Congrats on the new ride.
I test drove a 05 wrx prior to getting my eclipse . They are fun cars.




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Love the 2011+ Wrx. Idk why they even produce the STi. Sure you loose out on a sixth gear, but everything else can be easily upgraded. COBBs stage 2 set up isnt too shabby either =]

 

yea haha thats what I've heard. Apparently intake, downpipe, exhaust and tune has you at 300+ to the wheels. I don't know if I want to get a louder exhaust though. I like it being quieter haha.

 

Beautiful car ! Love the WRX. Have fun with the boost!


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Beautiful car ! Love the WRX. Have fun with the boost!

Thanks dude!

 

Nice man! Got quite a different feel no doubt!

 

Yea haha I'd say there is a very slight difference :bigthumb:

 

I heard the ecu on the wrx is easier to tune than the sti . Not sure if it's true though


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I heard the ecu on the wrx is easier to tune than the sti . Not sure if it's true though

Yea I don't know about that. I mean I'd imagine they would make both fairly easy to tune since that is a huge draw for them. But yea the Cobb Accessport v3 is deff in my future. It's ridiculous how much easier it is to tune that the fricken Eclipse.

 

Alls I know for subies by reading up is that every mod you put in the engine it needs a tune, even just an intake because they run super lean factory.

 

yea I plan on getting the accessport v3 before I add anything else. The hatch grew on me cause I absolutely used to hate it but I still like the look of a sedan better. I did really like the eclipse's hatch other than the shocks, if those things get cold you'd whack your head every time.

 

But they are awesome cars, i want an sti hatch though. I like the idea of a hatch.

 

Awesome upgrade man, you can never go wrong with a wrb wrx.

Ya you definitely need a tune for an intake. The bad thing about the Injen intake is that COBB doesn't make an OTS tune for it. But who knows, it could have been tuned via OpenSource.

I do love the wrx sedans, they are very sexy. 2011 is the best year because they still have the black headlights and have the new front bumper.

 

yea and the bumped up HP haha :biggrin: Yea I was reading that the COBB doesn't tune for intakes, is that true? or is it just Injen cause then I'll just sell mine and buy one it tunes for haha

 

COBB does have tunes for the COBB intake as well as the AEM intake, but no others last I checked. You can verify it on their site when you look at the maps section.

Edit: Some vendors, like Perrin, make their own maps that will work with their intake. But I have no experience with those

 

I was telling ballfade on his thread that a buddy of mine with COBBs stage 2 tune and Sf intake with supporting mods put down 302AWHP on the Wrb. Great damn car brotha

 

I got the one with the box and I bought the black pipe as well. It matches the engine bay better

 

Yea I agree. Where do you buy your parts? I was thinking I may just continue to go through autocity still.

Damn Subis! Congrats, beautiful car!

I'm so jealous of your Evo haha that's the exact color and everything I wanted but I couldn't turn down the deal for my car

 

Damn Subis! Congrats, beautiful car!


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I bought the intake from Cobb because I wanted their license plate frames as well but I still order all my other parts from autocity just because I have to give them respect for helping out the aftermarket support for the eclipse, since it was my baby.

 

Haha I was feeling the same way. I wanna use our coupon code and let them know I'm still supporting them because of all the help with the eclipse. They seem to have the best prices as well.

 

Yeah do it! I'll probably order my exhaust through them. I wonder if Jason would be able to give us VIP pricing on subaru stuff. I'll probably PM him soon when I'm ready to buy my accessport v3

 

yea deff let me know if he does cause that would be pretty sweet haha

 

So I took off the Injen intake until I have enough saved up to get the AP v3. I also went out yesterday and bought myself a kayak!

Hopefully getting some hella horns soon. I'm thinking about going lime green for those. I'd also want to paint my calipers lime green but I haven't decided on that yet.

 

Haha, there's a roof rack put to good use!

 

haha ooo yea I'm not going just for show, even though I love the look. I just picked up some stickers for the fairing. I'll update once I get it in the mail!

 

So got the big power hound roof rack with locks from amazon for $135 plus tax. It will be able to hold 4 snowboards, I was gonna wait on ordering it but normally it's a lot more than that so I jumped on the price. I also bought a set of hella super tone horns with bracket and wiring harness. I have those at a shop getting powdercoated lime green so I should have those back tomorrow.

 

okay so I looked at my bank account, saw I had too much money and decided to buy the Aceessport V3 haha woot woot

 

I just got my new badges, I'm loving the color scheme. I have hella horns in the shop being powder coated lime green but they have been closed the last few days so I haven't been able to pick them up.

 

Finally got around to installing my Hellas. I got them powder coated and clear coated for $30 from a local shop near me. I'm loving the color combo and it's definitely a better sound than the stock horn haha

 

Nice upgrade i just traded in my 07 eclipse for a 2012 ralliart

 

congrats man! I liked the ralliart a lot the only thing that bothered me is that it wasn't offered in manual.

 

Thanks man, yea thats the only down side to her, let me know how you like
The ap i plan to go that same route. You plan to run cobbs stages or dyno tune?

 

I'm thinking I'll do the Cobb stage 2 package once I get my downpipe and then roll with that for a bit. Then if I start to mod more than that I'll go with a pro tune.

 

I like the color combo! Nice

 

Thanks man haha This is the color combo I would have done if I had gotten the same Evo as you!

 

So I just intalled my Cobb SF intake and tuned for stage 1. The sound of the suction is awesome and you get a BOV like sound at higher RPMs. Hopefully by the end of July I will be able to get a downpipe and go stage 2!

 

with the intake installed can you hear your turbo spool up? i know with a down pipe it makes a huge difference on hearing it whistle but some people also said having an intake will make it spool louder as well. And did you notice a difference in exhaust pitch with the intake?

 

Yea like Chris said you can hear the spool up of the turbo, no whether that is the turbine spining or just the sound of the suction i don't know but you can hear it whine. And you absolutely get that bov sound not sure if that is legit what it is since our cars have to recirculating bov but you hear the "pshh" sound haha. As far as the exhaust sound I've deff noticed a little more grumble but it doesn't sound like it's coming from behind the car, possibly from the stage 1 boost?