Florida Guy

[wo^tron]

Hey all.
Crystal linked me to this place, and held me at gunpoint till I joined....I mean....I found it interesting so I joined

I'm Joe, some 22 year old college kid from the city of the dead and nearly dying in Floriduh. I like cars (derr), computers, video games (old school), music, fishing/boating/beach, boozin, writing, offroad mayhem and all that fun stuff. But enough about me Im boring


I drive an 04 panda-STi I bought in December 2009. I got it off some crazy hillbilly that lived in the forest and pretty much mutilated the thing...but at least it was fast and looked nice. I've spent a lot of time transforming the car from being an electrical nightmare with half assed mechanic work to what it is today. I also recently went off the deep end and got a built motor from Sean at Vigilant Motorsports.

Here's a list of the goods as she sits today

Performance:
Engine Work by Sean @ Vigilant Motorsports:
2011 STi Block
CP Pistons
CP Rings
OEM Forged Rod/Rod bolts
OEM Forged Crank
11mm Oil Pump
Restored/Resurfaced Heads
Supertech Oversized Valves (Flow Tested)
Brian Crower Titanium Springs and Retainers
Gates Racing Timing Gears
Gates Racing Super Strong Timing Belt
Gates Racing Water Pump
Gates Racing Drive Belts
ARP Headstuds

Tuning By Mikey Botti "STiMikey" of PhatBotti Tuning TKR:
Open Source/ECU Flash Tuned
25PSI on 93 octane
4??awhp/4?? ft-lbs (old tune was 421awhp/396 @ 21PSI)
Throttle Remap/Optimization

Ultimate Racing GT3076-R Kit with:
GT3076 Twin Ball Bearing Turbocharger
.63 Hotside
TiAL 44mm WasteGate
Rotated Mount 3? Catless Downpipe
Rotated Mount EWG Catless Uppipe
Roated Mount EWG Dump Tube
All Lines, Fittings, Clamps etc.

Fabrication by LHT:
Custom Aluminum 2.75" Intercooler piping
Long Ram 3" intake
Injen Intake with HydroShield
Precision Turbo 600hp Core
3? Catless Steel Exhaust with cutout
Magnaflow Muffler
MAF Rewire/Extension
Dump Tube Replumbed into DownPipe

Misc:
Clutchmasters Stage 3 Kevlar Backed Twin Disc Clutch
Fidanza Lightweight Flywheel
TiAL Q 50mm Blowoff Valve
Grimmspeed PnP DBW Throttle Body (Ceramic Coated)
Grimmspeed 160 Degree Thermostat
Grimmspeed PnP Tumble Generator Valve Delete
Odyssey Light Weight Racing Battery
AMS Battery Tiedown
Torque Solutions Motor Mounts
Torque Solutions Billet Aluminum Pitch Stop
Hallman Pro RX Manual Boost controller
NGK Copper Spark Plugs - 1 Step Colder
Oil Cooler Delete
Walbro 255LPH fuel pump
Deatschwerks 1100cc Side Feed Injectors
KoyoRAD Aluminum Radiator w/ cap

Wheels/Suspension/Stopping:
Tein H-Tech Springs
18" Konig Runaways in Shadow black
225/45ZR18 Hankook Ventus R-S2 tires (chewed up. Hopefully getting Nitto NT555s soon)
Stock brakes for now, that are almost completely shot :lol:



Show Mods/Rice

Exterior:
SIEBON Carbon Fiber hood (Scoop less RS Hood)
VIS Racing Carbon Fiber trunk
Roof (professionally) painted Black
Blacked set of Tails rewired for the "jdm"/eye look
Cleared Headlights with flat black bezel

Interior:
Zero/Sports Push Start
Zero/Sports Gauge Pod
Zero/Sports Shift Boot
AutoMeter NEXUS Wideband
AutoMeter NEXUS Boost/Vac
AutoMeter NEXUS Oil Pressure
Sony Xplod Deck
Pioneer Speakers
WC Lathe Werks Titanium Shift knob
No Rear Seat (Im just lazy...lol)
Red Hazzard Switch
APEX'i AVCR (for decorative purposes)




So enough the boring crap, heres some eye candy!

So that's all there is to tell or at least all I can think of at 2am.
I'll definately be hanging around. Hopefully I'll meet some SWFL people on here.

