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From: Kailua
Car Info: Bugeye
I'm still in my infancy of tuning as well, but from the research that I have done the best place to start seems to be intake, (www.cobbtuning.com) header back exhaust, (www.MRTRally.com, http://www.techworkseng.com/products...tsystems.html, www.borla.com) lightweight pully, (www.mrjosh43.com)
These mods are some of the fairly mild ones that you may want to pursue as you start. Another area that should definatly be addressed before you start adding to much scoot is suspention. If you haven't already, pitch the RE92's (tires) and invest in something quality. I decided on Yokohama AVS DB's and they are great tires. A rear sway bar should net some of the most noticable gains. In addtion to the RSB endlinks and mounts are HIGHLY reccomended. These can be sourced from COBB, Perrin, (www.Perrinperformance.com) or any number of other providers. A good strut and spring combo always helps and better yet coilovers are avaliable, though they will cost you. If you are looking at spending money on struts and springs, KYB AGX's (www.kyb.com/shocks/agx.html) and Prodrive (www.prodrive.com) springs are always a good bet. More advanced things are also avaliable depending on how much cash you feel like dumping into this. Cams, Heads, Valves, HC pistons, forged rods and things of that nature are all avaliable. I hope that this helps. Regards! Welcome to the Impreza! And sorry for the long post...
TVA
These mods are some of the fairly mild ones that you may want to pursue as you start. Another area that should definatly be addressed before you start adding to much scoot is suspention. If you haven't already, pitch the RE92's (tires) and invest in something quality. I decided on Yokohama AVS DB's and they are great tires. A rear sway bar should net some of the most noticable gains. In addtion to the RSB endlinks and mounts are HIGHLY reccomended. These can be sourced from COBB, Perrin, (www.Perrinperformance.com) or any number of other providers. A good strut and spring combo always helps and better yet coilovers are avaliable, though they will cost you. If you are looking at spending money on struts and springs, KYB AGX's (www.kyb.com/shocks/agx.html) and Prodrive (www.prodrive.com) springs are always a good bet. More advanced things are also avaliable depending on how much cash you feel like dumping into this. Cams, Heads, Valves, HC pistons, forged rods and things of that nature are all avaliable. I hope that this helps. Regards! Welcome to the Impreza! And sorry for the long post...
TVA
Last edited by TVA; Jul 8, 2003 at 09:47 PM.
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From: my home is Portland but I'm @ School in Seattle
Car Info: 1998 Subaru Legacy L 5-speed
what I did when I was in your place was contact Rallitek (www.rallitek.com) and tell them your goals, they will tell you how best to meet them and what they can do for you.
Originally posted by BAN SUVS
Yes. All pre-2000 Subarus are MAF quipped AFAIK.
Yes. All pre-2000 Subarus are MAF quipped AFAIK.
god the american consumer is so freaking dumb *rant*
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Yeah, but if you weren't a huge car nut (which the average 4-cylinder wagon buyer isn't) wouldn't you want to believe the salesman when he said that too? 
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From: Atlanta, GA
Car Info: 2000 2.5RS
Originally posted by BAN SUVS
All good info, except that with a '98 RS, you don't want to put an intake with the MAF sensor. Just do the silencer mod.
All good info, except that with a '98 RS, you don't want to put an intake with the MAF sensor. Just do the silencer mod.
JC
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It's not just the fragility- putting an intake on a 95-98 MAF subaru isn't very productive. Poor results for the dollar. A silencer mod plus, say, custom exhaust for like $250 is much better.
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Originally posted by BAN SUVS
It's not just the fragility- putting an intake on a 95-98 MAF subaru isn't very productive. Poor results for the dollar. A silencer mod plus, say, custom exhaust for like $250 is much better.
It's not just the fragility- putting an intake on a 95-98 MAF subaru isn't very productive. Poor results for the dollar. A silencer mod plus, say, custom exhaust for like $250 is much better.
JC