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Top Scoob 004
Member#: 697
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: TSC headquarters
Vehicle:1999 Top Scoob #4 Satin White Pearl |
![]() edit: - crash pic on pg 2, rebuilt pics w/new colour on pg 3.
*new* Hi Res gallery http://www.jamesmcintoshjr.com/wagon/ also, some pics from the build http://www.jamesmcintoshjr.com/car2/ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The story so far- My name is James, and I've helped run the Toronto Subaru Club since about sometime in 1999, back in the 2.5rs club days. A few years later I assumed the lead position in the club, and have been running it ever since. Back in the hey-day, I was rockin a 2 door silverthorne metallic 2.5RS that some might remember... http://www.toronto-subaru-club.com/p...0-0032_IMG.jpg Unfortunately, due to financial pressures I was unable to keep the car, and a little over 2 years ago was forced to sell it. It was a tough decision, as that car and I had been through a lot, had countless adventures, and it had saved my life on the road on more than 1 occasion. When I sold it, I promised myself that I would replace it with something that I would love equally. I was patient, saved as much as I could, didn't own a car for an entire year (and still tried to run the TSC, even though it's kinda ridiculous to come to meets when you have to take the bus to get there). 14 months after selling the RS the wagon was built in it's more or less current form. The thing about the wagon is it had to adhere to certain criteria- 1. It would be a street car, not a show car, so it had to be driveable, reliable and easily liveable around the crap roads of toronto. 2. it had to adhere to a BUDGET! Unlike many who buy a car and then continue down the path of endless modification, if I was going to make this happen and still have a functioning life it had to be cheap. The whole project was given the budget of what it would've cost me at the time to buy a used WRX, around $25k Canadian. I did manage to stick to it, and the car you see here is worth about 1/3 the cost of my buddy' Arthur (boeleni's) car, including paint, wheels... everything! It had to very much be an attainable car for anybody with imagination and a half-decent knowledge of Subarus. 3. It had to be as fast as a stock STI. So you could say the wagon was completely planned out from the beginning, I had started collecting rare and hard to find parts (like wagon spoilers) since the sale of the RS. One notable part being the top spoiler, which I brought back with me from australia after attending my brother's wedding as my carry-on. He went right to MRT to get it for me. The Prova aero kit was chosen because of it's look and also it's rarity, and it took almost 6 months to get it from japan (they had to make it too), which was fine, since I didn't have a car to put it on! In June of 06 I found a reasonably well preserved 1998 Brighton wagon, the base of base imprezas. Roll your own windows, only 2 speakers for the stereo and a peanut-butter/beige interior. Arthur and I picked it up in Kanata, 400 km away from toronto for $5000. We literally started modifying it as soon as we got it in the driveway! On went a set of 98 golds and the STI version 6 v-limited seats I had found 6 months prior, as well as a few other little tidbits. this only lasted a short while, as the car's interior was stripped in preparation for paint. The entire interior was removed, the beige HAD to go. While the car was in paint, I dyed the dash, door panels and every last piece of plastic trim, pop-rivets and all black. The headliner was peeled and reapholstered with black micro fiber, the door inserts and handles with blue microfiber to match the seats. the carpet was replaced with an 05 STI carpet, and I even managed to dig up an old version 6 v-limited stereo bezel I'd had sitting in storage for 3 years, which where meant to go with the seats. The day we got the car out of paint, (the paint being mitsubishi A39, AKA medium gunmetallic grey, aka EVO MR grey) in went the suspension. A simple setup designed for street use and light track use - KYB AGX adjustable shocks with whiteline control springs. A whiteline adjustable sway bar was added later, and going in this week is a set of forged STI aluminum control arms and whiteline KCA 313 ball joint kit. an STI