ProjectSoloGear

My blog documents my Project JDM: the build of my 2007 Subaru WRX STi Limited, with every upgrade being from a JDM manufacturer and my 1986 Toyota Corolla GT-S Liftback, and if you know anything about anything, you know how JDM that car is!

Also, I'll post about and document my career as a weekend warrior (autocross and rallycross) and share my thoughts on the automotive world. And who knows, maybe I'll throw in some fun off topic posts too!

- Matt

PSG STi

Into the Guard Rail

Posted 11-27-2007 at 07:16 PM by PSG STi

I never claimed to be the best driver in the world, but I like to consider myself reasonably coordinated. That's why it hurts me to post this picture:

It looks like I gave my car a black eye. So what happened? As I like to put it, my car got smashed in the face by a guard rail. Well, actually I lost control and gently directed the car into the guard rail, ...

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PSG RallyX Carnage!

Posted 09-30-2007 at 06:23 PM by PSG STi

A lot of people told me I was crazy when I told them I was going to rallycross my STi... I mean c'mon, who would take a nice, limited production car, and beat the hell out of it? Well, I would, and I don't regret a minute of it!

But having fun does have it's prices, and my car was hurting a little bit after the event:

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Should I Join the Bandwagon?

Posted 08-14-2007 at 07:12 PM by PSG STi

Gus.

Henry.

Doug.

Dan.

Rich.

And now Jeff.

So many of my friends have EVOs... and only a few have Subarus (and even less have STIs). Maybe theres something about them I'm missing. Maybe I should join the bandwagon...

And this would be the perfect time to do it. The new WRX is supremely ugly, and from the reviews that I've read, it's not nearly the boy racer its predecessors were....

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Fun in the Sun

Posted 07-08-2007 at 07:31 PM by PSG STi

Another day, another autocross. Today's was at Rowley Springs in Bristol, CT. The course was short and fast, the temperature was hot, and coming off a disappointing showing at Fairfield, I was ready to make some improvements.

My first run was good, fast enough to put me near the top of A-stock (yes, I said A-stock, CART kicked me out of novice cl*** without telling me). However, the next three runs were a repeat of last weekends event, where I couldn't improve much more than...

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Death of a Tire

Posted 06-24-2007 at 05:46 PM by PSG STi

The Hoosiers are no more.

One of the best autocross tires available on the market today, I destroyed my Hoosier A3S04's in the May 20th autocross event at Plainfield, just after 3 events of use (they were used, of course). I should've taken the advice that was given to me and had these tires closely monitored and had my camber adjusted to the max allowable to reduce any rollover. Unfortunately I was ignorant, which resulted in the loss of 4 good tires.

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