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Mad respect for you going through the eg33 nightmares i watched the build from the start you did your best man

Honestly if anyone ever asks me if they should get a Subaru performance car, I always recommend them to watch you cause you help digest all the correct info . One of the best on the platform for any and everything automotive related.

New subie owner here (2010 WRX Hatchback) ! Love your content, you’re straight to the point.

A great video brother. I'm stock for life. Only exterior modifications on my 2020 World Rally Blue STI. I'm keeping my STI forever lord willing. Subies forever guys and girls. Tanner, I love your channel man. Excited to see what engine and mods you put into Bluebaru. Have a great week.

This really needs to be posted on the facebook subaru group lol. I've only had my WRX for about 5 months but i did about 2 months of research before i bought one.

i say not researching the vehicle before buying and going cheap with parts are the top 2 in my list

Great video, brother! You covered some really good topics that I wasn't expecting. Thank you!

miss your VB content.

Building my first WRX (VB) and you've been so helpful from my first day with this car. 🙏 Please keep up the great content!

Got my 2015 STI. Has 150,000 miles on it. 45k on the new engine to an unknown oil leak. Currently has a Cobb 20g turbo, ETS TMIC, killer b header stock down pipe and Invidia q300 catback. Gots all the Cusco braces with FA coil swift springs, Volk wheels Recaro SR7 seats and it’s such a perfect balanced car. Owned it for seven years.

Love the content, I started watching a couple months ago when I wanted to start modding my WRX. I put all my parts on and within a week I had it at the tuner and made 296whp and 288 tq after tune. The car is a blast and sounds great.

I have that tee! Let’s go! RallySport Direct!

Great upload tanner, I’m actually looking at getting a stock 2020 wrx limited this week, so this video was very helpful, I’ve done research but this would be my first Subaru, appreciate the content

Thanks for making another video like this. after watching the blue’s build, I know you’re an excellent resource for someone like me just getting into modding my ‘21

I just got my first brand new Subi, a 24 WRX base in blue. I love it so far! I’m a little older, 42, but I’m looking forward to paying respect to the WRXs that started it all with thoughtful modifications in the future. My previous experience with a Subaru was when I was in Okinawa, and I had a 2000 Legacy B4 RSK. It was interesting to see the cool stuff that we don’t get in America. I remember seeing Forester STIs and the original WRX STIs. Amazing. I’ve watched all your videos concerning the new WRX though. I really enjoy your content and the information you provide!

After owning a sti for 3 years and it being my first turbo car and first Subaru I’ve never had anything crazy other then a bad turbo which was warranty and I had the crank pulley explode on me when I started my car on a Monday after work but other then that it’s been amazing every time I go to buy anything I do research but it’s a daily so I don’t see the car making anything over 320whp I enjoy the car as it is the only thing I noticed is that they seem to have a bi polar personality sometimes 😂

Buy once cry once lol love it. Also, the number of vb wrx owners that have said the car doesn't need a tune in the vb wrx reddit page blows my mind. There are so many unaware owners who refuse to do the smart thing and get it tuned, but then the engine grenades, and they want to complain and cry about it.

After all these years I still enjoy the Ric Flair woo! Don’t ever stop that ❤

Great video! I've owned three Subarus now, a 2010 WRX, a 2019 Crosstrek, and my 2017 STI. Any problems I had were due to poor maintenance or me not following the warnings in this video. Appreciate all the useful information, I know you're branching out to other car brands, but I appreciate All you've helped me learn about Subaru p

Tomorrow I pick up my 2021 STI I’ve wanted since high school! You’ve been a huge source of knowledge and kept me interested in Subarus over the years! Keep it up 🔥

The professor has spoken!!!!!!!! Badass video tanner this one is for the books sir nice job love it.

I've always wanted a STI and got my 21 sti with 6 miles on it. I've literally been researching for 4 years on builds before I bought it. I got it tuned last year at Dotson tuning in Fort Worth TX. I'm pushing 380whp 360wqt on 93 pump gas and 415whp on e85. Best decision I've made but now I'm ready for more hp. Everything under the hood is ready for 490whp, all I have to do is get a built engine to handle it. Love your vids and been following you since you had 20k subscribers.

love your videos - i bought a used rex (narrow body) after watching ALL of your videos. I seriously think i can pull, refresh and put back the ej in after seeing your detailed videos! I appreciate the effort youre putting into your videos brother

Damn, 3 hits hard haha. The STI I picked up had absolutely no reliability mods done and nothing maintenance-wise outside of oil changes. It's always disappointing to see what should've been, but hasn't. Hopefully, I was able to get some reliability mods on in time to save the motor. So far, so good, at least!

