whoa... they were right about slow.... I merged onto the highway... speed limit was 55.. I was doing around 25.. (2nd gear?) so I gave it some more gas.. still feels slow.. So I pressed the petal to the floor.. 2,000-3,000,4,000..5,000 by the time I got up to my speed I wanted (60 mph) I figured I had my foot to the floor for at least 6-10 sec..


Oh and yea.. that power mode works really good :D I merged later again to pick the forester up to switch cars.. I held it all the way to the floor (trafic was clear) power light came on.. car shifted right at 6,000 not bad for the shift map..

I think the forester has a power mode as well.. But just without the light.. Because that shifted at 5,100.

Is this normal.. But on my impreza the car wants to pull to the right.. Not only did I have a sore arm but I see about why my mom "thinks" my Impreza weighs more then her Forester which is not true.. The impreza has that sort of lazy turing style where the forester zips real quick.. I dunno if thats due to awd or whatever.

pulling to the right, check the tires pressures, if thats not it getan alingment, its not right for it to pull that hard to the right, following the road alittle is one thing. but you shouldnt have a sore arm.

crappy handling is most likely do to your tiny tires, blown struts and soft springs. also the high ride height can make it wander around with all the airflow under the car. AWD has nothing to do with that.

My car handled like that too, minus the pulling to the right. I fixed it :)

Originally posted by Hawk296
pulling to the right, check the tires pressures, if thats not it getan alingment, its not right for it to pull that hard to the right, following the road alittle is one thing. but you shouldnt have a sore arm.

crappy handling is most likely do to your tiny tires, blown struts and soft springs. also the high ride height can make it wander around with all the airflow under the car. AWD has nothing to do with that.

Yeah I HAVE to have the shocks changed.... I mean they are Shot... the car sits so low to the ground I thought it was going to bottem out on this sort of incline making a turn..

The Wheels where Shimming a little over 70 mph.. I duno when i'm going to do the tires but the shocks are a must!

As soon as I settle down and move stuff into this place i'm staying at.

mine was like that when i got it

new ngk plugs (ONLY NGK) and wires made a huge differance

shock/struts go to p-s-t.com kyb agx 389 shipped the gr-2s are even cheeper

someone here said the krb agx don't fit the FWD impreza...

Also I was going to get the NGK Irdium plugs And maybe the wires..

I know GR2s fit all around, the AGX will fit in front, however i dont know if the AGX will fit the rear.

Originally posted by SubaruImpreza_power
whoa... they were right about slow.... I merged onto the highway... speed limit was 55.. I was doing around 25.. (2nd gear?) so I gave it some more gas.. still feels slow.. So I pressed the petal to the floor.. 2,000-3,000,4,000..5,000 by the time I got up to my speed I wanted (60 mph) I figured I had my foot to the floor for at least 6-10 sec..



Power mode, eh? I guess you have an automatic. That's not good with the 1.8L engine. Change your sparkplugs, get a free flow panel filter, remove your intake silencer and reset your ECU...should make a difference.

Highway driving with those skinny 13" tires is scary. Anything over 70 is hard to handle. Replace those ASAP.
Get the GR2's when you have the money. Similar damping to the AGX's on the low setting without the adjustability. You could use RS springs to save $$$.

And you can put the AGX's on the front but they don't fit the rear. Just use GR2's all around.

Originally posted by DoinkMobb



Power mode, eh? I guess you have an automatic. That's not good with the 1.8L engine. Change your sparkplugs, get a free flow panel filter, remove your intake silencer and reset your ECU...should make a difference.

Highway driving with those skinny 13" tires is scary. Anything over 70 is hard to handle. Replace those ASAP.
Get the GR2's when you have the money. Similar damping to the AGX's on the low setting without the adjustability. You could use RS springs to save $$$.

And you can put the AGX's on the front but they don't fit the rear. Just use GR2's all around.

LOL No kidding with the tires.. Now I see why people get the cars in a 5-speed... the power mode did good. right at the red line. I thought for sure the car was going to jurk because it was going to hit the rev limiter but it never did..

What's the Free Flow Panel? I wanted to get rid of that intake silencer but that I have a MAF sensor it's harder to find some stuff.

