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July 2002
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Re: What to do next???
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Sun, 16 May 2004 15:24
 
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The stock rear anti-roll bar is 'stiff' enough if you ask me, it's the front way that is a little on the weak side. The rear end steps out all the time in the wet, it's rather unsettling if you are pushing at or above 90km/h around a corner.
With standard 3S-GE intake, the 2" exhaust will be fine (performance and sound-wise) and possibly save you a coupla bucks over a 2.25
And I'll just 'second' that fact that a K&N filter will do little to add to 'teh powah' of your car, it will help mildly if you change other parts of the intake or start really high-flowing the head/intake.
ST162 uses AFM...and the standard ECU cannot be reprogrammed for MAP (damn hard-wired piece of junk, I cannot say enough bad things about the standard ST162 ECU - hehehe).
I would suggest doing a CAI job on your car - getting rid of that standard intake resonator really makes the intake sound meaner! King Springs are good (standard height, can't vouch for the lows as I haven't tried them?), I've got them on the front of my car (I think, can't prove it) and it feels pretty solid through high speed corners (120+), doesn't sit on the bump rubbers at all.
KYBs would be about $550 all up from memory. Whiteline make sway bars front & rear for about $120 - $150ish each I think (rear one is more exy). Has anyone checked out if GT4 sway-bar linkages are any better than the ST162s and if they fit? Because the standard ones suck a huge mountain of ass - they are piddly little rubbery things (better than the WRX plastic ones though - heh).
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