This car is about more than raw power; Hill demands the ability to use said power as efficiently as possible. "The Tein Flex suspension is and has been one of best mods I've done to the car for the simple reason that the horrible body roll is gone; and, the car carries almost twice as much speed through the corners," McCarty says. "The spring rates are a little bit stiff, but, on the whole, it's an excellent suspension for people who still want to drive their cars on the street." The Tein coilovers are joined by Cusco strut tower braces, a Cusco front sway bar, a Whiteline 24mm rear sway bar, a Cusco lower arm brace, Cusco trailing arms, a Cusco lateral link set and STi control arms ... talk about chassis stiffness overload.
There is no doubt that the car is visually stunning. McCarty raided the Kaminari catalog when looking to body tune this beast. The Subaru is adorned with a full Kaminari body kit, Kaminari V2 rear skirt, Kaminari one-piece carbon splitter and a Kaminari carbon-fiber hood. A MonsterSports carbon-fiber trunk and EDM STi projector headlights round out the exterior mods.
Inside, the Subie exudes a rally flair that has made the WRX a prime-time player in the sport compact scene. This time it was the inventory shelves at Sparco that were emptied. McCarty called on fully reclinable Sparco Torino seats, a Sparco four-point harness in a matching WRB color, a Sparco harness bar and even a Sparco fire extinguisher. To tie the look together McCarty had the rear seats wrapped in the same Torino fabric.
"Future plans for this car are to pull it off the street and turn it into a drag car," McCarty says. "This means the car is going on a serious diet and will be shedding 200 pounds or more. At the same time the car will get treated to a full custom roll cage, a Agile Drag Fuel System, a built engine, a brand new custom turbo kit, and a dogbox gearset." Due to shop commitments it has taken four years to get Hill's WRX to this point in its evolution, but we have always believed that attention to detail is more important than time - as you can see.
Specs: 2004 SUBARU Sti
Engine
Agile GT35-R Turbo Upgrade
APS 725 FMIC
Turbosmart Supersonic BOV
Turbosmart 28mm Ultragate Wastegate
Samco Hoses
Cobb AccessPort Engine Management
Agile Up-pipe
Agile Downpipe
HKS Carbon-Ti Exhaust
Unorthodox Racing Pulley Kit
AEM Fuel Pressure Regulator
Perrin Fuel Rails
850cc Injectors
Walbro 255lph Fuel Pump
Zerosport Radiator Shroud
GReddy Catch CanCusco Strut Tower Bar
Suspension
JIC Magic FLT A2/RS Coilovers
Cusco Braces
Cusco Sway Bars
Agency Power SS Brake Lines DBA Rotors
17-inch SSR Competition Wheels
BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KD Tires
Exterior
Chargespeed Body Kit
V2 Front Lip Spoiler
Seibon Reverse-Cowl CF Hood
Custom Painted Headlights
Interior
Sparco Monza Seats
Autopower 6-pt Roll Cage
Turbosmart e-Boost-II Boost Controller
AEM Wide-Band UEGO
HKS Turbo Timer
Agency Power Short Shifter
AutoMeter Dash Pod
Specs: 2002 SUBARU WRX
Engine
Version 7 RA Spec-C
JDM 6-speed transmission and driveline swap
Reverse intake manifold
Agile SC61 turbo kit
Agile FMIC
Agile polished intake piping
AEM EMS
Turbosmart 38mm wastegate
Turbosmart BOV
Aquamist water injection kit
Walbro 255lph fuel pump
Perrin fuel rails
Power Enterprises 800cc injectors
AEM FPR
RPS Street Max clutch
Unorthodox Racing pulley set
Agile/HKS intake system
PWR radiator
Samco hoses
Borla headers
Agile up-pipe
Agile downpipe
Agile mid-pipe
Agile/Magnaflow cat back system
Suspension
Cusco strut tower braces
Cusco front sway bar
Whiteline 24mm rear sway bar
Cusco lower arm brace
Cusco trailing arms
Cusco lateral link set
STi control arms
DBA slotted rotors
Brembo STi brake kit
Hawk brake pads
Tein Flex coilovers
Tein EDFC
Exterior
Kaminari body kit
Kaminari V2 rear skirt
Kaminari one-piece carbon splitter
Kaminari carbon-fiber hood
MonsterSports carbon-fiber trunk
EDM STi projector headlights
Speedesign graphics
Interior
Sparco Torino seats
Sparco four-point harness
Sparco harness bar
Sparco fire extinguisher
Blitz turbo timer
Sparco-wrapped rear seats
Turbosmart E-Boost2 boost controller
Stewart Warner gauges
AEM UEGO wide-band a/f gauge
STi short shifter