In 2014 I sold it and picked up a new 2014 Subaru Wrx Sti. Slowly modded it over the years until it was at about 300whp/350ft.lbs on 91 octane and water/meth. I bought the car to have something faster to race and daily drive but i quickly realized the car’s limitations. While it was fun to daily and boost around from time to time, I became more hesitant to race it due to all the local subies that were blowing EJ25s. Forum effect got to me, I stopped racing it in 2016, and I began to enjoy the car less and less. Wanting to get back into racing something more reliable and cheaper, I decided to sell the STI. This how it sat before the part out.
Since my GSR was extremely reliable and stood up to 7 years of abuse I decided to get another integra. This time around I wanted a Type R but with the current price of the USDM/CDMs I decided to look in Japan. After about 2 weeks working with my Importer, he found a 99 ITR for sale by a private seller. After a few emails back and forth I decided to pull the trigger and pick it up. It should hit the Canadian’s shores in about 5-6 weeks. Here are some photos from the seller. I’ll get more detailed photos once the car reaches the Japanese port to get a better idea of the condition.
The car is a 1999 ITR with 102,000kms (about 63k miles). The car is fairly stock except for the Mugen pedals and an upgraded Cusco LSD. The previous owner used it for Gymkhana (autocross) so i’m expecting it to have some dings and scratches. It sounds like it’s in great mechanical condition however. I’ll be taking the car to a shop close to the port in Vancouver to have it checked out and fluids changed prior to driving it back.
The plan is to use it as an autocross/hpde car and daily it from time to time. Once it lands and I get it back home I’ll be going over it with a fine tooth comb and replace anything that looks tired/worn.
That’s it for now. I’ll post some updates as I get them.
