rev up your engine welcome to wacky Wednesday's where everyone has a chance to show off
their car mods and here's this week's winner
I know exactly what you're thinking this looks like a child's toy you know what
you're right, that's what it is, let me start by saying thank you to Scotty Kilmer for
featuring me on his channel yet again he's been a huge help at getting my
content out there which isn't easy today I'll be showing off my 2012 Subaru
Impreza WRX and the audio and performance modifications that I've made
my WRX sits between my old school Acuras pretty well I'll be it a little out of
place but this gives me the chance to get that new car feeling without all
that new car tech getting in the way the legend makes for the perfect Sunday car
while the Integra acts as my daily driver and this is for one I want to be
a total lunatic it helps fill the gaps for performance where the other two
falls short I was very happy with this car as it was stuck for about five years
of owning it but then I decided to make some necessary changes some of these
upgrades were by choice and some I guess you can say I was forced into, I babied
this for 57,000 miles but of course I was one of the lucky ones who had
complete engine failure due to shoddy manufacturing on Subarus part all 2012
to 2017 ej 255 engines are subject to the issue which can carry contaminated
oil and metal debris throughout the entire engine luckily I was directed to
DDA tuned in Newburgh New York and I was told it if anybody can help me it's
these guys and luckily I found these guys since Brandon is a subaru genius
and he was able to rebuild my motor tell me what's going on inside this thing so
to start we utilize the DDA stage 2 engine with King Racing bearings for
improved oil flow, platinum Pistons for the higher boost levels and
manly h-beam rods to support the additional torque as well as any
additional power upgrades that may come down the line
this thing's putting down an impressive 350 horsepower to the wheels or 402 the
crank while it may not sound like much this thing's making more horsepower per
liter than a Lamborghini Huracan or a Nissan gt-r like any street car that
needs to be able to get the groceries with the additional track day thrown in
here their reliability is always the number one concern help keep things cool
we fitted this car with a grim speed top mount intercooler
some ID 1050 X fuel injectors and an AM 320 fuel pump help to support the
additional boost that we're packing into this thing and Brandon let me just thank
you and DDA tune for your meticulous work absolutely minimal so after
everything brand and explained what is that equate to as far as the drive well
I'll show you it equates to fun
since I'm a bit of an audiophile and since the stock stereo is absolutely
horrendous I completely revamped it sitting up front is a pioneer 4200 NEX
head unit which has apple carplay and android auto I like this one
specifically because the buttons are located on the bottom thus giving you a
slightly bigger screen size the 13 band equalizer allows you to really fine-tune
your audio and for when you park in those extra shady places you can remove
the face altogether six RCA's are run from the head unit to the back to a well
hidden JL Audio v channel lamp the XD 705 v2 since I still want to treat the
car like a hatch I opted to hide it down here by cutting this styrofoam mold out
and sanding it down a little bit this provides 100 watts to each speaker at 2
ohms with 300 Watts going to the subwoofer this has an advanced
protection rollback feature which will dial back its performance based on heat
and then shut off if it gets way too hot so far keeping it under here I haven't
had any problems for the door as I went with infinity Kappa six and a half
components in the front call wax hose in the back
I ran 14 gauge speaker cable to handle the additional power but the hardest
part of that was getting this through the door loom dish soap made the run a
little bit easier while drying up with no mess but getting the door room back
on in the front was near impossible enough wiggling and jiggling after an
hour and I finally got it for bass I normally cheap out because bass is bass
right wrong this time I went with a JL Audio 10 w 6 v3 and I've never had
tighter low-end sound in my entire life this has dual voice coils and I put a
twenty-dollar speaker grille on it which I thought was a bit overpriced but the
dent on the front shows it clearly saved the $600 speaker at least once to
prevent this thing from moving around while I'm shifting and moving in hard
turns I simply screwed some cheap velcro right
on the bottom the poor man's solution I call it I lined each of the doors of
something called buzzy space it's meant for office buildings to be lined on
walls for sound deadening it made for the perfect sound absorber and rattle
reducer with the door tightly clicking back on when i reassemble everything
not only does it help the overall sound from the stereo but it also helps road
noise as well lastly to maintain steering wheel controls I went with the
I data link my Astro double r a little bit confusing to wiring at first but
after just starting the 50 or so unused wires it wasn't that difficult after all
this I finally have my cell a system worth listening to let me see
if I could show you the clarity I'm gonna bust my friends band I the fire to
see how it sounds
you can easily say this is nothing special but after the money I spent it's
special to me is extremely hard at times to say that
it was worth it until I get back behind the wheel then the smile that gives me
is the best proof of its value however this isn't exactly the best setup for
daily use so if you want to see a full review on how this drives as a regular
car so more performance bits and semantics subscribe to my youtube
channel I'll take one I'll be posting in a couple of weeks after my much-needed
vacation I hope you enjoyed this video let me thank Scotty Kilmer and his
awesome audience for the tremendous support and thank you for watching well
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