im fairly new to the subaru scene need a little help. i have a 03 wrx i have already installed a full turbo back 3in. exaust, intake, need some more suggestions for fairly enexspensive mods????
catless uppipe, bigger topmount, engine management for power. Have you considered any suspension mods (springs, struts, swaybars)? getting stiffer motor mounts, pitch mount and tranny mount make a noticable difference. steering rack bushings and shifter bushings are a nice touch with a short shifter. remember there are a lot of mods that make the car perform better besides power.
yeah with all this ^^^. That's about it until you get a bigger turbo, which you would need bigger injectors and fuel pump to run. But EM or a reflash tuner will give you a huge increase if you haven't done so already. And to truely unlock what you already have you gotta get a tune.
yeah, i'd recommend uppipe and EM w/ a protune if you can. Also, if you're gonna do any mountain runs or autoX, you'll notice the stock brakes and suspension just won't do. :hsnono:
Yeah, when I did my exhaust kit. Or not even that, when I took my uppipe out for some work to be done on it, I still had to take out the down pipe just to get to the bolts on the uppipe. But it is a good move for less than 200 bucks, which will help out a lot when you tune the car with some sort of engine management.
cool thanks for the help. i have replaced up pipe now. what are the restrictions as far as boost? i recently purchased a gready profec b spec 2 boost controller. running about 16-17 psi. is this safe? i have not thrown any check engine codes, runs fine but what are the long term effects?
be careful running a boost controller without engine management. 16-17 psi should be ok. Actually with Engine management you dont even need a boost controller. are you getting accessport or ecutek?
we couldnt change the psi on the AP right? i got the version 1. what do you mean we dont need a boost controller?
correct me if i am wrong but if you get tuned by SS you can adjust boost for both accessport and ecutek? you can adjust it yourself with street tuner yes?