no tune, just the exhaust.

Hmm it's been running for 3 years with the exhaust. It's runs really well too so maybe int has been tuned. Hopefully not by mrt. Did you note any difference it's the wrx top mount ?? They don't look very expensive. I wanna keep the car pretty much stock. Mainly due to reliabilty  nd I'm not into racing or anything. Just want a reliable quick daily drive for uni and work. Ii don't wanna be spending thousand of dollars to gain a few kw. Maybe some lowered springs and a tune if necessary. I don't want a cai as I don't want want intake noise and I don't want a blow off valve.  Any other Mods you'd recommend. It doesn't have any shitty mods. It's an import motor that was done with full receipts 3 years ago. The motor was 2900 and 2000 of other work was done at that time. Then 8 weeks ago the guy has spent 4k on timing belts. Arp head studs. Water pump. Thermostat, alloy radiator, clutch , cv joints. And bits of other work. The guy was going to sell the motor and drop and sti motor in. But he's buying my golf to work up instead.

all very good advise.
im going to leave it stock, look after it, regular oil changes and engine cleaner. and drive the thing
depending on how it runs a tune, but only if its neccesary.
looks like ill be a boring one.

the vod wont worry to much, im a pretty tame driver, and like you said ill also be shifting around 4k to keep it economical. ive been driving a flashtuned golf tdi which had more than adeqaute performance for my liking. so adding 40kw at 4 wheels to that will be more thane xciting enough for me.

I think you will enjoy the B4.

B42002 wrote:

Great cars, so much fun to drive. You'll read alot of peoplel complaining about VOD. Once you learn to drive around it, when giving it a bit It's fine. Most of the time when I drive mine I change at 4000rpm at least till the road opens up.

Yeah, the whole VOD thing is so overdone. I barely notice it and as above, it can be fun when going up against someone My biggest thing with the TT setup is that the most fun power is way up in the rev range.

What everyone above said. If it was well looked after it will likely be a great car to own. I love my B4

VOD is overrated, unless you feel like racing everyone then you wont notice it. The other issue is pinging in hot weather, but I just run it on BP Ultimate and haven't noticed anything nasty yet. An ECU tune can help with both of these issues, if you are keen. It is good you have a mate that owned one before, I went into it with no knowledge of Subaru's at all. Glad I did though it's been a fun car to own.

I have STi Pinks in mine and haven't had any issues regarding my Bilsteins? Only about a 1" drop but I like the height, I can get on the driveway this way

i have a mental problem when it comes to driving , i dont get overtaken..... ever

motor going pop , thats what a knock sensors for.

B4jamie wrote:

I won't be racing anyone ! Haha. Id be to scared for the motor to go pop if I did

when i see the party lights 2 things always run threw my mind, meeeeeep meeeeeep ( !!road runner!! ) and what's the misses going to say this time.
i came from a road bike background ,but i had to get off those badboys quick smart , got done 240+ in an 80 ( estimated ) (((  but hey look on the bright side, i gave em a run for there money, but yea no machine can beat a radio!!!

the cops always get u sooner or later , i prefer the later....

the EJ20 208 is a fairly strong donk, remember the give it a good run on the secondary turbo once a week to keep things carbonless!!! and running smooth.

this is true guys,
the extra costs of fuel ( my car uses between 4.2 and 6.3l per 100km no matter what i do) extra insurance and extra maintenance costs, not to mention the modification bug ( id already planned a tmic, fuel pump, autotch tune and cai) was just going to end up with me never saving more than $100 in the bank for a long time, I'm a uni student etc so I'm going to let darko hold onto his b4 and work on my 'big boy' future plans

great bunch of guys here and keep boostin'

ill put 48 litres after 400km. I refill at 400km...i dont want to be left on the side of the road with no petrol.

tune not required as was done so at time of exhaust. Fuel pump i'm sure has been done and a TMIC could have been worked in (i have an STI one sitting in my garage).

Not to worry.

B4jamie wrote:

this is true guys,
the extra costs of fuel ( my car uses between 4.2 and 6.3l per 100km no matter what i do) extra insurance and extra maintenance costs, not to mention the modification bug ( id already planned a tmic, fuel pump, autotch tune and cai) was just going to end up with me never saving more than $100 in the bank for a long time, I'm a uni student etc so I'm going to let darko hold onto his b4 and work on my 'big boy' future plans

great bunch of guys here and keep boostin'

I gots an 02 STI cooler : ) sitting in my garage, as well as a 3" dump for a T and also an STI muffler too (to get rid of the MRT canon)!