[s-cars] Quattro Qwisis Line

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Welcome to the fold, comments inserted a la JustyVision:


On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 00:19:06 -0400, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
> Bill-
> With the STi, I get power and handling on par with the E46 M3, just
> need some extra sound insulation to get some refinement into the
> machine. I actually ran a E46 M3 and a hopped-up (to what degree, I
> don't know) SRT-4 last night, acquitted myself nicely.

Handling is great and the interior is a little nicer than the '03 STi.
 What's refinement?

> 
> The nicest thing is the fact that it is stock. Right now, I'll
> probably only add a set of Defi Link BF Amber gauges, sound insulation
> in the floorpan and doors, wheels (I'm not dinging the BBS on my
> commute, not at $700+ a pop), snow tires and better lower dust brake
> pads.

Yes, they're really torquey cars stock and the 6 speed is geared quite
nicely.  The Defi's are nice, I have a couple friends with those
wallclocks installed.

> 
> Once I get done with that, I can consider two-piece rotors (I wonder
> if I can use the 993tt rotor ring on a custom hat?), SS brake lines,
> Samco boost, coolant and pretty much everything else hoses,
> Greddy/Cusco catch can, then start thinking about serious mods. I do
> want to uncork the exhaust- the 2.5" piping is a bit too tame and you
> can't hear the music of the boxer 4 with the stock STi exhaust. I
> might see if I can get a Stromung turbo-back.

Reg the 993tt rotor on a custom hat, I have a friend working on making
me a set of hats for this.  If you can get your hands on a spare front
rotor, I can have him make up a hat for that little ricebox of yours,
too.  Go for a front mount and forget about the Samco hoses (except
for the radiator hoses), the fitment hasn't gotten any better and the
engine tends to keep that top mount intercooler nice and warm.  For
the exhaust, I'd go with Invidia from the block on back.  The Invidia
header's a really nice piece, but their turboback's a bit on the loud
side.  If you're looking to not attract that much attention, take a
listen to the Fujitsubo system.  It's barely louder than stock, a lot
less restrictive, but doesn't make as much power as an Invidia or
TurboXS.  At idle, though, it's almost Stromungish, maybe even
quieter.  The header also gets rid of that rough boxer idle with the
equal length runners, making it sound smoother, almost like a Porsche.

> 
> No regrets, other than that I really, really would have loved to get a
> C5 Vette and keep the Audi- found the perfect one literally a few days
> after I took delivery of the STi.

A friend of mine just picked up a Z06 Le Mans, nice car.  Too bad he's
going to keep it in the garage most of the winter, I would've loved to
run him at Steamboat.  :-)

> 
> Taka
> OBP STi (hi Pizzo!)
> 
> 
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