possible upgrade talk
11-07-2008, 03:08 AM
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possible upgrade talk
hey everybody
im kinda new to the website but all you guys seem to be very knowledgeable about everything that goes on with these cars, ive been looking in to upgrading my 02 wrx with a vf39 or vf34, sti pinks and walbro 255 fuel pump etc my car does have 150k on it so would there be any internal upgrades i should also think about?? i already have a scoobysports tbe and a perrin up and cobb tuned at stage 1, what do you guys think about this?? good? bad? something you guys would do different?
thanks everybody
im kinda new to the website but all you guys seem to be very knowledgeable about everything that goes on with these cars, ive been looking in to upgrading my 02 wrx with a vf39 or vf34, sti pinks and walbro 255 fuel pump etc my car does have 150k on it so would there be any internal upgrades i should also think about?? i already have a scoobysports tbe and a perrin up and cobb tuned at stage 1, what do you guys think about this?? good? bad? something you guys would do different?
thanks everybody
11-07-2008, 08:32 AM
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you should start with a compression test. vf 34/39 are great and cheap upgrades for 2.0 motors.
if you have a full tbe shouldnt you be at cobb stage 2?
internal upgrades?.... 2.5 block would be nice ha
if you have a full tbe shouldnt you be at cobb stage 2?
internal upgrades?.... 2.5 block would be nice ha
11-07-2008, 08:43 AM
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Thats a tough call man. I have an 02 with just 80K on the odo. I just did some major upgrades, similar to the ones you are talking about, and the car is incredibly knock happy now. I baby the car, but there is a problem internally that I cannot diagnose. I did a compression and leak down test and everything looked perfect, so its likely that there is a leak of some sort somewhere. Anyways, what are you looking to spend on your upgrade. I ask because I would have probably been better off just doing a trade in and upgrading to an STI. Just a thought, also remember that these bugeyes need to be smogged now. Anyways, good luck with you upgrades, but make sure all is well under the hood before you spend a bunch on increasing performance. Just my 2 cents.
11-07-2008, 01:59 PM
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i just did the vf34 upgrade on my 04 wrx. i've got close to 70k miles on the engine. it's a fun mod, even just on the cobb off the shelf stg 2.5 map. need to get a proper tune sometime in the near future though. I'm glad gas is cheaper, cuz my foot has somehow turned into lead.
11-07-2008, 07:54 PM
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i just did the vf34 upgrade on my 04 wrx. i've got close to 70k miles on the engine. it's a fun mod, even just on the cobb off the shelf stg 2.5 map. need to get a proper tune sometime in the near future though. I'm glad gas is cheaper, cuz my foot has somehow turned into lead.
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11-08-2008, 02:16 AM
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well an sti would be nice but im just a 20 year old kid and cant afford that quite yet, but i have enough money to have fun with my current wrx. so what do you guys think my plan? anything different any of you guys might do and tips to throw in
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