Ali Mowat

Thanks for that guys, will give both a call. Not too keen on second hand jobs, but your right, I could be lucky and find a nearly new set! I have been quoted just under £100 per oe damper from my usual garage and was hoping to find them a bit cheaper. After fitting I will be about £300 so I considered spending a bit more and getting the Scoob Tein'd up, but after speaking to Duncan @ Hypertech (who was really helpfull) it looks like availlability is going to be a problem.

I will try and give them a phone later, I have just checked the site but doesn't look promising!! I find it pretty weird that out of 24 views, presumably most of them Subaru owners, that no-one bar from Stephen seems to be able to offer a suggestion as to the best place to get parts for their cars??!![] Surely you don't all get them from Subaru dealerships and pay full price?

I am looking to get a price for two new rear dampers for my 97 wagon as they are well past their best now! With my vw's before, the best place to buy from was the likes of GSF (German Swedish French) and send OE parts to your door way cheaper than you would get from the dealers. Anywhere similar for Jap parts?? Cheers

Both my rear shocks are leaking and were to be getting replaced on Tuesday with oe jobs, but I might be as well to think about these coillovers seeing as it would only be a little more expensive! Would I be best to get Hypertech to get them sent up here or get them elsewhere as I dont want to have to drive from Aberdeen to Falkirk just to get them fitted??[] Cheers

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Craig I touch goats! [] 1. Kloon - YES 2. Craig Mac - YES 3. Rossco 4. Philip_w - Yes 5. Ac!D - YES 6. Thefastone - YES 7. Ali37 - YES 8. Scooby Steve - YES 9. Ali M - YES

Kloon, If I am taking the golf I will be towing so best to make my own way out, but if not then definately want to join the convoy to Alford! Hard to decide whether to go Scooby scalping in the golf [], or not bother and just enjoy the run out to Alford on the backroads!!

Kloon, I think John S said it was fine to run the golf when I pm'd him a while ago. It was just that John mentions that a number of competition cars would be there to test your Subaru against, and was wondering what those were. My golf is a track car and has to be traillered, so was trying to decide whether it would be worth the hastle of getting it there or just going in the Scoob. Any ideas? Also, could I please have a pm too!!!!

I might burn along to this also! Whats the story with the track action, is this just a Scooby day or are there other cars going on track? Undecided whether or not to bring the golf along as well.

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I have just bought my UK wagon 2 months ago with 99,000 on the clock! It now has 103k but has fsh and seems to be sweet as and has been well looked after. Hopefully it will last for a fair bit yet! I was speaking to euan r at ellon on sat and his has 134k and still made a decent power - around about 230hp iirc and sounded sweet. Just use the maillage as a bargining point and get the price down.

Cheers Ali, will be looking into it. Needing two new rears at the moment, currently Toyo T1-R's all round, so tempted to just go for those again, although I did like the look of those potenza's. I have just put some toyo R888's on my golf and did fancy them on the Subaru for the remainder of summer, but maybe that would be a little "hardcore" on a road car! Wuz - where did you get your tyres from?

Hi Kevin, yeah, your Sti certainly did well on the rollers! I was mentioning to a few others that it reminded me of when I was playing Gran Tourismo 1 when I had a white wagon like yours tuned up to the max!!! Cheers for the info on the exhaust, I think the H&S backbox is the one for me, not to ott while certainly seems to be able to do the numbers when combined with the other breathing mods. Still havnt worked out how to use these icons properly! How do you enter them into the main body of the post, mine always seem to go straight to the top - hence the rolling eyes above when I meant for to appear in the main text!!

I had a great day, thanks to Craig for all the organisation and to Simon and Paula @ JapPerformance for yet another cracking day. I was well happy with the wagons effort of 235 bhp atf and 178 bhp atw, which I reckon was pretty good for a completely standard car on normal 95 ron fuel!! Was good to meet a few of you and check out some of the Aberdeen scoobies. Cant remember the guys name that owns the white sti wagon, but cheers for the info on your exhaust etc. Btw, well cool wagon there, proper stealth beast. (As far as a scoob being stealth goes anyway...) Also, who had one of the newage scoobs that was running on bridgestone potenza's - meant to ask you about them?

