So my 2005 wrx I just noticed a faint knocking. It’s stronger than a tapping noise but not as strong as a knocking if that makes sense. It doesn’t happen at idle only when I start climbing the RPM’s. Hoping someone could help with some ideas. I was thinking maybe the timing belt skipped a tooth...

2005 Subaru Wrx - 162k miles Cobb stage 2 on 91oct Over the past few months I've been seeing more and more knock reported on my Cobb AP. Recently the DAM dropped to 12 (from 16) which I saw as a cause for concern. For fine knock learn (FKL) and feedback knock (FK), ive been seeing values as...

I have a 2002 WRX 99,000 miles with a VF39-pinks swap and I was driving it around with the Cobb map for a few days with no problems. I went to get my car tuned and it was only putting out 189whp and both me and the tuner knew something was wrong so we stopped. We thought it was a boost leak and...

When swapping out my timing belt, I aligned the intake cam of the #2 & #4 cylinders 180 degrees off. I only realized this when the car wouldn't start or even stumble after reassembling everything (the timing marks are remarkably similar!:rolleyes:). I don't think I bent a valve because nothing...