Hello mate, sorry to hijack your thread, its probably an old topic now but it was the first thing i stumbled upon on google about remaps for these cars! I take it you got your Japanese import remapped? if so, what's it like? wanting to get one done soon after i do a few other supporting modifications done. intercooler, avo charge pipe, some custom boost pipes to remove any resonated sections, exhaust system and a few other mods....
Funny how you said about the SI-Drive System having a slow mode, see if your accelerating and you put it into sport# mode whilst accelerating, does your car pull harder or is it just my mind playing tricks on me???
I had a local Subaru tuner look over the car and were meant to remap it, but didn't manage for some reason or another, I was meant to call them as they were to get in touch with a few different Subaru tuners in the US to see if they have a solution for my problems but with being back at work I just keep forgetting, will phone them back next week and find out, but as you know these cars are more powerful than the US spec cars. A guy I know said they can be remapped and respond very well and should be around 330-340bhp when done. being honest with you everytime I've driven the car hard, it feels like its got around 300 bhp, has a good few modifications now so maybe that helps
let me know how you got on though any help is much appreciated! All the best when the new year comes!!! Paul