------>NEW GUY<----- And I got a 07 STi

Hey im having trouble finding a fun helpfull club, I have a 07 Subaru STi and trying to get it race ready for thunder hill and maby even the all whell drive challange buy the end of next year. My car is for show and i got some cool lights on it some strobes and things but mostly i like to race track or drag! Someone please tell me if im in the rong club here LOL. Looks like its mostly rotory engines here, Wich our awsome i use to own a 88 Mazda RX-7 I loved it.

wo0oho0o boxster motor rocks what exactly are you planing to do to your motor? for thunder hill i would imagine suspension work. then practice practice practice. but first of all take the car as is first then work on it slowly for example, if you feel body roll then upgrade your struts and some sway bars. if you get understeer/oversteer then you modify accordingly.

my advice is just drive your car.. leave your motor alone cuzz it's fast as fuck already. ( dont fix if it aint broke ) and just pick on the little things that get's in your way as you learn how to drive your car. if you need help your in the right spot. i'm not a professional with boxters motors but i'm pretty handy with a tool set. if you need help just let me know.

btw welcome to the forums.

I already did practice i know a freind at sac rw but i still have to get the licy at thunder hill i am pretty new to thunder hill though would bve nice to go with some peeps.... but i am going stock for now but have already ordered shocks, dif brace, and sway bars.... adds alot of time havin em pluss easyer and requires less skill with those late APEX turns.... i still have yet to work on the engine And ofcourse ah the eclipes very veritile vehicle you got there so many choices LOL. Good choice on it! what kinda racing you do if you dont mind me askin maby we can wrench some day ^^.

i dont drive an eclipse that was from one of our snooze cruises from last year i was actual in a crx that day. i've worked on almost everything with a motor, havnt had to modify or repair a impreza motor yet, but i believe it's the same as all internal combustion. i've wrenched on pretty much a majority of the member/older members cars on the forums. i'm currently redoing a chevy ls1 into a rx7 again ATM. i drive a 99 civic si, and finishing up my 86 corolla i use to drive a 87 supra turbo. and a 95 supra as well.

here's a pic of me from earlier today

Very nice i like the sound of that ^^. i work at a body shop so i get to do all kinds of cool stuff shop open to me 24-7 its sweet! what kind of racing you do? you mess with track much?

heres some vids i made last sec.... just watch the vid20 and vid 18, for some reason i cant get 19 to work , in the vid00020 i go threw 1 and 1/4 gears LOL.. not enough room where i was. and just to let you know im not a street racer! just track this case was well exceptional.


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I just got my license back after 5 year but I do allot of touge. Drag, and a little drift. I havnt been on the. Mountain for awhile since my bike accident on mnt hammy . well after I get my civic back on the road I'm going to mather field for some autox. should be fun.

oh ya? I LIVE AND WORK OUT THERE IM SOO CLOSE YOU SHOULD HIT ME UP I GO ON TUESDAYS FOR THE bRACKET RACES. oops sorry my bad i had caps on LOL. My bud goes there too and he has pro stock cars only he sold one for a peace of crap LOL dont ask me why but he got a benz over a sweet VR6. and its a crappy benz.... OMG WHY GET A BENZ!!!!! serously......... I still got to give him a dam good punch for that mistake hey u got skype or somthin maby we can use the chatbox you guys have in main menue? and also if you go to the mather feild strip bring a cam if u got one i need new vids mine sucks... about to get a new one for car and it records performance as well i can hook you up on sweet deal too if ur ever interested good for race recording and how to do sort of thing....

