Jay762

dont think I explained myself too well... what I meant was if you have standard subaru ECU as opposed to an aftermarket one you could still remap it to suite the mods you have done so if you fit a completely bored out forged engine with a huge turbo you could use the standard remapped ECU. buying an aftermarket one can give additional functionality for monitoring or multiple maps stored but wont necessarily give you anything more from a performance perspective than a standard unit that has had an appropriate remap.

Wotcha and welcome - are you buying a 'ute' by any chance

That is really coming along - I'am rubbish with painting stuff, always make a complete hash of it and for the record it has peed it down on and off all day in Worcestershire so thanks for the reminder of what blue sky actually looks like

wow this is a great example - good luck with the sale

As the ECU puts a specific amount of fuel in the chambers at specific time intervals in theory you could have a standard subaru unit remapped and have 1500 bhp churned out. Its the other mods that will give the most returns and the ECU should be remapped to ensure optimum running in conjunction with the mods. You have a a good initial set of mods there and I would wager the ECU has already been remapped to suite. Air in Exhaust out - done next step would be more fuel in - uprated fuel pump and bigger injectors, high flow manifold - remap to suite bigger bang equals more heat - not good sorted by bigger (possibly STI unit) or front mount intercooler next could be bigger turbo but... if you are going to run more boost you would need to look at ensuring the head can take it - thicker gasket to lower the compression ratio and uprate the bolts + oil pump if you have the head apart you could look at stroker kits and forged pistons, lighter components reduce inertial mass and dont rob as much energy giving more bhp you could transplant an EJ25 unit taking weight out of the car and changing the power to weight ratio is a cheaper way of getting gains what I would advise before starting on engine mods is to make sure the stuff you have is running at optimum, are the injectors and bores clean, fuel filter in good shape etc has the transmission fluid been changed recently with some quality lube have an engine flush completed then have decent oil in - all helps the mechanicals move with low friction and good lubricant flow. Know and be confident the point you are starting at before investing potentially large sums of money into bolt ons hopefully food for thought PS The feb issue of Jap Performance car has an article (p72) about a chap who races a classic 2000 model subaru on a budget, runs about 400bhp but mixes it with 800bhp nissans

As Gambit says ebay local to yourself

yup photoshop capability far outweighs my own

That all sounds like a plan, As I understand it, so check with your local tester, as long as the letters numbers etc are the correct size and spacing and the mot tester can read it from a specific distance you are good to go, mazda mx5's had them at one point I would also stick with the smaller scoop - if you want more air through the intercooler go front mount

Mate I can see your heading for some quiet time in your house

that looks great!! - number plates do spoil it somewhat - think I would end up going for a bonnet sticker version - they pass the MOT

wet here all day - so time spent in garage with two wheels

thats the way, blame the manufacturer

Much improved - nice job

They have some poke that's for sure

I suppose I could always give the TV a blow over to match

I don't think you will be disappointed with the orange - Orange and black combo has worked on KTM's for a long time

Wotcha and welcome Darren

10 quid fix - that is a result - I used a blue print interior air filter - only issue was due to the design being quite a thin plastic frame and the box it came in are not designed to go through the courier system - it arrived broken twice. liberal amounts of superglue used to sort though. I think though when it comes to doing oil and filter change I will be looking at the HKS offering due to the claimed high flow capability as I would also like to upgrade the oil pump.

yup one of those in silver will do nicely - blue wont go with the telly

Ahh I recognise your style - adopted down my end on several occasions

just had a look at your photo - as I have photoshop but very little skill so... any chance you could give the wheels a bit of a wash down so they are more of one colour (makes it easier to select and switch) and take a photo from square side on so it is a flat image of the wheels because I had a bit of a play and it turned out rubbish due to the 3d aspect of the spokes having slightly different shades where all I managed to do was make thicker flat spokes with the one colour.

Wotcha and welcome

car furniture - petrol head IKEA - I will own an engine block coffee table - a la top gear - one day!

Wotcha and welcome Tom