgur.com/YXJd03d.jpg What you're seeing here is my infinite stupidity. I left a shop towel in the cold side of the turbo so as to not damage the fins during install. Guess what? We forgot to remove it. It got shredded and stuck all the pieces of itself in every nook and cranny of the IC. That was a fun thing to clean out. http://i.imgur.com/O9nhEl0.jpg Had a blast trying to refit this pipe that popped off. It didn't want to fit in its designated location, so I improvised. I disregarded the mounting hole. Got a 45degree silicon elbow for the IC end of this pipe so it wouldn't be popping off with the straight coupler that came with the kit. The piping was pretty firm when attached to both the turbo and IC, so I think it'll be alright this way. So far, 9 months in, no problems with that 45 elbow. http://i.imgur.com/SSeCvLR.jpg IC wasn't mounted, but I definitely needed that 45 elbow. http://i.imgur.com/T3SVHI3.jpg Finally! Everything together and working. http://i.imgur.com/trMCdXh.jpg Finally installed the oil cooler behind the foglights. http://i.imgur.com/HH2lrkP.jpg I needed to create some airflow to the core, as it was quite ineffective back there behind the bumper at highway speeds. http://i.imgur.com/7aIQjf4.jpg On really hot days, there's QUITE a lot of heat in that engine bay now. The hood lift here isn't the hood popped, that's just the aluminum having been expanded due to heat. Non-issue, really. maybe a vented hood eventually. http://i.imgur.com/MeB4g0x.jpg Shoutout to the guys that got me into this mess of turbos and mods. http://i.imgur.com/aaiM4mQ.jpg Installed the Move-Over Racing front bumper quick disconnects since I was tired of pulling every single plastic pin out every time I needed to check for boost leaks. This install was fairly straight forward, but took a few hours, as you really have to be careful with spacing the ball ends. http://i.imgur.com/f5IvGos.jpg It's a thing of beauty when it starts coming together. http://i.imgur.com/MI9S7Vu.jpg In order to make sure the power was being put down properly, I threw some more stiffening bushings at the car. Namely, the differential bushings and lockout. Also rear subframe bushings, as seen below. http://i.imgur.com/VYa1Um3.jpg http://i.imgur.com/yplTP2r.jpg http://i.imgur.com/hIkP2aX.jpg http://i.imgur.com/VfFHspi.jpg Tried my hand at detailing. This worked out tremendously well as seen with this 50/50. You have to zoom in to see the difference, but it's there. All the micro swirls and scratches were compounded and polished out from my first 20k miles of highway driving and improper washing methods. Now I know better... Whole car took the better part of 12 hours. First time, learning it all, yadda yadda yadda. Also sealants and waxes over night to cure. http://i.imgur.com/L7Jedll.jpg Turned it into this shiny monster. Lastly, for now, I fixed an issue I was having with my clutch. Squeaking release bearing (defective) and squeaking clutch fork (forgot to grease it when I installed the new clutch). http://i.imgur.com/QZ5dEMO.jpg http://i.imgur.com/0A5R4Jd.jpg http://i.imgur.com/uLVxvi5.jpg All cleaned up. http://i.imgur.com/EDfwUML.jpg Another new release bearing, regreased all wear surfaces, and the clutch moves super smooth now. http://i.imgur.com/wEAAPac.jpg Oh, obligatory upskirt shot from fixing the clutch. First time on a lift. That's all for now. Come back in another 2 years when I've made a REAL mess of things. If you have any questions about the build or any install problems, anything at all, really, just ask away. There's tons of nuances that I didn't go into detail on, as I don't really remember everything, and, in the interest of time, didn't want to type it all out. Thanks for sticking it out with me, lads and lassies. Until next time... Rybot, OUT! |
What products did you use to remove all the swirls and scratches? I'm looking to remove all the micro-swirls on my WRB as well.
Also are your 6ULs on stock suspension? |
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Here's my running list of products. I probably have others, in fact I know I do, but not with me. Meguiar's Mirror Glaze 205 Polish Meguiar's Mirror Glaze 105 Compound Collinite 845 Protectant Wax Menzerna Powerlock Sealant Hexlogic Red finishing pads Hexlogic Yellow compounding pads (Can't find brand) Orange polishing pads Meguiar's hand applicator AutoScrub Nanoskin (clay mitt) wash mitt Meguiar's Dual Action Polisher IronX Lemon Scented decontamination spray Things I know I have but can't remember product name/# etc. Meguiar's Mirror Glaze 1 Gal quick detail spray Meguiar's Mirror Glaze 1 Gal spray wax Optimum No-Rinse 1 Gal Chemical Guys satin finish tire shine (water based, least shiny) Amazon Foam gun thing (not a power washer canon) http://i.imgur.com/CtbEE6O.jpg And others I'll need to try and remember. That's most of it though. As for the 6ULs, yeah I'm still on stock suspension, but they fit up just fine. No rubbing at full lock, but the front spring perch is somewhat close to the tire. I've been on them for 6+ months now and they haven't touched, so I suspect it's perfectly fine. I made sure that the offset (+40) and size (17x9) would fit via the wheel fitment directory we have here. http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7535 Coilovers are in the works though since I want some suspension adjustability. |
So. Much. Work!
Nice job, sir! And wow that WRB paint really pops. Cool build. |
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Jeebus I wasn't expecting such a detailed list, but thank you soooo much for doing so. :thanks: I'm looking to get some Wedssport SA10r in 18x8.5. Kamispeed is semi-local so I can pick them up and save on shipping. I am not able to lower my car at all because of my driveway. I've been trying to find a nice wheel that looks decent on the stock suspension. The 6ULs were on the short list but I prefer the design of the SA10r a bit better. |
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So I did what any enthusiast does and went WAY overboard with buying stuff I thought would be necessary. I know I still didn't mention the touch up paint I bought along with a wetsanding foam block and wetsanding paper in case I REALLY needed some paint correction. The SA10rs DO look nice, but I prefer a 17" wheel more for clearance and track setups than anything. Either way, if you need any help with products, let me know. I did spend far too many hours watching videos and reading detailing forums. |
Here's a quick update with how the current engine bay looks, and a sneak peak as to what's next.
http://i.imgur.com/lS9QKc3.jpg Fresh outta the developing fluid to your door! Engine bay picture from today. It's a little bit dirty, but I wanted everyone to see it at its worst. http://i.imgur.com/yTfKUoK.jpg Here you can more easily see the conical filter I had to change to since the cylindrical one fouled like mad with things in that area. http://i.imgur.com/9m84iku.jpg Here we can see the heatshield fix I did to the connector just above the O2 sensors on the downpipe. It's the little silver bit. http://i.imgur.com/gRwdatt.jpg The center section of the turbo is starting to rust more than I'd like, but it's only cosmetic. Here's a dyno pull from last fall that I forgot to post earlier. Read the description as to why I only made 220whp on 8psi and 250whp on 12psi. Dyno Pull Here's your sneak peek! http://i.imgur.com/socR0dz.jpg I'll shed some LIGHT on this mod when I get it installed. Until then, peace.....out. |
I've been looking for a picture of the no-cut IC routing for so long! Cheers!
http://i.imgur.com/trMCdXh.jpg |
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Nice. Its good to see all you've done with the car.
You going out to Cars and Coffee sometime? We been having a good turn out of 86s at the last couple ones. |
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I know there are a few other C&Cs around, are you referring to any of those? |
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