Phone Michael and tell him Garrett needs to reflash his ECU, so you can sleep at night...

repost for those that jump straight to the last page...plus i just like looking at it...

 

ooh, it makes my mouth water looking at it.

 

Very nice and shiny

So close .......

 

the finish looks like **** in person, i might polish them, but then again, if Michael gets me tune soon, i probably won't even bother as i won't be able to sit on the reflash while polishing the charge pipe...

 

Cranswick, are those the pipes you built from the universal kit ?

Good job man, goes to show that it isn't how much you spend.

 

yes, I used a unviversal kit from ebay, however, there are two small elbows that i got seperately and were required for the build...

This is the kit i used...
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Universal-2-5...item564502dcb7

when this link dies, you'll need this info, they are all 18" long, and it comes with:

• Straight Aluminum Pipe x1
  
• 45 Degree Aluminum Pipe x1
  
• 75 Degree Aluminum Pipe x1
• 90 Degree Aluminum Pipe x1
• 90 Degree Aluminum L Pipe x1
• 180 Degree Aluminum J Bend Pipe x1

The straight pipe i did not end up using, the 45 degree and 90 degree "L" was used for the upper intercooler/BOV from the throttle body, down over the transmission. The bottom section of the upper intercooler pipe (driver side of front mount) is made from the equal 90 degree pipe, and a small 90 degree pipe that is not included in the kit. the lower intercooler pipe from the turbo to the passenger side of the intercooler is made from the 180 degree "J" bend, and half of the 75 degree pipe, where i cut the angle in half, and then use scrap from some other cuts to extend the 37.5 angle i ended up with. The compressor(turbo) inlet, or intake pipe is a short 75 degree bend that i also received separate from the kit, and a 30mm OD pipe that i also found on ebay. The remainder of the intake will by made up of my existing AEM short ram intake facing the other direction. I will not be cutting or modifying the AEM intake in any way...

Here's an old shot of what i had...NOTE: the two small elbows, 90 and 75 degrees were not included in the kit, and ARE REQUIRED to complete the build. The straight pipe was not needed...but your requirements may vary...

 

Another update...got the privilege of playing with the beta version of uvtune, Hackish's tuning software...after running into a few snags and spending a couple hours on skype with Hackish ironing out some bugs, were were able to successfully reflash my ECU with a tune that works with the WRX 440cc injectors, and the omnipower 3-bar MAP sensor...i don't know if my stock injectors are different than other years, but man are they tiny! i had to increase the injector spacers by 14mm!!!

pics to follow, i'm going to pull an all nighter on this one...stay tuned...

 

birds are singing, still working...when the sun comes up i should be done...

 

Keep up the hard work were are all waiting

 

it's done...runs great, idles pretty lean, so hackish and i are working on it, but once you get moving the AFR settles right down, i hit full boost, feels and sounds amazing...

 

You of all people should know to post up pics and at least a running video ....

Glad you got it up and running , I'm still anxious about the uv tune software. I want mine
Those beta testers new to get on it . It seemed pretty smooth though, if you go from no tune to being able to drive and hit boost within a few hours

 

 

we need to see pics!!! hearing about people tuning their RAs makes me want to just quit my job at the bank and be an automotive mechanic lol..can't wait to see a video and/or pictures of your progress man! keep us posted

 

What's this *&^%$#%^ tuning and Hackish on Skype *&^%$ ?

Does this mean you're not coming to Ottawa anymore ??????

Answer very carefully.

 

uhhh ohhhh...... somebody in the dog house...