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so i removed the intake silencer, easy was with my next to no mechanic experience which is good. sounds cool, factory bov is a lot louder and can hear turbo spooling. funny thing is, maybe my imagination but i dont think so, the spluttering throughout the rev range is worse now, and seems to be starting around when i hit boost, if it is happening more now that tells me its a fuel issue as its now getting more air making the difference bigger? have booked to go spark plugs and leads on tuesday with other stuff being done for wof.

sweet cheers gonna give that snorkelectomy a crack over the weekend, looks easy. mechanic was going a few things for wof next tues so also added plugs and leads to the list while hes at it. getting quotes from a couple places for the parts for that upgrade, been asked what numbers are on the ecu im after ie the v3/v4 sti 3 plug ecu, anyone know?

hmm resonator? is there a forum thread showing removal?

cool il have a look, busy sorting out a few things for wof this week so may have to pass on those, thanks though. amazing how much of a car they are for the relatively cheap price they\'re going for on trademe, nicer to drive than things iv spent a lot more money on, and heaps more power. cool will check out strong for subaru and get a quote for the parts im after. cheers~!

cool thanks. will do plugs and leads tomorrow hopefully. also looking at possible doing the upgrade in http://www.clubsub.org.nz/forum/index.php/topic,196.0.html but will wait and get it running ok before i do. any idea of good places to look for parts in auckland apart from trademe?

So i got for very very cheap off a mate a 1997 forester st/b, very very high kms (close to 300) but had legitimate elderly rural owners, so lots of open road kms, tidy as inside and out so id really like to keep it. driveline and suspension feel great. recently had clutch, cambelt done. problem i am having is throughout the rev range, it has a few dead spots where it loses a lot of power, like its cutting out of gas and gives a good jolt. Last owner told me this happened once when he put 91 in, but i have only used 98 in it. anything that commonly goes wrong with these I can look for? friend said AFM maybe.. a full service wont hurt either, will do once i have this problem sorted.

haha yeah the handling is unbelievable compared to bigger heavier old man v8's. i remember a year or so ago my brothers friend wanted to race my dad. my dad had a e39 540i bmw, liek 220kw, raced my brothers friends v4 or 5 sti, he semi kept up on the straights but it was a joke at the first corner the subaru pulled way ahead.

sweet thanks for all the input. how much power am I likely to get on standard engine with exhaust and ecu reflash?

130kw is my current Audi a4, actually less than this. and 250kw is what im aiming for in the v7, so should be a nice change

sorry, quoted wrong one, is it quite hard to get a return trading?

Thats pretty sweet man, is it quite hard to get a decent return? Yup import duty is the one, 12.5% of FOB i think it is

haha yeah thats what i was thinking, even standard v7 will be sweeeeet.

Haha, 98 audi a4. fwd tiptronic 2.4 L :-[ pretty sure its around 170bhp, possibly a bit less

sounds sweet, how much did tune set you back?

sweet, what have you done to your v8 engine to get 230kw?