dude im only making 190 to the wheels at 6k rpm, that is at the peak of boost.
ej205 = 2.0 wrx motor except 06-07
ej257 = 2.5l sti motor and 2.5l 06-07 wrx motor with smaller turbo.
believe it or not the automatic tranny's are stronger than the 5 speeds cause the 5 speed syncros are ****.
im not 100% sure what VQ is?
what year do you have anyway?
my 05wrx cost me 14k.
and im going stage 2 in a month on stock tranny.
if all goes well i will be making around 250/260 to the wheels.
and the auto 4 speed can safely take 300whp.
that is on stock turbo running 18ish psi. im running stock psi right now which is only 14.7psi.