i'm starting to think that maybe the car is "cam'd" i realized that the car seems to pull alot harder now than it did before i tightened that clamp.

 

its probably not cammed you just had a boost leak, affect the power of these cars and spool up quite abit. What mods are done to your car? And welcome to the evo world I came from a 06WRX myself and am now working on my 3rd evo. Its a different world but its an expensive one. If you had a subaru your used to buying ebay parts that actually work NOT THE SAME FOR EVOs lol. If you ever up in VA area send me a pm You can take a ride in about 4 different evos with different set ups. An EVo 8 with cams and a fpred, a evo 9 on e85 with a fp red, a evo 8 with cams and an overpriced over rated HKS Gt turbo, and a Fully Built AMS Evo 8 MR with some GT series turbo (I didnt tune it but its a friend of mines).

 

Before you mod your car or go "big" I suggest sending out a thread asking local evo guys to give you a ride. Most of us are really nice and will give hell rides for fun since we like the reactions. Try to get a ride in a EVO 9 turbod evo 8, a Fpred evo 8 and a GT30 or bigger evo 8 and ANYTHING on E85. It will change your world. You think WRX's were decent? You havent seen **** yet.

 

WRX are weak sauce. Haha. To build it up to an evo competitor would be stupid. Haha. I've always like the evolutions better anyway. But I will still build and awesome forester.
Here's a quick clip of my car.
I will be going to Norfolk in September for a week or so. I'll keep you updated.

what I was told as far as mods:
HKS intake
HKS exhaust with cat delete. Some random pipe in place of it
HKS BOV(mod?)
EVO 9 turbo
Some sort of tune. This is mostly my concern. It does have 2 step though.
Stance coilovers
Fake 18x9.5" rims wit vato zone spacers
Rebuilt tranny
Rebuilt transfer case
IX Bumper
Missing fender liners.

I don't plan in going to big. I plan on rebuilding the motor or finding a 9 motor. I want at least 400whp. I feel is reasonable for these cars.

 

That definitely sounds camed to me O_o sounds good though!

 

Definitely cams in there lol

 

If that doesn't have cams in there, I'd be surprised. Previous owner didnt tell you what was in it?

 

HKS intake, exhaust, BOV, Evo 9 turbo....as far as power upgrades. and rebuilt tranny and T-case....everything seems fine though. no CELS and is running strong.

 

Yup you have upgraded cams lol. Unless you have a ix engine and mivec timing scaled to make the lope sounds.

 

CajunPower sells t-bolt clamps for everything, whole kit is $30 online.

 

Could be cammed, could have an EGR issue. Both will cause the car to idle like that. I'd go with cams, though.

 

I took my lights yesterday to reseal them. Because of the bumper removal I noticed that the fan was broken. Now I know why it was unplugged. Can I run the car with that off?

The HKS BOV leaks. I pushed the piston/gate in and it didnt retract back. HKS intake is broken. I'll post pictures in a few minutes.