John's Super JDM GC8

[Mitch@VividRacing]

Yesterday I put John's super sick GC8 on the dyno.

Now this thing is the sickest GC8 I have ever seen with my own 2 peepers. The picture I have of it does not do the car justice. There is so much wrench time on this thing it is stupid and he did all the work himself.



Some of the modifications( I dont know every single one but I know the main ones)

JDM Ver.8 FULL DRIVETRAIN! Not just a motor but the axles brakes motor, 6spd tranny everything.
Carbon Doors, Hood, Mirrors, Trunk
Full Cage
Recaro Seats
Zero Sports Intercooler Splitter
Sti Subframe
JIC Exhuast
Downpipe
UTEC

Really is a beautiful car and it will only get even better.

Thanks,
Mitch Mckee

[apexwrx]

That car is badass. Sounds so sick.

[tybalt]

I loved seeing this car at the BBQ. Sick car, very nice owner.

[goats21]

It needs a 42r in there.

[vividracing]

No joke... I would trade the PCar up for this!

[srd240sx]

Prodrive GC-05F in British black... Very sexy, humina humina humina

[john2.5rs]

Just thought I'd pop my head in hear and say thanks for the positive responses, it was a lot of time and hard work to get it to where it is right now. as all projects go, it's never 'done', but it's still a great performing car on the track at it's current power level. I'm trying to focus on getting the Chassis dialed in and add some more safety equipment before I add more power. I'm planning on getting an HKS GT 2835 Twin-scroll turbo in the future, once I max out my current turbo (VF-37) and get consistent track times with it. I thought I'd share a 'Mod' list & post a couple new pictures now that I installed my CF 'Track' lip. I tried to make Every mod serves a purpose, or improves on what was already there.


Exterior
Mitsubishi Evo MR Graphite Grey paint
STI Sport front bumper
Burn-up style CF Front Lip spoiler
Depo Blacked out headlights, with HID Hi/Low (6k) headlight conversion.
Blacked out & smoked corner lights
Amber LED Corner light bulbs
Amber bumper turn signals. (ver. 3 style)
JDM Red/Clear Tail lights; Smoked
Do-luck style flared front fenders
JDM Subaru Aluminum hood (13 lbs.)
22b hood vents
CF S201 hood scoop
Seibon CF doors
CF WRC mirrors
Roof replaced with L roof skin (sunroof delete)
Seibon CF trunk
Color Matched Side Skirts
JDM ver. VI rear bumper cover
JDM rear plate bracket
Window tint
Shaved side moldings
06 STI rear diffuser
Nukabe Tow hook
STI S202 Adj. CF Spoiler


Wheels/Brakes
18X8" Prodrive GC-05F 5-spoke British Black wheels
Continental 225/35/18 tires
Rotora Red 355mm(14") 2-piece slotted rotors, 6-piston front brakes, SS lines
JDM STI ver. 8 2 piston rear Brembos
Hawk HPS rear brake pads
Goodridge SS Brake line
Black STI lugnuts
Super Blue dot 5 brake fluid

Suspension/Chassis
JDM GC8 Turbo front x-member
JDM STI ver. 8 Rear x-member
Tein Flex Coilovers with EDFC (16-way)
Custom Chrome moly rear strut brace
JDM STI ver. 6 CF front strut brace
Aluminum front fender braces
GC8 Pink STI Full pillow ball lateral links
GC8 Pink STI trailing arms
JDM GC8 Aluminum front control arms
Perrin (PSRS) anitlift/castor kit
STI front swaybar
Kartboy Front Swaybar Endlinks
Whiteline 22mm rear sway bar
Perrin Heavy Duty rear swaybar mounts
R180 hubs
Custom welded DOM 8-pt rollcage

Engine/Transmission
Utec EM with Launch control, Flat-foot shifting, Map switch
Zerosports STI Spec C ECU
2005 Ver. 8 JDM STI EJ207
VF-37 Twin-scroll Turbo
6-Speed w/ DCCD
R-180 Rear Diff w/ Syms larger Diff. cover
Non-catted, 3" Bellmouth ceramic coated DP
Prodrive 3-port boost solenoid
Walbro 255 lph fuel pump
JUN upgraded adj. (1-1.3 Bar) WG actuator
JIC Full Titanium 3" non-resonated Exhaust (18 lbs.)
Kartboy HD poly. Exhaust mounts
2005 STI radiator
*coming soon!* PWR Radiator
STI Red silicon Intercooler-TB hose
STI Radiator cap
STI SS-braided clutch line
Samco Radiator and Ancillary hoses
JDM PS cooler
Kartboy Poly Shifter bushings
Kartboy Short shifter
Intercooler sprayer
Zerosports intercooler splitter
Braille CF Battery (15 lbs.)
Prodrive Battery Tie Down
Prodrive oil cap
ARC belt cover
Kazama Voltage stabilizer/grounding kit
Custom mounting plates for HID Ballasts

