Hi impreza and welcome to the site. Your'e down in my neck of the woods (well sort of Kent!)
The Impreza's will benefit from a new intercooler and uprate the fuel, remap it and you have a serious performer. Some drivers rate the sports exhausts for them but with all the pipes to get round the Boxer lump your looking at over a grand for a good one.
(26! Your'e still a spring chicken - we've got some members like myself who are over 30 and still driving/modding their cars
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