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Ben is well known throughout the Subaru community for many reasons. The first is probably the fact that he had an Awesome GD Subaru Impreza WRX STi that he was not afraid to take to the track. He sold that wonderful track ready STi and took a detour from Subaru, but like every smart person he came back.
Having an STi sometimes is not enough. Hitting the track for a High Performance Driving Event in your new STi sometimes is not enough. Sometimes it requires building an STi as a Track Car. This is a dream only few get to achieve, that and being the pilot of the car yourself is even more rare. Seeing this car grow over the past few years has been a blessing, I can’t wait to see what it does next.
It’s like a rumor. A mystery hidden in myth and nearly impossible to find, like the Lost City of Gold. For the enthusiast community, it is the daily driver that also performs well on-track when necessary, and without a lot of fuss. Well, it is real and it’s been spotted in Motown. And surprise, surprise, it was riding on some very nice gold.
Chris, aka. boondocksaint, has one of the cleanest 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STi’s in the nation. No need for a fancy body kit or crazy paint job. The only stickers on the car are his alumni sticker and an oil change reminder.
Building a streetable BSP car isn’t too hard. You just have to make sacrifices. Sacrifices to Driveability, and Ultimate BSP Preparation.
1.) How much blood do I want in my urine? 10k/8k or 14k/12k?
2.) NVH “WHAT? I Can’t hear you”
3.) How am I supposed to fit 17x10s and 275s in my backseat!? 
Is it possible to build a BSP car without these sacrifices? yes, but you give up speed and leave time on the course where ever tenth counts.
I figured it was time to do a little article on my own car, T3h_Clap.
Built for BSP Autox Competition and Daily Driven in the wonderful state of Florida.
In stock form the Subaru Impreza WRX STi is no slouch in the suspension department. This doesn’t mean it can’t be better, but how far do you go?
Lowering springs that limit the performance and wheel/tire selection or kidney bruising coilovers?
There is a proper middle ground to setting up an STi that is still competitive at the Autox.
Karlton has found that middle ground, the middle ground also happens to include a few sets of 9.5″ wheels!!
Karlton bought this STi in November of 2005, and after about 500 miles and its first oil change, Karlton took it to its first autocross.
Karlton planned on not modifying this car at all and just running it for fun in A Stock. (We all know how this story pans out)
Want to run an aggressive GTR Face setup on your Impreza?
It isn’t impossible, you just need to be willing to do the modifications necessary to make it work.
Perfect example of someone willing to do what it takes is Bill (Aka. IStoSTi, CarbonIS, and a few others I don’t know).
Bill contacted me asking “what would it take for me to run this?”
I informed Bill of what he would have to do. Generally when I reply to questions like these people run away or ask if I’m serious, not Bill. Bill asked for more details. Crazy guy I tell ya.
This setup he was talking about was an 18×9 +29mm Advan RS with the coveted GTR face.
