Build A Faster Car - helping drivers engineer

So far, I'm pretty proud of myself for not getting off track with the development of this car. Pretty much everything I've done has been effective in making it go, stop or turn better.

History: It's a 1999 Subaru Impreza RS. It's actually a bit famous in Subaru circles- it used to be the SportCompactCar Project RS, owned by Shiv Pathak of Vishnu Performance. following being retired as the Vishnu development car not long after the WRX reached the states, another owner did some crazy engine swaps and used it as a track car for a few years. Last year when I acquired it, the drivetrain was from a 2002 WRX, with a custom fuel and front mount setup running on a TEC3 standalone system. Naturally, I ripped that drivetrain out and sold it, taking a complete stock 2001 drivetrain and wiring harness in partial trade. So, when I got it all put back together it was essentially a stock 2001 RS, with a few minor mods. JDM STi struts and springs, a nifty custom rear swaybar setup, Stoptech 328x28 kit up front, and a beefy aftermarket radiator.

Once I had a running, complete car, I decided after toying with doing a heavy NA engine build to stick to SCCA Street Prepared classing, which limited me to basic bolt-ons and a lot of suspension work. Here's where I ended up:

Chassis:
lightweight battery (11 pounds)
Group N engine and transmission mounts
Group N lower control arm bushings
Whiteline adjustable rear lateral links
Whiteline front strut brace
GAB rear strut brace
Turn In Concepts front and rear shift bushings
TIC "Clunk Killer" bushing kit
Vishnu titanium shift knob
Stoptech 328x28 WRX BBK, Ferodo DS2500 pads, Stoptech SS lines, stock rear rotors with Hawk HPS pads, Motul fluid

Suspension:
RaceComp Tarmac 2 coilovers
Whiteline front camber plates
Group N rear strut tops
custom rear swaybar, mounts and endlinks
Tribeca front sway bar
Noltec front endlinks
17x8.5 VolkCE28N
245/40R17 Bridgestone RE-01R

Engine/drivetrain:
Cobb intake
replica Cobb exhaust manifold
Vishnu exhaust hangers
Stromung dual-tip catback
ACT Streetlite flywheel and sprung 6-puck clutch/HD pressure plate

I think that's it, I may have left off a thing or two. It seems a pretty good combination. After some stumbling out of the gate, I ended up managing a class win here in the Reno region, and even scored 2 PAX wins, thanks to our last 4 events being held on fairly gravelly surfaces. AWD FTW! Anyway, I plan to keep it in DSP for the foreseeable future, so there's not a lot of room for more mods.I can add differentials, and of course I'd love a set of 18x10s with 285/30 Kumho V710s, but those aren't in the budget for an unemployed college student who bought a house and got married this year! Eventually though, I'd like to do cams, high compression pistons, ITBs and new engine management for Time Trials/Time Attack stuff here and in Northern California. I figure I can get 250bhp out of the RS motor pretty easily on race gas, and it could even be a pretty good SM car.

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