Whats that popping noise?
 

Hey crew!

Just bought a wrx and i noticed that when im about to make a turn:

1. I shift the gear down
2. Rev goes higher obviously
3. But when this happens i sometimes hear a pop in the exhaust.

Is this normal? Im new to the world of subaru wrx owners, so i just wanna make sure everything is all goood.

Any help/suggestions would be great!

[I]Flux capacitor [/I]

Yeah its fine.

Its just your cars way of telling everyone around you how awesome it is. The more pops the better!

Yeah its normal - it can happen. If it is excessive then I would have it checked but to happen here and there is standard with any performance car.

Do you have an exhaust or atmospheric blow off valve?

I get flames when I get a pop

My car pops at least 3 times when I downshift. Yours only pop once?

WEAK

my old wrx used to make that sound, untuned, with CAI and TBE,

normal

[QUOTE=Rexxar;697843]I get flames when I get a pop[/QUOTE]

lack of cat will have that effect moddy :D

just like a chocolate milkshake only crunchy! :D

Ahhhh yes! My friend tells me its a backfire and WRX's are infamously known for them :]
glad to know that its just a perk of having these type of cars and not an issue haha.

Thanks to all who have contributed.

Turn the anti-lag off.

if you like the sound of this pop, buy an ecu and enable anti lag so you can smash it out at meet points and then run a 10 sec quarter mile

[QUOTE=Jordiee;698020]if you like the sound of this pop, buy an ecu and enable anti lag so you can smash it out at meet points and then run a 10 sec quarter mile[/QUOTE]


you will require a 2.2L stroker and NOS to achieve this though....