My DGM 2010 STI

[Rhazel]

Hello everyone thought I would share a bit about myself and my Subaru. My name is Moises (pronounced without the "i"). I am currently in the Idaho National Guard as an electronics mechanic although I never work on electronics anymore. I bought my 2010 Subaru with just 4 miles on it. It is my daily driver and when I have the time I do a bit of auto-x.
Here is my subaru when I first picked it up in Bend, Oregon in Feb of 2010.

I drove the car stock for a few months before I was deployed and then my wife just drove it around for me. I had alot of time to think of what I wanted to do so once I got home I got to work.
First thing I did when I got home was get a new set of wheels.
Before

New wheels, Enkei NT03+M 18x8.5 +38 with stock tires at first.

Next I got the windows tinted and washed it up real nice .

Cleaned up the engine a bit after a friend of mine fabbed up a strut tower bar for me. I like it. Also got a deal on an AP and ordered a CAI, Heatshield, and a DP from Perrin.

Got a new spoiler from Black Top Aero. Took me a while to decide to get it, but I'm glad I did.

New Halos installed along with LED turn signal, thank you Christmas money .

Got the new SMY Cluster and gauges installed, Prosport Boost on the left AFR on the right.

Got ready for some snow I got some new winter tires for the stock wheels. Tires are 245/40-18 Blizzak WS60 and they work great.

Finally went to Cobb Surgeline in Oregon and got a real tune. Didn't want to go to aggressive with it so I ended up with 290/337 hp/tq on 93.
Got tired of the wheel gap so I picked up a set of H&R Coilovers.
Before

After

Got tired of people cutting me off and not hearing my horn so I upgraded.

Here is a pic of how the car is during the summer.

This was last year when I Plastidipped the wheels black.

Here is a pic from a recent car show. This was after I purchased and installed the new 2011 Front Bumper with fogs.

Enging Mods:
Perrin Cold Air Intake
Perrin Downpipe
Cobb Access Port
ProTune by Cobb Surgeline

Wheels and Tires:
Summer
Enkei NT03+M with Hankook Ventus V12 Evo K110 245/40-18
Winter
Stock wheels with 245/40-18 Blizzak WS60

Suspension:
H&R Coilovers
Perrin 25mm Adjustable Rear Sway Bar
Custom Built Front Tower Bar

Exterior and Interior:
Black Top Aero Rear Spoiler
SMY Cluster
Prosport Evo Boost Gauge
Prosport Evo AFR Gauge
Pioneer AVH-P2400BT
CCFL Angel Eyes
Color-Changing LED turn signal
Hella Supertones
2011 STI front bumper with Fogs

Waiting to be installed:
Perrin 25mm Front Sway Bar
Kartboy Front and Rear Endlinks

Future mods (sometime this year I hope):
Dom 1.5XTR 8cm Turbo
Cobb Tuning EBCS
Perrin Turbo Inlet
Injector Dynamics Top Feed 1000cc Injectors
Subaru FPR (04-07 STI)
DW 65C Fuel Pump
ETS TMIC
New Protune
also a few more exterior and suspension mods.

Hope you enjoy the pics and the intro. I will post more pics when I find some good ones. And sorry, but all I have is cell phone pics so none of them are of the best quality.

 

[IGOTASTi]

Very nice progression.

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[Grinder34]

Very nice looking car, i love it.

I see on your future mods you have "Subaru FPR (04-07 STI)." I'm afraid that's something i dont really know about. Is the FPR on the GD better than the GR?

 

[Rhazel]

Very nice looking car, i love it.

I see on your future mods you have "Subaru FPR (04-07 STI)." I'm afraid that's something i dont really know about. Is the FPR on the GD better than the GR?

According to Lance at Cobb Surgeline yes. The FPR on the '10 STI stutters a bit around 2300 RPMs where as the GD doesn't. I'm not sure about the '08-'09 and '11-'13 STI FPR, but I was told the '10 has this problem for sure and I do notice it when it happens in mine..

 

[Rhazel]

It's not a major stutter that happens, but it is noticeable. Looked into it and found out that all the'08+ STI's came with a different type of FPR than the GD. And to correct what I said earlier it happens around 2800 RPMs. Also installed the rear Kartboy endlinks, was cold out in the garage so it took a bit longer than I expected it to, but it's done.

 

[Rhazel]

It doesn't happen to all GR's. And some have been tuned and able to fix the problem, but if a tune doesn't fix it than a GD FPR will.

 

[Grinder34]

I'd investigate the tuning option first. Fuji is a pretty smart guy who knows whats up. He's also a tuner himself!

 

[Spamby]

Had the stumble on stock map.
Had the recall in '08 and ecu reflashed. No stumble.
Cobb OTS stage 1 and no stumble
Perrin OTS stage 2. Horrible stumble.
Perrin OTS stage 2.1 smoothed at that rpm level.
Cobb OTS stage 2. No stumble
Cobb-Plano protune E85, no stumble. Injectors and pump only fuel system mods.

Have read some threads regarding the issue. Revisited a thread where some Aussies were replacing the fuel line with a 1m - 8mm fuel hose and then logging data. (before and after). Lean stumble is gone after the mod. http://www.rexnet.com.au/forum/inde...8-sti-e85-lean-stumbles-2800-rpm/page__st__40
Do some more investigating before buying parts. Fix may be as simple as tuning or a few bucks in fuel hose. I would be leery of a tuner not willing to try and fix the issue through the ecu mapping, first.

P.S. Fuji just doesn't go into pissy rants for no reason.

 

[Rhazel]

Did a bit of reading into the posted link. Found alot of good information on how to fix it. I don't think I want to do the extended hose Mod because I don't like the look of having a coiled hose in my engine bay. I will look into the other options that I read about before I decide what I want to end up with. I want the engine bay to stay as clean as possible without having anything that seems out of place. I will also talk to my tuner about the other options I read about and go from there. Thanks for posting the link, I learned alot and you could have just saved me a bunch of money to use towards other mods.

 

[Rhazel]

Finally got the front sway bar in, will be installing it along with the endlinks sometime this weekend if I'm feeling better.

 

[Rhazel]

Should have posted this sooner, but I installed the FSB. Makes me wonder why I didn't buy it a long time ago. Huge difference in cornering.

Also just bought this and if I get a chance to it will go on today or tomorrow.

Fender braces are next to purchase and install then breaks and bigger turbo.

 

[Grinder34]

What size is that sway?

Nice looking brace!

 

[Rhazel]

Thanks, 25mm Sways in both the front and the rear.