Hi,

Does anyone really have a 250-400whp WRX or any tips and advice on how to tune it???

If so, can you share your WRX setup?


My dream is to upgrade the WRX to 350 whp. I’m not really into drag / street racing but its nice to have at least 285 whp on tap ready to use at any situation. I know it is very expensive to achieve that kind of horsepower but does anyone really have such car like that? I currently have just the Blitz SUS intake and maybe later on I might get the HKS exhaust, BOV and header. I think it should be enough decent horsepower with that setup.

If I ever have extra money, I would get the following parts for my WRX:

Tein Type RA
Cusco front / rear swaybar
Cusco fronr/ rear/ triangle strut bar
Cusco front / rear lower bar
Cusco oil catch can
MRT swaybar rear link
Energy Suspension Bushing Kit
STI front control arm
STI engine / transmission mount
STI 4 piston front 2 rear caliber
DBA slotted front / rear rotor
Goodgridge brake line
Master brake cylinder bracket
Quaife front LSD
JUN 2.5 stroker kit
JUN synchronize gear set
Cusco twin plate clutch / flywheel
HKS racing bov
HKS F-Con-PRO/ boost controller/ fuel defender
HKS FMIC
HKS circle earth grounding
PE turbo 1818 / 1820
PE injector
PE fuel Pump
SARD fuel regulator / racing radiator / thermo
Samco turbo inlet/ hoses
MRT fuel rail kit
GREX oil cooler
Defi link gauges

 

I just got my car back from the shop, and here are my mods. They said that it will have between 360 to 400hp. I am going to the dyno at the end of this month.

Greddy E-man Pressure Switch
Greddy Airnx air filter
Greddy Oil catch can
Greddy Turbo Upgrade- T518Z
Greddy FMIC
Greddy EVO exhaust
Greddy Type-R BOV
Greddy Profec E-01 Boost controler
Greddy Turbo Timer
Greddy up-pipe
HKS Exhaust Manifold
HKS downpipe
ACT 6 Puck clutch kit
Sun grounds
Blitz Hoses
Walboro fuel pump
Sti injectors
Platium tipped spark plugs

Greddy oil pressure gauge
Greddy Boost preasure gauge
Greddy Exhaust Temp Gauge
Tein Flex Coilovers
Tein EDFC dampening contoller
Brembo GT series 13.1 front brakes w/ 12.9 Brembo rear rotors
OZ Supperleggera III wheels 19' x 8' On falken 235 35

Kaminari CF hood
Kaminari CF center rear wing
C-West side skirts
C-west rear lip spoiler
C-west grill
STI mesh foglight covers
Greddy front lip spoiler

Clifford Avantgard G4 security system

I think that is most of it. Minus the interior stuff and the ICE. I am saving up for the Sparco Milano's, the Turbo XS utec ECU and the STI projection headlamps. I still have to get it tuned,but I can tell you one night I smoked a tuned 2001 Mustang SVT Cobra like I was racing a Geo Metro.

Gotta love the sound of the Boxter with no cats

Here are some pics of my car before I took it in to the shop for the underbody kit, brakes, wheels, and rear wing.
https://www.i-club.com/forums/showth...5&pagenumber=7

 

Sites5 ,
Very sweat set-up you got there man...So far you're the only COOL guy with this kind of mod set-up! Most folks seem so
secretive when it come to their WRX mods but not you.... Hey, I can't wait to check out your dyno report. Lets me know when you have the result.....Good Job Man!!!

 

No problem. I can't understand why people are keepin' quit about their mods. I really don't care who really knows. If I can help out another person with their decision on what to do with their car I will. That is the point of this forum, right? As soon as I get the dyno results I will post them.

 

I just recently purchased the Nitrous Express intercooler spray rail with the upgraded 15lb bottle. I will have it on soon. Just thought I would add that.

 

I like modifications. To tune the car to how the driver wants is great. It makes the car unique. I know for sure that I will be putting mod's on mine.





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Member "Hassassin" has a Rex that dynos 275 AWHP with the stock turbo. Not too shabby!

 

March 08, I picked up my car from the shop today. Still not done, but it is a nice day in Pa. So I go on the Turnpike back to Harmar. I ended up finding a porsche 911 Carrera on the way. So we go to the turnpike and went ***** out. I was in 4th gear going 140mph still pulling the gear. I was suprised about that. My exit came up and I got off then about 30 sec. later the 911 came by. I felt like saying surprise surprise surprise like Gomer Pile. So I went to the gae station to fill up and ran in to some guys that I know. They have mustangs and were reving their engines. So I decided to rev mine. Next thing you know my scooby makes a horribe noise. I blew the exhaust temp. gauge from the manifold. I was so scared. I called my buddy from the shop and hurried to his house. It ended up that they outsourced the welding job to Mineke(sp). It was a ****ty weld job needless to say. My guys took it in and secured the EGT so I could drive it home. Everything works fine in my car, but it just sounds like a lawnmower. haha

What a way to end a perfectly good day. I felt like such a dumbass

 

Thanks Ken. I know practically all of you guys are against going fast, but I just wanted to test out my car to see what it could do.I was very excited and couldn't wait a month for the tracks to open up. I don't do it on a regular basis, just here and there. I usually go to the tracks. I highly doubt that you yourself havn't gone above 110mph on a public highway. Whatever you think of me is fine. I don't know you and will probably never meet you. But tell me the truth what is more of a danger, a person that went to racing school (like myself) or elderly people, people on their cellphones, people smoking while driving, etc. I'm not that stupid that I would constantly go out on the road and take the chance of killing other people as well as myself. Once again you don't really know me. I could do this all the time. You' re just giving a warning. That is a great thing to show your concern for others.

 

The reason that it sounds like a lawnmower id because i blew the weld on the EGT. Actually the place that installed the EGT didn't weld at all, they glued it. Yes I said glue. I got it fixed today. Sounds great now. The sound level when going catless depends on what kinda exhaust you have. I have the greddy Evo. It has just a low rumble.

 

My car is the loudest at idle. Cops don't bother me on the sound of my car. I don't have a sound suppressor. Thanks for the reply