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SCCA Plans to Move Subaru WRX STi and Mitsubishi Evo from BSP to ASP.

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After hearing about the latest news from the most recent SCCA FasTracks I immediately sent in my response against the change.

The BSP Mitsubishi EVO VIII’s and IX’s did very well this year at nationals in BSP. Neither of the STI or EVO as a whole have proven that they would be competitive in ASP on a national level.

If the bases of the change was due to the performance of the EVO and STI at nationals the S2000 and C4 Corvettes should also be bumped into the ASP arena.

Below is a link to the 2007 SCCA Solo Championship results, as seen here the EVO and STi did not dominate BSP, there is a strong mixture of vehicles in the top 10 of BSP competition. Don’t change that, keep the competition alive.

Read the new SCCA Solo FasTracks here.

They are asking for emails in agreement of disagreement with this change.

We need everyone to send an Email to seb@scca.com and voice our disagreement with this new class change.

Below is a Sample letter for you to send.

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Features, Fitment

Want to be Aggressive? Are you willing to do what it takes?

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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.

Bill's Zero/Sports Equipped STi with Advan RS 18x9 +29mm GTR Face wheels

This setup he was talking about was an 18×9 +29mm Advan RS with the coveted GTR face.

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Fitment

How Wide of a Tire can I Run on my 2005+ Subaru Impreza WRX STi on Stock Wheels?

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Want to run wider tires on your 2005+ Impreza WRX STi that is still using Stock wheels and Stock (or stock replacement) Struts?

Using the following setup it is possible to easily run a 245/40/17 or 255/40/17 Tire

1.) Stock 17×8 +53mm wheels (BBS or Enkei)

2.) Stock Struts (or stock replacements, such as Ohlins)

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Alignment

How To: Setup your Street alignment the right way.

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Street Alignments can be tricky.

No offense to alignment techs, but 90% go for the easy way out when it comes to setting up your alignment. Especially when you’re on an upgraded suspension.

For example,

It’s 1000x easier to adjust camber plates to get equal camber left and right, this is a big no no and will negatively effect the handling of the vehicle.

In short the easiest way to make sure your car gets setup the best way possible you can do the following, or make sure the alignment tech does your alignment as follows.

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Fitment, Wheels In General

235 vs. 255 or 265 on an 8.5 wheel for an Impreza.

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I received a Private Message last night on one of the many forums I frequent and it is a common one. I’ve cropped down the users original question and cleaned up the answer a little.

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Originally Posted by p********g

whats up man, im due for new tires and im kind of torn whether or not to go big for the “hey look at all my rubber” look or just to stick with what works. im running advan rcII’s 18×8.5 +45mm currently with 235/40 18’s. i have been thinking recently of upgrading to some 265/35 18’s and rolling the front and rear fender, but would first like to hear the pros and cons of each tire if possible. i dont do any track driving or autocross, but do hit up some canyon days here and there, but would mainly like the bigger tire for simply “the look” get back to me whenever you can at your earliest convenience, and be as candid as possible, thanks in advance
-e

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Wheels In General

Low Offset Wheels Hurt your Wheel Bearings.

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Yes, Low offset wheels hurt your wheel bearings more than stock.

the center line of the wheel being further from hub creates more stress than the stock offset.

is there “proof” of this? is there some mile marker where your bearings will explode if you run a +30mm offset on a Subaru? No.

Are you causing more stress than factory? Yes.

Will you need to replace them earlier? Yes.

I’m more than willing to read a report from someone who has proof of their broken wheel bearing vs. non broken low offset wheel bearing.

You wont see me wasting time figuring out the actual point of where it happens. Low offset wheels increase wear. Either you accept that or you stay with a higher offset wheel. End of Story.

-T3h_Clap