my hawkeye

hi only had my hawkeye 3 weeks but have done a few mods...

its being remapped on the 7th of august so bought a few upgrades

vf43 turbo



sti tmic



i had fitted today an hrc fuel pump and pannel filter.... also have 3" turbo back exhaust with decat up and down pipe to go on when the turbo goes on... also fitted a forge dv

my next plans are to look in to getting the engine forged in the near future... not doing bad for 3 weeks


had sti spoiler fitted yesterday

What zorst you got mate ?

toyo sports 3"

What's your thoughts on volume & performance gain if any ?

Nice bits mate,

When i fitted the 43 to my hawk wrx i ran it at 350/350 then had it running 385bhp,
But fecked my gearbox so went 6spd etc,
All depends on how hard/often u launch it but will be a very quick road car that will put plenty smiles on your face

Is the STI top mount you've bough of a Hawkeye or Blobeye STI

Its off a 2007 hawkeye sti

That's ok then as I don't think a Blobeye one fits, should be nice when all done, who are you getting to map it.

The Blobeye STI intercooler does fit the hawk, I had one on mine but changed it for a hawkeye one when one came along.

Don't fit the up pipe from the toyo kit, the hawkeye WRX up pipe doesn't have a cat it like 2.0 WRX's and the standard one is much better for spool up and power.

yeah i have been advised not to fit the up pipe as it will cause lag..

andy forrest is mapping it

That should give you a fair jump in power over standard, maybe 100+bhp?   

Looking at upgrading mine to a similar spec soon.    

How much did you pay for the vf43, if you don't mind me asking?

i bought the intercooler and turbo for £600 from the guy on svoobynet thats breaking the hawkeye sti

theres a guy selling one for £450 on facebook stuart hammond

Could someone tell me everything i need to do a 6 speed conversion on my car??
Obviously i need a box but what else?

Jonny Gav wrote:

The Blobeye STI intercooler does fit the hawk, I had one on mine but changed it for a hawkeye one when one came along.

Don't fit the up pipe from the toyo kit, the hawkeye WRX up pipe doesn't have a cat it like 2.0 WRX's and the standard one is much better for spool up and power.

I thought the blobeye one wouldn't fit on because it is slightly wider than the hawkeye one and with the hawkeye having the electronic throttle body thought it would catch, if the blobeye one is wider why did you then swap it for the slightly smaller hawkeye one Jonny

the blobeye ones defo fit as that's what I put on my hawkeye sti when I removed the front mount.

they do fit but its a very tight squeeze had one on mine till i swapped with one of the lads on here for a hawk one,

Nice mods in 3weeks, ya should get nice results with that lot fitted.

Steviedoo wrote:

Jonny Gav wrote:

The Blobeye STI intercooler does fit the hawk, I had one on mine but changed it for a hawkeye one when one came along.

Don't fit the up pipe from the toyo kit, the hawkeye WRX up pipe doesn't have a cat it like 2.0 WRX's and the standard one is much better for spool up and power.

I thought the blobeye one wouldn't fit on because it is slightly wider than the hawkeye one and with the hawkeye having the electronic throttle body thought it would catch, if the blobeye one is wider why did you then swap it for the slightly smaller hawkeye one Jonny

I wanted to fit my spec c strut brace so needed the hawk intercooler to do that as it wouldn't fit behind the Blobeye cooler, the Blobeye cooler it taller not wider, the brackets had to be extended too in order to fit it.

It went in no problem with a little bit of engineering.

As for gearbox change to 6sp you need the gearbox diff probs the solector and think the hubs but someone will correct me they normally do lol

thanks.. ideally looking for complete list of what i need

also can anyone advise whats the best uprated spark plugs for a hawkeye?

Plugs- NGK ILFR7H

Jonny Gav wrote:

Plugs- NGK ILFR7H

I agree with Johnny get them in

i was told to get PFR7B but everywhere i look ssay not for 2.5 :/

Johnny will know for defo mate