I was wondering if anyone can help me. I have recently just acquired a 96 wrx and it wont rev over 4500. Its seems like the limiter is set at 4500revs and not 8500. Can anyone shed some light on this rather annoying situation as to how i can get it "de limited" Thanks

 

Limp home mode i expect you have limited boost as well (8500rpm is a bit high for a wrx rev limit as well).
does the CEL come on?

 

ive had only had the car a couple of days and it did go up to nearly 8500 revs once.so could this be a loose wire or something to do with the ecu?

 

oh and no the cel doesnt come on and i apologise i ment wrx sti. i have taken it to my mate who deals with subaru's but he mainly does the uk models and cannot think of a reason y the car does this.he assures me the engine and turbo are running fine

 

Even though the cel didn't come on check here on how to read error codes on classic ecus www.JollyGreenMonster.com - Engine management specialist

Limp home mode is ecu related (does the speedo work?)

 

no the speedo is disconnected.is it hard to reconnect?

 

the speedo not connected will cause the limp home mode.
Reconnect it and reset the ecu (have a look on the link i've posted on how to reset the ecu.
Not hard to reconnect iirc

 

spot on mate.speedo reconnected didnt need to reset the ecu it is running sweet.thanks for your help

 

glad to have helped