MidLifeCrisisII

OK without going OTT......
The car is a Dec 01 bugeye WRX with STI rear box, otherwise standard at 28K miles.
Handles like a dream, goes like stink until I put a passenger in it (OK so I have fat mates).
I'd like to boost the power with undetectable, cheapish mods that don't upset the fuel economy...... oh and a bunk up with Jenna Jamerson while you are at it....
Any advice ? on the car, none of you well adjusted people will have heard of Jenna I'm sure

TimmyboyWRX

jenna jameson is nice, can i have a go once youve 'lubed her up'

nathanb

iTrader: (1)

She's at mine, I'll send her round when i'm spent!!

Mother Theresa

By "undetectable" do you mean so the wife doesn't notice?

MidLifeCrisisII

Insurance really MT... wife won't mind/notice anyways...

dmc1980

its a subaru, you arent going to get any mods without a change to the fuel economy, well, not that ive found anyway.

As for insurance detectable mods, is there any that arent? Go for a prodrive sports cat and a prodrive back box, make things flow a bit better. You should technically still tell them, but thats a choice you gotta make.

corradoboy

Insurance won't notice until you make a claim for a total loss from your hospital bed and are unable to get to the car to revert it to standard. Whatever you do, declare it otherwise your uninsured. A decent company like A-Plan or Keith Michaels won't skin you for minor stuff anyway. It simply ain't worth the risk Just imagine that an accident that you are blamed for results in 6-7 figure medical and compensation claims Can and does and may well happen.

chris_c201

Depends what your budget is.... if you can scrape up about £550ish then just go straight to a remap, no increase in noise, no physical difference, very difficult to detect and you will get the best performance gains.....

Bat-Fink

https://www.scoobynet.com/newage-wrxs-post-t525664.html

www.scoobycity.co.uk

The Chief

If you want to keep things subtle i suggest something like a Magnex back box and a remap. a remap will actually give you better economy as the standard Subaru tends to run a bit rich as standard (so i've been told) thing is - you'll tend to put your foot down more

MidLifeCrisisII

Cheers people.....

By re-map, would that mean a new chip or simply a different fueling map for the injection system (don't blind me with science pls)...?

I'm guessing its what Subaru do for the STI as I thought that had the same Turbo?

and Jenna is at my place now thanks, I have OMOM printed on my *rse (work it out)

chris_c201

No WRX has TD04, STi has VF34 / 35, some older ones have TD05 turbo, not certain on when things changed....

Remap uses the standard Ecutek ECU on your car and they change some settings, primarily fuelling, boost and timing etc which results in an increase of power....

It also has the beauty in that for your year of car you will be able to get a "switchable" map which means you have a low boost setting for economy and "general" driving then a performance map which is for FUN!

MidLifeCrisisII

Now THAT is great Chris, how do you switch the mapping?

chris_c201

Think it is usually related to double tapping the rear screen demister switch while holding the accelerator down...

Something along these lines anyway and you can request how "economic" you want the maps to be....

hades

I'd also look to fit a de-cat up-pipe, as the up-pipe cats on the 01-02 are fairly constrictive. This is a mod that will only be spotted by someone who goes looking for it as the up-pipe is fairly well "hidden" within the engine. Whilst you're at it, porting the headers can't be detected without taking the thing apart, and also provides a few useful gains. Both of these would maximise how much benefit you get from your map.

As regards fuel economy, a full exhaust system and remap will not give any worse economy on a run or when driven gently. On some occassions, it will actually be a little better as the engine is running more efficiently. The fuel consumption will go up a lot if you use the extra power - you can't have the power for nothing!

The Trooper 1815

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MY 01 WRX EcuTEK Re-map, HKS Hybrid Panel Filter, 225 Fuel pump, 3 port boost controller and WR Sport BB. Still with the cat's and resonator fitted got 265 BHP/334 Nm at Powerstation. STi performance for half the price of PPP. Oh yeah I did get better MPG driving "Normally" Go on you know you want to!

MidLifeCrisisII

Sounds a tempter indeed. Our local scooby tuner has some options. Power pack 1 looks like a goer, but I don't want to throw away the brand new STi back box that got fitted after I was rear-ended....

http://www.enginetuning.net/products...za_upgrade.asp