Any "performance" panel filter like K&N will let more air flow through (free flowing) and give you a little more power.

And the intake silencer is inside the passenger side front quarter panel, removing this will give you a little more response and a cool vacuum cleaner-like sound. You don't need to modify the intake system to remove this.

When you get tires, make sure you keep the same diameter as your 13" tires, or it'll kill your acceleration.

Originally posted by DoinkMobb
When you get tires, make sure you keep the same diameter as your 13" tires, or it'll kill your acceleration.
Going from the stock 14" setup - was it 185/70/14? -- to a Legacy/WRX sized- 205/55/16 - made a huge improvement in high speed stability & cornering. The acceleration isn't too much different; the handling difference is amazing.

The car still has a very high noise/power ratio. :)

-Brian

I went from:
- stock 165/80/13 (23.4" diameter)
TO
- WRX rims/RE92 205/55/16 (24.7" diameter)
TO
- WRX rims/Yoko ES100 205/45/16 (23.3" diameter)

The jump from tiny, skinny stock wheels to WRX rims/tires was huge. I didn't constantly skid in the rain and I could take turns without feeling like I was going to fly off the road. And the car felt much more stable at 70+ mph. But my acceleration was killed - I'd always bog trying to pull into traffic.

When I put on the ES100's, the acceleration came back, along with waaaay more grip and traction.

Yeah Stock 13inchs suck in the wet.. each time I left from a stop sign the car vibrated badly has the tires lost grip.. And yes you are right.. When going around a corner the car feels unstable. I'm going to see if I can have the shocks and tires done at the same time.

Originally posted by KD7000


The car still has a very high noise/power ratio. :)

-Brian

LMAO thats so true... lol Like 5,000 Rpms just to go 25 mph... OMG I merged on the parkway last week... and a guy was in a truck behind me.. I swear I had the petal to the floor and he was still riding on my tail. He finally moved over in the next lane.. I wonder what the 3.0L feels like :devil:

the 3.0L isn't that impressive, really. It pulls, but very smoothly and not extremely hard. My 2.5L seems much more raw. the 3.0L is a very good old person/long trip motor.

~~Quentin

hmm i wonder do they have any 3.0L with turbo's..

Btw I think the outbacks in Japan look Soooo much better then the ones they offer here.. it's like blah..

Well, rumor has it that we are getting a 3.0L turbo in the Legacy. I imagine it will be a totally different motor, except for the block. The current 3.0L doesn't rev very hard nor quick. Maybe some new internals and a turbo willl fix that. (Also, the H6 I experienced was in a heavy ass Outback wagon)

~~Quentin

SubaruImpreza_power
whats up man i have a 93 L auto FWD and i think it kicks ass.
Not the greatest Subie, probably pretty close to the worst but oh well.
I have The KYB AGX and they do fit i also used the springs from an RS and they fit right in. Removed snorkler and put in K&Y fliter.
Then reset the ECU. Not bad but still a POS. Oh yeah i have 16"s with Michelan tires. Dont know how to spell Michelan???

I just wanted to let everyone know this car is a tank. I have beat the $hitttttttttttttttttttt out of it and nothing seems to ever go wrong. It has 120,000k miles and when its idleing you cant even tell its running. Next step is to sell it though.

OH yeah i got mine to top out at 110mph. YOu should see what you can get yours up too.

Originally posted by Subaruski420
SubaruImpreza_power
whats up man i have a 93 L auto FWD and i think it kicks ass.
Not the greatest Subie, probably pretty close to the worst but oh well.
I have The KYB AGX and they do fit i also used the springs from an RS and they fit right in. Removed snorkler and put in K&Y fliter.
Then reset the ECU. Not bad but still a POS. Oh yeah i have 16"s with Michelan tires. Dont know how to spell Michelan???

I just wanted to let everyone know this car is a tank. I have beat the $hitttttttttttttttttttt out of it and nothing seems to ever go wrong. It has 120,000k miles and when its idleing you cant even tell its running. Next step is to sell it though.

OH yeah i got mine to top out at 110mph. YOu should see what you can get yours up too.