carbon strut brace completes the setup (for the time being) The car then went in for the swap with the fine folks at Planet Motorsports in Guelph. Iain Fraser sourced me a pristine 2003 STI Version 8 twinscroll, with an accompanying Six Speed transmission. The only thing missing was the ECU and the wiring harness. Budget being on mind, and knowing full well an new harness, ECU and MAF sensor were gonna cost big, I went with the logical and elegant solution of a Hydra Nemesis EMS. Making the car fully tunable right off the bat, and avoiding a lot of hassles with finding, then adapting a JDM wiring harness and ECU. A manual DCCD controller was added for the time being (a neetronics DCCD controller is planned). An old, previously enjoyed JIC catback (dubbed the "community exhaust") was tagged on to expell waste gases. The car went in for dyno testing, and with the baseline map supplied by Planet, the car churned out around what stock USDM STI were pulling on Neetronic's dyno (234 whp). It was then tuned afterwords, but just to smooth out the map and increase responsiveness. At just 2800 lbs the car tears up pavement, and is extremely fun to drive. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkreRK6pIBA - dyno run While the swap was going on, Iain installed the brakes I had sourced. Brakes are old-school STI / 2006 WRX 4 pots with EBC Sport rotors and EBC Redstuff up front, RS Discs were put in place of the stock drums out back. Taking advantage of Arthur's WORK Wheels sponsorship, a set of Bronze XT7s in 18x7.5" were procured, shod with yokohama parada spec-2 in 215x40r18 from Tires23.com, a TSC Vendor. So there you have it, the STI a dude driving a new RS could afford to build. I think the accessibility of this car gives it it's charm, that and it's a wagon. The car was finished around September of last year, and has pretty much stayed exactly the same since then. I've since gotten married and moved into a shared house, so maybe this year the car's budget can be extended a little bit so I can finish a few things, notably the awful stereo, with the 2 door speakers, and the original acadia green engine bay ![]() Specs 1998 Impreza Brighton Wagon Engine & transmission 2003 STi Version 8, w/twinscroll Hydra EMS JDM Six Speed with DCCD Manual DCCD Controller 04 USDM STI Crossmember prop shaft from an automatic impreza JIC Catback Suspension & Braking KYB AGX w/ Whiteline control springs 2004 WRX wagon front sway bar Whiteline adjustable rear sway bar (set to 22mm) Group A front and rear endlinks STI Forged Aluminum control arms Whiteline KCA 313 kit Subaru 4 pots (red) up front w/EBC Sport rotors & redstuff pads 2.5RS rear brake setup Rollers 18x7.5" WORK Emotion XT7 in bronze 215x40r18 yoko parada spec-2 Outside 2.5RS hood 22B Vents STI Sport kit hoodscoop (aka, S201 hoodscoop) STI ver6 grille STI ver6 bumper STI fog covers (genuine) STI wagon top spoiler (MRT replica) STI wagon middle spoiler (replica) JDM GF8 tailights Clear sidemarkers STI version 6 rear bumper w/ JDM re-bar Complete Prova Aero Kit (front lip, sideskirts, rear skirt) Full respray in Medium Gunmetallic Grey Inside Complete re-dye of all panels from beige-black Black Microfiber retrim of the headliner, accents on dash cubby, center console Blue microfiber retrim on door cards and handles USDM STI carpet & floormats STI version 6 v-limited seats and stereo bezel Aftermarket power locks Compustar alarm STI Version 4 gauge cluster Momo Fighter steering wheel w/HKB Boss hub Crappy headunit & 2 blown speakers. I owe a lot of people a lot of thanks for helping get this project done on budget, Arthur, Dan, Kevin, Jay, Ryan, my brother Derek, Derek from Group A, Iain and the crew at Planet, Paul and Andy at Neetronics, Rich at CanJam for his advice, and Chris Hoare for the awesome shots! -James
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#2 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 35584
Join Date: Apr 2003
Chapter/Region:
South East
Location: www.chrisarella.com
Vehicle:1965 FFR Roadster Coyote + TR-6060 |
![]() Let me be the 1st to congratulate you. Well done man.
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#3 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 134516
Join Date: Dec 2006
Chapter/Region:
Tri-State
Location: Ny
Vehicle:o2 WRX BlankitaRIP o6 STi Blanca |
![]() congrats man....you deserve it!!
