*MAXXD* Shane's Impreza Turbo 2000AWD

[Saint AAI]

Had the car booked in again at Area52 to go on the rollers. Before it went in I had a look under the bonnet and found the vacuum hose that goes to the FPR was brittle and cracked at the end so I chopped it back and put it back on. It made things slightly better, but still looked lean on the gauge. The diff I've come to realise is working as normal, it felt like I had the brakes on only when steering at low speed with the diff locked, which is normal with the speed difference of the wheels, its trying to turn the front at the same speed as the rear. When at Area52 it proved the car was running lean and was getting bad detonation so they had to keep backing off when on the rollers. Fuel pressure was then upped until this stopped and the car is no longer running lean or detting. Problem is the car is now running 4bar fuel pressure on idle with the vacuum hose connected to the FPR, which is high, should be set to 3bar with the hose disconnected. Also boost is not stable, it peaks at 1.6bar, then drops to 1bar then rises again etc.. so basically its safe to drive, but I've been advised not to boot it until its had a full remap again. So I'm saving for a Simtek ECU as well as saving for the bodyshop.