What I haven't Told You About this 2007 Subaru WRX STI.
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- We are pressing forward with our 2007 Subaru WRX STI! So we need to toss in a new power steering rack and knock out a handful of other goodies going on. But I have not told anyone the actual plan for this car.... The game plan with this 2007 Subaru WRX STI is twofold. Stage 1 of this car will be a fun EJ, stock motor stock location turbo etc. then when the time comes, swap to a built engine rotated kit and have some more fun with it. Then we move to party party mode. A built EZ30R to compliment my Eg33 STI. I have become quite the fan of 6 swaps and want more.
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The amount of content being put out right now is insane. I love it!
Every single day my man's 🙌🫡
You're right, it's your car. You could do whatever you want. But there's just something about the Hawkeye STI is that they just look great by themselves.
I agree, but this one is not it lol. This car is Beat right now 😅
Why do people have to be negative of other's ideas? If you don't like it, just don't watch. An open mind is priceless!
Can you one day make a video about prepping one of your sti’s for track use? Or maybe rallycross use? The kind of suspension to use, things to pay attention to, to make sure the engine will survive abuse, that sort of thing. There’s not much content out there for prepping a car for use other than street, and you videos are really the best, with just the right amount of detail not to be overwhelming.
Flare it out! Stance it! Add flames! Add the offroad GD wing! Do it all, and don't listen to the haters that aren't building your car for you!
Currently building my 06 wrx so I'm excited to see the hawkeye content love this car so much I've been having so much fun with it
These older models give such a fun driving feel compared to newer models 🙌
I have had my blobeye wrx for a month now at 20 and I love the car so much
Glad to hear your enjoying it 🥳 these older chassis have such a good feel to them 🙌
Letss goo oem plus subie then after the ej... Ez30 even better oem +++ something Subaru should have given as a road car but only concepts the "400"hp twin turbsky or supercharged
Right?! Thing should a funn time 🙌🔥
Theres something verry satisfying replacing oiley poopey junk parts with shiney ones. Even if its just new bolts
There’s no more recognizable sound than that of a STI with unequal length headers! Love that sound. Wish my 2021 wrx fa20 came with that sound! I get that it’s restrictive but with that beautiful sound who cares 😂 can’t wait to see this finished!
been waiting for the 07 sti series 🎉
I've missed me some good quality GD chasis 🥳
Definitely would love to see a parts/cost break down video once this project is done 👍🏼
I got you 🫡🫡
I'm enjoying watching you restomod this alongside me as I restomod my hatchback. Keep up the great work Tanner.
I want a Hawkeye!!! Can’t wait to see more!!
You can remove the u brace from the bottom of the car. It doesn't add anything for chassis redgidiry. It it's only for USDM market cars for crash and safety regulations for front collision. Removing mine didn't change anything besides some easy weight reduction and easier to deal with headers.
Also baby got brap
Notification made my evening, can't wait to see the complete restoration!!
🫡🫡🫡🫡
Those headers are so beautiful 😍
Should’ve put poly bushings on that rack before you installed it! Those made a big difference in steering feel on my 2019.
building my 07 wrx wagon into an sti beast. Would like to see a channel of someone paying attention to suspension/braking rather than straight power. There is a lot to be said about the drivability.
coming along nicely loving all the content
Might just be me but when I deleted the H frame there was a ton of people freaking out thinking I just deleted the subframe, was really fun to watch people not understand at all that it’s not even there on jdm cars😂
Dream year sti! I love the look of the Hawkeyes, it's the grill!
The front end is SO good on these things 😍
Hell yeah bro. I have a couple ez30r and a 05 Saabaru. I just saw a company "reetwire" who makes a plug and play for the harness between gd and ez30
Hawkeye is by far my favorite model. I want to swap a 6 into one someday.
I think instead of in the long term doing a h6 swap you should do a crazy build and adapt an ls to an sti transmission and put it in the gd and then make karma 3.5 out of it
Loving the Hawkeye content, and makes me motivated to re mod my current stockish Hawkeye STI.
Had a built STI swapped Hawkeye WRX that was totaled a month ago and bought the real deal after totaling her.
