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Hoping to find some help here and better understanding of upgrading my WRX.
Just got a 2007 WRX, brand new had it about 6 months and trying to get some more miles on it, only got about 4k on it right now. Looking to do some minor adjustments, trying to keep it under warranty and somewhat under control...although being in New York, emissions laws are tough to work with.
So far I've probably wasted a bunch of money on this, but I did purchase the SPT CAI from Subaru and the SPT cat back exhaust. Did these upgrades about a month apart, CAI was first, noticed right away higher RPM's were more powerful. Then with the exhaust, other than the nice sound it makes, seemed like the car was a little smoother, but might just be thrown off from the sound.
Anyway, been reading up a lot of upgrades to get, mostly off of scooby websites, but at a loss on the namebrands that are out there. Being a computer engineer if you ask me who are the best manufacturers of air cooling, I would say Cooler master, Thermaltake, Silex, Zalman, Thermalright...unless you were a systems builder enthusiast you wouldn't have a clue what I was talking about....exactly my situation with the upgrades available....I see Helix, Invidia, Perrin, Turbo XS, HKS and I have no clue who does better or what their claim to fame is.
What I am looking for is some advice on what I should do to my car - I have seen some High Flow Catted Down pipes, not sure if these are worth it or not. One of my muscle car buddies said to get headers....but he said I dunno about your car - If I am going to do this I want to get it right the first time. In getting the High Flow Cat Down pipe - I am still going to get restricted by the Cat between the down pipe and the exhaust right? Obviously there is way more to it than that, but looking for some help trying to plan where to go. I suppose the goal is to get at least 300hp, maybe top out at 350hp eventually. In buffalo all my friends are mostly into muscle cars, or love talking about modding but don't do it and have no first hand experience, so I am on my own about this, only thing I have are 3 mechanics friends who will install this stuff for me, but no idea on the impact of the parts or who/what I should go with.
Would appreciate any help or advice anyone can give.
Just got a 2007 WRX, brand new had it about 6 months and trying to get some more miles on it, only got about 4k on it right now. Looking to do some minor adjustments, trying to keep it under warranty and somewhat under control...although being in New York, emissions laws are tough to work with.
So far I've probably wasted a bunch of money on this, but I did purchase the SPT CAI from Subaru and the SPT cat back exhaust. Did these upgrades about a month apart, CAI was first, noticed right away higher RPM's were more powerful. Then with the exhaust, other than the nice sound it makes, seemed like the car was a little smoother, but might just be thrown off from the sound.
Anyway, been reading up a lot of upgrades to get, mostly off of scooby websites, but at a loss on the namebrands that are out there. Being a computer engineer if you ask me who are the best manufacturers of air cooling, I would say Cooler master, Thermaltake, Silex, Zalman, Thermalright...unless you were a systems builder enthusiast you wouldn't have a clue what I was talking about....exactly my situation with the upgrades available....I see Helix, Invidia, Perrin, Turbo XS, HKS and I have no clue who does better or what their claim to fame is.
What I am looking for is some advice on what I should do to my car - I have seen some High Flow Catted Down pipes, not sure if these are worth it or not. One of my muscle car buddies said to get headers....but he said I dunno about your car - If I am going to do this I want to get it right the first time. In getting the High Flow Cat Down pipe - I am still going to get restricted by the Cat between the down pipe and the exhaust right? Obviously there is way more to it than that, but looking for some help trying to plan where to go. I suppose the goal is to get at least 300hp, maybe top out at 350hp eventually. In buffalo all my friends are mostly into muscle cars, or love talking about modding but don't do it and have no first hand experience, so I am on my own about this, only thing I have are 3 mechanics friends who will install this stuff for me, but no idea on the impact of the parts or who/what I should go with.
Would appreciate any help or advice anyone can give.