One of the most important thing to remember is do not dump the clutch! One thing is going to break - traction or the drivetrain. With AWD, traction will rarely break.

Aftermarket performance parts:
www.COBBTuning.com
www.Gruppe-S.com
www.FastWRX.com
www.SubyDude.com
www.WRXTuners.com

Forums/messageboards:
www.ClubWRX.net
www.NASIOC.com
www.ScoobyMods.com
www.WRXFanatics.com


There are a host of mods that should come first before anything serious. First are free mods like clearing your headlights, removing the intake snorkus, debadging, etc. A grounding mod is cheap and effective, along with steering rack and shifter bushings. Also some solid rear swaybar mounts. Then you get to gutting your uppipe or an aftermarket uppipe, downpipe and catback, etc. An AccessPORT is fairly cheap and can offer considerable gains, along with ease of access (plugs into factory diagnostics port, hence the name AccessPORT). Then suspension, including springs/shocks, anti-swar bars, strut bars, etc etc. Other things like short shifter, larger scoops, the options are endless.

One thing you might be interested in is a blow-off valve. Although BOVs give a sound that some people like and some people hate, they do not offer any gains for anything under 20psi. With no catalytic converters and a BOV, be prepared to shoot flames. The stock computer reads the air that the stock bypass valve recirculates into the intake. With a vented BOV that air does not enter the engine, but the ECU thinks it does and therefore supplies the adequate fuel for that air. Problem is with an aftermarket vented BOV that air is vented to the atmosphere so the engine has all that extra fuel, which doesn't get burned and sometimes enters the exhaust and causes a kaboom massive flame

Wow, I feel like I should be a teacher lolol.........................