2004 WRX STi Ex-Factory

[VTRacing]

FOR SALE

2004 Subaru WRX STi

Built by STI for Toshi Arai Motorsport in 2004. Used as his 3rd car.

2009 Queensland Rally Championship winning car

Top Run comprehensive steel cage.

Chassis fully seam-welded, towers reinforced, sill-stands. The shell is very strong.

MCA suspension with STi top mounts

Subaru brakes 4 pot front, 2 pot rear with DBA slotted & vented rotors w/ spares. Ferodo pads w/ spares.

Hydraulic handbrake

Engine rebuilt 3 events ago with new block and STi forged pistons (350 km competitive). Variable valve timing.

New twin-scroll Turbo 2 events ago (220 km competitive)

Motec engine management w/ anti-lag, boost-controlled water spray etc.

STi 6-speed synchro with DCCD controlled by Motec. Thumbwheel adjustment.

Plated LSD front and rear (R180 of course)

PBMS Fibreglass light pods with genuine Hella Predator HID Lights

Carbon door trims with aluminium honeycomb side impact protection

Flocked dash

Sabelt Taurus driver's seat w/ head restraint wings (FIA compliant), Recaro co-driver's seat (FIA compliant)

6-point FIA harnesses (12 months old)

Peltor FMT 110

Coralba Giant with carbon door mount

Comprehensive underbody protection: Sump guard, transmission guard, fuel tank guards, rear diff guard and fibre/kevlar underbody protection (new)

12 x STi WORK wheels with some good used Pirelli tyres

PBMS Fibreglass light pods with genuine Hella Predator HID Lights

Spares include a full set of KYB Rally struts, front and rear driveshafts, 4 x Front Arms, a full set of rear arms, tie rods / tie rod ends, sway bar links, assorted 2nd hand rotors and calipers (good condition)

This is a meticulously-prepared car that would be outright competitive in any state-level rally, and top 5 ARC capable. The car is very strong and reliable; we've had one mechanical DNF in 2.5 years (15 events).

The car is currently in PRC trim with 34mm restrictor but it would be an easy change to return to Group N for International events like 2011 Rally Australia.

$46,000 Negotiable

The car is in Brisbane.
Contact Matt on 0419 771 036 or mattvtracing at gmail.com

Here's some incar / external footage from Rally Qld 2009, with expert commentary from Dale Moscatt (and my mother )

VTRacing - Rally Queensland 2009 on Vimeo

VTRacing - Rally Queensland 2009 on Vimeo

[ratpack]

Hey Matt,

Good luck with the sale.

Question regarding the brakes on your car - Is the car running the later bigger hubs (5x114.3 PCD)?? If so how did you get DBA disks for this model. I have tried DBA but can't get them to understand STi with small brakes but big stud pattern.

Thanks

Gav

[VTRacing]

No, it's still the earlier hubs, PCD 5 x 100.

The hubs changed for MY05.

I wish you luck with finding rotors.

[Michael Ryan]

Why not '06/'07 WRX Rotors?
There are lots MY05+newer cars out there

[ratpack]

Because all WRX's have the smaller 5x100 PCD, while the '05 onwards STi's are fitted with 5x114.3 PCD hubs. Which nobody makes an AM brake rotor for when you fit gravel brakes to the cars (rather than OE Brembo's)... the PWRC AP kit is little $$$$ for my needs...

Surely you know this with the selection of cars you have Michael

[VTRacing]

Originally Posted by Michael Ryan

Why not '06/'07 WRX Rotors?

Because we wanted to keep it within cooee of Group N.

If you change the rotors you might as well change the hubs; if you change the hubs you might as well change the arms; if you change the arms you might as well change the gearbox; if you change the gearbox you might as well make it a 05-later car, which by my reading of the CAMS manual even under PRC would entail changing the dash / centre console, and likely the wiring harness, among other things.

In Queensland we need to make sure, to the best of our ability, that our cars are absolutely legal, to the letter and the spirit of the CAMS Manual / Group N homologation.

Originally Posted by Michael Ryan

There are lots MY05+newer cars out there

I don't know if you're talking rally cars or road cars. There are not too many MY05+ later Subaru rally cars around, for sale at least.

[sjb]

Let the man sell his car...

[Michael Ryan]

Originally Posted by ratpack

..

Surely you know this with the selection of cars you have Michael

Surely what I do know is the car leading the 2010 Victorian Rally Championship has the rotors you want. They exist, and are off the shelf.

[ratpack]

A secret shelf, or are you allowed to share??

[VTRacing]

Originally Posted by Michael Ryan

Surely what I do know is the car leading the 2010 Victorian Rally Championship has the rotors you want. They exist, and are off the shelf.

You mean the car that had brake troubles at the last round of the VRC...

Originally Posted by vicrally website

Though it was Reeves who encountered problems on this stage after losing brakes and finding a winery fence caused him to drop time on this stage and allow Robison and Wright both the stage and heat win.

Sorry, I'm not meaning to have a go. I just went looking to find out who you were talking about and found that; and I thought it was amusing.

[Michael Ryan]

I'm not hijacking this thread any more, so I just put some of Naths in car @ the idle talk, video.
I will find a number of the rotors later in the week for you.


More importantly, who wants to buy Matts car? Good car, state winner, good history.