I think it’s a learning curve for everyone in their own way, but I can’t agree more with the have a rough plan. It’s never going to be perfect to plan but it helps when you at least have the baseline parts you need regardless of what happens.

Sounds like there’s a bunch of people who like to do a lot of cool stuff, I’m just looking at a new wrx as a daily and something to have a lil fun in compared to my ‘07 2500 Silverado getting back and forth to work and trips with the family.

Seen some scratchy subies around my area. Either the dudes cheap out or lack the knowledge on EJ's and FA's. Glad you make videos like this Tanner 👍🏽

It’s funny you said most people will have fun with these cars and then trade it in for something more family friendly. I did the opposite. I had a 21 Aacent, with a nameless cat back and Cobb AP, just traded it in for a 21 wrx.

CVT owner here and if you are trying to make it a monster buy the MT! Only thing I did was an exhaust and intake on mine to be safe and it was mostly for the sound and it has run flawlessly so far with 95k miles

I'm just here to start my first modding journey, but i know jack all about cars. I got a stock manual 2023 wrx and a rather vague idea of what I want to do as I don't really know all of what I can do but I knew the wrx would fit the bill and is the car I want to modify. What I do know I want is more power but not to what extent and to make it look cooler (but that's a given tbh). So I guess I'm here to figure out what does what rather than what to do to accomplish X goal. Luckily I got more than enough time to do that

oh man these new VA owners on FB group are ridiculous. They argue left and right when people give them good advice and say things like "ETS says it on their website, their intake don't need a tune". months later "welp my mechanic said its a rod knock, anyone know any reputable shop/tuner in (insert whatever state they're in) area?"

Just got my first AP for the subi. These cars are very timid compared to Hondas and Nissans. But always wanted a subi. Cheers to longevity of the FA

love you! thanks for all the reminders as my car is in several pieces scattered about the garage

I just picked up another wrx but it’s an 06 wrx wagon. My old one was a 2019 and I left it alone. I wanna drop in a 6-speed from a 2015+ wrx since mine is about toasted and the front diff doesn’t sound good. Only person I see kinda do it is your buddy who tunes your cars. Just want maybe 300hp since it’ll just stay as my daily dad wagon.

Watching your earlier vids on blue I recently bought my 21 STI in March 2024 a badge I've wanted since I was 20 back in 2001. Installs: Grimmspeed v2 BPV with IAG elbow Joint IAG oil pan/baffle/PU tube IAG AOS Grimmspeed pitch stop mount Killer B thermo housing GRIMMSPEED Radiator hosing Mishimoto Radiator 4th cylinder cooling mod Master cylinder brake brace Perrin All done within the first 6 weeks of ownership with only 8k on clock. Thanks for your content. Edit: should have it paid off in 18mo, then I'll keep playing with it. Goal is to make a respectable 330/350ish WHP.

Great advice for anyone building a car!! Solid video 👌

Great content as always. There are better platforms for the instant gratification of some of the bolt ons. However, when done right, the Subarus are pretty tough to beat from a driving experience perspective in that class of car.

I want to say thank you for helping me with finding the turbo for my legacy gt it was a big help thank you again

I'm just making my Crosstrek better to daily. So far I've gotten a shift stop, pitch stop and k&n. Works as intended and the suspension can handle shitty ny roads and snow

I’m excited to go fbo with my sti I almost got all my parts ready just waiting on a grimmspeed turbo. Going to have 1300cc injectors headers, dp, rails, top mount intercooler

This reminds me that I should probably tune my 2018 WRX I bought 2 years ago from dealership since I don't know whether it's been modified or not. Still runs great and even took it on a few road trips but better to be safe than sorry.

Do a Ferrari v8 swap like Sam Albert from Dirtfish did. That thing sounds soo good.

