Ok Steve... You asked for it. A little history first. Prior to the back surgery the back was getting so painful that I could no longer drive the Miata... Which was a fun little car after I supercharged it...
So I happened upon a '02 Subaru WRX on Craigslist (it almost been a year!) that was being sold by the used car dealer. I drove the Miata over and knew that it wasn't coming back home with me... The dealer drove the Miata and took the Subie out for a test drive... What a hoot getting this little AWD car sideways on some little used roads out behind Gowan Field (BOI). We worked a deal. Good thing too... There were three other guys behind me waiting to test drive the car. And as with the my bikes... I couldn't leave the Subie alone...
Here's the what it looked like when I picked it up.
This is after scoring some JDM Prodrive wheels (very light weight forged) and getting the some tint on the glass.
And after scoring some EDM HID headlights and JDM STI scoop and oversized intercooler.
The short list of mods...
Tokico D-Spec struts
RCE Black (everyman) springs
Front Whiteline Com-C tophats
Rear 04 STI tophats
Steering box bushings
TiC font/rear shifter bushings
Front/rear 24mm Whiteline adjustable swaybars
STI rear swaybar mounts
Kartboy front endlinks
TiC Trailing arm bushings (front/rear)
TiC lateral link bushings
Anti-lift kit (comfort)
Prodrive GC-06D 17x7.5 wheels
Forced Performance HTA68 Turbocharger
GrimmSpeed 3 port EBCS
565 cc '08 fuel injectors
PRE Racing tune
Invidia catted TBE
Invidia Q300 CBE
Amsoil AE74 air filter
TurboXS TMIC,
JDM STi hood scoop and splitter
CX Racing 2" aluminum radiator
Mishimoto silicon radiator hoses
Timing belt, pulleys, water pump and cam/crank seals (83k miles)
H6 rear brake upgrade
EDM HID headlight, Lightwerks harness/ballasts
JVC NT3-HDT
Hertz speakers
The little monster handles like a dream and the turbo/injectors/tune netted me between 273 and just under 300 hp depneding on the temperature. So if I can't ride (yet), I can still have some fun!
Here's a link to the online album for more pics if anyone is interested.
https://picasaweb.google.com/rtkerr153/WRX?authuser=0&feat=embedwebsite