The battle for the top wagonistas was a long one..but one to remember..keep up the good work! |
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#4 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 117384
Join Date: Jun 2006
Chapter/Region:
MAIC
Location: The Burgh PA
Vehicle:2003 WRX sonic |
![]() so sweet man..congrats
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#5 |
Top Scoob 004
Member#: 697
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: TSC headquarters
Vehicle:1999 Top Scoob #4 Satin White Pearl |
![]() thanks all, got big plans that I'm not quite at liberty to share just yet, keep your eye on this space in the next few months!
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#6 |
*** Banned ***
Member#: 115620
Join Date: May 2006
Location: los angeles
Vehicle:2000 Impreza coupe FALCON 9 |
![]() nice ride. congrats.
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#7 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 530
Join Date: Nov 1999
Chapter/Region:
E. Canada
Location: I wonder how long you could ma
Vehicle:2005 9-2x Aero FastAr Red |
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#8 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 29355
Join Date: Nov 2002
Chapter/Region:
NWIC
Location: seattle
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![]() woot! congrats, you had my vote every step of the way!
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#9 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 128739
Join Date: Oct 2006
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![]() Congrats again JaiMak...
Everyone else: His car looks even better in person! |
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#10 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 21205
Join Date: Jul 2002
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
Location: ATX
Vehicle:2004 WRX Wagon Brown |
![]() Congrats! It was a pleasure doing battle with you.... even though you ran away with EVERY round.
![]() Wagons for life. ![]() |
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#11 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 152106
Join Date: Jun 2007
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Location: Detroit
Vehicle:'96 One More Part For State Of The Art |
![]() One day my wagon will look this good.
Great job! |
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#12 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 119232
Join Date: Jul 2006
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![]() boooooYAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!
james in da house! |
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#13 |
Top Scoob 004
Member#: 697
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: TSC headquarters
Vehicle:1999 Top Scoob #4 Satin White Pearl |
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#14 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 147093
Join Date: Apr 2007
Chapter/Region:
Tri-State
Location: Central Jersey
Vehicle:1997 Impreza Obs White |
![]() Congrats from a fellow GF owner.
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#15 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 60671
Join Date: Apr 2004
Chapter/Region:
MAIC
Location: DC
Vehicle:1972 Datsun 240z LS3 w/ Jenvey ITB |
![]() VERY nice. i've now decided i'm going to build a wagon someday (after graduation)
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#16 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 90761
Join Date: Jul 2005
Chapter/Region:
SWIC
Location: Phoenix
Vehicle:2003 S2000 Save the Manuals! |
![]() Congrats! You had my vote.
![]() -Mike |
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#17 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 108068
Join Date: Feb 2006
Vehicle:2016 WRX CBS |
![]() Beautiful wagon you have, top condition! keep it that way!
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#18 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 168131
Join Date: Jan 2008
Chapter/Region:
W. Canada
Location: Lower Mainland
Vehicle:02 Impreza TS |
![]() Nice wagon.
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#19 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 57517
Join Date: Mar 2004
Chapter/Region:
E. Canada
Location: Ajax, ON Canada
Vehicle:2010 Impreza WRX Ltd Satin white Pearl |
![]() congrats James!
that's makes 2 top scoobs for Toronto Subaru Club! (JaiMak and Boeleni) |
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#20 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 167714
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Vilnius (Lithuania, Europe)
Vehicle:2002 WRX Wagon Black |
![]() nice ride man...congrats !
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#21 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 161645
Join Date: Oct 2007
Chapter/Region:
BAIC
Location: San Jose, CA
Vehicle:07 2.5i Wagon Newport Blue Pearl |
![]() Nice! Congratulations. I voted for you.
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#22 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 25033
Join Date: Sep 2002
Chapter/Region:
NWIC
Location: lakewood wa
Vehicle:06 sti my $$ pit 05 xt sold |
![]() congrats i new you would win!
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#23 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 82733
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: San Antonio Texas
Vehicle:2004 WRX STi Aspen White |
![]() Congrats!!! Your car deserves it!!
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#24 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 48048
Join Date: Nov 2003
Chapter/Region:
International
Vehicle:. |
![]() sweet my propaganda for you worked
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#25 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 112089
Join Date: Apr 2006
Chapter/Region:
E. Canada
Vehicle:2007 CDM, CGM GD6 SE 2006 CDM, SGM GG6 |
![]() 2 in-a-row for TSC
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