[QUOTE=reusedandamused]Hey all, this may be a little side track from an intro, but the car feels really sluggish under 2000rpm.. e.g. 5th Gear at 70km/hr .. the car feels like its gonna stall.. or really sluggish feeling.. I have to keep it at 4th gear 60-70km/hr... Is this a standard wrx thing ?[/QUOTE]

Sounds like its the lag of the turbo. Typically all turbo cars suffer from being in lag. Going from experience my car (although it had a bigger turbo then factory and a FMIC) at 70km/h in 5th mine will take a while to spool and hit boost at 3,033rpm. You can get 110km/h in second gear with a standard ratio my00 so judging by that it will take a while to get up exhaust gas to spool the turbo if you are in 5th.

I dont think you can compare it to a normal N/A car if you are attempting to either. From my understanding the compression on a turbo motor is signifigantly lower to compensate for the turbocharger (ratio of 7 for example). So off boost it will feel slower then a N/A car with a higher compression (ratio is 10 for example)

i have a my01 as well its normal. my01 has longer ratios than the my02 and is heavier than the my00 so stock it will def be sluggy.

hmm.. its been feeling kinda slow lately... I might get it checked out at Tenagah...

Fearing that its not a worn out turbo... :(

good excuse to upgrade!

[QUOTE=reusedandamused]hmm.. its been feeling kinda slow lately... I might get it checked out at Tenagah...
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and the modding starts ( well that was my excuse :D )

Did my dyno this week.. and got 153.5 bhp atw ! 100% bog stock standard..

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOZ8-fgjmxo[/url]

153 on the tenagah roller dyno eh, i must take my car there and see how it compares to the ASG hub dyno

Sounds about right, whats that around 120kw? Interestingly thats what my car made with a 3" TBE, intake, pump, spray, STI top mount etc .. Then up to 160kw after a tune with a bit more boost, so goes to show that you really need to tune your mods on the later models.

If you're going to be doing some mods, Do not forget that on the 01/02's that there is a cat in the up-pipe and you'll want this to be one of the first things to go.

Do a search around these forums and you'll find some good info.

153.5 horsepower = 114.46493 kilowatts

Holy Crap.. 40kw+ for Intake,TBE, Pump, STI TMIC, and Tune ?.. Bang for buck mate..

Did you verso tune it ?