WRX info

[Ignignokt]

Driving every day at 95Mph on offramps? YOUR the moron! A LOT of you
jerks in these little tincans drive them like your the only one on
the road.I CAN see this on a closed course, but NOT on a public road!
Drive like a jerk, we treat you like a jerk.For my truck...it's only
sheetmetal, I couldnt care less if I destroy it taking out a WRX...I
will have another one by the weekend. One day they will bury you in
that little shitbox, they won't even bother to pry it open with a
sawsall and you will deserve it.I Had one of your little cohorts try
that shit on me on a canyon road,I gave him the choice of a collision
or dive into the dirt, looked great in my mirror.When he tried to
pass me on a curve(over a double yellow line) I changed lanes into
him hahahaha.Not much of a fight with a 3/4 ton ford truck.He had the
choice of getting pitted or hit the dirt..I'm still smiling. He didnt
continue to follow me, dont think it ran anymore.I didnt find any of
that "Cheesy" dark blue paint on the old 351 powered beast,guess I
won that confrontation hahahaha.Now thats *MY* kind of race.

Since English is obviously not your first language...

"Your" is the posessive form of "you" and is properly used as in the
following example:

"The university where you acquired *your* doctorate obviously doesn't teach
very good English to its post-graduate students."

"You're" is a contraction of "you are" and is properly used as in the
following example:

"*You're* a real fucknick if you think that disapproval of somebody's
driving is grounds for intentionally causing traffic accidents.

I hope the above grammar lesson will help you to improve your usage of our
difficult language.

- Greg Reed

 

[Jason Smith]

Having owned three wrx's from new with seven years of driving them I think
that i can add my opinion with some "authority" from experience and not just
report reading. The following is the list of what I ve had/got

1. 1997 Club Spec WRX
2. 2000 WRX
3 and the recntly aquired 2005 WRX STI

The first one had minor mods (pipe, intake, boost) and did have some gear
box syncro problems that were fixed under warranty, had to pay for the new
clutch which was basically on the rivots However as also previously stated
by someone I feel that these were clomplety due to the way it was driven. I
was forever launching at 5500rpm, competing at track days and drag racing in
ti. So you would expect to have these types of problems. Thats racing as
they say

The 2000 wrx was heavily modified (intake, turbo, pipe, etc etc) and the
only problem I had with it in the four years was the airflow meter. This car
didnt get the hard time that the first one had but it wasnt babied either
(did very few hard launches though which does help)

The STI I have only had for two weeks so I cant comment on its reliability
at this stage. But after driving wrxs for seven years I would say that I am
fairly familiar with this car and when the time came for the new one another
wrx was an easy decsdion to make, it was only a case of would i get a wrx or
a wrx sti.

By the way I live in Australia

John
"Life begins at 200"

 

[CompUser]

There's a DOT investigation into it now, but Subaru was, and still is in official
"denial". Reason is that it's bad logic hard coded into the ABS ECU,
and there's no way to reflash it like the engine ECU. So to fix the
problem (which is well documented on NASIOC and elsewhere), they would
have to replace the ABS modules on every car. The problem is
corrected in the MY04 and later models.

NHTSA, not DOT, and it's all over and done with
IIRC. The problem units are made by BOSCH, not
Subaru; Subaru has recognized and acknowledged
the problem, what else...?

The MY04 has an engine mapping problem that results in fuel cut and
violent engine "bucking" under certain lift-throttle conditions. I
don't have an '04, so that's all I can tell you about that one, except
that it's an engine calibration problem that can be fixed with an ECU
reflash, and the MY02-03's don't do this.

There's no "bucking" problem on the MY04s.
There's a noob-driving-a-manual-tranny-with-a-
torquey-engine problem, and it's not limited to
the 2004 model. Check NASIOC etc and you'll find
there's guys driving MY02 and MY03 models,
complaining just as bitterly of this phenomenon
as 2004 owners. Model year is not a common
denominator; transmission TYPE is. Every
complainant has a manual tranny.

"When I let the throttle plate slam shut right at
the max torque output RPM, the vehicle acts
funny!"

I =do= have a 2004, and sure...I can make it buck
and lurch...just like ANY other manual tranny
vehicle.

 

[Spinifex]

Whereabouts in Oz, Jason???

Brisbane here.....

Spinifex

 

[anon]

now o-fence Greg, but i fink ewe shoold haf set you're speel chekker onn

* posSessive * HA HA HA

ANON

 

[Jason Smith]

I am also in Brisbane

Whereabouts in Oz, Jason???

