Brandon's 2012 ISM STI

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Hey everyone,


I figured I'd start a thread seeing I have a few things done and plan on doing a lot of things to my car. So here goes...


Previous cars:
1999 Buick Century
2001 Chevy Cavalier
2004 Olds Alero
2004 Nissan Sentra (first std)
2006 Mazda 6 GT
2011 Hyundai Genesis 2.0T


Winter Beater/Daily cars while owning my STI
2003 Volvo S40
2004 Chrysler Sebring
2010 Mitsubishi Ralliart
2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport (Current)

Car is making: 444awhp and 384awtq


My current mod list
Engine/Power:
CP 99.5mm/ 8.2 comp forged pistons
Invidia divorced wastegate/catless
Perrin BPV
Perrin pulley and rad cover
Tomei Turbo Inlet Pipe
Invidia Q300 Cat-Back
Tomei UEL Header (Wrapped)
Grimmspeed Uppipe with (Red) 38mm Tial Wastegate (Ceramic Coated Black)
Aquamist HFS-3 Methanol Injection Kit
Cobb SF Intake (Blue)
Grimmspeed EBCS
Grimmspeed Air Oil Separator
DW65c Fuel Pump
Forced Performance FP Green Turbo (PTP Blanket installed)
Perrin FPR with Tomei Gauge
DW 1000cc Injectors
Zerolift TGV Deletes
IAG AOS


Interior/Exterior:
HT Autos front lip, side skirts, rear lip and exhaust garnishes
OEM JDM rain guards
SMY gauge cluster
15% tint in back
Hella Supertone Horns
Anarchy Motive Shift Knob (White)
OEM Vortex Generator
Taillight Blinker Red Overlays
Lightwerkz Dual Projector with Demon Eye mod
HT Autos Fender Flares


Drivetrain/Transmission:
Kartboy Short Shifter
Kartboy front and rear shifter bushings
Whiteline Rear Diff Bushings
Competition Stage 2 Clutch


Suspension:
Air Lift Performance Struts/Bags
3P Management with (1) 380 Compressor
Whiteline Steering Rack Bushings


Brakes/wheels:
Work Wheels Lugs (Gloss Black)
Work Meister M1 (18x12 -2)
Bridgestone Potenza re760 (295-35)
Stoptech Slotted Rotors
Stoptech Street Pads
Stoptech SS Brake Lines
Motul 600 DOT4 Fluid



Here is how it sits now..

On order:

Nothing right now

Waiting to install:
VVivid Pro Line Wrap

Future Mods:
Full engine Build
New turbo setup
FMIC
Custom diffuser, front splitter and side extensions

Thanks Too My Sponsors:
I would really like to thank my sponsors that I have picked up along the way and helping me with this build! First I would like to thank Corbin Johnson at Johnson Tuning for all the tuning work gone into my car, I would also like to thanks Air Lift Performance for the sponsorship with them! Thansk to Fisik Aero for the Future exterior parts that will be going on Thanks to [MENTION=1]IGOTASTi[/MENTION] for being a big help promoting my build and also to Anarchy Motive for making my shift knobs.

 

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First thing I ordered when I hit 7000km was Nameless performance muffler deletes except mine were stealth black and a K&N short ram. The intake in my opinion is not great. It sucks in too much hot air. The mufflers are pretty good. Nice sound but lots of drone. Not my pics but they are pretty much the same \/

 

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Once that came I had a custom tune done by Perrin (Stage 1) with my new Cobb V2 access port and a Perrin recir by pass valve.

 

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I was running those few things for a little while and then I decided I wanted more power. So I was talking to my tuner and he recommended that I get a Catless Invidia Downpipe. Once I got that I took off this piece of garbage \/

And put on this beauty \/

I got that tuned up and got 267whp and 290wtq on 91 Octane

 

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The following day I picked my little brother up and we went out for something to eat. While I was parked I noticed my car let out a weird shake.. So I quickly turned the car off. Fearing it was the common issue with sti (blown ring land) I called my tuner. He told
Me to do a couple tests and see what the Cobb AP was saying. It was reading a misfire on cylinder 4. He told me to bring it in the next day. When I brought it in he begun to do a compression test. She was reading 52psi on cylinder 4 when I do believe it supposed to be around 120psi. He told me my ring land was gone. Seeing at this point it was almost time for snow I put the car away for winter. (We still use salt in Newfoundland so I will not drive my sti in that garbage)

 

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When I took it out the following April I brought it to my tuner. The car at this point only had a little over 13,000km on the engine. We started to scrap it...

Tied up and pulling the engine \/

 

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Engine out! \/

She's pretty empty in there at this point

Engine with the cam gears and intake manifold off \/

 

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All the parts off \/

This is what it looks like with all that off

 

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This is the cracked ring land \/

And these are the new baby's that went in \/

These are the new CP forged pistons put back in the block \/

 

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Going back in the engine bay!\/

And she's back in

My tuner took the engine out on a Thursday, taking his time (2 hrs) and Friday he started at 3pm and at 3am the next day or morning however you want to look at it I was on my way home. It was a pretty nervous drive home.

 

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Next I ordered a HT autos front lip, side skirts, rear lip and exhaust garnishes. And took my car to my buddy's garage.


Getting ready to install \/

After install

 

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Next I ordered: OEM rain guards
Blox shifter knob
Kartboy short shifter and bushings
Proto Cobb AP holder


When they arrived

During install

 

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Next was the mudflaps.
Taking the tires off for easy access

The beautiful sti brakes lol

After install.. Pic isn't that great

 

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Next I ordered a SMY gauge cluster with prosport boost/vac and AEM AFR
When I got my gauges

Installed

 

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Next I got OBX header (which is garbage)

And not long after that I ordered Perrin rad and pulley covers
Before

After

the front lip looks wavy cause i have water on the lens

 

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At the current tune she has 272whp and 317wtq on 91 octane

This is how she was sitting..

 

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I then Waxed and De-Badged the back.
Getting ready to de-badge

De-badging complete

 

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I then got my back windows tinted
Before:

During:

After:

 

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Then i ordered these.

And this

 

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Not long after i had this happen to me.