New Ride - Daily Driver - 2003-04 Mach 1 Registry Owners Club

RocMach1 · 02-25-2008, 10:38 PM

Since I garage the Mach from November-March, needed something else that was still fun but also good in the winter snow/rain...Here's the new ride.

2006 WRX STi. Basically stock. Previous owner was from Maryland. Had it tinted and debaged entire outside except for two small STi stickers on the two front doors. Interior was changed out from the normal (ugly) blue interior with silver/black to basically match the car color. It looks really good IMO. I need to get pics of that... Overall car is clean. No dents, dings, nothing. Handles amazing and was really impressed with the acceleration these things have. Bought it with 20k on the clock. Definitely working on getting rid of the plane wing on the back, but havent had luck in finding the spoiler i want to change it out with. Overall really happy with decision to buy this over something more ordinary (acura/audi/bmw). Looked at a few of them but I love performance cars and went with something more rare and along that line.
Anyways took some pics finally a few weeks ago with the Mach. Drove both back to back that day and still hands down love the Mach more than any other car.

Here it is...

RocMach1 · 02-25-2008, 10:38 PM

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RocMach1 · 02-25-2008, 10:39 PM

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_5320.jpg

AzureMach1auto · 02-25-2008, 10:40 PM

I like those. Put a shaker on it.

1MEANSTANG · 02-25-2008, 10:54 PM

Nice ride! How fast does it feel to the Mach? Oh, so now you go both ways... A little ricey..LOL Congrats

mach1 03 · 02-25-2008, 11:19 PM

nice for a DD at least it isn’t really slow just don’t put a ricer exhaust on it or any thing like that.

Lord Umoja · 02-25-2008, 11:19 PM

Those are nice cars! If you change the wing to a smaller stock one, change the whole lid and tortion springs. Sport Compact Car forgot that and nearly broke thier rear window!

RocMach1 · 02-26-2008, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by 1MEANSTANG

Nice ride! How fast does it feel to the Mach? Oh, so now you go both ways... A little ricey..LOL Congrats

When i first got it, i hadnt driven the Mach in over 2 months so naturally it felt fast. Its a different kind of feeling with the turbo. My Mach dyno'd 303rwhp/312rwtq. When i took these pics it was a nice day out so i took the Mach for a ride right after driving the STi. Both are fast, but the Mach def is a little faster. Traction wise, the STi with the 4 wheel drive hooks and handles alot better, but seat of the pants feel says the Mach is faster. But with the turbo, its a different kind of feel when accelerating and you def. dont get that punch down low like the Mach does due to the low end torque with the V8. Im def. happy though and think its the best of both worlds to have a car thats still "fast" to drive in the winter/rainy days...

RocMach1 · 02-26-2008, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by mach1 03

nice for a DD at least it isn’t really slow just don’t put a ricer exhaust on it or any thing like that.

def not looking to put a can on the exhaust. Looking to keep it mainly stock. If I do work on it ever, it would just be in the engine so it looks and sounds stock...

RocMach1 · 02-26-2008, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Lord Umoja

Those are nice cars! If you change the wing to a smaller stock one, change the whole lid and tortion springs. Sport Compact Car forgot that and nearly broke thier rear window!

thats good to know. thanks for the heads up..

mach1of03 · 02-26-2008, 10:37 AM

Needs some stickers.

RocMach1 · 02-26-2008, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by mach1of03

Needs some stickers.

just ordered them yesterday. on back order so they should be on within a few weeks...

legandrex · 02-26-2008, 11:35 PM

Nice ride....I had two wrx's and two legacy gt's before my current 2.5 legacy daily driver. Subaru makes great cars. The STi wing is too ricey for me so my suggestion would be to put a STi Limited lip spoiler on it or find a regular wrx spoiler. You can't go wrong with either. My wife drove the wagon and I drove the sedan. The legacy gt motor is a slightly detuned STi engine. White car is current legacy.

we3hokies · 02-26-2008, 11:41 PM

nice car, wish I had one. Always wanted a performance car w/ awd. Not sure what all the rice comments are about. I love my mach but I know there are a lot of sti's that could hand me my

Now you've got the best of both worlds.

RedFire01 · 02-26-2008, 11:47 PM

Good looking car! I own an 05' sti as my daily driver. Check out cobbtuning.com There access port is the best product you can buy in my opinion. Put a turbo back exhaust and an accesport and your car will feel completley different! I picked up 4 tenths in the quarter just doing those two mods.

