W R X

Well it has been quite a while since I've done any modifications to my WRX. That time has ended. :)

Foolishly, as soon as my jet raise kicked in I go and spend a little money. But I couldn't help it. I've been very good as to not spend any excessive money on the Subaru for quite some time. I've been waiting a long time to do this particular mod. But before I continue, here are a couple of pics I took of the car this past week with the Calgary downtown landscape in the background.





So, back to the modification. I've taken the ECU (brain of the car), out of the WRX and shipped it out to Squamish, BC. For there, nestled near the sea to sky highway is a rally and performance shop called Rocket Rally. This group of individuals is made up of the old Canadian Subaru Rally team after they were disbanded when they kept winning all of the Rally events and Subaru didn't see the need to keep proving themselves. So, the driver and his maintenance team decided to open up shop. If there is ANYONE I would trust to know about my car and what it is capable of... it's these folks.

So they have what's called an ECU reflash, where they take my ECU and reflash all of the programs to be more performance geared. They adjust the fuel mapping, ignition timing, boost control of the turbo etc. The end result is between 35-45 extra horse power simply from changing some settings.

So, I now await for my ECU to return so I can put it back in my car (which is now just sitting in the driveway waiting, as it's useless and undriveable right now) and go out and have one hell of a fun drive. :)

I know a few people that have done this and are very pleased with the results. It is nothing that will add anymore wear and tear to the car that it couldn't normally take. I can't wait.