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Depending in who you speak to 330ish normal sort of results on new age sti with decat and map, turbo is the limiting factor. Beware mappers or tuners claiming high figures because there either bs or pushed so hard during mapping they run to agressive timing and suffer det issues.

ah right, hats a tad different then. Rods will limit you to around 400, but could put a larger turbo on it and push it up towards 400. Sc42 will be about right and will spool well on a 2.5. injectors may need an upgrade.

Im assuming yoru still running the standard 2.5 engine? First port of call is rebuild with proper pistons, rods and such if your wanting to boost performance. as long as yours is ok £4k should be enough to get it done properly. You could try decat, panel filter and map, but is a risk on the standard 2.5

haha yeah, welcome to the world of tuning. Did you have a budget in mind?

500bhp at the wheels is around 600bhp at the fly, that is some mega power and gonna be a serious build, £20k by the time all support mods are in place at a guess. Bear in mind will be a full overhaul of engine, fuel system, gearbox, clutch, turbo, ecu etc etc. why so much? whats the most powerfull scoob you have driven?

full engine rebuild, lots of supporting mods and £500 for a 700bhp turbo is waaaaaay too cheap. leave well alone. What is it your trying to achieve?

Blue smoke = oil burning White smoke = water Black smoke = fuel unless your seeing lots of black smoke out of it i wouldn't worry to much, if in doubt just give clinic a bell and can always run it back to em to give once over.

thast cheap. rear arches rust from inside out, so when it becomes visible there will be inner arch issues as well, how far the rot has gone wont be know until they strip it back and see how deep the rust goes.

need to match it with light weight fly wheel or its pointless

way ott price wise. 30k is roughly where a sale price will be

Pics would help

Welcome :-)

cdb 2.1 was origional plan :( i know needs some lovin, reminds me need to ping kev a mail

yeah im at work. in the week aint a great day for it

Do tourself a favour, put it on ebay and take the money. Total waste of money im afraid mate, drive it steady to let it warm up for first few miles, drive it steady last few miles to let it cool down. Turbo timers dont allow all fluids to circulate properly and cool evenly so are not worht it.

plans have kinda gone backwards so not sure what route now. I'll let ya know cheers

Hawk jdm, or a uk with forged engine, sti all the way.

modding scoobs right isn't cheap, cut corners and will destroy the car. trying to save £50 here and there can cost you alot more than that

welcome :)

Brakes as a starter, then decat, panel filter and map, followed by the handling mods, then the viusual stuff. as least that what i'd do :) p.s. i'd still go down the AP route myself ;) lol

need to know how much tbh, up to 1L per 1000 miles is within subaru official limits and also may not be as much leaking as you think.

the round black blob? thats normal

forrester blob? hahaha

He's very very very glad,,,,,, hahahaha He's very very very glad He's very very very glad

By topping it up, how much are you actualy putting in? would be a big puddle on the floor if rocker was leaking as much as it sounds like it is 1 Litre per 1000, 1 Litre per 100 miles?