2006 STi Project "Aurora" by Razlin

WRC Tommy! WOW

2010-02-02T22:03:00.002-05:00

Warwagon! Strikes again 10.93 1/4 mile

2009-07-22T12:19:00.002-04:00

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/London-Tuner-Shootout_696906.htm

Link to streetfire video of the London Tuner shootout

PPC holdin it down at KOTH Delaware

2009-07-13T01:15:00.000-04:00

Steve from SPDA in the first clip.. Then PPC: JasV killin it! in the 2nd clip

Love the color commentary

Ken Block... well 10million hits and he gets TV show apperances!

2009-07-07T20:30:00.003-04:00

Insane automotive photography: Nissan 370z rigshot

2009-06-16T12:21:00.000-04:00

Insane automotive photography: Nissan 370z rigshot

My boy! killin it!

I want to beat this time! well sort of.

2009-06-09T01:21:00.003-04:00

The next car should be able to beat this!

PINKS! Armdrop Return of Warwagon

2009-06-06T01:56:00.003-04:00

It was a great day in the sun!

Felt great to go and support Chris after the crazy spring work to get the Wagon to the track! 10.90 @ i cant remember was his best time this weekend.

Stay tuned for dropping timeslips!

Loving White on white!

2009-06-05T01:27:00.005-04:00

My BBS are going to have to get coated white!

Part 2.. buy his stuff hehe

2009-06-01T16:17:00.000-04:00

Block 's new video inbound! Part 2 Teaser

2009-05-31T11:38:00.001-04:00

IWSTI Members Journal for Project Aurora

2009-05-30T04:08:00.002-04:00

blogging is awkward... so.. IWSTI Members Journal seems to be much easier. Check out the Journal here.

The rest of this blog is going to be links video and photos of the shenanigans that will ensue once the car is done!

Press video of Block + boobies

2009-05-28T00:18:00.001-04:00

This dude can drive..

PPC - Jasv11

2009-05-25T02:43:00.000-04:00

Block is at it again....

2009-05-24T23:16:00.002-04:00

Seriously 800+ hours into the build and completed it in 43 days!

Looking forward to the testing video!

Kind of wish i could video document my build... pft its hard enough messing with photos!

Anyways! Enjoy

DC Shoes + Block Rockin it!

2009-04-07T21:20:00.000-04:00

Ok we all know this dude can drive! When i first checked out the main production, i thought this must have taken 10000 shots.

Then the outtakes came out and i have even more respect for the video work and the driving!

Enjoy if you haven’t already!

I wanna be like “Ken”! When i grow up.

I wish I could build this...

2009-04-06T23:54:00.000-04:00

Roger Clark Motorsport Time Attack PRO Winner 2008 from Clashproduction on Vimeo.

2008 Spring

2009-01-02T23:34:00.000-05:00

Well with Spring came time to shed the winter salt and get out to the meets! Missisauga Meet pics, Neetronics dyno day, Crashed a legacy meet!

Snapped a few pictures when Patriki, Mulletproof and Bonkers came over for a wash.

Probably one of my favorite pictures i took in 08 wasn't even of my car! Those that know him will have fond memories of this N/A beauty! more on the demise later…

Rollin to the Meet in Mississauga!

Chris C’s bugey below. We had some eats and got to hang with a few of the Legacy guys that popped out.

Typical late night hanging out and talking cars! Most of the crew that night. That's me in the back row!

Alex! got in touch with his feminine side!

We got a bit stir crazy so Mullet got me trying to do rolling shots… wow this stuff is hard to get right!

Diusee’s N/A waggon

DYNO DAY!

Neetronics and the TSC brass hosted a dyno day in May 08. I was ready to hit the wheels and lay down some #’s. Honestly tho.. didnt give a flying $$)#@#@#. Car was running great and It put a smile on my face every minute!

James the TSC prez was out in his freshly painted whip.

The day was a great success parking lot was full

and the people were getting restless! Terry doing … not sure what!

A few of the rides that showed up!

Tim’s Wide body custom everything!

A pile of red cars! heh i wasn't part of the club so i felt left out!

Rally car showed up. I must have missed it on the dyno.. cant recall.

At last the organizer! Gadget Guy!

There were oodles of prices handed out with the raffle! James and Killian doing the draw!

My car was looking great! :) Work CRKAI’s grill was all done and lip painted!… what was i thinking with those mudflaps.. Oh yeah the community i live in was still under construction mud and dust everywhere makes it hard to keep things clean.

