I don’t normally post random “holy crap this is awesome” posts, but there is a first for everything.
The recently updated Rays Engineering site is really amazing. The functionality is increased along with speed and usability.
Check it out and give me your thoughts.
This will make searching easier and should help expose some of the lesser known Rays brands.
I’m heading to STU. I want to get back to street tires.
I’ll be putting together a few articles with the build progress and parts accumulation.
The build is going to be a simple STU build. Suspension, Bushings, Wheels, Tires and Driver tuning. 🙂
Round 1: Bushings, Mounts, Shifter from Turn In Concepts
You read that right, 100% stock suspension 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STi with 9.5″ wheels! Quick background on the car/owner. Ben Wales has had a slew of Subarus over the years. What you see below is a 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STI aka. Batscubie #5.
This STi was recently bought when Ben traded in Batscubie #4 aka. the Wraith. Ben had these 17×9.5 +44mm Enkei NT03+M’s on Batscubie #4 (08 STi) with some 275s. Ben wanted to compete in STU with the 2006 STI so he kept the 9.5 Enkei’s and bought some 245’s.
Continue reading 17×9.5 +44mm Stock 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STI
The 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STi had just hit the states, everyone was waiting to see what the car had in store. Some people were going with normal fitments, and some people were taking it one step further. When I saw what Luis had done with his STi I almost fell off my chair. Not only is he running the new SSR Type-Fs but he’s running the 9.5″ version! Luis bought the 08 STi to be a fun Daily Driver/”family” car/Canyon Carver, from the looks of it he hit the nail on the head.
Continue reading One Step Further (08 STi 18×9.5 SSR Type-F)
This will be a short article as there is only one 57Motorsport wheel that will clear the STi Brembos. The 57Motorsport G07WT
Here is a list of 57Motorsport Wheels that Clear Subaru Impreza WRX STi Brembos. This includes all GD brembos and GR Brembos. Specific model years this article applies to are 2002-2009 Subaru Impreza WRX and Subaru Impreza WRX STi models with Brembo Brake Calipers.
This is one of the few reasonably priced, lightweight 17x9s that come in 5×100!
Continue reading Rays Engineering Wheels Brembo Clearance Round 2: 57Motorsport
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.
Continue reading This GR Subaru Impreza WRX STi Isn’t Starting Off Slow. (18×9 +50mm)