Making more power with our 2022 Subaru WRX | fullBOOST 

I owned Impreza RS 2.5 lt in the past and when this model was introduced I planned to buy one but after seeing the pathetic power output and torque, I ended up buying VW GTi. What shocked me is this stock WRX with huge displacement advantage over the GR Corolla (2388 cc vs 1618 cc , 42.5% bigger engine) produces less power and less torque. Disappointing. No excuse Subaru, your product is inferior to GR Yaris, Corolla and even Hyundai Elantra.N.

@@valentinorossi7771 We also own a GR Yaris and did a dyno comparison. As expected the WRX runs very low boost from factory it has a lot more scope for cost effective tuning than the Yaris/Corolla.

@@valentinorossi7771 Edge Motorsport got over 360 WTRQ and 300 WHP with stage 1 tune on pump gas, no mods. The capability of this engine is insane, you can blow any GR corolla, Yaris whatever out the water with under $1000. Also a base WRX vs the GR Corolla is WAY cheaper.

@@gregaleksandrovsky5806 Man, use your logic. We should compare stock vs stock! Plus this WRX has a 47.5% displacement advantage over GR so naturally if you modify then it should produce much more power. Think about this: A welterweight (147 lbs weight limit) boxer like Sugar Ray Leonard ,as excellent as he was, would not have stood a chance against a 217 lbs heavyweight like Ali or Tyson. Hope that example makes you understand better.

@@valentinorossi7771 If you don't want to mod a car, fine, but no way I would leave a car stock. I look at a cars potential for improvement before buying anything.

Cheers 👍

took mine off for added whooosh lol

@@noturbo did you actually remove it? haha wanna see if its gonna sound better. i already did the charcoal delete

@@kristofferdelrosario1105 yeah removed it.

@@noturbo does it just unbolt with screws? After you remove it will there just be a hole?

Absolutely not. It's no more durable than previous motors.

I want to buy one now 👍

Everyone don't want load exhaust I agree

Glad you like the PW products, we’ve had them on a couple of our cars, great quality. Since this video our car has been pro tuned as you would call it. On a different dyno it makes 210hp stock and 280 tuned on around 16psi boost. Comparing dyno numbers is kind of pointless especially across the globe. After coming from an STi driveline yes we have no interest in pushing ours much further it’s just a daily driver at present. We may change the front J pipe but that’s it, these cars sound horrid with an exhaust so we will keep the factory cat-back system. The biggest let down on these cars are the brakes which we are hoping to address as well. Good luck with yours.

@@fullboost I’m running 20psi and 30% ethanol so I’m not surprised the power is higher. I was just commenting on the OTS tunes that you used. They’re pretty much universally frowned upon over here in the US so it was interesting to see you using them without any apprehension. Not saying you did anything wrong. The VB has caught on here in the US big time. Subaru has sold over 40k of them here since 2022 and we have a pretty big enthusiast community going for them. I’m pushing my car right up to the limit of the transmission, but we have many owners running 330-360whp for over 50k miles without any mechanical issues. They’re turning out to be a welcome change compared to the FA20 and EJ25 cars that sometimes blew up while bone stock. I guess Subaru got tired of footing the bill for so many engine replacements. Check out the A’PEXi exhaust for the VB. It’s a single exit with a resonator on the mid-pipe. I have it on my car and it sounds fantastic. It’s not “loud and bad” like all the other dual muffler/no muffler options.

It doesn't make 20psi at peak power, more mid range. The torque spread is what makes it feel responsive.

That and you’re probably seeing a lot of dyno Jet numbers which are generally 14% higher than most other dynos providing they’re correcting to J1349.

Yes this is where these engines shine over the older EJs 👍

Would run a 13.1, 13.2 atm..

The car is fine. 👍

In 2023 you can pretend to be anything you like. 🙃

A Norwegian lesbian toaster.

What kind of filter ? Link

Hey its 6600 now haha.

100 percent

This car is TOO quiet, you'd love it :)

They suit most Jap cars 👍

The factory tune is the biggest restriction with the car.

We'll be leaving it on 98 for now it's a daily,👍

Yes we've seen his vids nice guy 👍 the US power figures are higher than here they use different dyno systems.

It's a mustang dyno. Doesn't get any more realistic than that.

@@fullboost great content man keep it up!

We ran it up on another dyno with an updated tune and it made consistent 210kW, around 10kw more than other cars using the factory intercooler on the same dyno.

I don't believe you can tune the auto cars yet.

No access port for it. It’ll blow the cvt. Same is going for the Wrx gt.

@@fullboost appreciate that - definitely going to personalise it in some form, induction or exhaust / both.

The mods are around 4K. The exhaust is std. The car has since has some more fine tuning since this video.

@@fullboost would you recommend the same for the 2022 auto ts ?

You won't get the same results with the Auto the tuning isn't there.

@@fullboost ohh ok , thanks for that .

That would be way too loud.

@@fullboost then try the Remark single wall axelback with full non resonated y pipe..

They are listed on page 3 in the top mount category.

Are you from Australia? I've never seen one baseline at 250 most do about 215 here. We ran ours up the same day we did those mods and it made 218hp.

@@fullboost No, im from the states and we had my VB on a dynojet, i read somewhere that the dynos from the land down under are a lot more conservative with their readings, but i guess this was my first time actually witnessing it. you can find videos online of the VBs in america getting around 250 wheel on the dynojet

Yeah we are aware US dynos seem to read higher 👍 it doesn't make the car faster though 😉 Ichiban who we got a tune from has run into the 11s with around 320hp.

intake is probably the most restrictive on this engine. Crazy gains off just an intake and tune on these cars.

@@oceankham I don't think so. Its more to do with it running relatively low boost.

@@zaamuro8408 nah it’s true, i saw an insane increase in horsepower since getting my bms intake installed. from cobbs off the shelf tune to the stage 1, it pulls considerably harder

El aire del intake

Subaru impreza RS 2005

You're right l should have put my hand over my mouth and said....oh my god.....! ☺️ . In all seriousness l feel wrecked need a holiday...

@@fullboostLuke you know what I recon first of all I love your show especially the trolling. I think the best reaction would have been a farting sound lmao

This car is quicker point to point, it just needs a much needed brake upgrade. I'd happily still own it though.

@@fullboost yeah i changed mine to T3 DBA4000 with some project mu pads 👌

The bugeye had STi brakes l was referring to this new one 👍

What do you suggest we use?

@@fullboost not sure honestly, you subaru guys are not the only ones that got betrayed by COBB, but i know they had blocked alot of mods. For us GTR guys we were using either ecutek but they are slowly following the same route as COBB (at least they gave a year in advance notice)... So as of now our only choice i know of is motec which is costly.

What did cobb do exactly

​@@oldfashionedwrx3574 just google "green speed update" for subaru and search on forums and ull find out

@@fullboost i still run cobb, but jb4 is always there too.

Lolol... I like it

How rude!! I like to look too 👍

@@markfl112 imo... alot of ppl hating on it because it makes their wrx look dated.

What would you suggest?

@@fullboost i30 sedan N.

I drove one before the WRX, it's an ok car, but we didn't want a FWD. It struggled for traction in the dry...

Hardly any work, an intercooler and a tune

@@operationgetthugs232 slow ass hyundai lol