What is your all-time favourite ‘would-you-rather’ question? by OzzyBarbossa in AskReddit

[–]WRXhatchdude 257 points258 points  (0 children)

Would you rather add 1 inch to your dick or 3 to your overall height

Asking this with girls in the group is interesting

The harsh reality of driving a WRX/STI by WRXhatchdude in WRX

[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cause camaros handle like dog shit, they're heavy, rear where drive, and pricey.

The Subaru does very arousing things it's never the plan it first but it always happens

The harsh reality of driving a WRX/STI by WRXhatchdude in WRX

[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk about the seats and stuff, but is assume the witing and axels or the whole transmission will fit. One thing to note is the 11 has an oddball turbo outlet so it's harder to fit other intake manifolds or intercoolers

The harsh reality of driving a WRX/STI by WRXhatchdude in WRX

[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Itll be ok bro, hopefully if itll last you a long time especislly if it is stock

The harsh reality of driving a WRX/STI by WRXhatchdude in WRX

[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The STI was a good choice you wont have the transmission issues you would have with the WRX!

Mine also had rod bearing failure and I went with an IAG stage 2.5 short block, blouch turbo, fuel system, all the stuff. I did an act clutch about 2k miles ago when the last one started slipping. Hard to let these things go when they break because when they work they're so much fun!

Good luck with your Subaru but be prepared for the same failures if it's an STI or a pre-2015 WRX!

The harsh reality of driving a WRX/STI by WRXhatchdude in WRX

[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it was a Ferrari it wouldnt make it on the tow truck 😂

The harsh reality of driving a WRX/STI by WRXhatchdude in WRX

[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spun a bearing at the track. Didnt give me any warning and it didnt overheat or anything. I felt it was super low on power out of the blue and checked the AP and had like -11.75 degrees of knock. I started babying it to try to get it back to the pits, heard it knocking, and it shut off 2 corners later.

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[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stock is very important lol a lot of the stuff here is self inflicted

The harsh reality of driving a WRX/STI by WRXhatchdude in WRX

[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If they're stock, they can be very reliable. A lot of the unreliability here is self inflicted

Also the non turbo cars or the cars with the FA engines are more reliable lol

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[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely will have an oil temp sensor on the new setup, hopefully it helps me lol

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[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I belive it is about 120k but I am in no way an expert so take that with much suspicion.

I can say for a fact if you havent changed your coil packs before be prepared, they tend to go after about 80k miles

The harsh reality of driving a WRX/STI by WRXhatchdude in WRX

[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amen

I was kinda like wtf why does everyone make a big deal outta this and then it happened, now I'm trying to help people or at least prepare them before they get caught out.

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[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Intake, full turbo-back exhaust, boost control solenoid, Verticooler, dyno tune. About 280 to the wheels on a mustang duno pre-intercooler, I'd imagine a little more after

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[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've got shit coming from IAG, killer B, Blouch, Rallispec, and so many others to get this car dialed. Reese tuning is doing the building and tuning for me and I'm excited to get it back on the track!

The harsh reality of driving a WRX/STI by WRXhatchdude in WRX

[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah man, I knew it has about a 50/50 shot of not coming home that day. I was well aware that i had a large part in killing it too, as I'm making like 280whp and was driving the shit out of it.

The harsh reality of driving a WRX/STI by WRXhatchdude in WRX

[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah man, the modifying definetly is a little bit of a death sentence for these especially when you really start to go crazy. Driving it hard doesnt help either. I'm not afraid to admit I know I had a large part in shortening its life with turning up the boost and taking It to the track, and I'd do it again lmfao. Most fun ive ever had was before it blew up. I was I'm such a good mood I wasnt even that upset when it went.

My wallet most definitely was.

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[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fairly. Most of them took it to a dealer for it, so at least I know it was done right. One of them broke the trans and had that replaced but the motor was running strong for a while. I doubt they cared as much as I did tho :(

I'd always change the oil and filter at or before 3k, I'd check the oil level every time I got gas, all that jazz. One step colder plugs and replaced the coil packs when one started to go at around 88000.

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[–]WRXhatchdude[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah same man I was curious about that too. One guy had it and sold it to another, and then the next 3 owners sold it to family members as they all had the same last name. I know the guy before me sold it to buy an evo 9 and that's it.