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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 11:23 AM
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'05 wrx detonation?

Anyone ever experience any detonation on a brand new '05 wrx stock. When I bought mine in march after i broke it in of course, my car would detonate under wot in 2nd gear only. Since then I have installed a cobb ap and my car has only detonated once or twice in hot weather under wot, so I am not worried about it any more but I was just curious if anyone else has experienced this.
Old Oct 4, 2005 | 11:16 AM
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anyone?
Old Oct 4, 2005 | 11:37 AM
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I've heard of it happening, however my '05 did not have this problem
Old Oct 4, 2005 | 11:44 AM
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At least someone responded, but that doesn't really make me feel any better about my problem.

Took my car into Subaru and they took a look at the problem (whatever that means), but it still detonated after.

But like I said, the Cobb AP took care of the problem, I was just curious if anyone else had this issue with their car.
Old Oct 4, 2005 | 01:41 PM
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I've been told by a couple Subaru tuners that these 2.0 engines are prone to knocking. I have no way to verify that as my engines never does it (knock on wood).
Old Nov 9, 2005 | 10:26 AM
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whats detonating? i got a 05 wrx too, is this a common problem for the 05?
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