Subaru Forester

2.5XT Turbo STI Swap

Subaru Forester STI Swap.

The base car is a 2007 Subaru Forester XT Turbo full options, with complete service history and 2 owners, car that I’ve acquired in 2019.
In 2022 I started this STI project that involved a long list of add-ons of the best quality, as follows:
Complete STI transmission - (6 speed manual, 4x100, coming from a 2005 Impreza STI with 80k miles on board)
STI Brembo brakes with the famous golden calipers and new discs
New clutch - regular, not kevlar.
Supersprint Exhaust complete line, catalytic converter included, in the euro specs and noise limits.
STI intercooler
Kenwood multimedia interface - handles carplay/navigation/radio/dvd etc plus an extra Kenwood interface connected to a Zada Tech digital gauge system monitoring oil temp, boost, oil pressure, gearbox oil temp etc.
HP Sporting Racing suspension - a Czech company that builds rally car suspensions with Ohlins internals - suspension is completely serviceable and can be tuned for compression and rebound.
Two sets of 18 inch wheels and tires: summer Rota rims with Goodyear Ultragrip tyres, winter ATS rims with Hankook Winter in’cept tires (visibile in the pictures).
ESW sound system - 6 speakers plus subwoofer - and soundproofing.
A custom remap done by the official tuner of Subaru Romania - a mild performance map that took out around 290 hp.
Since the tune oil has been changed once every 5k km.