Thats almost as bad as on my way through to Knockhill! Passed through the two stretches of average speed cameras (specs) at a stupid 40 mph limit when there are absolutely no road works taking place and both lanes open as usual - they then have the cheek to have a safety camera van trapping after both of the 40 limits!! Taking the piss to be honest. Road angel will be in use on sat I think.

ASDA, BRIDGE OF DEE @ 0915 FOR 0930 1, Craig Mac 05 STi WR Blue Y***AM 2, Kloon 00 DBM Turbo (W*** NST) 3, Dean STI8 White (SJ** FTO) 4, rossyboy 93 WRX Silver (B2 RD*) 5, Rossco 2000 type R grey (X*** WFX 6, Gogsie 04 jdm sti 7, 360ste Blue Bugeye STi MM***CW 8, Philip_w 9, Charlie, redscoobydoo 10, Ali M, Blue classic wagon (R***DJS) BRIDGE OF DON ESSO STATION @ 0940ish Pete (yes it's a 1.6) Silver WRX, K*** EJB MEETING US THERE 1, Butcher Boy 2, Ken 555 - MY95 Sti (N *** KGR) 3, Euan 4, Infiltrator2 5, Ali37 - 05 STi WR Blue (S***FAK) 6, Foz01 TVR Tuscan LIST TO DATE ADDITIONS PLEASE COPY AND PASTE ADD YOUR DETAILS ETC

Thanks, I will pm Frenchy. Yeah, it is a completely standard car as far as im aware. I had a look last night and have found that t-shaped connector. Will check at the weekend properly and try and sort it. Thanks

I have had my 97' Subaru uk turbo for about two months now and am very much enjoying it, but it has a bit of a problem with cutting all boost/ignition under load occasionally. I am very keen to fix this asap as recently I had to abort an overtaking manover due to having had all my power taken away, which was not very much fun to say the least!! It is most likely to happen under load, especially say, if the turbo is building up boost from low rpm (2500) in a higher gear. It also seems to whistle quite a bit in the higher gears sometimes (4th & 5th) which seems to be a little strange, even for a turbocharged car. I have had a look at the FAQ and think it is pretty likely to be this.... Question is - how do I go about sorting it? Where is this T shaped supply hose I am supposed to pull off and give the brake cleaner treatment? Also, the faq mentions getting 97' cars upgraded. How do I do this? Would fitting an aftermarket blow off valve/dump valve improve things? (not keen on a "chav" type sound - as discrete as possible would be nice!) The one complaint I have about driving my Subaru is that is seems to be quite laggy and can be a bit slow on the boost coming out of tighter corners in comparison to other subarus - would an aftermarket blow off improve this? Sorry about the 20 questions but this is my first turbocharged car and have only really messed around with n/a motors so far!! Thanks in advance for any response. Cheers

Hi Craig, I might be up for this if there are spaces left. How much is the price now - scrolled through some of the thread but could not find the cost? 97 UK Turbo Wagon Cheers

Good luck with the rebuild John, great news about the new shell too.

I didnt actually make it down. but heard John had a bad one. So im told, he went off at "Meadow" and went side on into a tree at some serious speed. I think he was unhurt, although I am told that the car is totalled. I would guess he will transfer all the kit over to a new shell?

Hey Zeolite, yeah they tow pretty well, although you have to stop at about every bloody petrol station on the way!!! We stopped in Dundee for fuel and on the way out I decided to go back to Halfords for a fire extinguisher, I then realised we had left tyhe filler cap for the golf at the pump and had to go all the way back! Thought we were going to be running late so I got a bit of a move on and ended up passing Foz with the S2000 at a fair pace, I gave him a toot as we went past. Didnt see the S2000 on track though? What colour was your WRX, I think I saw a couple on the way down?

http://media.putfile.com/123--125 Bloody quick!!! Not sure how it would handle a corner though.....

The car looks ace, really like the white wheels. I might be in the same warm up group as you tomorrow with the golf!

1) Ally-b , spectating 2) rallye 6 spectating plus passenger laps hopefully. 3) PaulC555 - spectating...though tempted...... 4) STi_Bandit - Spectating (Feeling bit off colour cogh might phone in sick cough cough) 5) Mako - On track 6) Fee & Adam - on track 6) RubyTheScooby - spectating for a wee while 7)Ali - on track