Car looks good with the blacked out headlights! If you are looking for a good STi forum check out IWSTI.com

RocMach1 · 02-27-2008, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by legandrex

Nice ride....I had two wrx's and two legacy gt's before my current 2.5 legacy daily driver. Subaru makes great cars. The STi wing is too ricey for me so my suggestion would be to put a STi Limited lip spoiler on it or find a regular wrx spoiler. You can't go wrong with either. My wife drove the wagon and I drove the sedan. The legacy gt motor is a slightly detuned STi engine. White car is current legacy.

thanks. Im really happy with the STi. Subaru def. makes really well put together cars. That STi Limited Lip wing is what i think i was looking for. Ive seen pics of it but never have seen it for sale. Does it look similiar to the small lip on the Cobra's? If so then thats it. You know where they are sold?

The Legacy GT are really good looking too and I would def. look into one of them once im older and have a fam. Right now at 22 im just looking to have fun...

RocMach1 · 02-27-2008, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by RedFire01

Good looking car! I own an 05' sti as my daily driver. Check out cobbtuning.com There access port is the best product you can buy in my opinion. Put a turbo back exhaust and an accesport and your car will feel completley different! I picked up 4 tenths in the quarter just doing those two mods.

Car looks good with the blacked out headlights! If you are looking for a good STi forum check out IWSTI.com

Ill have to check out those sites. Thanks. Right now im just gonna keep the car stock (atleast try to), and just focus on modding the Mach. Goal is to save up and put a KB on it.

Sublimemach · 02-27-2008, 02:39 PM

you suck.. a mach AND a STI... lol.. congrats. both badass rides... the sti is very clean

bluoval · 02-27-2008, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SublimeMach

you suck.. a mach AND a STI... lol.. congrats. both badass rides... the sti is very clean

RocMach1 · 02-27-2008, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SublimeMach

you suck.. a mach AND a STI... lol.. congrats. both badass rides... the sti is very clean

haha, I work real hard and just want to have a little fun while Im still young and able to....

Mach1Man04 · 02-27-2008, 05:57 PM

nice car good luck my brother has a white 06 sti just dyno'd 335 to the wheels. hes got a full invidia exhaust, meth injection tien springs and a tune, that car pins you in the seat from 1st to 3rd

RocMach1 · 02-27-2008, 07:10 PM

335whp is awesome. I doubt ill mod it anytime soon. For now just need a reliable DD thats still fun and can woop some *** on the street. it def does pin you in the seat. its a different feel from the Mach. Both are fun in there own ways...

02mach1 · 02-27-2008, 07:19 PM

Great looking ride I always thought those WRX's are sharp looking cars,

Mach1Man04 · 02-27-2008, 08:11 PM

yea they def rock, just be careful and dont flip it like my brother did to his first one.... lol

VoodooMACH · 02-27-2008, 08:34 PM

boxer 4s don't really sound ricey as long as you don't get equal lenght manifolds.... they have that rumble with unequal length manifolds... with equal lengths they get the rice sound and seem to lose power for some reason which is kinda strange... the STi trans can be built to handle ALOT of power and swapping in the c-spec(I think?) final drive helps out with the 1/4 as you don't need to shift into 5th as early. There's a few big turbo STi's in houston and they're VERY quick from a stop or roll.

02-25-2008, 10:38 PM	#1
RocMach1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York Posts: 94	New Ride - Daily Driver Since I garage the Mach from November-March, needed something else that was still fun but also good in the winter snow/rain...Here's the new ride. 2006 WRX STi. Basically stock. Previous owner was from Maryland. Had it tinted and debaged entire outside except for two small STi stickers on the two front doors. Interior was changed out from the normal (ugly) blue interior with silver/black to basically match the car color. It looks really good IMO. I need to get pics of that... Overall car is clean. No dents, dings, nothing. Handles amazing and was really impressed with the acceleration these things have. Bought it with 20k on the clock. Definitely working on getting rid of the plane wing on the back, but havent had luck in finding the spoiler i want to change it out with. Overall really happy with decision to buy this over something more ordinary (acura/audi/bmw). Looked at a few of them but I love performance cars and went with something more rare and along that line. Anyways took some pics finally a few weeks ago with the Mach. Drove both back to back that day and still hands down love the Mach more than any other car. Here it is... __________________ 2003 Black Mach 1 - 303rwhp 312rwtq 5 Speed - IUP - Drop in K&N - 1" Shaker Extension - MGW Shifter - Borla Stingers - Magnaflow Catted X

02-25-2008, 10:38 PM	#2
RocMach1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York Posts: 94	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/a...IMG_5324-1.jpg http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_5308.jpg http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_5312.jpg http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_5316.jpg http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_5318.jpg __________________ 2003 Black Mach 1 - 303rwhp 312rwtq 5 Speed - IUP - Drop in K&N - 1" Shaker Extension - MGW Shifter - Borla Stingers - Magnaflow Catted X Last edited by 03mach1; 02-26-2008 at 07:43 AM.

