Hey Ed,

Don't forget to hold onto my stock crosspipe and I upgraded my AP so it seems like no more disconnect. There's a retune in my future, talk to you soon.

Paul T

 

so.........ive got good news and ive got bad news.

 

now that you *******s thought"haha he blew his motor" you would be wrong.

couple years ago when i was driving the wife to SF for medical stuff,i NAILED a chunk of concrete,which put a dent in my wheel. being that they were ADVANS,i wasnt to worried. about 6 weeks ago i had new tires installed and they OK'd the wheel for use. well,it wasnt.

wheel failed. a chunk the size of my fist broke off,while i was making a left hand turn at about 45mph. end result,car is at the body shop. nothing to major,all body with zero frame or suspension damage.
its getting new bumpers,trunk,door skins,hood,headlight and 4 new wheels/tires.

this is all if the total doesnt reach 14k.

so,once i get it back its either going up forsale or trading it in. stepping up to a new platform.

 

Hey Ed,

So I think I'm ready to get my custom tune for the 04 WRX. Just got the car ready with new fuel filter, new copper NGK plugs, K&N filter and oil change.

Mods:
-Turbo XS flex Upipe, thermally coated & EGT bung welded
-Silicone Y-Pipe
-Prodrive Axleback
-K&N Dropin Filter and ghetto fabulous airbox tabslot fix haha
-A few irrelevant suspension goodies

BTW, changing out to the K&N filter and copper plugs (platinum plugs were a tad old but looked perfect and still perfect gap after 60k), the car has a noticeable change in low-end torque and overall smoothness.

So now my question, I still feel slightly nervous about swapping out the downpipe for smog reasons (I had a smog shop question me about a battery monitor in the engine bay!) so if you could recommend one more thing I could do before the tune what would it be? With the birth of my daughter 2 years ago I've been sort of out of the Subaru world a bit so I haven't followed the latest tuning trends. I was thinking a grimspeed 3-port electronic BCS? I know you've traditionally been a manual boost control fan but I don't know if anything has changed in that regard. Thoughts?

I'm basically after a strong reliable custom tune that further refines the characteristics I love about the car. If I could smooth things out, that would be a plus too.

 

PMed.