This is something that has come to light only recently i have a MY99 classic which is pretty much standard apart from a panel filter and back box - a buddy has a MY98 Wagon which has the same spec as mine yet there seems a performance difference, In third his boost really kicks in at 40mph and i swear goes all the way to nearly 95-100mph before tailing off, where as mine really seems to run out of puff at 85mph before i have to change up into fourth.

He seems to think his is maybe a Jap import - i heard somewhere that these run a bigger turbo, but i'm not sure but all i know his third gear compared to mine is phenominal

Can anyone shed any light on this - cheers

 

He will have probably have a bigger td05 turbo, bigger kick but longer spool up time.
My99/00 is a smaller td04 turbo, less time to spool up.

 

From what i understand he probably has the 801 ecu and you have the 802 ecu (they are interchangable) Downside is your 802 is more restrictive becuase it is set up to run better emmisions. Just a thought.

 

Well if his is a jap import it will have rear wiper, and no washer jets for headlights.

Im sure the 98 had the TD04??

 

dj219957 the ecu for my99 or 00 uk turbo are either 800 801 802 and not for 98 model .Chief get a full decat and ecutek 3 remap this is for 99onwards imprezas

 

I thought that, it really does keep on pulling where as mine just runs out of steam at 85

 

Will this make it pull harder higher up the rev-range???

which decat would you recommend???

Cheers

 

strange , i was told here on sn that ALL wagons have td04

 

My my2000 uk turbo had turbo back Hayward and Scott system jr panel filter Tek3 remap on tdo4 with 18.5psi when egt temp was up did not know what power i had never had it on the rollers the tek3 was done by Andy forrest.

 

Thats because you weight 10 stone more than me ! !

 

What??? i'm not an ounce over 21 stone

 

you are correct, all wagons have a td04's.

Proof if required, is on andy forrests web site..... turbocharger section.

Will

 

Well for whatever reason his pulls like a train all the way to 100 in third

 

The gearboxes are different on the UK and JDM models.

The UK version has longer gearing and will continue to
achieve higher top speeds in every gear.

The JDB (WRX/STI) variants have shorter gearing which
give quicker 0-60 times but a lower top end.

This may have something to do with what your explaining.

Rob

 

Mine is a UK model though

 

maby u need a new hamster under ur bonnet??

It could just be down to how the two engines are holding up, what oil they running, last service, diff/gearbox oil/condition, wheel size, pressure etc

Although his seems to pull harder to 100 have u tried a 0-100 race with him? c what the results are. Will also let u c where his gear changes are compaired to urs and where the power bands are on the two cars. - its also fun (dont let the p.c. crew know though!)

 

A wierd question but maybe related to it being a uk model or jdm, Chief has a saloon with no A/C and no sun roof. Usually cars have no sunroof if the car has got A/C. Maybe this gives a clue to it being uk or not ???

Mines got a sunroof and no A/C and a year older than this, MY98. His has a MY99.

We've also noticed he has no heat shield on his turbo. Which I thought he might have had the downpipe replaced or something.

Carl, we will have to wait till the RR day in feb. And see what happens.

 

Is this side by side, or is it both of you in the same car?

As said if his is a jap import the gearing will be different, the speedos could be out etc.

Also his will only have 1 cat in the downpipe, yours has another one in the centre section. A JDM WRX has a less restrctive silencer in the centre section.

 

Wagons have rear wiper any way