I'm looking to do something with my quarantine time and I thought I'd try to find some mods that aren't necessarily for more power, but for a better, or more enjoyable, driving experience.
Posted Apr 29, 2020, 2:32 AM UTC
I installed a Perrin shifter stop a few weeks ago. Huge difference.
What difference did you notice?
Crisper shifts, less shifter wobble in 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th.
Hard to explain, but it feels sportier.
Have the shifter bushing and short shift adapter to install still. Looking forward to that.
I have the shift stop, I felt the most you can feel was what he mentioned for gears 1 and 2. My next thing is also the boomba short throw shifter with their transmission shift plate. While I’m switching the shift plate I’m gonna put a Perrin brass bushing.
Catch can/aos
Lots of folks are on stage 2 with no clutch upgrade too.
Meanwhile I’m over here running flex with no clutch upgrade 👀
No one can see the clutch
Shhhhhh
To be real with you, I know clutch should fall in between stage 1 and flex fuel but I want the flex fuel in so bad LOL
I thought I was eventually going to have problems but I haven’t. I was just gunna replace it when it started to slip. But here I am.
That’s reassuring. I plan on never exceeding e30-ish. But I’m still gonna get the clutch and wait till I need it
I beat cars up pretty bad on track days.
Do you have a personal preference between the two?
I live in Colorado. So condensation in an aos is a thing.
I had to choose between a “better” aos, one that pumps in radiator fluid. It fights condensation. Those are well over 300$
Or. A $50 catch can
I went catch can. No regrets. I emptied it out the other day. I think I only had about 200 miles on it, there was already about 3 tablespoons of oil, condensation and unspent fuel.
How long have you had it?
Maybe a month? You’ll see the pics of u check through my post history
I only drive 0-100 miles a week. So I rarely get to drive her. But regardless of that, she’s doing her thing and making sure my engine stays hunk free
I’m gonna run some sea foam through the intake manifold soon. Just to make sure things stay pristine
Some small mods that I'd suggest to tighten up the feel of your car would be a group-n transmission mount + positive shift bushings, group-n pitch stop mount, rear differential insert bushings, and rear sub-frame lock-down bushings. They're all fairly involved installs that would take you an hour or two and are all below $100. I'd recommend installing them in the order I listed them if you're going to do them one at a time. These improve the drive train altogether. I started with the transmission mount and the difference in driving feel got me to do the others.
I've been looking at the sub frame lock down bushings. Was it a noticeable difference?
The lock down bushings were the last things I've installed from my list, so it was kinda of hard to notice the difference, but the rear does feel stiffer especially whenever you're aggressive on the throttle. I'd highly recommend starting with the group-n transmission mount, probably the most noticeable difference you'll get if you're not too worried about NVH. And the NVH increase isn't as bad as others make it out to be
Absolute favorite mod for my car was JDM armrest extension.
Led interior light kit.
I bought a weighted shift knob recently. 10/10 would recommend. Been nodding cars for almost 10 years now and never bought an aftermarket knob. It’s fairly cheap, and super satisfying.
100%. Weighted knob is amazing. Also went billetworkz with a Sonic the hedgehog logo 😁
I had a blast on their website. Feels good to have so many options and them not drastically affect pricing.
Oh for sure, this is my second knob I've ordered from them. First was Galaxy with shift pattern and WRX logo. But I regretted not getting the Sonic logo 🤣 so now I have matte black with Sonic. Amazing weight to it and nice install. Easy to index.
Oh and I was shocked how fast it shipped being a custom item.
Same I was super pleased with their whole business from purchase to install. Shout out to billetworkz guy haha
Which one did you pick up?
A red STi knob from billetworkz I actually posted a picture in /r wrx like 20 mins ago. Idk how to link it tho
I saw that!! It looked super clean
Thanks! A little interior love never hurts. That is after all where you’re at while driving haha
Looks great, nice shift boot!
Does this have the same sort of effect with a short shifter?
It doesn’t give that mechanical feel a Short throw will, but it gives you way more leverage. Which makes it feel like you can just toss it from gear to gear effortlessly.