Newby from Sussex

[Stevotheevo1]

Hi guys

 

Just bought my first Subaru, an 02 Impreza WRX wagon in black. I have no doubt I will be on here in the near future picking all of your brains.

 

Anyways just thought I would say hi.

 

PS, my apologies for the user name but its been with me a long time ;)  

[tom_gr7]

welcome to the forums dude :)

[Jay762]

Wotcha and welcome - I did wonder about the name put put it down to some form of evolving from one to another ;)

 

but we are all about the cars on here - we have Alfa lovers , VW enthusiasts, Landy lovers + a few two wheel aficionados, common denominator being internal combustion so feel free to browse and get stuck in

[Scooby Pete]

Welcome along :)

[Gambit]

Hi mate welcome to S.O.C 

More than welcome to pop on and join in when you want :)

[Stevotheevo1]

Just a quick update and associated question, whilst on boost and changing up through the gears the engine revs up between 200-400 rpm when depressing the clutch, at first i thought it was just me getting used to driving a new car but now im not so sure as this seems to happening consistently.

Also it has had a custom Ecu remap (BRD/TEK3) from b.r. developments, the graph shows 283bhp/319ft lbs, not sure if this could possibly part of the cause or not.

Thinking back to my (dare i say it) Evo days (Evo1) installing a BOV seemed to help with some of the tuning issues, so being impatient, which is my natural habitat, i jumped on eBay and had one delivered the next day, bolted it on, and i think maybe its a little better, at least in my mind.

 

Any thoughts 

[Gambit]

Sounds more like the clutch is slipping to me any idea when it was last changed ?    

[Stevotheevo1]

As far as I can tell from the paperwork it has never been changed, its done 88k with a comprehensive service history.

[Gambit]

It's done pretty well then I destroyed mine in less than 80k miles with a lightened flywheel. I would say its the start of the clutch slipping then :( 

[Stevotheevo1]

Well thats inconvenient   I will investigate further and see what comes up, thanks for your help/advice

[Gambit]

Sorry for the bad news :( you made me feel bad now :) 

I always find with the clutch is at the most inconvenient time. But like you say worth looking in to 1st 

[Jay762]

fitting the BOV may have alleviated it a bit by dumping the pressure and therefore some of the power so less strain on the clutch.

 

If you do replace the clutch it is a good move to have the flywheel skimmed to ensure even wear in the future