Ugh.. You are so right you can't tell when it's running.. My mom thought when she would use the car for the day I can hear the starter grinding because the car has already been started.. thats why I like to drive myself.. The car has 128K some miles on it..


Can someone tell me the Height of the car I think the shot shocks makes the car low now.. I also bottemed out coming into a drive way to get gas.. Front bumper made contact nothing was broken.


I want to remove the snorkler but how??? When ever my title comes I think I might start looking again.. I really wanted AWD.. Hell My Ins. Co. Allstate they only have the 95 Impreza listed as AWD. Anyway I don't to put too much in the car.

You need to take the bumper off to get the snorkler off. There are four bolts in the car along the sides of the engine. The there is one bolt in each wheel well. Then the rest of the bolts on the snorkler are under the air box(which neends to be unbolted) THen just pull it oout.

Originally posted by Subaruski420
You need to take the bumper off to get the snorkler off. There are four bolts in the car along the sides of the engine. The there is one bolt in each wheel well. Then the rest of the bolts on the snorkler are under the air box(which neends to be unbolted) THen just pull it oout.

So wait.. Does this just remove the snorkler or the filter box? I thought most removed the filter box.

You just wanna remove the platic snorkler in the wheel well. YOu still keep the stock air box and should probably put something like a K&N filter in it.
After that if you wanna reset your ECU look under your steering column and there will be a set of black male and female plugs and a set of green male and female plugs.
With the car off plug the green together then plug the black together. Turn the key but dont start the car, just to the last click so all the electronics come on. If its an AUTO Put the gear selecter in the lowest gear and cycle up to park.
Now start the car and drive it around for 5 min or so.
THe check engine light shoudl flash in 1 sec interveles.
If it does not just reply back to this and i will see if i can help you out.

Originally posted by Subaruski420
You just wanna remove the platic snorkler in the wheel well. YOu still keep the stock air box and should probably put something like a K&N filter in it.
After that if you wanna reset your ECU look under your steering column and there will be a set of black male and female plugs and a set of green male and female plugs.
With the car off plug the green together then plug the black together. Turn the key but dont start the car, just to the last click so all the electronics come on. If its an AUTO Put the gear selecter in the lowest gear and cycle up to park.
Now start the car and drive it around for 5 min or so.
THe check engine light shoudl flash in 1 sec interveles.
If it does not just reply back to this and i will see if i can help you out.

Do I really Need to remove the bumper? If it's not so time consuming I can do it tomorrow. and Also is it ok to leave the filter I have in their now and get the K&n a little later?

How long will the Check Engine light flash for?

No you don't have to take the bumper off.

To make it easy, you'll want to jack the car up, and pull off the right front tire. Then, you remove the plastic fenderwell liner. The snorkel is right there...

I'm pretty sure this whole process is well documented over at scoobymods.

-Brian

NO YOU DONT HAVE TO TAKE THE BUMPER OFF!!!!

You dont even need to remove the plastic fender liner either, with our cars you just need to get off that one screw and like two clips from the plastic liner under the bumper area and pull that back enough so that you can get to the silencer and then get off the two nuts that hold it down and pull it out via the hole where you pull back the plastic under the bumper...

Cool and I don't need to pull the tire off (I need to buy a jack)

Just turn the wheel a little to the right and you have plenty of room to work with. You dont even need to lift the car, but you might want to raise the front for extra room (you can use the jack in the trunk for that)

Originally posted by Subaruski420
You just wanna remove the platic snorkler in the wheel well. YOu still keep the stock air box and should probably put something like a K&N filter in it.
After that if you wanna reset your ECU look under your steering column and there will be a set of black male and female plugs and a set of green male and female plugs.
With the car off plug the green together then plug the black together. Turn the key but dont start the car, just to the last click so all the electronics come on. If its an AUTO Put the gear selecter in the lowest gear and cycle up to park.
Now start the car and drive it around for 5 min or so.
THe check engine light shoudl flash in 1 sec interveles.
If it does not just reply back to this and i will see if i can help you out.

Where are these Green and Black plugs at again?

The green and black plugs are right under the steering column. You might have to search around a little bit, but i promise they are there just look through the mass of wires.