back in the day there was a super limited production run from a 3rd party tuning company of cobb accessports for 06-08 2.5i's. I just happened to find one 2nd hand (apparently less then 1000 were made) and had my tuner tune the car through the cobb software. Open source tuning is a much easier and accessible option for these cars these days

chop the headers where it turns up and weld a pipe in to connect to the rest of the exhaust.

@@danpitre7916 thats it! Chop the stock wrx flange off, make it meet with the midpipe, get an o2 sensor extension and weld a bung in behind the 2nd cat and ur good to go.

Yeah, it was the accessport. Sadly they only made the NA accessport for about a year through a 3rd party company, so chances of finding one is very slim.

@@GannonRacki why didn't you use rom raider and ECU flash, it's what I did for my 06 2.5i, decatted,removed egr. The idiot before me removed the muffler. But he at least gave it to me when I bought the car back lmao

@@reeeeeee9230 I was able to get my hands on a rare accessport and it has all the same capabilities as those softwares with access tuner. Back then access tuner was free too and a close friend of mine was a tuner and was willing to tune me free of charge through access tuner.

random find at a jdm shop. I believe its a STI cluster with white faces and LED's swapped in.

Yes

@@GannonRacki Do you think it works in a 2.0? .... You adapted the header of 2006 wrx or fit perfect?

@@jamesfernandez3243 all ej headers will bolt up to the motor (except for na 2.2), you just need to do some custom work to make the exhaust reach the headers. EJ headers will not bolt up to the newer FA/FB motors tho.

From where i can see like this bumper

Haha, people are so confused. In our friend group we had a rwd legacy spec B and a rwd bugeye hatch as well. We miss those cars, but our garages are filled with S chassis and RX7's these days.

IIRC it was Apexi intakes and we blocked off the bypass valve for flutter.

Hey man I just got an fd and how did you block off the bypass valve ? And is it safe for the car ?

Car was bone stock besides catback exhaust and coilovers. It had a stock lsd aswell.

@@GannonRacki would you recommend it as a first car to learn to drift and learn mechanics on?

@@RalliartDylan It was my first drift car (I'd owned a couple subarus before hand) and I honestly loved it. Its a great starter drift car because it has good ol toyota reliability, its cheap on expendables (gas, tires, etc), and its low power and torque so it teaches new drifters proper technique (no relying on flooring it to keep the car going). I've never gotten so much seat time out of a car. Only mods were exhaust and cheap coilovers and only maintenance I ever had to do were oil changes and ball joints. I sold it a few years back for a 2jzgte swapped is300, then sold that for my current s14 silvia comp car. I always look back and miss how simple and inexpensive it was to run the Altezza.

@@GannonRacki if I get used to the power and want more out of the BEAMS what can I do to spice it up a bit without rebuilds or engine swaps?

@@RalliartDylan From what I've seen you wont get too much more power out of them without a rebuild or boost. Its a motor that makes over 100hp per L, they're pretty maxxed out as is. Full exhaust, intake and cams will net you a bit more. Turbo/supercharger seems the way to go for best bang for buck, but then the trans isn't that great for much more than 300-350lbft. You're best off enjoying it as is until you're ready to step up to a car thats capable of more power. Th most I've seen NA was 275whp, but that was a full high compression rebuild with ITB's, stand alone ecu, etc.