Project: Rumble Wagon (05 WRX)

[ScottyB]

[Are there any good shops around here for a stock tune? Especially ones that don't require you to buy access port first.

are you in Richmond or up near DC? i can't keep track of all you young'ins. the good news is that there are excellent shops in the DC area, such as andrewtech or element tuning.

my guess is that you will need to buy an accessport to tune with, since those devices "marry" to your ECU, but their shop may know a way around that. i'd give them a call to see.

I'm planning on running Rotella T6 changing it every 3k, so hopefully that should be good enough to save the rod bearings. I'm not going to be driving this car particularly hard so it should hopefully be OK.

3K is definitely overkill unless that's your total yearly mileage or you're beating the hell out of the car. a good synthetic should take you out to 4k+ easily. i run 8k changes on my N/A EJ down here where triple digit heat indexes are "normal warm weather" and the oil analysis reports show wear is almost nonexistant...i'm shooting for 10k now.

however...Rotella is super cheap and the turbos are hard on oil, so if 3K is your comfort zone, then do what feels right...you certainly aren't going to hurt it by changing the oil more often :thumbup:

also, be aware that you will want to be sure whatever filter you use has the correct 23psi bypass pressure. many aftermarket/autozone filters do not. the OEM blue filters are just fine (even though they're made by Fram and OMG THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOUR ENGINE AIDS) and you can get them at any dealer. i also use the WIX 57712 and/or the Purolator PL14460, they're a little bigger and built a little tougher.