Brisbane here.....

Spinifex

 

[2 Stroke]

The bucking problem is a result of revised code in the ECU related to
open-loop to closed loop transition. It can be eliminated with an
aftermarket ECU reflash.

What's your username on nasioc? Mine's obvious.


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[CompUser]

The bucking problem is a result of revised code in the ECU related to
open-loop to closed loop transition. It can be eliminated with an
aftermarket ECU reflash.

Unfortunately, that's incorrect.

OL/CL operation was only introduced on the MY04
ECU. Complaints of "bucking" are reported from
MY02, 03, and 04 owners.

Further, owners who have had a variety of
reflashes (including on 04s, some of which
completely eliminate the OL/CL aspect) still
report "bucking".

So, it's not related to year, therefore not
related to any ECU feature that's limited to a
particular year.

It never shows on 4EAT models.

It's only complained about on 5MT models.

It still "exists" after reflashes.

What does that leave?

 

[2 Stroke]

So open loop/closed loop operation was only introduced in the MY04
ECU? Even though the 227hp WRX engine didn't change output or
specification from 2002 to 2005, they introduced open loop and closed
loop fueling modes in 2004?

You are either an idiot, or you listen to idiots and believe them. Or
both.

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[WRXtreme]

He is correct, they did start utilizing the combination of open and closed
loop fueling in MY04 which is why TurboXS had to create a new software
version (4.2) so that the UTEC could be used on MY04 and newer vehicles.

 

[CompUser]

So open loop/closed loop operation was only introduced in the MY04
ECU? Even though the 227hp WRX engine didn't change output or
specification from 2002 to 2005, they introduced open loop and closed
loop fueling modes in 2004?

You are either an idiot, or you listen to idiots and believe them. Or
both.

The engine didn't change output from 2002 to
2005, but Subaru puts out at least a half dozen
ECU program revisions every model year.

I guess some of the idiots that I listen to and
believe go by the names of Vishnu and Cobb.

 

[Ken Gilbert]

i think there's just a simple misunderstanding here.

the USDM wrx has ALWAYS used a combination of open (maf/rpm/iat based)
and closed loop (o2 sensor feedback based) fueling algorhythms to
determine proper injector on times.

the change that occured in 03-04 has to do with the conditions that
must occur for the ecu to switch between the two modes. in essense,
the 04 ecu code will allow brief throttle positions above 60% without
immediately switching to open loop (enriched) fueling.

hth
ken

 

[Dream Scriber]

I went from a 1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse Turbo to an 02 WRX Wagon. The
WRX blows the doors off of just about everything off the line, but I
believe the Eclipse handled better.

Off road the WRX rules. I'm at 40,000 miles (one major accident,
mostly cosmetic) and few problems. The check engine light is touchy on
the thing (From the day I bought it) I had about 4 before 20,000
miles. Various false alarms. Since then I have reset it myself,

I would have bought a 3000GT-VR4 if it werent for Mitsubishi droping
it in the US I would have gone that route.

On another note, when I bought the '02 WRX it was a toss up between
that an and Audi A4. The WRX is chincy inside and out. (Blue paint is
cool.. all 1 coat of it.) At the end of the day HP won out over
leather and steel.

'Nuf rambling. Buy the WRX. Its a toy and a kick butt one. (The first
time you blow the doors off a Mustang or Boxter you will be happy with
your decision)

-DS

 

[midnight02wrx]

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Driving every day at 95Mph on offramps? YOUR the moron! A LOT of you jerks
in these little tincans drive them like your the only one on the road.I CAN
see this on a closed course, but NOT on a public road! Drive like a jerk, we
treat you like a jerk.For my truck...it's only sheetmetal, I couldnt care
less if I destroy it taking out a WRX...I will have another one by the
weekend. One day they will bury you in that little shitbox, they won't even
bother to pry it open with a sawsall and you will deserve it.I Had one of
your little cohorts try that shit on me on a canyon road,I gave him the
choice of a collision or dive into the dirt, looked great in my mirror.When
he tried to pass me on a curve(over a double yellow line) I changed lanes
into him hahahaha.Not much of a fight with a 3/4 ton ford truck.He had the
choice of getting pitted or hit the dirt..I'm still smiling. He didnt
continue to follow me, dont think it ran anymore.I didnt find any of that
"Cheesy" dark blue paint on the old 351 powered beast,guess I won that
confrontation hahahaha.Now thats *MY* kind of race.

351? you pussy