SubiePig's BRZ STX Build.

[Stevo22]

Originally Posted by Aznsky

Specific reason you went with the +35 instead of the +45's?

Please let us know if you have any issues with rubbing during hard cornering.

Thanks and have fun!!

+35 can clear some BBKs (Essex namely). Future upgrades?

[SubiePig]

Originally Posted by Stevo22

+35 can clear some BBKs (Essex namely). Future upgrades?

+35 mm can clear but by the width of a hair. If I go the Essex route like I plan I will probably put a 3 mm spacer on just for piece of mind. The +45 RPF1's clear better than the +35 from what I have seen. Guess it has to do with the spoke design.

[Stevo22]

Originally Posted by SubiePig

+35 mm can clear but by the width of a hair. If I go the Essex route like I plan I will probably put a 3 mm spacer on just for piece of mind. The +45 RPF1's clear better than the +35 from what I have seen. Guess it has to do with the spoke design.

I think that is true for the 17x8 not the 17x9, but this is purely from memory and I have slept since then. I do not think the 17x9 +45 fits Essex at all.

[SubiePig]

Originally Posted by Stevo22

I think that is true for the 17x8 not the 17x9, but this is purely from memory and I have slept since then. I do not think the 17x9 +45 fits Essex at all.

Yeah you are right. The 8" wide +45 will work not the 9". We all need a little sleep!

[Scooby South]

I tried 17x9 45 RPF1s.. and they WOULD NOT clear my Stoptech BBK... the inner lip on the inside of the rim hit and the spokes were also to close..

Bill

[SubiePig]

UPDATE!!!!

This weekend was a blast. I finally got to put the car through its paces with the RS3's. All I can say is I missed having a car with grip.

Saturday was a test and tune day, I did about 14+ runs that day and got the car handling better and better. Due to Bill's (Scooby South) recommendation I got the tires to 32 psi hot and worked from there. Tire roll over was right to the edge as it should be, I later decided I might add some camber to the front and the rear for the next event though just to see if I can get better grip mid corner not much, maybe ~.3 degrees. There were 40 people at the test day, majority novices that were there for instructional time. It rained that morning but few hours in with the sun out it was totally dry. I messed with the damping a bit and got the car very well planted out of corners, good transition response, and the back end rotating while trail braking. By the end of the day I was going back and forth with a GT3 for FTD, pulled off a quick run and beat him by about 0.3XX at the end of the day.

Sunday there were 103 entries and 6 in STX. In the morning I won STX by 1.6 seconds and had the second fastest time of the first heat behind an STU Evo 9. I did double entry and ran the last heat of the day as well. I ended up getting another almost second out of the car. Last run I made a setup mistake that I should have known better. I lowered the rear compression and raised the front rebound technically doing the same thing and doubling the effect and made the car worse, lesson learned.

End of the weekend I finished 1st in STX out of 6 by a little more than 1.6 seconds and came out in PAX 5th out of 103. Not bad for my first outing in Houston and first event on real tires! Next event in the 3 weeks need to decide what I am going to add to the car before then.

[Stevo22]

@SubiePig looks like you had a blast and did really well. Now where are my HQ pictures of your wheels?!!!joking......

[SubiePig]

Originally Posted by Stevo22

@SubiePig looks like you had a blast and did really well. Now where are my HQ pictures of your wheels?!!!joking......

Thanks man. I had a lot of fun, 2 weeks till the next one!

My car is at my parents house staying in the garage till I get back from vacation. I plan to do a photo shoot with it when I get it back next week.

[SubiePig]

Small update.

I got my 22mm Bar in from Stranos Parts Saturday and installed it yesterday. Install was very straight forward and doesn't take to long. Only annoying thing was doing it without a lift and take those engine covers off. So. Many. Bolts.
Next event will be this coming weekend in Houston Saturday and Sunday. I didn't get to mess around to much after install as it was pouring down once I got done. Turn in feels tighter, there is a round-a-bout near my work I take every morning "spiritedly" car felt much more planted over the bumpy section in the turn than before and I could get on the power a sooner. Only means good things to come.

Difference between the bars.


Starting to look more racecar under here.
Note: bottom of endlink wasn't installed yet, I know it looks wrong. :P


I did find some concerning corrosion on the under the metal engine cover. This was on the subframe members that hold the swaybar. For a car with 11k miles this is dumb. Like my 02 WRX control arms all over again. I know Subaru will just replace them and it will do it again. We do Phosphate coating at work... hmm..

[SubiePig]

Had some clunking from the front end yesterday, one of the lock nuts on the endlink came loose so I fixed that. Still had some noise on the way to work this morning. I saw one person have a problem of their bar hitting the control arms. Hoping this isn't the case, going to jack the car up after work I guess.

Ordered all this today, things just keep getting more serious.

[SubiePig]

OKAY! Well, where do I start the good first or the bad?

Good:
Event last weekend had its ups and downs. The car felt like it had more in it with the new front bar. I didn't take out enough front rebound as I thought and was having some mid/exit understeer. I got most of that balanced out and dropped my times a bit. I noticed I am getting more tire roll over, to much, now with the front bar so my assumption I needed more front camber was right. With less body roll I guess I am getting less dynamic camber than before.

I won STX out of 5 drivers by 2.7XX seconds and was 2nd in PAX out of 71 drivers. Nothing to complain about though I still don't feel as though I did my best.

The BAD:
Remember how I said my next thing was to do a more aggressive alignment? Well, I was leaving downtown Houston Saturday night and found my way into a big F$%*ING hole. I had my street wheels on with the RPF1's and tools in the back thank goodness but the Tire was destroyed, and the rim is scrap. It knocked the alignment out in the front a bit as the wheel is to the left a slight slight amount. Just my luck.. Here's a pic of the tire..

[Stevo22]

Wow that is crazy! Glad you and car are ok.

[SubiePig]

Went to New Orleans this weekend for and event. Placed 1st in STX and 4th of 64 overall in PAX. 1-4 in PAX as only 0.169 apart and 5th About 0.5 back.
The new alignment made a MASSIVE improvement in grip and feel of the car. I was very pleased with it. The course was bumpy but fast, mid 3rd gear in 2 places. Had a blast with it.

The day before I met up with some friend's and took some pics. Here's those high resolution I promised.




[ame]http://youtu.be/8rghrEsIGhs[/ame]

[SubiePig]

Originally Posted by Stevo22

Wow that is crazy! Glad you and car are ok.

I got your high res shots.