02-25-2008, 10:39 PM	#3
RocMach1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York Posts: 94	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_5320.jpg __________________ 2003 Black Mach 1 - 303rwhp 312rwtq 5 Speed - IUP - Drop in K&N - 1" Shaker Extension - MGW Shifter - Borla Stingers - Magnaflow Catted X Last edited by 03mach1; 02-26-2008 at 07:44 AM.

02-25-2008, 10:40 PM	#4
AzureMach1auto Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Stafford, VA Posts: 802	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver I like those. Put a shaker on it. __________________ '03 Azure Mach 1: auto., IUP, JLT CAI. BUILD DATE:02/03/2003 Purchased: 01/02/07 '94 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL: 5-speed '87 IROC-Z: Crate 320rwhp Vortec T.P.I., many mods

02-25-2008, 10:54 PM	#5
1MEANSTANG Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: PALM COAST, FL Posts: 938	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver Nice ride! How fast does it feel to the Mach? Oh, so now you go both ways... A little ricey..LOL Congrats

02-25-2008, 11:19 PM	#6
mach1 03 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 2,780	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver nice for a DD at least it isn’t really slow just don’t put a ricer exhaust on it or any thing like that.

02-25-2008, 11:19 PM	#7
Lord Umoja Established Lurker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Selinsgrove Pa Posts: 897	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver Those are nice cars! If you change the wing to a smaller stock one, change the whole lid and tortion springs. Sport Compact Car forgot that and nearly broke thier rear window! __________________ My Rides '04 Screaming Yellow Mach 1 "Jennifer" Bassanni Catted X-Pipe, Catback, Hood Blackout, 315/35 BFG DR2s, AFS 17x10.5 Replicas, Professional Custom DiabloSport Tune, Stewart Warner UltraShift light, and XM Hardwire. 12.93 @ 107.24 '93 Nissan 240SX Convertible "Rei-Sen" Restored from Critically Damaged Frame, Lexus Pearl White Paint, Original Factory Tonneau

02-26-2008, 10:37 AM	#11
mach1of03 #1052 of 9652 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: sioux city iowa Posts: 994	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver Needs some stickers.

02-26-2008, 11:35 PM	#13
legandrex Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: WI Posts: 270	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver Nice ride....I had two wrx's and two legacy gt's before my current 2.5 legacy daily driver. Subaru makes great cars. The STi wing is too ricey for me so my suggestion would be to put a STi Limited lip spoiler on it or find a regular wrx spoiler. You can't go wrong with either. My wife drove the wagon and I drove the sedan. The legacy gt motor is a slightly detuned STi engine. White car is current legacy. Attached Thumbnails

02-26-2008, 11:41 PM	#14
we3hokies Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: christiansburg, va Posts: 665	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver nice car, wish I had one. Always wanted a performance car w/ awd. Not sure what all the rice comments are about. I love my mach but I know there are a lot of sti's that could hand me my Now you've got the best of both worlds. __________________ 2003 mach 1 dsg 5spd iup, c&l intake, php intake spacer, slp longtube headers, slp catted x pipe, slp loudmouth, 4.10 gears, mgw shifter, eibach sportline, bilstien shocks and struts, steeda brace, mm caster/camber plates, mm full length sfc's, mm lca, frpp alum driveshaft, black saleen style 18x9's, corbeau fx1 pros, steeda billet pedals, sct tune Romans 10:9

02-26-2008, 11:47 PM	#15
RedFire01 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denver, Co Posts: 51	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver Good looking car! I own an 05' sti as my daily driver. Check out cobbtuning.com There access port is the best product you can buy in my opinion. Put a turbo back exhaust and an accesport and your car will feel completley different! I picked up 4 tenths in the quarter just doing those two mods. Car looks good with the blacked out headlights! If you are looking for a good STi forum check out IWSTI.com __________________ 2003 Redfire Cobra Coupe / Tan Inserts 502 RWHP/542 RWTQ