I think I owe you partial credit for my wrx not becoming a bomb yet 😂

guilty on the tune one. Got my Forester XT at 180,000 miles and have driven to 217,000+ miles with no tune and some bolt-ons. So far no Issues other than having to replace injectors once so far, but definitely getting a pro-tune soon, hopefully as soon as I get headers to be FBO

Your channel has been helpful. Im in the process lf getting a ' 15 STI w/45k from a dealer & friend that we sold cars together. Bone stock with N1 single exit. Keeping it stock as dealership is offering it with a 10yr/200,000k powertrain warranty from my purchase date.

the amount of times i tell people to watch your channel before buying or modding their subie in actually uncountable. Love your work

The first owner of my current 06 STI bought it brand new and installed a turbo back exhaust without cats and a short ram intake with no tuning at all and was driving it hard. Short story. Cracked a piston and parked it for years with only 12k miles. I bought it super cheap and installed a Type RA block put back the stock intake and installed a Cobb I'm only at 36k mile and the car is still basically new 💪🏽

Very informative! I tell a lot of people the same when it comes to the chassis I'm familiar with.

Solid video, but I felt like we needed a section on OTS tunes

Good timing as im going to be starting my first build soon. Not in a rush so i want to do it right.

Wow, great video, guess I’m not doing too bad. Only thing I “kind of” regret is buying a UEL vs EL. I love my rumble on UEL, but I didn’t realized exactly how any ponies it steals from you. I’m just a street car though so it’s still a blast! 💥

His analogies on selling subarus is spot on. My favorite is it has a small tick. As it sounds like a ball peen hammer driving on the case half.

I bought a clapped out va with a second motor installed, and I have struggled with it and have many times looked at selling it. I have persevered and took my time juggling the fixes and maintenance. I know about 3 of these rules up close and personal. My goal is just to have a little more power than stock and a clean look nothing over the top also realizing I have a budget, family, and life.

I got my car on a reverse sort of deal. The kid sold it to me “knocking” and I thought he was right because the AP was registering a lot of knock and DAM was dropping almost instantly. Get the car home pop the hood and start fiddling around - don’t see much - start it up and hear 0 knocking. Hook up my manual oil pressure gauge and it’s 97psi cold start. The car was registering a brass fitting chattering against a hard line as knock and the car was never tuned for the exhaust and down pipe that was on it so it was just all confused on the AFR side and probably causing some detonation. Got the tune fixed, fixed a million vacuum leaks, car has been my daily for over 2 years now with almost 0 issues.

Everything you stated was accurate, Most people and I see it all the time want to just bolt on parts and go fast at the cheapest possible price, Then the engine lets loose and the car automatically becomes junk, Another big issue today and this goes across the board for all makes is these obscene extended oil drain intervals, Change your oil every 2,500-3,000 even when using full synthetic, Only thing extended drain intervals do is cause people to be lazy and not service their car and in the process run the engine low on oil causing major problems, Another big issue today and this is basically my opinion is these 0 weight oils are a joke, The only reason they exist is because of the government and MPG purposes, First thing I do to my cars if spec’d with 0w20 is drain the 0w20 and go with 5w30, The low tension piston rings and thinner oils for fuel economy coupled with extended drain intervals are a recipe for disaster.

If you buy something Cobb related make sure you or a buddy have a Cobb v3 so you can un marry the ap from the ecu and then run open source tuning via ecu flash and rom raider for logging or enginuity or whatever open source program you want. Cobb also will I marry your ecm for a small fee as well.

NUMBER 1 mistake is going for big power. So many other platforms will do it much better, much cheaper and more reliably. Subarus are great, but their strength is world class awd with a unique engine with low a cg. Build for throttle response and good handling. Aim well below 500hp and get it from the smallest turbo that will do the job.

Timmy here, bought a 2020 wrx with 37k on it about a month ago, engine blew up after owning for one week, thankfully Subaru is covering under powertrain warranty, can' t wait to drive it again, been at the dealership for 4 weeks.

For all the people looking for a used Subie m, listen to this man. No lies detected. The PPI will save you big time. I’m on my second WRX and the first one I had less than 30days. Get the PPI it will save you from heart ache.

