AJW Performance Products Blog

Something I feel we just dont talk about enough. The AJW Performance Rally Pig partnered with owner and driver Neil Liddle is a force to be reckoned with. This pig came to us last summer (2011) for support in his endeavors in the rally game. When Neil first came to us we sat down and talked about his plans for the season, schedule of events and plans for the car. It was pretty cut and dry. Store the car safely when he was not racing it, take care of full race prep and install/rebuild anything that needed to be done. Our first action was to install an STi 6 speed transmission, DCCD controller and STi steering column. He took the car back, gave it hell at a rally and realized the cooling system was not keeping up. To address this we wired in a switch to be able to switch the both fans on (or one at a time) to keep the car cool between heats.

Saturday May 12th 2012 marked a big day at AJW Performance. Starting at around 9am cars from all over the New England area came cruising in to our facility to enjoy a day filled with sun, delicious food, fun and our common hobby; Cars.

New England Subarus being the organizing party showed up bright and early to help us out with parking, setup and going over the plan for the day. Throughout the day over  130 cars poured into the lot behind the shop and at Factory Five Racing. Music was blasting through the parking lot, people were shining up their cars and having a good time. DRT Components made an appearance, a local growing company specializing in Mudflaps, Harness bars, skid plates, and light bars.

My 2002 Subaru WRX WRB, A Life Story

Well the time has come. 169,000 miles and the little
bugeye that could has finally called it quits. Not in the blaze of glory I
originally envisioned but an interesting ordeal none the less. This story is to
show the true strength and build quality that Subaru offers to some of the best
and most diverse customer base ever seen. Have no doubts that when you buy a
Subaru they are built to last!

Lets start with her beginning.

Sometime last year I came across a thread on NASIOC.com with a young man looking to have his car stored while he was deployed overseas fighting for our countries freedom. Through messages I spoke with AJay for over a year while he was away, checking in on him and talking about his plans for the WRX for when he returned home. The car is a 2011 WRX. Plans are a nice drivable stage 2 setup. We decide on the parts and get everything ordered up.

Here is the list:

• TurboXS Turboback exhaust
• AEM Cold air intake

Little while back we joined up on My350Z.com to do some advertising and promotion of AJW Performance and our extensive product line. During our time on the forums there we met Andrew Pierce who owns this beautiful Nismo Z. Andrew was one of the few non Subarus at our grand opening in October of 2011 and offered some serious eye candy for us Subaru owners.

Here are some pics from the meet and how it looked before our work.

Back in September we were contacted by a customer who had run into some problems with his motor and now the car was undriveable.  He took it to a dealership first. First they took the motor out of the car. Then they cracked into the motor and tore the whole thing down. Intake manifold off, heads stripped from the block etc. Cause of the blown motor was oil starvation. They quoted him an exorbitant amount of money for a motor rebuild, 9-10 thousand dollars all said and done. Tell me my 3 year old car needs to have 10 grand dumped into it I’ll probably laugh at you too.

Since we’ve been taking on more and more motor builds I decided it was time to make a nice blog post that describes everything that must be done while a motor build is being completed. We have some of the best techs, motor builders and tuners that work closely with AJW Performance to build the strongest, most reliable, quality motor possible for our customers. It all starts with the customer service. Right off the bat we will introduce ourselves and get as much information possible about the motor you already have, whether is a running motor that you want built for full race duty or a tired motor that needs new life. We like to find out your overall goals and purposes for the car. This will help us in deciding the best parts combinations for you and also is the start of building a fully comprehensive price quote.

Believe it or not, AJW works on vehicles other than Subaru! Our customer wanted to enhance their vehicle with sound and power.

The invidia catback exhaust for the Honda s2000 was a perfect choice!.

The car has better throttle response and a great deep tone.

The exhaust tips are subtle and clean, complimenting the natural dynamics of the vehicles design and character.

We loved Josh’s WRX, it was clean and fun to work on, it used to be owned by Bren @ Brentuning so it also had some tasteful modifications already, and of course had a nice tune on it as well!

Josh wanted to get more aggressive with wheel fitment, so we installed some ISC Street Sport coilovers, camber bolts, extended wheel studs and a fender roll as well.

The wheel of choice was the Rota Grids, in a flashy white with a 18×9.5 dimension…. sweet!

Feel free to contact us for ISC coilover and fender rolling packages!

This Legacy GT wagon came in to us with some prior modifications. Our customer wanted us to bring his vehicle/build to the next level, and install a full turbo upgrade kit. The turbo of choice was the VF52, which in my opinion is one of the best choices for these vehicles for the high 200 to low 300 WHP range. The car will spool quick with a beautiful torque curve, minimal lag! We installed the VF52, some DW 750cc injectors, one step colder NGK spark plugs, GT SPEC headers/up-pipe, a catch can, boost controller, + much more!