Interior
sound deadening removed; Interior repainted black
gutted interior & trunk
Semi-gutted dashboard
Repainted interior black
Defi Gauge Pod
Defi BF 60mm gauges (EGT, Oil Press., Turbo) *Future plans include* 3 52mm BF gauges (Water temp, Oil Temp, & Fuel Press.) & an Innovative Wideband O2/ AF gauge.
Defi Link controller II
JDM Ver. 6 STI instrument cluster
STI Stainless Door Sill Plates
STI Ti 6-speed Shift Knob
STI Ti Ignition Key
JDM Nardi subaru 3-spoke steering wheel
Splash steering boss
NRG quick release
Recaro pole position SPG seats
Sparco 3" 6-pt quick release harnesses
*coming soon!* Sparco 3" Harness pads
2004 STI Blue Carpet w/ Matching AL deadpedal
2006 STI Black floor mats
2002 WRX AL pedals
Auto-to-Manual window conversion
Lightweight interior racing mirror (Upgrading to Racing 14" convex rollcage-mounted mirror)

That's about it, for now.













It really shines out on the track, and there's something to be said about being able to drive to the track, race (and perform well), and then drive home, all on the same tank of gas. (it was VP 100, but it's still 'pump' gas. )

[vividracing]

I am a HUGE fan of this car. I would love to take it for a lap sometime!

[tybalt]

Hell id be happy just to take it around the block.

[john2.5rs]

Originally Posted by vividracing

I am a HUGE fan of this car. I would love to take it for a lap sometime!

I'm signed up for DE-2 for the Night event @ FIR on the 24th, You gonna be there? Maybe we can pull a Chinese fire drill during a session so You can get a few hot laps in, I don't mind. I built it, I know it's put together well, Just don't crash it.

[apexwrx]

The 2 best/funniest things on that list is the EVO MR paint color and auto-to-manual window conversion. Awesome.

[vividracing]

I just might take you up on that At least a ride along.

[john2.5rs]

Well, The Night event was awesome, I got there at 10 am to watch the autocross and the drags were at noon, which was cool to watch. Met Tanner Foust and talked to Chris Rado, the later whom came to check out my ride (He liked it), he didn't even know subaru made a coupe. Saw the cobb R-35 run 11's on it's stock 20's! but the GST subi coupe ran 10's. Saw a lot of familiar faces. I didn't get out of there until after Midnight.

Then I went out to the Dezod Time Attack at Firebird West on Saturday, and got 2 trophies, one for first place AWD Wild class, and Best wipeout.

The Later was won by having a fuel surging issue around the last corner.
I had a small fuel leak near the gas tank after my second practice session, so with an hour before the Time Attack started, I call my Friend Keith over at azdynochip to see if I could get it on a lift to get a better view of what was going on. I was fortunate that it was a simple fuel line, So I ran over to Checkers and got a length of hose, Got back to the shop, fixed it, and back to the track in time to catch the time attack drivers meeting, but in the process burned up quite a bit of fuel I hadn't planned on, and didn't have time to top off the tank before the race.
Had a great run, until I had an issue with fuel sloshing away from the fuel pump during the last few turns. Coming out of the last turn, the engine sputtered on me mid-powerslide past the apex, so I had no choice but to hit the dirt. I slid sideways about 150 feet and took out a lap timer tripod and filled the car with 50 lbs of dirt and dust, but after a few turns of the key to prime the fuel lines again, I started it right back up and did one more lap. No damage to the car, and Nothing broken other than a tripod leg!



Since I was on of the last people running, Everyone was waiting for the results near the start/finish area, and subsequently they were all covered in dirt and dust, It looked like Ground Zero!
But it was a good time, great end to my spring track season.
Still a have a LOT of cleaning to do!





I'm thinking of getting a CF roof made over the summer, and possibly going full CF widebody & doing a 5X114 hub conversion, so I can get some wider wheels & stickier tires. I need some more grip, I was just about to destroy those street tires out there. My brakes just chew up the street tires.

[vividracing]

Glad you had a blast. Sorry I did not make it. From what I heard it was a great event!

[john2.5rs]

The Night Event was one of the best events I've been to locally, that's for sure! It was fun running the track during different times of day, made the track different everytime. Definitely glad I installed HID's. My first time on the track was 3:30pm, and the last was after 10PM.

The Time Attack was really fun too, but racing back-to-back weekends was really hard on the tires.

Found some pictures from the time attack this past Saturday.

I'm still waiting for the video, but I found some pictures from the event, including my award-winning, powersliding off track endeavor.







/\ Tage's record setting FF civic


/\ Me waiting to got out on my timed laps


The award-winning money shot

/\ Me off track five feet past the start/finish line, The lap timer is under the car.


and what that earned me.





Looking forward to getting back on the Track after Labor day.