Part 2: Congratulations to our newest moderator....

[Luv2xlr8]

I thought I share this here since we are talking about Hondas and subies...sorta. Lol

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[zippypcs]

Congrats RDSS. And thank you.

 

[rdss]

Thanks zippy.

 

[Preloader]

Hey redsupersport, I made friends with a Subie fanboi coworker, who is basically dry-humping my Sonic. He has a newish STi and is asking me lots of questions that I can't always answer.

Got a good Soob forum I can refer him to?

Also, he says he just ordered a 3" DP. Any guesses on what brand it likely is? I want him to think I know more about his car than he does. Jajajaja

 

[Eric Smit]

perrin, nasioc.

 

[rdss]

I prefer Subaru Impreza WRX STI Forums: IWSTI.com for a forum over NASIOC. Seems to be a little more mature and laid back.

PERRIN stopped making their down pipe for the GR WRX/STi. It could be a number of brands, if he isn't tuned for a DP he will damage his motor quickly. The EJ250 isn't as forgiving in the ECM department as the Sonic is.

 

[Preloader]

He's holding out for his tune before he installed it.

Sounds like both cats are part of the DP huh?

He said he's only deleting one.

 

[Eric Smit]

well I found a way to be way wrong. haha

 

[rdss]

It sounds like he is in the right track then, you can't even out an intake on the car without running it lean. It's tune or nothing....

The factory pipe is a two piece and most aftermarket replacements are one piece. There are a few options for down pipes, Mad Dad has a full bell mouth down pipe (catted and not), a divorced down pipe (same cat options) and then a upper cat delete with divorced flange. You can probably deduct which brand I'm going with when I man up and decide to go stage II.

Eric, it's not the first or last time....

 

[Eric Smit]

very picky engine management indeed.

 

[Preloader]

Also, he made it sound like Subaru will be notified if the ECM detects any modding. Like a tyrannical OnStar. So he is nervous to do anything til he can get a tune to cloak it.

BTW, this thread is now about Subaru support.

I'll find out what year and model he has and report back.

 

[Eric Smit]

I second the motion to rebrand the thread.

 

[rdss]

There is no way to hide the flash count, it will be +1 every upload no matter what. In the WRX and STi's the first thing they look for with motor issues is the flash count and proceed from there. My learning curve was extremely steep on this car and I'm still learning more and more about this car. Fortunately I'm more than happy with every aspect of the car and don't need more power or better handling at the moment...

 

[Eric Smit]

always need more power.

 

[rdss]

Yeah, me too. But with the ring land issues on stock STi's I'm playing this one safe and will be doing springs, bars, end links and chassis stiffening first. I'm pretty sure the ring land thing is blown out of proportion and is probably just highlighted on a enthusiast site but the last thing I need is to pong up 3,000 for a forged internal block, the cost for install and the rental to get me and my boy around until it's done.

 

[Eric Smit]

worth every penny.

 

[rdss]

What's that?! Suspension mods? Hell yeah!! It's hard to believe that the car can handle better than it does not but it's a fact.

 

[Eric Smit]

no, the forged internal block.

 

[rdss]

I'll finish the power train warranty and then push the block to failure once I have another vehicle other than a bike. Then the build will probably start.

 

[Kuntryboy865]

Awesome congrats.