Finally had the chance to get out to Toronto Motorsports Park in good conditions with the WRX 2 weeks ago and had a blast. As a reminder the car was essentially stock at this point, no suspension, drivetrain, wheels, tires, brake upgrades. The only change is the car was running a Stage 1 OTS Map from Turn In Concepts for the TGV Deletes. We dyno’d this at 250WHP/287WTQ which is not bad but the car felt super slow on the track. Luckily @NBK; had his AIM Solo GPS Lap Timer so we were able to get accurate lap times and data from the car. The fastest recorded speed was 160KM/H on the main straight which is pretty slow! However I have to say this chassis is super impressive! Even with the measely horsepower/torque figures I was able to click off a 1:25.83 as my best time for the day which I think is pretty amazing! This was with a passenger in the car, full weight (3/4 tank gas, spare tire still in the car). I know there’s a lot of time on the table with some small changes, mainly the brakes continue to be a let down and it needs a little more power. Otherwise the suspension was awesome for being stock, the chassis is very tight and the car changes directions quickly and precisely. The car is very predicatble and I didn’t have much to complain about with the stock 235 series Dunlop Sport Maxxx tires. As previously I managed to run the whole day and drive home on a single tank and ended up getting 410KM to that tank. I probably did 30-40 laps, maybe more.
Next steps for the car are to get a little more power, bleed the brake fluid and work on getting a BBK on the car to fix the crappy brakes.
Thanks to these companies that are helping with this Project
COBB Tuning – COBB AccessPORT and COBB Cat-Back
Mad Graphics – Full Vehicle Vinyl Wrap and Side Graphics
Grimmspeed – License Plate Relocation Kit
Turn In Concepts – Shifter Bearing and TGV Deletes
Killer B Motorsports – J-Pipe
OnPoint Dyno – Dyno Tuning and Testing
Uni-Body Collision – Paint Work (Emblems, Lip, Trunk Spoiler)