That wrx is clean ⛓️‍💥⛓️

02 WRX with 180,000 miles. Don’t know the story of the car before the guy we bought it from but the previous owner(s) did a full mishimoto tubing kit, “cold” air intake, and an N1 exhaust. They cut the heat shield on the turbo so I assume the engine or turbo has been out before. But before we bought it, it sat for 15 months. When we got it we ran the old gas out, got a new fuel pump, and drove it for a while and them the turbo seal went bad. So we replaced the turbo. Well eventually I guess the previous owner didn’t get a tune or we fucked up because the heads cracked around the spark plug holes. All 4 of them have cracks from the valve seat to the threads. Due to constantly doing work on thr car trying to fix the issues we ended up doing like 3 oil changes within less than 2500 miles so it’s not that. But getting a new long block, yes from Ebay, because we don’t have a choice, will get a tune definitely, since I got a VF39 snd STI Pinks from a friends part out along with some interior bits. If it dont work, im fucked and its GG for the WRX for a long ass time until I start making good money. If we just made a mistake I wanna know so I can prevent that. Aside from the Ebay engine because we dont have $5000 for a fresh stage 1 IAG long block or however much they cost.

You doing any time attack or any competitive racing this year man? I really wanna start seeing these cars in action... So many people on YT just do these cool builds, but never truly put these cars to any real competition or testing at all. These cars are rally and track icons, and it would be great to really see them competitively driven for an entire season. I know Ridge Motorsports park is hosting the Speed Summit in August which is in your state.

Listening while I work on my Subaru and laughing cuz it’s all so true

My 21 sti made some decent numbers atleast for me. Gs tmic, Cobb bpv Cobb dp, Cobb redline intake, Cobb turbo inlet, Cobb aos, Cobb fpr, iag fuel lines, iag rails, Cobb 1050 injectors, Cobb flex kit, Cobb fuel pressure sensor, aem 340 , iwire fuel pump hardwire, holy header(elh) coated, koyorad radiator, iag street oil pan kit, getadom cylinder 4 mod, gs ebcs, gs turbo heat shield, aem wideband, oil temp, oil pressure guages, Kartboy SS and bushings, fortune auto coils, perrin rear sway, whiteline lrca, whiteline bump steer kit, perrin front and rear endlinks, titan 7 wheels, awe touring catback. Tuned by torqued performance 320whp 350 tq on 91 acn. 353 whp 420tq on E85. Looking to do a 20g turbo, upipe w ewg and fmic next year.

I saw the title and clicked on this. I own an 2021 Impreza (the slow one🤣) sport hatchback in .... Manual transmission and for an daily it has been fine. "Of course" I really would want an manual WRX wagon/Levoreg if it was offered in "Manual Transmission" and .....in the States...😢

for real though... your the reason i bought my 17 STI . hella good information on everything subies man. appreciate your content ! i came over from being a Audi fanatic and being spoiled adding performance parts with no tune needed... SPOILED i say lol Subies are 100% pay to play cars, but man id be lying if i didnt say its the best car ive owned.

been watchin ur videos randomly for a looong ass time they have definalty help me to not over do my mods currently have a 2018 STI and have only put "realiability" mods mostly ive got a maperformance i take and a Nvidia N1 catback amd a cobb port with stage 1+ i take it to my local drags sometimes so i can open her up amd have alil fun one day gonna full buildwith an IAG block🤓🤤

the intro of you and the car really goes well together if only the headlights were in that would've been cool ( 0:02 )

there's a huge misconception going on when it comes to subarus, we have a customer with a wrx with nearly 400,000Km who drives 30-50km daily from home to work and back. stock engine no mod, Customer does everything we call based on the manufacturer recommendations. runs amazing. We have another customer with a 2019 wrx model that had a blown engine with only 70,000 km. pulled the drain plug and found extremely dark oil full of metal, and was 10,000km overdue for an oil change. So at the end of the day, it's a customer problem rather than the car.

I plan on modifying an outback at some point or a forester

What about changing to a parallel fuel rail set up? It should prevent pre detonation and give a little better stability.

Surely an upgraded air filter and removing the charcoal filter in the air box doesn’t need a tune on a 23’ WRX??? I’m guessing I can even throw the STI Cat back exhaust on and stay stock tuned….

