[The_Silent_Assassin]

just wondering if the ppl out there with subarus with between 350 - 400whp and use them as daily drivers, cpuld share there view as to what there like to driver as a daily driver as i am working to build my car to around 350 - 400whp and use it as my daily driver?

What are they like to drive as a daily driver please?

[staticx313]

A 350-400whp STI can be made to drive just as smooth as stock with the right tuner. We put down 403whp/417wtq on a 3" 20g with pump fuel and meth injection and the car ran just like stock with an extra 150-170wtq kick around 3000-4000rpms . Just stay around the 4Xlb range on the turbo and you should be fine on making a setup that spools like stock with a huge gain in power .

Robert~

[AdamBlitzer]

Some tuned cars run better than stock. I have yet to drive Bruce monster, however, i have read that it rides better than stock.

I am about to be tuned and i am shooting for 375 whp. I would not say mine is an everyday driver.. but it could be if i needed it to be. It trade on and off.. I will drive it a month straight then put it away during the week and jsut drive weekends, or i could just drive it 3 times a month. I vary a ton. I am building for reliability so that i could drive it as a daily driver.

[foofoodar]

With a daily driver and that kind of power, what kind of fuel mileage do you get?

[SoaReS]

Originally Posted by foofoodar

With a daily driver and that kind of power, what kind of fuel mileage do you get?

all depends if your boosting or not.

[Ross]

Originally Posted by foofoodar

With a daily driver and that kind of power, what kind of fuel mileage do you get?

With more power it is feasable that you could get better gas mileage than stock. if you think about how fast your car can go stock, that is under 100% power. now if you have a upgraded turbo, you could probably use 60% power to perform the same as stock. less power used = less fuel used = better gas mileage.

[Ol'SaltyBastard]

Daily driven here with a 20G. Car is smoother than a baby's bottom. I really can't explain how happy I am since ditching the UTEC. Ecutek all the way!! Oh, the stock STi springs suck the big one!!! More bounce than a fat lady doing jumping jacks.


I tend to drive quite normally 99% of the time, shifting at 3800 rpms.

[RainMaker]

I daily drive my 3" Green car. So far my experience with the Perrin BigMAF has made drivability a slight issue (turbulence). PDXTuning is fixing that as we speak. Currently, a very nice non-permanent fix has been worked in.

The big "plus" that I have for daily driving (other than a damn good local tuner) is an electronic boost contoller (Apexi AVC-R in my case).

The EBC seems to rescue some of the lag of the Green, and makes 2 maps available. (High boost and Daily Driver boost). I dyno'd at 370/370 awhp/tq on a Mustang dyno, but at 23-24 psi. I don't want to drive that psi every day. I run about 20-21 for everyday driving.

With the EBC I see approx 10 psi at 3000 rpm and I shift at around 3500 in typical driving.

I wouldnt go larger than a 3" FP green for a daily driver, personally.

If we are talking about non-drivetrain things, JDM Pinks and alot of RaamMat noise-proofing made a siginificant difference in the quality of daily experience I have. A quiet exhaust would help even more, but I cant find one I feel flows well enough.

[The_Silent_Assassin]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

I daily drive my 3" Green car. So far my experience with the Perrin BigMAF has made drivability a slight issue (turbulence). PDXTuning is fixing that as we speak. Currently, a very nice non-permanent fix has been worked in.

The big "plus" that I have for daily driving (other than a damn good local tuner) is an electronic boost contoller (Apexi AVC-R in my case).

The EBC seems to rescue some of the lag of the Green, and makes 2 maps available. (High boost and Daily Driver boost). I dyno'd at 370/370 awhp/tq on a Mustang dyno, but at 23-24 psi. I don't want to drive that psi every day. I run about 20-21 for everyday driving.

With the EBC I see approx 10 psi at 3000 rpm and I shift at around 3500 in typical driving.

I wouldnt go larger than a 3" FP green for a daily driver, personally.

If we are talking about non-drivetrain things, JDM Pinks and alot of RaamMat noise-proofing made a siginificant difference in the quality of daily experience I have. A quiet exhaust would help even more, but I cant find one I feel flows well enough.

im probablly going to do the same and have 2 maps one with the big ponys the other a daily driver (but still with some serious power ) after thinking about it lastnight but i havent 100% decided yet. thanx so far to everyone thats answered please keep them coming all the answers i can get the better but so far from wat ive got is there shouldnt be a problem if i have the right set up and could in turn actually run better then stock which is always a good thing

[Neanderthal Racing]

cutn edg is my daily driver to the tune of 50-100 miles/day. don't feel sorry for me.

[billg]

Bruce - If you don't my asking, how much would it cost to upgrade a sock '05 STI to your specs?

[LightWerkz]

my guess is 25k also depending on labor costs...

[Neanderthal Racing]

not sure exactly but 30-32k with another 10k to go on performance &/or racing required mods. more if i do a custom fade paint job at the end. it will be, for all practical purposes a time attack car minus the sponsor decals.