Hello all,

 

I seem to be having trouble finding anything that feels worth listening too about this, and wanted to just ask directly. My main knowledge is with my other car, which is a completely different beast(RWD, High power V8, etc.) I have a 2002 Subaru Legacy L that I picked up out of desperation a few years back and it has been a phenominal car. Generally drive it places I don't want the show/race car and during the winter time. Love driving this car in the snow. I started wondering if there were advantages with tuning the car. I've been working to replace most of the worn out parts and this site led me to a few i didn't realize might be causing my minor griefs with the car. Since I have most of that replaced and the car is driving pretty solid now, looking to mess with some more.

 

So, anyone run a chip or ODBII plug chip and find it worthwhile? Seems the average gains are not huge, 1-2MPG and maybe 10-15hp and similar torque. Can't find anything about gains through the curve to know if peak doesn't go up much but the curve gets stronger. Is a rather heavy car so 10-15hp isn't much.

 

Regardless of if that is worth it or not, any other upgrades that are recommended? I just really don't see a lot about this for the Legacy L. I don't plan to dump tons of money into it (prefer it go into the other car) but wouldn't mind making it slightly more enjoyable to drive.

 

Thanks!

No "chips" on these. Gotta flash the ECU.

 

There are some things that can be done to get some extra oomph out of it.

Torque grind cams from Delta Cam. Headers/exhaust stuff can give it a bump.

What he said.

I have headers on my 00 & 01 outbacks,  can't claim to notice much difference , other than occasional vibrations at certain rpms. I do "feel" better having them but.... Fabricating a kn high flow air filter to fit could help but they don,t seem to offer one other than a stock fit replacement. Delta cams would certainly change things if you wanted to go that deep. Just not a lot of options for a legacy, now an sti ... that has power.