Time to get back on track with this blog. Today's post is for everyone who is bored at work and their shitty company blocks all forms of internet radio. This will help kill an hour and sixteen minutes of your day.
Check back later today for a new sponsor anouncement and some updates on the STI. We are in the home stretch so hopefully we can push through and get it up an running soon!
Name-calling, complaints about the song choice, internet wars, and spontaneous freestyle battles are highly encouraged.
The last big job completed on the STI was getting the wiring sorted out. Since a lot of systems were removed and I was in there anyway I decided to remove some of the factory wiring while adding some of my own for the fuel pump. Once that was completed parts of the interior that will still be in the car started going back in.
This was an extremely time consuming project both from the standpoint of learning the wiring diagram to make sure that nothing being removed was needed for operation of the vehicle as well as the actual removal and rewrapping of the harness. I strongly recommend taking this to someone who knows what they are doing (hint...) or learning what you are doing before you just start removing things.
Some more parts are on order and will be here shortly, in the meantime I will finish up the interior and hopefully we can get the engine finished up when things slow down a bit. Once that is complete, I will be waiting on the parts that are coming from Nameless Performance, which I am told they are working on as we speak.
I am starting to see a light at the end of this long tunnel, hopefully everything will pick up here shortly and I can get this car up and running.
More information on this update can be found HERE.
We were saddened to learn this morning that we lost a respected and valuable member of the Subaru community this past weekend. Chris Schoen-Kiewert, owner and tuner at EFI Logics, passed away due to injuries suffered in a Jet Ski accident that occurred Sunday.
While I did not have the privileged to meet Chris in person, I have had several conversations with him over the past couple years and his knowledge and love for his work was amazing. It was clear that he is one of the few left in this industry that truly cares about the end customer. Chris will be missed by everyone lucky enough to be impacted by what he has done.
Our thoughts at BME go out to his family, the team at EFI and any of Chris's friends who are suffering with this loss right now.
Song of the Day Aparently we have missed quite a few days, I didnt realize this so here are some makeup songs. I feel like a little Adventure Club binge.
I will be posting an update for the STI when I get a minute later today so check back tonight!
Name-calling, complaints about the song choice, internet wars, and spontaneous freestyle battles are highly encouraged.
"Broken Lungs (Adventure Club Remix)" - Thrice
"Collect Call (Adventure Club Remix)" - Metric
"Please Dont Go (Adventure Club Remix)" - Mike Posner
"Everything to Me (Adventure Club Remix)" - Lips
"Do I see Color" - Adventure Club
"Crave You (Adventure Club Remix)" - Flight Facilities
Just a quick one here. Yesterday the short block for the STI was assembled. The block is a sleeved EJ257 with Manley high compression pistons and rods and a stock Subaru crank. ACL bearings were used along with ARP case bolts. Killer B Motorsport supplied the oil baffle, pickup and oil pan. Up next are the heads and long block assembly.
In othe rnews the STI will be ready to accept the engine by the end of the weekend and it will even be moved to its new garage space where the remainder of this build will be completed.
Here are some pictures from the sort block assembly, please follow the build on IWSTI here:
I have been a bit AWOL lately, so I apologize. Day job got pretty hectic closing out our second quarter, along with my upcoming move back home to Chicago! I'm pretty pumped to finally be getting back after 2 years living in Grand Rapids, MI, Cincinnati, OH, and Greenville, SC. Although, I could DEFINITELY live in Greenville full time. If you've never been to South Carolina, you should check it out. Downtown is a lot of fun, and they do a lot for their residents (fests, live music, bars, etc). From Greenville, you're 3 hours from the beach, 1.5 hours from the mountains, 1.5 hours from Charlotte, 2 hours from Atlanta. I've had a lot of fun, to say the least. Anyway, here is some music. I'm gonna drop a deuce since I missed yesterday... (see what I did there?)
Name-calling, complaints about the song choice, internet wars, and spontaneous freestyle battles are highly encouraged.
Everyone knows how important brakes are on the track ... it doesn't matter how much power the car makes if it can't stop. We haven't addressed the brakes on the STI yet so it is time so start doing so. The first step, since the installation of the part is insanely simple with the engine out of the car, was to install a master cylinder brace. The STI is known for a somewhat soft pedal feel and a lot of this is due to the way the firewall flexes under hard braking. The Master cylinder brace reduces this deflection of the firewall by placing a mechanical stop behind the master cylinder that braces to the strut tower. The brace eliminates almost all of the flexing under hard braking because the master cylinder no longer has anywhere to go. Below is a nice little FEA model from Grimmspeed showing the results with and without the brace. For more information about the brace installation check out the build thread again.
Since all of the sound deadening and insulation is removed from the car specifically at the firewall we wanted to try and keep the cabin as cool as possible while still realizing the significant weight reduction that we got from removing the factory components. The solution comes in the form of reflective silver film on the firewall to reflect as much radiant heat as possible. Now this isn't your average heat reflective tape which is capable of reflecting approximately 60% of radiant heat, the silver film we use will reflect 95% of radiant heat and is capable of a 250 deg. F temperature delta across its 10 mill thickness.To top it off it can withstand radiant heat up to 1050 deg. F! At only 17 Ounces per square yard it will definitely help keep the weight down while still doings its job. You will also notice the block off plates that I made to close up the holes left from removal of the AC and heater. For more on the installation check out the build thread on IWSTI.
In another effort to keep things cool, a ventilation system was added to draw air into the cabin from the factory location in the cowl. The system simply uses two ducts, one mounted up to the factory hole where the HVAC system usually draws in air. This location as many know is a high pressure location at the base of the windshield. Air will naturally flow into the car from this location but to add to that effect and to get some air moving while the car is sitting still a 170 CFM blower was added. The intake duct is filtered to keep dust and large particles out of the car. The final vent is attached to the the defrost vents and outer front vents in the factory dash. Final hose routing and blow mounting will come in a later update. For now check out the build thread for more information.
It has been a while since the last update on the STI so it is very overdue and I have a couple to post. The good news is that the engine assembly is slated for the end of this week after a long wait on one fitting, the correct water pump and a new Subaru crank. In preparation for the build we had to sexy up some parts. You cant spend this kind of money and time on a build and end up with it looking like shit right? Its all about the details and there is no reason a track car can't look good. The valve covers and coolant cross over pipe were all coated in house since if you want something done right you better do it yourself ... or at least let BME do it! We also got
