How is everyone this evening?

Allow me to introduce myself.

I am Brooker.

I am in the Air Force and have been stationed in Okinawa for the last 7 years. I have been building and racing Subarus here in Japan for about the last 5 years. And recently purchased my 818S kit, due for delivery in August.

I am moving to Omaha, Nebraska this week and I am bringing a ton of JDM Subaru parts back with me. Both for my 818 donor and to rebuild my 05 STI spec C daily driver.

I am an experienced engine builder and EFI tuner for most Japanese and several European cars. And I'm actually rather excited to get back to the states and get my hands on the Gen IV LS engines. They are pretty much unobtanium in Asia.

My current plans for my 818 are a relatively stock build for the first round, minus the engine. I have a 2.2l EJ207 stroker that I built to put in my spec C before I got orders to Omaha. Planning on pairing that up with a Borg Warner 7163 to see if its possible to get ~500hp to the ground.

Going to try it with 9" rears first and see if the tires will stay hooked up in gear changes. If not it will be time for 10" and some custom rear fenders and trailing arms. If it's still too much I'll swap the turbo out for a Garett gt3071R and drop the HP a bit.

Also gonna try it with the a 02 5spd with a helical front diff and stock gears. Basically to see if the stock tranny can hold up to decent HP numbers. If not it will be time for some PPG gears.

Pretty much everything else I'm going to build stock and see where that gets me. I'll then make any changes during the rebuild over next winter.

Either way, I just want to benefit the community however I can with my Subaru knowledge and learn as much as possible from the experienced 818 and other kit builders.

Be well and part porn to follow.