02-27-2008, 02:39 PM	#18
Sublimemach 2013 5.0 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 2,245	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver you suck.. a mach AND a STI... lol.. congrats. both badass rides... the sti is very clean __________________ https://youtu.be/FGEHkAtgNb8 Cars owned: 2016 guard green 5.0 bagged on copper rovos DAILY 2004 manual CO Mach 1 SOLD 2013 Perf. white A6 5.0, recaro's, full exhaust 2004 CO auto Mach 1.bagged. full bolt on, full exhaust, Slammed & Cammed! 341/310 WEEKEND CAR 2001 Mineral Grey GT. few bolt ons. WRECKED 1998 Laser Red V6. wheels and exhaust. SOLD

02-27-2008, 05:57 PM	#21
Mach1Man04 Rock out wit yer Mach out Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: East Haven,Connecticut Posts: 880	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver nice car good luck my brother has a white 06 sti just dyno'd 335 to the wheels. hes got a full invidia exhaust, meth injection tien springs and a tune, that car pins you in the seat from 1st to 3rd __________________ 2004 Screaming Yellow Mach 1: 5-Spd IUP: 1 of 624 Born On Date 11-26-03 -MGW Short Shifter -CobraBob's Shifter Gasket -JLT Ram Air -MAC O/R ProChamber -SLP LM1s -IAC Restrictor Plate -Black Bumper Inserts -20% Tints -Had Visus Louvers, now they live on the highway "Having a 700whp Honda is like coming out of the closet, shocking at first, but still gay" http://i34.tinypic.com/1zfueio.jpg

02-27-2008, 07:10 PM	#22
RocMach1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York Posts: 94	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver 335whp is awesome. I doubt ill mod it anytime soon. For now just need a reliable DD thats still fun and can woop some * on the street. it def does pin you in the seat. its a different feel from the Mach. Both are fun in there own ways... __________________ 2003 Black Mach 1 -** 303rwhp 312rwtq 5 Speed - IUP - Drop in K&N - 1" Shaker Extension - MGW Shifter - Borla Stingers - Magnaflow Catted X

02-27-2008, 07:19 PM	#23
02mach1 Cofounder in Memoriam 1967-2012 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Hurricane,WV Posts: 11,826	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver Great looking ride I always thought those WRX's are sharp looking cars, __________________ 1989 LX 25thAnniv.Mustang 1999 35th Anniv. Mustang 2003 Azure Blue Auto. MACH1 VIN#1FAFP42R83F366627 production 12/2/02- Build 12/6/02 Delivered home 12/16/02 Founder of Intl.SN95LMMOCR for all 79-05 Mustangs 1st Late Model Mustang Club since 1993 C/O Founder of Mach1 Registry AIM Shows MCA #29082,MCA Judge for 79-04 Mustangs www.mustang.org MACH1REGISTRY Member#2 _______________________ Intl.SN95 Late Model Mustang Owners Club & Registry Vote for the Intl.SN95 Late Model Mustang Owners Club and Registry on Stangnet here. 1st Mach1 in the State of WV Here's pics of my Mach1 http://mach1registry.org/photopost/d...mach2.JPG?6804

02-27-2008, 08:11 PM	#24
Mach1Man04 Rock out wit yer Mach out Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: East Haven,Connecticut Posts: 880	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver yea they def rock, just be careful and dont flip it like my brother did to his first one.... lol Attached Thumbnails __________________ 2004 Screaming Yellow Mach 1: 5-Spd IUP: 1 of 624 Born On Date 11-26-03 -MGW Short Shifter -CobraBob's Shifter Gasket -JLT Ram Air -MAC O/R ProChamber -SLP LM1s -IAC Restrictor Plate -Black Bumper Inserts -20% Tints -Had Visus Louvers, now they live on the highway "Having a 700whp Honda is like coming out of the closet, shocking at first, but still gay" http://i34.tinypic.com/1zfueio.jpg

02-27-2008, 08:34 PM	#25
VoodooMACH sittin in a parking lot.. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Katy/Austin, TX Posts: 1,418	Re: New Ride - Daily Driver boxer 4s don't really sound ricey as long as you don't get equal lenght manifolds.... they have that rumble with unequal length manifolds... with equal lengths they get the rice sound and seem to lose power for some reason which is kinda strange... the STi trans can be built to handle ALOT of power and swapping in the c-spec(I think?) final drive helps out with the 1/4 as you don't need to shift into 5th as early. There's a few big turbo STi's in houston and they're VERY quick from a stop or roll. __________________ 03 Oxford white Mach... SOLD

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