XDevil666

No, not yet mate only decided this week I was changing my equal manifold back to an unequal one as since my latest remap - in 1st under high boost I have been feeling a judder in the steering wheel, took it to DLM in darlington and he showed me the uppipe is pressing down on the steering Colum under high load, so the end result is to remove the nasty cheap one and replace with a standard STi one which I hope will give me a little more power as the current uppipe has a small leak on the flex section

slimwiltaz

Ah i see, yeah ive also read about the stock up pipe snaping into the turbo. I hate horror stories lol... Also what is worrying me is my Leon was dynod at evotune at 196bhp and 230lbs of torque and it feels more aggressive than the Scooby does? Could this be the low boost issue?

XDevil666

100% the low boost issue

Don't panic you will be near or over 300 bhp upon a remap (don't hold me to it but I would expect that)

Do yourself a favor don't read these forums nor the Internet

You will be constantly in a panic for no reason lol

Another tip just drive steady until that remap, evotune will tell you what you have and hopefully will take out that manual boost controller for you

slimwiltaz

Yeah cool i would love it running safe with decent power, near 300 would be pretty awesome like. The cupra would of only made around 230 after another custem map so more than that then in happy. Yeah evotune also told me to drive off boost untill mapped

Rob Day

iTrader: (78)

The devil is right, if you read and believed all you had absorbed then you'd sell the Subaru tomorrow. Yes there a issues with some parts on Subaru's, but like any other marque all have weak spots, it's just that Subaru owners and garages/racers along with many have a done a lot of research (test>break>learn>modify>result) then shared and published findings. Some folk unfortunately don't have a reasonable understanding publish their results when they are either flowed, bogus, or damaging on what would be true or the right way of doing something.

This is quite a useful site http://www.scoobypedia.co.uk/index.php

On a plus side, you have started in the right place, let's see the results from Evotune, and remember that this forum can point you in the right place for exceptional work at very affordable prices, so don't feel the need to instruct Evotune to undertake any work required.

I can also recommend DLM if it's feasible to you, I had many dealings with Harvey (rip), and he and Darren made a very good duo. If your prepared to travel I'd recommend Cams Performance near Blackburn.

Rob

Rob Day

iTrader: (78)

Do you know what is required to get to 300bhp?

Rob

slimwiltaz

Thanks for the time taking to help me i appreciate it, for 300bhp is it pretty much the mods that the guy actually said was on the car? What is the common figure that the wrx turbo actually makes?

Rob Day

iTrader: (78)

If the turbo is a TD04, it will be highly unlikely to see anything over 275bhp

slimwiltaz

Tbh mate i would enjoy that, ive never had anything over 200bhp lol.... Started hearing a slight knock from the driver side rear today, after some resurch its poped up that the rear struts seem to be nowen for this, ive tried the quick fix with the white lithium spray but no joy.

XDevil666

do yourself a favour mate, stop reading and stop listening to your car

every car makes noises, just google and scoobynet makes it 10 x worse lol


been to evo yet?

would be interested in what they say

Rob Day

iTrader: (78)

Top mount knocking or leak is common, easy fix or upgrade so no worries there. STI Suspension is seen as an upgrade for a WRX and is so cheap to do.

......waiting on verdict from Evotune

slimwiltaz

Hey guys thanks for info on struts ha, just got back from evotune, he told me its the stock turbo,stock injectors, it hasn't even got the k&n pannel :/ it has the sti tmic and toyosport downpipe and exhaust, he had advised me to get the walbro fuel pump and pannel filter and he said he will stage 1 map it. He said it should be good for around 170bhp

XDevil666

270bhp you mean mate

Ah not too bad then, at least he didn't say it's knackard

So what's your plan?

slimwiltaz

Haha yeah 270bhp sorry, im probs going to go ahead with it tbh, if he can get it running safe with 270bhp i will be more than happy, its more power then i would of got out the Leon, pluss a better car :P

XDevil666

Yup and for 350bhp on a wrx gearbox your only injectors and a turbo away from it

You will have fun once car is sorted

slimwiltaz

Yeah im happy, could of had worse news, tbh in glad it hasn't been messed with to much.

Rob Day

iTrader: (78)

Lateral performance for a 255lph Walbro £70 ish
Cosworth or K&N panel filter lots of places to choose £30
STI pink injectors - from here if required? £120

slimwiltaz

Cheers, he didn't mention the pink injectors? Would them just need done once i decide to upgrade the turbo?

XDevil666

Yup

slimwiltaz

Is there any easy way to check if the fuel pump is a walbro?

Rob Day

iTrader: (78)

Yes/no.

You'll have to take it out of the tank to see, it's easy to do (20 min job)

• Take back seats out, bottom part first with three 13mm bolts I think, then top part with similar bolts that were hidden under the bottoms you have removed Remove
• Remove an carpet etc out of boot
• Remove fuel pump cover in boot (drivers side) behind the seats you've just removed with Philips screw driver
• Unbolt carriage assembly to fuel pump (6mm nuts I think)
• Remove earth off car battery
• Remove electrical and fuel lines from carriage (took out of way, under inner skin of boot)
• Lift out assembly with a slight twist to ensure it comes out smoothly
• You'll see pump, it will have marking on it

Rob Day

iTrader: (78)

Ps : pink injectors are not necessary sorry, I was still thinking you had a VF34 turbo which are capable of well in excess of 350bhp which the blue injectors wouldn't support.

Rob

slimwiltaz

Yous have been a real help guys thanks. Starting to love this forum already my guess will be it has not got the walbro fuel pump so might just go ahead and buy one to replace it anyway. Looking forward to getting it running good