impreza wrx sti ra 555 faq

[strapper]

Thinkinig in buying one of these as a weekend toy as they look like the awsome rally machines! What is the story with the gearing in them I have heard they only do 115mph is this true? Could I have some feed back from some owners of them?

 

Cheers

[frank c]

www.type-ra.co.uk

Here's another option mate..

Frank

[Guest]

think u will find it's alot more like 130mph plus

basically it is a light weight sti no mod cons at all including radio in the one i was in.

was a member on here who took me for a spin  337bhp unbelievable power and grip!!

get them pretty cheap now aswell 6k ish!!

[the squiggle]

First off it is called a STI RA V Limited of which there were 555 made

There are 2 members on the board with these fine cars, Mckelvr and Micra-wrc (Imy, my other half) both own 1996 V Limited and find that they truely are awesome cars

Top speed with the limiter in place is 112mph and without the limiter it is around 120mph but the accel is ballistic for a std car with 60 coming in at under 5 secs.

Some of the V Limited s come with Air-con, electric windows, central locking and some do not, it entirely depends on what the first owner in Japan ticked at the Subaru showroom when ordering the car

The 1996 V Limited is the first car the Subaru sold out of in Japan before the production run began, so the cars are individully specced.  Imy's car comes with Air con, electric windows and quick rack steering, other cars vary as to spec and equip

HTH

Grant

 

 

 

[james666]

i also have a 555 sti wagon, but mine is not a limited one its just a specail edition. still dunno the diff.

[micra_wrc]

to answer the original question, yes the gearing is high which makes motorway miles slightly .. er ... unusual
I didnt want a car that had ridiculous top speed, I wanted the torque and the oomph when you accelerate. 

To me, it doesnt make sense
having a car that can do amazing top speeds cos a) you'll get done for
speeding; you'll probably lose it in a big way and injure yourself
and/or the car and c) there is no where in Scotland you can go to get
to those speeds anyway

goodies that are standard in the
RA include DCCD, 5th injector, short shift gear box, quick rack
steering and lighter chassis and panels (god i've been hanging
around Squirrel too long LoL)

more pics can be found in my weight competition thread (which we still need to do BTW) here......http://forums.sidc.co.uk/forums/758973/ShowPost.aspx

[mckelvr]

yep ive got the other one mine has wind up windows. the gearing is a bit mad on them i wouldnt reccomend driving to bournemouth in it ..but they are great fun though especially in this weather he he

[james666]

my wagon has air con elec windows and mirrors, and has the short shifter and close ratio box.

[the squiggle]

  Quote

my wagon has air con elec windows and mirrors, and has the short shifter and close ratio box.

James, your car is the wagon equivelent of mine.

Not 100% sure on the build number but 200 comes to mind for some reason.  I will check the Jap literature to see what it throws up

[eurosti]

Sorry to Hijack but a few questions for you RA owners 1 is the zero sports bodykit standard on the 555 like yours squirrel? 2 ive read somewhere that the 5th injector is a dummy therefore does nothing? Is there any fact in Q2? One last one is James,s car a Wagon SA ie the lightweight very rare version available in 1994 only.

[james666]

as far as i know which is not much bout these as only had it a month and a fun 1 at that. mine is just a plain old 555 wagon no sa or ra  and is a 95

[eurosti]

Cheers Jamsie ive yet to find anyone with a Wagon SA rarer than i originally thought!

[james666]

no probs

[the squiggle]

  Quote

Sorry to Hijack but a few questions for you RA owners 1 is the zero sports bodykit standard on the 555 like yours squirrel? 2 ive read somewhere that the 5th injector is a dummy therefore does nothing? Is there any fact in Q2? One last one is James,s car a Wagon SA ie the lightweight very rare version available in 1994 only.

Q1. No some short dude from Nippon fitted it and yes i know it is ugly

Q2. The fifth injector is wired in fuel and electrical wise but is not used by the ECU at all.  It an be used with certain aftermarket ECU's.  It was there as part of the homologation regs for the Grp N and Grp A car of the time.

The SA Wagon is indeed rare but there is one in Lanark, basically a stripped out wagon a near RA gearing and wind up windows

[eurosti]

Cheers Grant that answers all my Q,s my mate had the same kit on his wrx but had the slats filled and blended in looks much better imo. Thanx again Stu[Y]

[strap]

Hi MCelvr it's Scott from Mauchline that used to have the yellow gt4! I've finally came to my senses and going to go through with it this time! This is my chosen weapon! You will need to take me a blast in your's to see if I like HEHEHE!

[strapper]

I started this thread and my name at the begining was strapper now as I post it's just strap?

[frank c]

Not any more ^^^^^^^

[strapper]

Weird???

[mckelvr]

  Quote

Hi MCelvr it's Scott from Mauchline that used to have the yellow gt4! I've finally came to my senses and going to go through with it this time! This is my chosen weapon! You will need to take me a blast in your's to see if I like HEHEHE!

no probs scott glad you came to ur senses i,ll take you out a wee blast anytime you want buddy (the ra,s had a few more mods since i last saw you ) ill keep them a surprise for the test run .. anyway jof and me are planning a scoob day soon ie. plenty of rain a big car park (privately owned of course) and lots of dohnuts  and sideways action speak soon  grant