At this point i got a bit nervous! First time on a dyno and i have heard the horror stories of cars going BOOM! Gladly she survived and made one hell of a racket! Likely one of the loudest cars on the rollers that day!

18g, 740DW injectors, Perrin FMIC, Cobb CAI, Perrin catless up and downpipe with Greddy Evo2 axle back and resonator, Accessport Protune by Mike @ innovative tuning.

Yeah i know you all want to see the pretty graph! AFR’s got a bit out of range in a few spots. But a nice power band. There is a whole lot of space under that curve!

Crashed a legacy meet!

Randomly dropped in on a Legacy meet! These guys / gals are weird! underground parking meets are creepy!

New and old Leg’s

Ghost? or Wendy getting in the way?

Wendy and her legacy before she swapped it in for a prez N/A. A little over dressed for a underground parking meet!

Video’s of … well whatever!

2009-01-01T22:14:00.001-05:00

Signed up for vimeo

Check out the videos so far. Click on the post title

2008 Recap part 1

2009-01-01T14:13:00.000-05:00

Going to recap while I get my rear end moving on project “Aurora”

08 was a blast! Continued customizing and driving! Big project was a custom front grill setup similar to the grill craft stuff! And paint and fit a Greddy front lip. Wanted to protect the FMIC and DIY projects are my OCD meds! Sourced some mesh from www.customgrills.com and got to work.

3M Plastic paint adhesion primer

3 coats of NAPA color matched spray bomb and 3 coats of 3M clear coat spray can!

Bravely cutting apart the grill

Paper template

Back of the bumper area that was cut out to fit the FMIC core and epoxy mounts to secure the grill material

Test fit the lower grill area

Grills installed and bumper on the car. SS hardware to securely hold the grill material in front of the FMIC core to avoid any rubbing.

Finished product with Greddy lip and plate installed with custom SS hardware. Looking mean and clean!

It was 2 days worth of work in total. I would do it again in a heartbeat as the results are very clean.

On the next car ill be painting the Perrin FMIC Core black to help it hide!

P.S. One of my shots of Polaren’s bugeye. Something about the tanks in the background that set it off.. Car is long since sold..

Lets not talk about those wild lights he DIY painted! eek. Glad they came off and were sold days later! he had a ricer moment!

2007 Shoes

2008-12-31T23:58:00.000-05:00

Ran some Rotas! I still liked the gold on Steel Grey Metalic. These were a set of SDR’s.

PPC 2008

2008-12-31T02:27:00.000-05:00

Warwagon!

2008-10-18T02:39:00.001-04:00

Axle snapping and Trans killing 1/4 mile action

Scarborough Subaru Show n Shine and Garage Sale Event: Aug 16 2008

2008-08-16T02:38:00.000-04:00

Well it was an early morning setup on site 9:30am after a late night cleaning /detailing the car! Lots of Energy drinks and some new donut that Timmies was pushing on the coffee junkies..

My first actual car show… well there was only like 10 cars but.. you got to start somewhere. So i was there early and eager for a new experience.

One of my favorite legacy builds is rhe’s great theme and follow thorough. Wish he could have made the Casey’s dinner and dusk photo shoot after! He won best Legacy platform in the show that day! Congrats!

The host was a Scarborough Subaru employee that put on a good show that seemed to bring some traffic into the dealership even though we took up the entire parking lot. He drives this nice looking SVX. One of the first i have had the opportunity to look over in person.

The event organizers got Motul to send out a few reps, talk to the attendees about their uber oils! These guys really know their stuff but kept loosing most of the guys listening. I dig the stuff… well because it was free.. more on that later

A few decent pictures of the cars and people in attendance and the winners of the Show n Shine event!

This is Wanyo’s whip with the super huge rubber! can you say GRRRIPP

some dudes that were loitering Mullets Dark horse Rocket ship!

Some random family that thought the cars were for sale, i think they sat in one of them.

Ed h and his super N/A car won .. well he was the only N/A in attendance so he won a landslide!

Almost felt like i stole something with this bag of $$$$ expensive oil and additives! Who knew a boring Steel Grey Metallic WRX would win!

This was Cole’s first actual Subaru Event! My wife was gracious enough to bring him all the way down from home in the 30 degree temps! hah he was like 33 days old! What a trooper!

