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2 hours ago, gc8wrx said:

could the plain wrx engine handle the sti upgrades though? like more pressure from turbo

ill also go have a look at the ecu when i can

 

Max pushed a WRX block to 240wkw approx with a twin-scroll conversion. As long as you're not silly, adding a little more power is usually fine. If you don't want to go down the STI upgrades path a more cost effective solution could be running an electronic boost controller.

 

I bought and 'tuned' a Gizzmo one which was really, really nice. Had a range of built in safety features which are also 'tuneable'. Was $350 for the whole kit iirc and I upped from the stock STI boost which I believe is about 1 bar (or 14.5psi )to 17.1psi. Boost came on slightly earlier and very, very hard. Was really exciting to drive. Happy to be corrected if anyone knows the stock STI boost here.

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2 hours ago, RaKid said:

 

Max pushed a WRX block to 240wkw approx with a twin-scroll conversion. As long as you're not silly, adding a little more power is usually fine. If you don't want to go down the STI upgrades path a more cost effective solution could be running an electronic boost controller.

 

I bought and 'tuned' a Gizzmo one which was really, really nice. Had a range of built in safety features which are also 'tuneable'. Was $350 for the whole kit iirc and I upped from the stock STI boost which I believe is about 1 bar (or 14.5psi )to 17.1psi. Boost came on slightly earlier and very, very hard. Was really exciting to drive. Happy to be corrected if anyone knows the stock STI boost here.

was the installation hard on your wrx? also was the tunning difficult, after watching a video it looks fairly mediocre to hard. 

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I just took my time and followed the instructions. It's not hard to install and you need to play around with various settings to get it how you want.

 

If that's not up your ally then an ecu and turbo swap could give you similar results. What is the ecu numbers? 

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@RaKid, don't know how much you got to drive it but the bov goes off in really low rpms, is it mean't to do this, like can hear it go off from 2k rpm?

Also there is a bad rubbing problem, do you think getting new coils is the way to go or stiffer springs or is there another option?

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@gc8wrx never got to drive it man, only took feedback from Dan, but come around and we can take it for a drive and listen to the noises.

 

BOV might be adjustable and wound really tight which could be causing that. We can look at it too.

 

It's got brand new Jamex lowering springs so if it's rubbing or doesn't sound right then they may not have been installed properly or have possibly lost their correct seating during settling. Again, happy to take a look.

 

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Yeah when I first got it, it didn't rub near as much. And on the drive home after picking it up it didn't rub but the next time we took it out it did run? Just unlucky timing I guess

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14 minutes ago, gc8wrx said:

Yeah when I first got it, it didn't rub near as much. And on the drive home after picking it up it didn't rub but the next time we took it out it did run? Just unlucky timing I guess

 

Mmm I'd keep driving to a minimum if that's the case. Springs are something you don't want to get wrong.

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