After seeing the Flares makes me want to flare my current one in the near future.
It’s a perfect range to have on STi 400 to 450whp, UELH 👍🏻 they are bigger then stock so still a way better flow by a lot for sure 🤝👌
For sure 🙌 thing should sound mint when done 🎉 and be within that perfect usable power range 🔥
I like seeing 👀 the intercooler as well
Adds some pizzazz 🔥
Lovin this build! People hate on flares bc ruins purity blah blah .. some people are also all go no show and dont care as much about aesthetics or maybe they wish they had a nicer lookin whip ..your car flare it if you want to man ! My insolicited opinion is flares are for fitment your either tucked flush or poked if your poked and or need more meat flare it and flush is best
I think the problem with flaring ANY car is when the owner decides to sell it leaving the next owner with a car that has holes in body panels that otherwise would’ve been intact.
If anybody flares a car and actually owns the car for life, go right ahead but if you know that you’re gonna sell the car in the future…well, that just leaves one less “clean” car out there..
Butchery
Don't flare the STI leave it all stock. She looks great as she is.
This please 😅
I agree 100%
you are the one he was talking ab in the video lmao
Widebody the world
I agree but this car was and is a complete basket case since he got it. Re sprayed and a completely blown engine.
This one makes way more sense.
I had to stop watching his fd videos after sanded down the quarter just to wrap. 😭
A great build brother. Subies forever. 😊
Sooo happy to start seeing videos on this one
I've missed me some good GD action 🔥🥳
Hey Smeedia, love the car, but I noticed the headlights were a tad bit foggy. If you want to keep those lights for basically no cost, I did rubbing compound and a microfiber on my 03 civic headlights which were almost un-see through-able. They now look pristine.
I think the flares look sick man.
Agreed 🙌🔥
I cant wait to see the ez30r build i have lgt wagon ez36 turbo build my self
I'm so excited to see a built ez30 in this thing, ez30 with 500-600whp would be a sweet spot for this car. Would be so torquey!
Makes me miss my 06 TR. I didn't know jack back then but I learned how to do stuff through my 13 GR. And I have more money now. 😂
I know this is 4 months ago but personally I have s209 fender flares on my car lol everyone loves them idk why someone would get upset personally.
I need to cop the music playlist.
What impact wrench (drill?) do you use to take those bolts off your car? I've been looking into getting one I can use just all around on my car. Talking about the one at 8:23 (seems to be a larger one than in your description. Also, what car lift do you use? Been looking into those too. Thanks!
Can’t wait for your GC!
I've been looking at twincharging my project gd. Definitely going to be an interesting experiment
Eaton super charger? 👀
@Smeedia yea going to run a 16g into a eaton m45
@johndaniels1344 definitely keep me posted on this I've seen it done twice before so I know it's possible 🔥
@Smeedia yea planning to keep the turbo stock location, and mount the supercharger where the ac compressor goes ish. Figured I can just pipe the output of the turbo into the intake of the supercharger and modify a fmic piping to have the input and output sides swapped
@johndaniels1344 would love to see a video on it when you get it running
EZ30R!!!! Let’s gooooooo!
That beam you removed provide rigidity to the frame
Not enough to make a huge difference. The JDM models never came with them. If it feels wildley noticeable I can swap some Cusco braces on
EZ30R is a weird way to spell K20 turbo. We’re all waiting for you to do a Hondaruuuu. A stock K20 with a 6266 in that Hawkeye would be an amazing daily ripper.
I'm just not a Honda duuuuuude 😢 if a non subsru engine went in it would be an SR or 25Neo
Im about to flare my 07 wrx wagon its salvage so i dont mind putting flares. karlton took forever tho to send my flares the wait was worth it tho
This video: Should be a fun street car for me.
Next video: Day 1 of replacing the EJ with a V16 Deusenberg engine....with four turbos.....and nitrous.....
