Looking for advice on a future purchase

[clan2_uk]

Hi, I've been away from scooby ownership for about 16 months since I sold my black mica 2003 blobeye and bought a BMW 320D. I am now considering buying a cheap i.e less than £5K classic for a weekend/ occasional weekday runner. I can't believe some of the prices that you can pick up some of the jap imports for now. Anyway I'm not ruling out a UK model yet but an import could be better bhp for the money although I  know very little about the jap imports except the very basics but I always fancied an ra version. I've seen ra's for about the £4K mark and wrx's for around £3.5K. I possibly might take it on the track in the next couple of years and I'm not bothered about air con and stuff so would an ra be a good buy ? What is the differences between the ra and the sti and the wrx apart from the diff control (don't know what year this came on an ra), water spray (don't know what this is anyway) and a fifth injector (again what is this) ? I've read so many articles of cars with the big ends gone etc, is this because they have been running with a higher boost or is this because of the wrong fuel grade being used. I need to think carefully about this in terms of jap versus uk models, I really don't want to be spending thousands running it when it is only going to be used occasionally. Oh its good to be back, well nearly.[]

[drb5]

Hey there mate. Bit easier to answer all your questions in person and i live/work very close to you.

PM me if you fancy meeting up to get some info.

[micra_wrc]

wow what a lot of questions! []

have a look here - TypeRA website & forum

[clan2_uk]

drb5

I touch goats

[clan2_uk]

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wow what a lot of questions! []

have a look here - TypeRA website & forum

A lot of questions but christ have I got a lot of learning to do. Thanks for the link to the ra forum, it had a lot of info on it.