How to make my car faster with 1,000$?

Question

So I'm about to get a 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STI. I know it's already fast but i'm looking to make it even faster. I have 1,000$ to use for the car. I'm not exactly good with cars and I couldn't do anything myself. So what should I do, what should I get, where should I get it and where should i get it installed?

Also I want to put racing seatbelts in how can I do that?

More importantly than anything where can I get this stuff and where can I get it installed, remember i only have 1,000$

Answer 1

Look into one of the various engine management systems out there... Cobb Accessport, TurboXS Utec, Visnhu, Ecutek, etc.

Cobb AP, for instance, plugs right into the diagnostic port and changes the stock map. Good for about 25hp/30 lb-ft on a stock car. Done in about two minutes, no experience necessary. The other tuning programs have varying degrees of difficulty, but the hardest one would probably be Vishnu, which requires you to send in your ECU. Still, only a couple of harnesses and bolts, nothing major.

After this, when you get your next wad of cash, buy a turboback exhaust of your choice, then if you have AP or Utec, flash over to the next stage for more power.

Also, both of these two mods are relatively easy, even for the inexperienced, so do them yourself and save yourself the money and take a chance to learn a little something about your car.

As for the other people's recommendations, a turbo timer is pointless on a new STi, even according to Subaru. The new design turbos take care of cooling after the engine is turned off. Only necessary if you drive hard and immediately shut the engine off.

And a catback is only good for about 3-5 hp. The major restriction in the STi exhaust is the downpipe, not the catback.

And a boost controller is relatively pointless because it only controls one function out of all the things going on with your engine. You're better off with engine management. Especially since EM offers the "set it and forget it" option, which seems best suited to your knowledge level (based on how you phrased the question)....

And not that I know your driving skill level or anything about you, but I'll also recommend autocrossing, or even a rally school that utilizes WRXs/STis, to help you learn the nuances of AWD and your car. Just a thought...

Answer 2

The single best performance upgrade you could do for your car would be to enroll in some driver's ed time with SCCA, NASA, or similar local car club for some instruction at the track or even an Autocross school. The ability of the driver is the one thing that will translate more to faster driving than anything else you can do!

$1000 could fund a number of track days and some auto-x events. This seat time and instruction would make you much quicker (and safer) than anything else you will do to the car... and will wind up giving you a much better idea about what your car's weak points are that you might want to address with future upgrades. To give you an idea, when I was instructing at a recent event at Laguna Seca, I had a fuel pump failure in my usual track car, and attended the event in a stock WRX wagon running on my normal street tires. I managed to scream past a both a Ferrari 550 and a Ferrari 360 as if they were standing still. Knowing how to drive is much faster than anything else you can do!

As for racing belts... in short, don't do it! A 5 or 6 point harness is a great device. But it is part of system of devices. On it's own, you are creating other safety issues. The standard 3 point belt you have now will be safer unless you are making other changes!

To use a race harness, you need to go to a five or six point harness as a 3 or 4 point fixed harness presents the danger of rising up around your middle and causing internal injury in the event of an impact (street belts don't have this issue as the top half is designed to lock only after they slide forward). To properly use a 5 or six point harness you should have a roll cage or roll bar, as in the event of a roll over, you will not be able to move your body to one side and you are putting your head and neck at great risk to severe injury. To have a rollbar or rollcage, you need to make sure you have all the appropriate padding, and in many cases, this will protrude into areas that you could hit your head on during a minor impact, which means you need a helmet, and need to wear it all the time (I mean, you'd feel pretty silly with a six point harness and full roll cage only to suffer brain damage from a minor rear end collision?).

Ultimately, if this is a street car, you will be better off and safer with the system of safety equipment that the factory has installed and tested.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

like the one guy said go with the Cobb accessport. either go with that a turbo back exhaust to free everything up. But there are different maps you can do with the accessport. you can configure it with a CAI and Exhaust for even more power. So the accessport is the pirst thing to go with.

Answer 5

Catback exhaust, turbo timer, and boost controller. Thats right at $1,000 installed and will give you more power.