Tecate

For the last 4 years I have owned my wrx and been on an amazing journey with 0 bumps in the road and it has gone from stock to everything you can do short of a built motor. I have sunk more money into this car then I should have ever had, but thats life with a crazy addiction for boost. I have gotten to the point that I have become bored with the car and decided its time to come to the dark side of AWD and experience the amazing evolution. I am in the process of still selling my WRX and will have to wait until the sale happens before I can purchase the evo but still I figured I would make this thread and say hello and learn as much as I can before I buy the car. If anyone has anything they would like to warn me about or just say about the evo just speak up, Im not here to start an evo vs sti/wrx argument, both are amazing cars with their own ups and downs and its as simple as that.

So anyways hello to all and thanks for any input!

oh and heres a list of mods for any one who cares, pics will be up later, gotta wash it first.

05 WRX Modlist:

Engine: EJ205 - Stock Internals

Forced Performance HTA-GREEN EWG 2.4" inlet/TD06 8cm Hotside w/ SS Braided Oil Feed Line
Perrin Stealth FMIC
Perrin Blow Thru Boost Tube
Perrin Lightened Crank Pulley
Perrin Short Ram Intake
Perrin Coolant Overflow Bottle
Perrin Oil Catch Can
Deatchwerks 1000CC Topfeed Injectors
Agency Power Top Feed Fuel Rails
Walbro 255LPH
Tial 38MM External Wastegate w/ Custom Dump tube
Tial "Q" BOV
Gimmick Motorsports Turbo Inlet
Grimmspeed P&P&C Headers and High Flow Crosspipe
Grimmspeed P&P&C TGV Deletes
Grimmspeed MAF Block Off Plate
Helix V3 2.3" External Wastegate Uppipe
Helix V3 3" Catless Downpipe
HKS Hi-Power Catback Exhaust
Mishimoto Aluminum Radiator
Weapon R Hybrid Oil Catch Can/Windshield Washer Fluid Tank
Crucial Racing 160* Thermostat
Crucial Racing 1.4 Bar Radiator Cap
Samco Silicone Radiator Hoses
Thermotec Exhaust Heat Wrap

Drive Train:

Straight Cut Gears 1-4 Synchro Engagement w/ Stock 5th
Kartboy 5spd Short Shifter
ACT 6 Puck Sprung Hub Clutch W/ ACT Streetlite Flywheel

Electronics:

Cobb Ver.2 Accessport
AEM TRU Boost Electronic Boost Controller
AEM UEGO Wideband O2
Grimmspeed 3 Port EBCS

Suspension/Rims/Tires:

Megan Racing Track Series Coilovers
Rota Torque 17X9 +30 Bronze 5X100
Yokohama S-Drives 245/40/17
Deevos Aluminum Lugs - Red

Brakes:

StopTech Street Performance Brake Pads F&R
StopTech SS Braided Brake Lines
Motul RBF600 Brake Fluid

Exterior/Interior

Seibon OEM Carbon Fiber Hood
Rally Armor UR Flaps
Cobb Shift Knob
All Weather Floor Mats
Rear Valances

Drew_FL

Pics and list of the wrx please!

jason05evoviii

iTrader: (4)

Welcome to Evom and to the dark side. Sooner or later, you'll scoop up a legit Evo.

Now alot of the evos are high mileage, i guess take your time and find the one that has low miles and hopefully it works out for you then.

And godluck selling the WRX. Hope you get that sold quick.

Drew_FL

And one more thing, do you like tecate? Its pretty nasty to me lmao. Welcome by the way.

Tecate

hey thanks to all for the input, the name tecate came from when I was working at a beer distributership, kinda a long story, I dont care for it much either. list of mods coming up soon.

jason05evoviii

iTrader: (4)

Nice mod list! So i am assuming you were doing 300+whp and 300+torque?

Tecate

oh yeah. getting tuned on august 4th, hoping to put down close to 400 to the wheels.

jason05evoviii

iTrader: (4)

^^ Nice nice!
Seems like a good build for you so far. But now you're getting rid of it to come to us, hahaha!

Tecate

yup, have always been curious about the evo, just recently sold on the idea of it. wish I would have made the change a long time ago.

Ian0611

iTrader: (41)

Here's one thing to warn you about... The upper intercooler hose that connects to the intake manifold may blow off under high pressure. It's a pretty easy fix but it'll scare the daylights out of you the first time it happens lol. Most people just use t-bolt clamps to solve the problem. The reason I bring it up is because it just happened to me today for the second time. Perhaps WRXs have a similar problem so you might already be aware but I just thought I'd share in case you weren't. It might save you a heart attack! lol

jvb6806

iTrader: (3)

welcome.

i switched to the other darks side and bought a WRX after my DSM broke on my for the last time. i sold my WRX about two years ago and switch back to the even darker side of mitsu ownership. the evo is in another league compared to the WRX, very happy with my decision.

and there is nothing wrong with tecate, did you guys try putting a pinch of salt in it? but modelo especial is my go to anyways.


mine started doing that after i got it back from the shop when the 3rd clutch went into the car, but i am sure you know about evo clutch issues. i ended up picking up a cheap silicone upper IC pipe to solve my issue. don't forget the aquanet IC pipe modification as well.

Tecate

never tried salt, will give it a try sometime. thanks for the info on the upper intercooler pipe blowing off.

jvb6806

iTrader: (3)

mine flew off at autoX while my codriver was behind the wheel. he about **** himself, thought he blew it up. i was in the passenger seat laughing my *** off. i did lose my hose clamp on course which brought the day to a halt.

view from the go pro...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CDxsKfDRJo

Ian0611

iTrader: (41)

Yeah I literally felt my heart break the first time it happened. Waaay worse than the first time a girl broke my heart

Tecate

lol bump