It’s been awhile since I was able to update the journal, sorry as always! The weekend after iCar was the Toronto Subaru Club 1st Annual Charity Track day hosted in conjunction with Davenport Subaru and Subaru Canada. The track portion was run by SPDA who operate schools at DDT throughout the year. Having been to an SPDA event before I knew that this would be a well organized event with safety as the number one priority. This is a really important aspect that many overlook when deciding to go to the track. While the appeal of a $60-100 lapping day is nice, these events almost never have any drivers meetings, group structure, minimal marshalling and most important an ambulance. Like myself, most of those attending the track are doing so in their daily driver that they need to get to work the next day. So being on track where you aren’t worried about getting t-boned by someone reckless is important to myself.
I am excited to see TSC finally having an event at the track where TSC members can push their cars in a safe environment together. The event was well organized as expected and other then 2 non-subaru attendees there was no hooliganism or stupidity. Everyone was very respectful and I think people learned a lot about themselves and their cars. I know a few members who had some questions for me at the track really were able to improve their driving with a few little tips I was able to provide them. I really hope there is another event in 2016 and maybe even more then 1 a year would be amazing! As is pretty evident I am a big proponent for taking cars to the track and enjoying them so this is just another way that Subaru owners specifically can do so with their fellow owners. The weather was pretty much perfect all day with only a light shower nearer to the end of the day. Northstar ran flawlessly all day and it attracted attention all day for being able to consistently run fast laps all day. I was able to take a few people out on track and maybe if they see this they can comment on what they thought. Hats off to Davenport Subaru for making this event reality and to SPDA for keeping everyone safe and organized all day!
I have some videos courtesy of WASPcam that I am having edited into a short video, I will post that up when it’s ready.
Next I was able to do some new “mods” to the car, unfortunately these aren’t really designed to make the car go faster but just make it look a little less “corolla” like. After looking at the options available for front lips and rear spoilers I decided that Stillen had the best looking options and knowing they are made in the USA by Stillen is a huge plus as the cheaper stuff from eBay etc never fits right. We ran a group buy and 3 others have the beautiful from lip on their 2015’s. Installation is a breeze as it comes with pre-installed genuine 3M double sided tap and nice self tapping screws for mounting. It also includes the 3M adhesion promoter to help with the double sided tape sticking to the bumper. The lip comes pre-painted in a low gloss black that pretty much suits every car unless you want to colour match which is always an option. Fit on the lip is spot on, no twisting, cutting, pulling or anything needed….it even has 2 holes that line up perfectly with bumper clip holes in the bumper. For the trunk spoiler the Stillen offering is a small lip spoiler that is similar to the OEM one but a little more aggressive looking. Again the lip comes with pre-installed double sided tape, 3M adhesion promoter and fits absolutely perfect. With curved trunk spoilers a lot of times the ends will not line up or the edges will be raised. The Stillen piece fits perfect right up to each edge of the trunk and IMO really makes the back of the car look so much better now. For anyone interested we do have 2 of the Stillen trunk spoilers available on hand.
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)
Brent
What j pipe do you recommend, noticed you switched the K.B. to invidia catted, and did you try the cobb j pipe. Whats the purpose of the EBCS. Thanks.