I just got a 06 WRX and I am running into that same issue mentioned on this video, where I don't want to even drive the car because the owner kept the access port. I'm learning as I go but I got the car for almost two months now and only used it the first week. 😅😢

Great points as always, being a Subaru owner for 3 years now, I've made a few Subaru buddies that I've always helped and its always been because of what I've learned here and across old forums. I always tell them to watch your videos and have enjoyed seeing them fix and build their cars also along the way. As for used long block assemblies, something that a person is providing leakdown numbers for with paperwork would you think is a safe buy? Trying to get something figured out for my car that hasn't blown yet but uses a qt/500. Hope you can get a new powertrain figured out for the STI brotha, Coyote swap would be an absolute monster; especially with how efficient they can be 👀

NOT LIL TIMMY!!!

you look so different when you don’t have a wide angle lens slapped on your face 😂

I miss the silver hatch

Whats the best way to get a rear LSD in a 2010 WRX(GR), Im guessing just go for the 6spd swap? Seems like it might be dumb just upgrading rear diff if 5spd is glass and all 🤔

my 2022 wrx has an intake/exhaust and on 91 it makes 330 whp and like 390whp on E85

Great information, thank you. 👍

Tanner! I just bought a daily driver 09 Honda Fit for the regular gas mostly.. but I'm also a gearhead and don't know when to just DRIVE a car. Could you do a K-swap Honda someday? I wanna K swap my Fit because it is dangerously slow.. and it seems like it would be a riot. Saw V-Tec Academy do it and it would be fun to see your take on a K swap. Also, can we call them Little Timmy Jim or Jimmy Tim? 🤣

I guess my mistake was not looking into the future when I bought my Wrx. If your goal was 350hp sure the Wrx is a nice daily but I didn’t see myself wanting 500hp+ and the STI would’ve been a better purchase.

Also, you dont need 1000 hp. I was always chassing higher numbers until i realized the more power i got, the less i used it. Proper tires and suspensiion with 350 can take down bigger monsters than you think.

I’m new to Subarus just got my 2018 wrx in Dec. yes it’s a cvt as I’ve had multiple knee surgeries and can no longer drive manual. With that said, I’m not looking to make crazy hp with it as it’s my daily and my only car. Also being a mechanic I have little experience working on them but lucky enough to have a couple buddies that are techs at Subaru dealers so I get advise from them. I’ve done a couple things to it but not much. It is still stupid fun car to drive being a cvt.

I wasn't "into" cars when I got my first car. So I only got an auto 05 Legacy. Since it's my first car I want to keep it forever, so I'm hoping to be able to do a full overhaul build on it. It's gonna take a ton of money, time, work, research, and learning. But what I have planned for it to be will be sick, (at least in my opinion).

FA24 in blue does sort of sound alluring now. Still not a glorious EZ30 but Subaru is Subaru ;)

Went to the bank to start a retirement fund but the banker looked at me crazy when I said “It’s not for me it’s for my engine!” 😂

I drive sti from 2011 and really want to find good intake but the problem in my country is hard to find some one which can map correct the ecu without f*cked the engine..

Only thing I need to know about “used” Subarus is don’t buy a car known for people putting their hands into it.

Thank you sir

After 8 different Subarus na and turbo the words spoken by tanner are 100% true

can you make a list of all the exhausts you dont need a tune for the STI

These engines are so finicky. Never have to worry about these kind of issues with Hondas, Toyotas, or Nissans... but there's a reason we all love the stupid weird flat fours.

Hey bro, love the videos, I’ve used your educational points to mod my 2019 wrx. So far I’ve gotten it to 365 whp with all bolt ons and a tune. Looking to cap out at 400. Tuned for flex fuel. So far I have intake, jpipe, upgraded intercooler and radiator, upgraded LP fuel pump, and catch can. What would be the next move to achieve that goal to 400?

Great stuff as always. Just was curious if it’s worth taking out the secondary air pump. Have an 08 wrx hatch. Wanted to stage 1 one it with the Cobb but heard the new V3 won’t let you unless you keep the pump. Not sure what direction is best

Id1050x can go up on 500hp with a couple of bolt ons like exhaust / catback , intake , fmic , inlet , turbo and internal forged . But without the two last one yeh 350 whp