Evo 8 330

[scuba dou]

Had a right blast the other night with a 330 evo 8 on the way home from work.

Long story short, came up behind the said car and could see the 330 on the back; thought to myself this will be interesting. All things being even this evo would walk away from a standard Sti, so kepth the car quite and was in "stelth mode" as we made our way through some solid traffic and through a roundabout. Evo and me both in the fast lane as we exited the roundabout with a clear road ahead. Well this evo was off

Now at this point I?m suspecting that he?s thinking he?s going to leave this MY02 Sti behind in his wake. Several seconds later and I?m still following (fairly close I guess) waiting for him to pull over. All he is doing at this point is holding up progres. I'm sat there with big smile in his mirror?and reminding myself what a genius Bob Rawle and the team at RCM actually are.

We played cat and mouse, sensibly I may add for several miles, with me soon sat up front. The best bit was the unspoken banter between the two of us as we made brisk and safe progress. Good fun and was great to see two fantastic cars laughing with each other, rather than the usual stand off evo v scoob thing.

Also made for a quick journey home from work too!

[jasonb]

well done sounds like it was good fun

[st3ph3n]

It's nice to have a spirited wee run, a great way to start or end the day I think. A VX220 chased me for 2 miles or so one morning just near work. Both got round past a slow car and made a run for it. We both hit some good speeds. He would have had me in a real race I imagine, but as I pulled into the wee off slip for work he pulled up beside and nods and smiles were exchanged and off he went.

I'm sure I asked you this before Jools, but just how much power are you making?

[fai17]

<< It's nice to have a spirited wee run, a great way to start or end the day I think. A VX220 chased me for 2 miles or so one morning just near work. Both got round past a slow car and made a run for it. We both hit some good speeds. He would have had me in a real race I imagine, but as I pulled into the wee off slip for work he pulled up beside and nods and smiles were exchanged and off he went.

I'm sure I asked you this before Jools, but just how much power are you making? >>

Enough...Stephen.

Its alway nice to have a safe blast...down the road..

[dougster]

Nicely put Jools.

I'm not having as much fun in my Scania!!!!

[scuba dou]

I never answer that question on power Stephen, because I don?t know

Bought the car new on 30th Jan 02. Had the early PPP on it as soon as it was developed, then it had the TSL 333 treatment a few years later, then last winter it was worked on by Matt at RCM and mapped by Bob Rawle.

The only figure ever spoken about with Bob and RCM was that they would get me 350 out of it and I was fine with that. My thoughts are BHP are nice, but are often meaningless in the real world, and by that, I mean on the road. The overall package is the key to unlocking a fast road car and it has been mapped for fast road use.

With the 3? RCM exhaust system, c/w RCM headers, their own turbo mod & induction kit, race flywheel, AP clutch, front engine pulleys, then a remap by Bob Rawle you have a Sti 7 that spools up like a jap motor bike and pulls like a Canadian log truck.

Add to all that the previous suspension tweaks, ARB, anti lift kits, quick shift, strut braces, aggressive geometry settings and not forgetting removing over 120 kg of bit?s out the car, and from the car, then it?s not a bad package I guess.

I?m sure it?s not the fasted out and out Scoob around by any means, but as a point A to point B road car.....well suffice to say I have not been embarrassed yet. Can't wait till this winter when it goes back for the next round of upgrades

[Gumball]

had a smiliar situation last saturday on route home past knochkill. Dont know what was on or if the guy was just out for a drive the same as me. as i came down through powmill towards knockhill a silver EVO 8 appeared in front of me.

the guy was driving as part of the crowd........until he saw the blue scooby behind him! instantly he changed the way he was driving and was ready all the time to make a move.

the traffic was minimal, so he accelerated to find that the scooby was still there behind him. the game of cat and mouse was good safe fun with the two cars making no ground on each other.

i could tell that he was a track, evo convoy driver by his style and followed him at a fair pace into the bends and twisters heading down towards the bridge.

This was where it all changed. all of a sudden the EVO was stuck to my front bumper for some reason. after the second bend he came out and indicated for me to pass!! as i slowed down we both grinned at each other. good to have some fun and be safe and no ones taken chances that arent neccesary.

smoked though.

[st3ph3n]

It's a good ethos Jools. My next planned upgrades are all suspension work. Having never driven anything with remotely similar abilities to an Impreza then standard power is still enough to make me smile.