Full Photos from the event HERE

Death of 007

2008-07-28T02:06:00.000-04:00

Well bored and still learning how to blog. I found some interesting pictures of a good friends car from the Toronto Subaru Club… TSC. Patriki runs D2 a great source for custom aero and various other parts for your Subaru! Click the logo below ( i just figured out how to make it work)

On to the photos… I know these are painful to see for Patriki and any enthusiast ….

It was a 07 2.5 RS in black with dumped springs, RPF1’s sticky rubber! and one sweet looking ride! Here is a few before pics!

Well here is the event in progress!

I think i would be this far back too! that interior goes up quickly!

Electrical fire! If i remember correctly there was smoke coming from behind the dash and then flames… he jumped out as he was sitting at a light close to his home.

Patriki surveying the damage!

Subaru of Canada and the insurance company never really gave him an answer on why… or what caused it!

The car was a complete write off… the fight over the settlement ensued! and Patriki ended up with a upgrade! Legacy GT! 5 speed with a snail! GO GO Turbo power!

More photos here and here on the TSC forums

INTRO

2008-01-01T12:58:00.000-05:00

First post! Well… a little about me! Where I have come from and well the plans!

I am a little nuts. a touch of undiagnosed A.D.D. (Attention Deficit Disorder) with some O.C.D. (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and a work ethic that is driven to succeed! = one wacky dude!

I was in sales for 9 years and drove a wonderfully reliable econo-box 2001 VW Golf TDI GLS! It served its purpose for getting me around 24/7/365 without any muss or fuss. I sometimes miss the mad torque of the diesel and 1000km/tank. Gladly it found a new home with a close friend that takes much better care of it than I ever did.

When I started a job where I hardly traveled I thought it was a good time for a “Toy”. I did a bit of research.. test drove a 06 WRX limited and fell in love! Picked it up from Vella Autosport in Concord, ON in April 2007.

Now, before this WRX, I had never owned a tuner, never done any wrenching on my own car at and it never thought of MODIFYING a car. Such a newb! I didn’t even change my own oil or air filters!

Unfortunately, my ignorance caused me to buy a car that was already violated! I had no clue that the Greddy exhaust would cause the problems I experienced.

Boost creep + WOT = CEL and a trip to the dealership.

I found out quickly the car had been modified, the stealership mechanic continued to explain that these parts are going to continue to cause CEL issues and would void my remaining warrantee! Apparently the previous owner had installed a Perrin up pipe and turbo back Greddy exhaust system.

Mechanic recommended replacing with stock off the shelf Subaru parts he just happened to have in stock!

I was lost.. didn’t know what to do. Drove out of the Stealership, looking for a second opinion and some time to think it over. Shortly after I found the solution! Cobb! Quickly ordered up a Accessport to tame the beast!. Phew. Things were all fixed.

I was a newbie’s newbie. When I found NASIOC, IWSTI and shortly after the TSC (Toronto Subaru Club) I was impressed with the “DIY guides” and the Technical Forums! I then got more and more interested in what potential the little 4 banger could do! I started reading and asking/posting questions. Thankfully questions were answered with great detail! Links to HOW TO’s with instructions and photos I was amazed at the friendly help. This sharing of information in the local scene and online forums was a great!

Well that was it for me once the COBB access port came in the mail, flashed ecu with stage 2 and I was hooked! The power, response and my god the torque!

I got infected with the “bug”

Well 07 was a blur between spending hours reading and chatting on the forums talking to local shops and spending time in Tim Horton’s parking lots hunched over engine bays!… the quest was on for that custom ride!

And it came in a flurry! Cobb CAI, Perrin Rad shroud, Tein Sways, Perrin Front and rear sways & endlinks, Tein SS Coilovers, Hawk pads Greddy lip, tint, tail light film.. phew! OOH grounding kit hehehe. I had a blast doing all the installs myself and enjoying every tweak of the setup along the way!

Winter 07/08 came and the quest for more power! I planned my turbo upgrade! Perrin FMIC, 18g, 740DW’s and a Wally fuel pump + protune! With the US and Canadian Dollar at part it was the right time to pull the trigger! I found the perfect shop! After doing some phone interviews with the local tuners and getting blown off… I found a thread on Innovative Tuning. Called up and spoke to the owner (Mr. Mike McGinnis) and ended up chatting for an hour! He took the fear out of going to this next step and took the time to answer my questions and offer suggestions on things to avoid. Great hands on shop with great customer service http://www.innovativetuning.com/.

Engine bay at in the spring of 08!

PPC 2007

2007-12-31T02:28:00.000-05:00

Wasnt part of the crew till 08.. but still good video by Jasv11