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Old 10-31-2011, 10:39 PM
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low 300's on an 18G is about right. for 340 youd need to be pushing it a lot and need like every bolt on available. Better a 20G for easier power to hit 330-350whp. Unless you're on a COBB dyno that gets 320hp with just CAI and turbo back lolz.

Looks good Jon! Are the 750's going to hold up to E85? I thought 1k's were needed for that. dooooeeeeetttttt lol
What 750s? I'm running 1300s after this week after my tune I expect to be right at 300awtq. Not sure about hp.

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I think you can run 850s for E85.. but your not going to get the "bang for your buck" haha
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Updated mods to show what's going in now.
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i come from the evo/dsm world, hence my extreme lack of knowledge on suby's.

really nice car tho. wish we could have done some lake berryessa runs when i was still livin out there!!

ill post a build thread later, but i have a 2002 with a full 2006 swap (i mean everything) also an sti tmic, vf39, cobb dp, accessport.
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i come from the evo/dsm world, hence my extreme lack of knowledge on suby's.

really nice car tho. wish we could have done some lake berryessa runs when i was still livin out there!!

ill post a build thread later, but i have a 2002 with a full 2006 swap (i mean everything) also an sti tmic, vf39, cobb dp, accessport.
if all your mods are the usual suspects youll probably do about 275-285hp and a bit more than that tq.. just my opinion. avcs will help you also. my heads dont have it id like to see your build and pics. Its good to see legit swaps. If full swap = 6 sp then you dont have the 300hpish threshold that the 5sp guys do.. hopefully you have a good tuner where you are.

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its a 5 speed, ej255 not sti swap just wrx
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Old 11-03-2011, 09:45 AM
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its a 5 speed, ej255 not sti swap just wrx
unless you plan on getting a 6 speed you really shouldnt plan on going much above 300awhp. The 5sp is a split case design and is susceptible to torsion under load.
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Old 11-05-2011, 12:15 PM
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DW 1300's are in. The idle is nice and smooth @ 900 RPM. Same as on my 750's This is great news. On track to pick up the car monday night.

side note 750's are for sale only 200 bucks!!(half price from new)
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Sorry to revive an old thread and threadjack But I had a question:

I couldn't help but notice that the torque curve slowly drops after boost is created. Why is this happening? The first thing that comes to mind for me is that maybe the subaru heads can't sustain the boost pressure or maybe there isn't enough lift for the cams at that RPM?

Turbo too small too?
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Sorry to revive an old thread and threadjack But I had a question:

I couldn't help but notice that the torque curve slowly drops after boost is created. Why is this happening? The first thing that comes to mind for me is that maybe the subaru heads can't sustain the boost pressure or maybe there isn't enough lift for the cams at that RPM?

Turbo too small too?
my heads are CNC'd to STi spec so they are the same size but do not have AVCS.

I'll redirect your questions about the curve to my tuner, but I'll also be posting the tune we did last night so you can see the difference/improvement. I'm not sure what you mean by turbo too small. I wanted the car to be a DD and around the 300awhp range with the most usable power as possible. All while tuned with motor longevity in mind. When replacing my turbo the 18G-XT seemed like the right way to go to get into that range while keeping the 5sp.
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from what I have gathered when looking at Turbos etc etc. is that Turbos as their Size becomes to small, they either restrict Exhaust at Higher rpms, thus reducing torque, or power up top, or They produce too much heat instead of compressing the air, therefore losing their efficiency causing similar results. but I guess headflow would matter equally as much.
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i just got my retune. Ill post it when Ed sends me the screen shot.
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latest dyno is up.
I made 275.7whp and 301.4wtq at 18psi peak
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I changed post 1 to be more compact and look more organized in tables. Took forever to format them because we have really limited html on i-club.. no tables.. not much extra code etc...
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