BkzTafetta
Well-Known Member
this car has always been one of my dream cars.....I MUST HAVE BEFORE I DIE!!!
BlkCurrant's '05 Impreza RS
- Thread starter BlkCurrantKord
- Start date
BadgerType
Resident ***hole
bumping a thread from 2009?
where is my ban stick at
where is my ban stick at
RedRyder
Save the manuals
Must be fun to tinker with an affordable car with great power and awd. I like it.
BlkCurrantKord
Super Moderator
BlkCurrantKord
Super Moderator
Picked up a complete set of '07 wrx 4pot/2pot calipers from work for crackhead price!! Just need the adapter brackets and larger rear rotors to make it all work. Picked up stainless Borla header for it too.
Calipers need some clean up even though they only have 35k on them. Probably going to send them and the header out to be recoated and rebuilt.
Calipers need some clean up even though they only have 35k on them. Probably going to send them and the header out to be recoated and rebuilt.
Last edited:
JMillerUA6
Grillin' rape steaks
Are the WRX calipers Brembos or is that just the STi?
BlkCurrantKord
Super Moderator
Update -
Got an off the shelf tune to help with the mods I've done (filter, header/exhaust). Extended the rev limited to 6400rpm and modified the sensitivity of the drive by wire throttle. I didn't know it but apparently you only use 40% of the pedal travel to get full power, which would explain why I'd always carry speed during autoX when I thought I was feathering the throttle and really wasn't. So now when I put my foot into it, it's actually like putting my foot into it. Makes 1st gear creeping incredibly easier (espcially @ drive thru's) so lurching or anything like it normally would just trying to give it a little gas.
Overall greatly improved the drivability of the car. Also, the guy who did my tune lives 2hrs away and I managed 28mpg getting there and back. Not quite as good as the accord but damn good for an awd car in the winter and all highway. My buddy barely gets mid 20's with his 5spd element and his wifes AT turbo forester is worse.
Got an off the shelf tune to help with the mods I've done (filter, header/exhaust). Extended the rev limited to 6400rpm and modified the sensitivity of the drive by wire throttle. I didn't know it but apparently you only use 40% of the pedal travel to get full power, which would explain why I'd always carry speed during autoX when I thought I was feathering the throttle and really wasn't. So now when I put my foot into it, it's actually like putting my foot into it. Makes 1st gear creeping incredibly easier (espcially @ drive thru's) so lurching or anything like it normally would just trying to give it a little gas.
Overall greatly improved the drivability of the car. Also, the guy who did my tune lives 2hrs away and I managed 28mpg getting there and back. Not quite as good as the accord but damn good for an awd car in the winter and all highway. My buddy barely gets mid 20's with his 5spd element and his wifes AT turbo forester is worse.
CrosCntryAccord
Well-Known Member
thats also because you drive like an old woman
BlkCurrantKord
Super Moderator
Probably...
CrosCntryAccord
Well-Known Member
