Hi everyone,

I've been on here for a couple months and thought I'd introduce myself and my new ride. About a month ago I was looking up carsales and spotted a mint version 6 sti from Victoria that was being sold by a car collector, with just over 17000kms (you read that right). As I've always loved the original gc8 imprezas, I immediately bought a plane ticket and long story short I bought this beautiful example:

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The above was the original carsales picture, and the one before was one I took today. It is #314 (hence my license plate)

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It also has a set of really nice 18" BBS rims which complement the colour of the car nicely.

Before the sti I had a MY09 golf R32 which was a really nice car that I sold just a couple weeks ago:

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I only (famous last words) lightly want to mod the car as it's completely STOCK, with a tune and an exhaust only at this stage (from what I searched on this forum it seems I need to buy an aftermarket ecu). Any advice on safe mods will be appreciated. I did call MMS and the guy said that even with a tune and exhaust the transmission will not be able to handle the power, and I will end up needing to rebuild the engine and a new transmission which doesn't seem correct to me. I may have to call ASG for a second opinion. So I will ask you guys firstly will the stock engine and gearbox handle a tune and exhaust reliably? Will I need to upgrade the fuel pump? I am not planning on modding the car too much, just a few bang for your buck mods to give it a bit more bite. I am not planning on tracking the car at all, mostly interested in a bit more straight line acceleration. What would you guys recommend?

Happy to be a part of this forum and meeting some of you guys at meets and cruises...

Sam