Edit: I wouldn't let the haters get you down, dude. They can down your mods and talk all the sh!t they want, but you can be damn sure that they would likely trade their nuts for any of your finished products. To each his own. For example, I loved the carbon widebody on Blue, but i would've NEVER dreamed of giving you sh!t because YOU took it off YOUR car. Sadly there are those that havent yet reached that level of maturity. You flare the holy hell out of that thing and tell the haters that i said to eat a d!ck.
flares on a gd just look weird bc the stock fenders already jut out kind of like a widebody kit would so it looks kinda like flares on an already wide fender even tho its a stock fender
So my own VA Sti has been in a shop getting its engine rebuilt (jumped timing and hammered some valves and cams) and it’s been gone for 2 months. From how many times I’ve watched you put together EJ’s, (machining of heads aside) I’m pretty sure I could’ve gotten it back up and running by now. Only owned the car for 2 months, btw 😢
I love the long time plans for the car
Have a good week end🚗💥💨🔥
You too Kevin 🥳🫡
@@Smeedia thanks🚀
When you said an ez30 was comingto the chanel i figured the 2.5rs🤷
bro whattt no way ppl say that, flares are literally dope makes it look aggressive😈
12inch flairs 18in w wheels mad meat son
Love the videos tanner, keep em coming!
Appreciate the support 🙌🫡🔥
EZ30! Thats gonna be dopeeeeeee
Yassssss 🙌🙌🙌
Yeeessss plz do a ez30 build. Us legacy guys will love u forever🫶
Watching you put a new power steering rack knowing mine just started pissing power steering fluid 2 days ago 🥲🙃
RIP power steering Rack 💔
Can you please put an awe track edition on it? Least I didn’t say anything about flares lol
I like you're plan. I really want to build an EZ30R based car as well, but I'll probably end up with a 2022/3 BRZ, or 2023 WRX. Being in Pennsylvania I don't know how challenging it would be to get a BRZ with EZ30 on the road thanks to all the crazy emission rules.
This engine is sooo shiny!
So fresh and so new 😍😍😍
I’m sure you get asked a bunch, how much to build a long block like this one for the hawkeye
Brilliant, love the new GD project. I have a leaking axle on mine as well lol. Hey bro forget the haters you do you 🤙🏼 dope video quality and angles as usual 🎥✨
Always do what we do 🙌 if we built cars based off other people's opinions where would the fun be 😅
@@Smeedia Facts 💯
Always enjoy your videos. I am learning so much. Thank you for explaining the way you do. Much appreciated.
Always appreciate the support 🙌🫡
Awesome stuff!!
I think the fender flares look nice on the GD, and I know it'll look even better when they get paint matched/wrapped.
Quick question out of curiosity, the steering rack you put in is from an 07, why not use a modern STI steering rack from a 2015+? Are the modern ones not compatible with chassis from below 08 or are they basically the same with a few exceptions?
From what I understand from NASIOC, it’s just that you have to chop up the subframe and such
I've done it before and it's more of a pain that it's worth.
You have to hack up the sub frame
Use an 08+ STI Power settering pump
Use custom power steering lines
Cut doen the inner tie rods.
Can it be done, yes. Is it a huge PIA 200% 😅
Whenever your videos end, I'm always screaming, "Moar!!" XD
We doing everyday uploads right now at least 🙌🔥
Booty hole tickled lol. Nah, I do love a good Hawkeye no flairs, but I kinda want to see your vision with this one. You've never let us down in the past, just saying.
Can u do a water to air set up?
I love my GD WRX But man that FD RX7 sounds so good.
The sound of a rotary gets me everytime 🎶🎶🎶
2:58.. any benefit use tripper layer gasket?
I would love to convert my fxt to electric power steering, so much more room for activity’s
So much more room!
you know you watch to much mighty car mods when you hope for the person working on a radiator to play it like a harp
I personally think the GDs don't look good with flares, or at least those flares. I wouldn't put any on mine if/when I have one. But of course you can do what you want to yours.
