1) first of all i would put my driving skills up agaisnt anybody on this board. i have had 5-6 track days and countless auto-x's and lord knows how many mountain runs.
2) i never said anythign about not driving my car in the rain so not sure were you get that from.
3) its ok i understand if you dont want me to mod my car so its faster but i promise you would love the way the new sti looks from the back
as far as why i am messign with the car who on here could say yes my stock car is fast enough.
3) everyone wants a faster car that sounds better.
4) soa wont be voiding my warranty if i put on a exhaust system. they have to prove my modification caused the issue.
5) also i never said anything about ebay eque parts a magnaflow exhaust is far from cheap as well as the other parts i was wanting to install.
6) its funny a guy with a modded car is telling me not to touch myne. as i said befor yes i have 305 hp but that's at the fly not the wheels it more like 220 or so.
7) now if i had 300 at the wheels and was modding you coudl call me a moron
if you think me wanting to put on a exhaust system an intake and tune it is stupid then you are not a true car nut. now if i was talkign abotu puttign a new turbo and injectors and intercooler in a brand new car yes that's stupid but the parts i want to put on are very basic and simple
1) I'm glad you're an "excellent driver".
Your STI stands a better chance at staying whole, that way.
Auto-X and race your stock STi and get a real feel for it, no matter how "excellent" a driver you are, you don't have that car sorted, even stock, as short a time as you've owned it.
2) Sorry, you won't drive it in the
snow, my bad.
3) You have many (many) modifications to go, and many (many) thousands of dollars, before my '05 "sees the back" of your car,
if ever.
4)
INCORRECT.
Get the Modification/Warranty Service Bulletins from your SoA dealer.
SoA can
(and will) void your warranty if you have issues and they even
think that your rally-x'ing or racing your car.
Then,
it's up to you to prove them wrong.
Step away from Law & Order re-runs: SoA does NOT work like the American Justice System, where you are presumed innocent until they prove otherwise. The SoA warranty loopholes are excessive and stem from too many people using STi's as the purpose-built cars that they
are.
5) Just some advice, and Magnaflow is a 'Vette exhaust, no matter if they make a Soob model, or not.
6) Actually, your car dynos closer to 250whp...About 245 is normal, OEM.
Figure a 15% drivetrain loss, not 25%, as that's incorrect.
Like I said before, my STi got where it is by
previous owner abuse.
If I'd known that I was gonna' be about $55,000.00 deep into a $23,000.00 "winter beater STi" when I bought it 2.5 years ago, I would have saved a hell of a lot of aggro and bought myself a brandy-new STI, and saved myself about twenty G's. Oops-my loss, and experiences,
could be your gain, if you'd
listen.
7) If you had over 300 at the wheels, you'd be in
my STi.
Addendum:
I thought that
"I would like to know how your getting more power without boost?" was a silly question, too.
