thewelsho

Yip, Craig will sort you out

Enjoyable read and nice pics. The first of the railway ones was my favourite. Nice to see you're still posting here, and pretty regularly too All the best, ma man! JW

I thought the risks were minimal, but I got unlucky I guess. I never thought about the gearbox at all though, oops! Ignorance wasn't bliss. Ha! No STi steering rack; I was unaware that it was different, more ignorance... Yes, dialing in negative camber will eventualy lead to uneven tyre wear, but you can rotate the tyres once in a while to keep it at bay and you can also use less aggressive settings to keep uneven wear to a minimum. The ALK doesn't affect tyre wear. I believe the ALK will allow more negative camber if you want to use it, but it does a different job in that it prevents the front end from unloading under accelaration, therefore leading to less understeer. The droplinks provide slightly less body-roll and wont compromise ride-quality . I understand cars coming in and out of life, and that is exactly how I thought too, until I met the Impreza and everything changed! Of course, I knew nothing about cars or modding cars until I signed up here. At that point all the bad people made me do bad things, ha! Currently, I can't see a point where I will get rid of the car, its way too much fun. Let us know how you get one with your minor tweeks, and if you wanna try out my car with the coilovers etc., you're welcome anytime JW

Very nice

No thanks from me! Bringing back horrible visions of my box which went exactly the same way. Luckily replaced under warranty, but still running the same type of box. 6-Speeder is on the list, but its a long way off

Ha! Well cool.

Chameleon in Renfrew. Got my wheels done in gold there, 18 months later the laquer coating came off. The guy, Wullie, said he'd never seen anything like it and redid them for free. The contact details are at the top of the site on a "sticky". You will also get a discount for SIDC membership. If you take the wheels to him without the tyres, probably cost you £40 a corner

Well, I already have the engine internals done. I busted a piston a week after the bigger turbo and sports cat were fitted. The power was upped from standard to 340bhp and 400ft/lbs. Now have forged pistons and Roger Clark racing shells, but the gearbox (also busted, but sorted under warranty) is still standard and likely to go the route of the previous one. I have spent money on brakes, suspension and handling mods as well as the turbo and exhaust, so trading in for an STi is really not feasible. As I said, a gearbox and that's me sorted! You should consider an anti-lift kit, front and rear droplinks and geometry settings and you will notice an appreciable difference on how your car handles, and this will not compromise the ride-quality Should get that little lot for around £250 - £300 (Hypertech do free fitting on the bits mentioned above). Go on, you know you want to

Nice one!

Good luck mate. Is this your Blobeye? Or have you built a competition car?

Na, you want the STi for the stronger gearbox and internals, not to mention the bigger turbo, therefore more power You'd probably still need to work on the suspension, steering and understeer on the STi (though new geo-settings now, will take some of that away) - you will get the improved braking as well too though. I'm a gearbox away from an STi, but it's still not an STi - its faster, ha! Yeah, getting the carpark damage sorted and all the other little dings as well (extra £150 for the dings ). I dunno if they can do anything with the damage to the bonnet without filler and a full respray, so that will likely have to wait. Looking forward to getting it back

nice one

Yes, correct. I get this on occasion too. Quiet satisfying

So YOU'RE the Craig who fixed it... hmmmm

Nice to see you slummin' it out with the Scooby boys Andy Nice pics, more of the that silvery-grey lookin' one please!

wow, wish I could do that!

Yes, indeed it is. Those wheels that Jimser is selling would look stunning on your car

Mega!!!!

Yes they are... and nice car Tam. Its saying "lower me, lower me, lower me please!" Can't wait to get my car back to shine it up and get all my new bits on it!

Yeah, those are 18s Nice wheels, look better in the flesh though Looking good all round

Didn't know you were off the road. What was up with it and what Craig sorted it? Happy motoring

Awesome!!!!

LOL!

Yes, I know what you mean; you lose heart in the car. Nevermind though, my car is in getting the rear-end dunt sorted out and for another £150, they are going to take all the carpark dings out too! Roll on Tuesday!

Looking at that again... does the off-side headlamp come out and then replaced with a vent of sorts for track use? I'm sure that is what I saw in previous KH pics.