Welcome to the forum, i'm new/old to the forum as well, i was on here a while back but since i was inactive they removed me from the list lol. Well, nice to see another guy from Sacramento area here, i also am a track junkie but i'm mainly doing autox/touge/mountain cuising right now. I'm in a carbon blue celica gts, so feel free to say hello if you see me. I've been around a lot of subies, especially older gc's 2.5rs, but only been in one another sti, maybe i can get a ride . You did good, what types of sways did you order? Adjustables are your friend and your after market support is incredible, so your going to love that car. Well, hopefully i'll see you out there at the track or at a meet.

hell ya you and me will be good freinds , I love subys and i acually getting my first teaching soon in the autox in mather feild some time soon. ive done track mostly but with a old 88 mazda rx-7 this sti will be new to any track at this point. ben 4 years since my last race too im a bit nervis. maby ill see ya one day at the track huh? youl have to share some of your knalage with me on the subies. the sways our no name bran but even cheapies ussaly do the trick and they our adjustible. ordered them threw tognotis so i dont even know what they look like i really have to find a subieshop somewhere.

autox at mather field?? Im down for that

Well ok,.... heres a problem i had the schedule now i can find all of them but the mather feild one! i dont know what the deal is but theres no event listings...... go on there and see what you can find, either way we should do somthing i really want to get my new car on the autox tho and get a feel for it. I got alot to do so my list is pretty open for whatever i still need to get Licy at thunder hill. i have wensdays off so if your up for some bracket racing ill go tommarow on wens but you got to let me know fast. My members in davis club want to take me for my 1st run for autox somewhere but i yet have all the details on it ill try to get em and see where u stand on that incase you want to come too either way should be alot of fun! Infact we our so close together and i got the hook up and alot of yards and shops you should just swing by my place and have a few beers that way if you ever need anything youl know where im at and i can refer you to some shops in future if ever needed. Pluss i would really like to take a peek at ur ride man! well like i said my options our pretty open and truthfully im getting tired of davis club there all kinda well serouse and want to take out the new guy it seems... Ive tryed to do events with them but i can easly see them being egoistic and not alot of help or fun, ofcourse the exception of few i know there. Alot of them our very heavenly exp and run the 24 hour lemons at thunderhill, either way i need a group to get me back off my butt to go race agian now that i have another good car. Play time is over im gonna pick up the dam pavment now! LOL

ah man i found the schedule, and i got bad news last autox at mather was thr 16th. not sure when the next is im still having trouble finding it i think page is broken or somthing.. anyways see what u can find and let me know if u wanna swing by tonight or tommarrow or go to the strip tommarow. laters i was going to do my brake tommarow but if we race ill do em later or maby tonight well see. just try to get back to me fast you can call me at (916)243-8772 or just post and hopfully ill be on to work somthin out. Ill call some freinds too if we make this a plan. Hmm is it raining tommarrow?

i dont think its rainging till late at night tomorrow

Sweet! I hope not im really in the mood to go out and do somthin. Interested in comming?

Im pretty much a ghost till summer time lol

Np man let me know about ur buddys car when u get a chance k.

forsureeeeeeeeeeee

wass up. how you like the sti? would you recommend it? cuz iam thinking of picking one up.

you should wait till your at least 25 insurance would be cheaper.

i was planning to have my dad on the pink slip or reg. so he will insure it. hella cheap for him and just put me on the insurance as secondery

ya insurance for it is a killer.... but FANTASTIC car. not to fast and 1st gear acts up a bit becouse of the 4 wheel drive and traction but if u get over that your handling is awsome! Acually incredible. I love it you can hug turns at faster smoother pace. if you drag race this might not be the car you want but perfect for track, when i drag race it i cant help but bog out 1st gear, even at very high rpms witch isnt good either.... Im still trying to get around that so if you know pls fill me in ^^.

get triple plate clutch

you sure becouse my clutch is grabbing fine the dif/ is just eating all the torqe im going to put on a dif/ brace but even then i thingk ill have the same problem till my horse power goes up. The problem is all four tires our wanting to spin fast at lounch but theres too much grip wants cluch is fully set the remaining power gets twisted up and lost in the dif/ making my car bog out majorly. Ive even burned the cluch before launching and it grabs LOL just dif sucks for launching i think? Im not 100% possitive though. So are you sure and have you experianced this problem before with the STi? pluss i want flex in cluch for road track. Any idieas? or you think i should still get tripple plate?

whats up man.. welcome to the forums.. 02 wrx owner here.. little tip about launching.. you can't just drop the clutch on these cars.. try clutch slips..