What flares do you think look good on them 👀
@Smeedia Honestly, I don't know of any flares that I like more than the clean stock look for the GDs. But also, I'm not well versed in what there is out there, I'm still new to this stuff. Lol
Yo you won’t believe it I just got me some orange pit viper safety glasses and they are fricken great for auto school
Those safety glasses are top tier 🔥🙌
Love the blue hawkeyes. Dont know about you but I highly reccommend getting an uppipe with the flex section in it. I had to cut/reweld to get mine to line up, I think the flexi version would have made it much smoother of install. Ps great tip on leaving it loose thats always a good plan.
Normally, they all have flex joints, idk why Tomei doesn't do it but if it cracks we can address that at a later point 😅
I like the way the flares look when they're done... I just don't like seeing the fenders cut.
Luckily you don't see it 😅
I at least weld, seam seal and paint everything 🫡
Ez30 FTW
Tanner what about a brz Ez30 swapped. All motor
I've seen it done before 👀🔥
Letting everyone forget about the RS 😉
🤫🤫🤫🤫
Yes!!!!!!! We are back! Dude great freakin job man! Every time you guys work I ALWAYS learn something man. Seriously.
Smeedia one question. Where can i locate the camshaft sensor on driver side on a 09 wrx. Do you have a video on that?
Crank or cam? 👀
Cam sensors are on the top of the engine furthest rear by the TGV housing
Crank sensor will be on your oil pump 🙏
@@Smeedia camshaft sensor my bad
You don’t spread gasket bond across full perimeter for the valve cover gasket?
I put it on the head either option works
How abt this… FA24 swap… and keep the flares 😎
nice tomei intake
Tomei go BRRRRRRR
What kind of power restriction would an unequal length header create. For example if I had some port and polished header ends and a grim speed cross pipe At what horsepower would I be looking at upgrading to an equal length?
Personally anything above 500whp I'd do elh. The issue becomes EGT Temps on UEL at higher Power
doesnt tomei recommend wrapping their header?
They provide the wrap but kinda a safety hazard on subarus
@@SmeediaCould you elaborate a bit more on this? What problems could arise from wrapping the headers? Thanks 🍻
@@Smeedia how so? just so i know not to do it to mine
Beautiful tomei piping! Personally love the tomei equal length headers on FA's.
But great quality can't be beaten, especially in Hawkeyes.+ thanks for that FD start up👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Hoping to wrap up that zfD next month 😅🔥 waiting on a fee things to come for it 🙌🔥
@@Smeedia 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👌🏽
Do you plan on doing the ets kit on the vb in the future?
Yes 🙏
I really like this model of sti it’s classic like the blob eye but what do you think about the FA engine ?
Personally not a HUGE fan of FAs but they definitely have their place 🫡
Yeah I understand what you mean it feels like a different kind of Subaru lol
Wrc wide body this is the GD Ken drove no?
I'd be down. BUT I can't afford that kit.😅
@@Smeedia thats my dream kit if i was to cut fenders
Sorry,not sorry idk if youve seen these kits from launsport or RPG carbon. Im hoping to entice you. @@Smeedia
I doubt that is the original steering rack. I have owned a 2015 STI since new and I'm on my 3rd rack. Very annoying.
How often do you calibrate your torque wrench
Once per year
Exciting! :) Is this the one that needs a cylinder-4 cooler if unequal headers are fitted?
It dosent hurt to add it 🤝
Flare the world 💪
Yessssss!
Loving the GD content, accidentally hit the dislike when I went to hit the like button sorry.
no 2015+ steering rack update?????????
I've done 1 on a GD and I would not suggest anyone do it 😅
Loving the GD content!
Question, my 05 sti ambient temp just says --- i replaced the sensor and still says --- thoughts?
Could be the cluster 👀👀👀
@@Smeediaoofsters
@@Hakiri27 I forget who but if it is the cluster it is repairable
@@Smeedia I'm gonna start by digging into everything and making sure it's all plugged in properly.
Is the ambient temp tied into anything important or just nice to have?
You bought a new rack for your Subaru, and I bought a new rack for my girlfriend. " High Five, very nice!" * in my Borat voice."
400ish horsepower, seen this before. Next year this STI is going to 600ish buff horses
Don't put that evil on me Ricky Bobby 😅
I am not a fan of the widebody on the va and the hawkeye but hey it's not my car. Do what you want to do man