 

[SleepyBear]

very solid, well built sti man! One of my favorites on this site!!! kudos!!! -bobby-

 

[IGOTASTi]

:welcome: to the team. Glad you could join us. She's a beauty. Great work. 04 FTW. :tup:

 

[Z1107]

hello!

 

[ZachTTLM]

Welcome to the team! Love the Black and White!!

 

[Paul.c]

Nice car man!

 

[wo^tron]

Looks good man. Welcome to the site. Mod list looks like my 04's does!

So that means you've spent way too much on your car too huh? woo!! :lol: You also have the lip I want by the looks of it...Seibon GD Lip right?

When she runs... *grin* HEY JOE!!!!!!!

Quiet you there?s no one around here that knows these cars. I'm stuck figuring everything out myself :/ it was a lot of mutilation to fix

Hey Joe, you should see if anyone wants to play with your trunk... lolololol

too much junk in my trunk now...*ba dum*

Nice shots, clean!

Thanks man! I find them useful. When my car is giving me drama to the point where I feel like melting it down into a keg or rolling it off a cliff into a canal I go stare back at those pictures. Then the little voice in the back of my head overwhelms my common sense and says "remember how beautiful she looked there? And how fast she was? Don't you want that again?"

Especially when my car was torn to nothing for the engine build, and parts were scattered all over my room, my friend?s back yard and inside the car, it was pretty hard to remember how nice it was then hahaha

Thanks for all the welcomes guys and gal!

 

[Eagleye]

Welcome :tup:

 

[Scott Stokes]

Welcome fellow Florida Guy.. Im in Orlando, if you ever need a shop come see me. Cheaper To Keep-er Auto Repair...

 

[shefledthescene]

Herro! You're on clubdubb too

 

[wo^tron]

Welcome fellow Florida Guy.. Im in Orlando, if you ever need a shop come see me. Cheaper To Keep-er Auto Repair...

Definately will keep that in mind awesome tatts by the way haha

BTW, I apoligize for stealing for Twiz.... She smy "roommate" now....

I had the full Chargespeed CF kit on the car a few years ago. I have since taken all of it off and Im redoing the entire body.

Just come down and visit often rofl
or come transfer to fort myers for military duty...someones got to defend the old folks against the wannabe ghetto kids hah
So....you really have an HTA86? Or is Crystal just bluffing.....or getting her stuff backwards?

Mutilation? I'm surprised you haven't pushed her off a bridge yet lol. At least you finally got her broke in! Sorta... Drive MOAR!!!

Tell me about it! I gotta figure out that drive by wire short, Mikey is coming on the 11th to work some magic. I havent gotten it to happen again yet but Im gonna test more stuff Thursday

Herro! You're on clubdubb too

Hey! Yep, I try to log on when I remember it exists. Even though it stares me in the face every day on my address bar

 

[wo^tron]

Percision 3582

Look at rek888v2's Army of STi's in the members journal. My build is there.

hot dog thats still nothing to shake a stick at though. 35rs are evil. A day riding in my friend's 35r STi makes me want one

Percision 3582

Look at rek888v2's Army of STi's in the members journal. My build is there.

hot dog thats still nothing to shake a stick at though! 35rs are evil. A day riding in my friend's 35r STi makes me want one

damnit Joe, way to give away his christmas present!
We'll be down sometime mid-end of Dec We'll grab a few beers one night! Also.. rewire the entire car. Everything. lmao. I am going to laugh if he comes down.. can't find anything.. and then it shorts out 2 days later.

No way I'd wait that long haha. I'll either figure it out by ohming everything out, buy a new relay/fuse see where that takes me or burn the car by then rofl

 

[wo^tron]

Just look at what else is going into the car. The turbo is but one piece.

Oh I read. Thats like a book man haha. Mad props!
With that much into it you should get a HTA86...or a BW Airwerks S300sx

Rotated mani is smart too is the P&L rotated intake thing just a port and polish or like a high volume intake? I think it was either them or AMS that was developing one.

 

[wo^tron]

the P&L Rotated intake mani. I was wondering if it was a high volume intake manifold they've made themselves (like the cosworth or magnus) or if it was just the OEM one rotated and maybe ported