ali37

Cheers Chris, that would be great.

Not much scoobies - but had a cracking day on track (V5 RA - V555STE) Hopefully be more for the next track day. Ali.

Best to do as much as possible at one time as you will need a full geometry setup each time and this will soon mount up.

I have been running with BC coilovers on my MY05 STI for about 3 years now and have had no problems. I had went through 2 sets of OE struts in the first 3 years. I would not say they are the "best" coilovers you could buy, but for the price i.e. value for money you cannot beat them. I have the 6/5 spring rate (6 front/5 rear)and on the softest setting they are about the same as OE shocks/springs, about 5 clicks hard is about the same as OE shocks/prodrive springs. The coilovers have 30 clicks soft to hard so plenty of scope to firm things up. Would advise to get the extended adjusters for the rears if you go this route. Also I know of a low mileage set of BC's for sale for New Age STI with 114.3 PCD if that is the age of your car (MY05 - MY07 STI) if you are interested. (not mine by the way)

Cheers,will drop him a PM.

Who is the member on here that works for Ian Grieve Subaru in Falkirk? Need some info please about a car you have.

We saw no-one being tested for noise level when we were there. We had made sure that our scoobs were not too loud. (you don't want to be driving over 1000 miles with too loud and droning exhaust anyway) You should be ok providing you take it easy in the parking lot and que and don't rev your engine too much. The official limit for the ring is below so if your exhaust is excessive you takes your chances. Vehicles which do not comply with the noise threshold values entered in the vehicle registration papers with regard to the noise emissions from stationary and moving vehicles shall be banned from driving on the track. Furthermore, the noise threshold value is not allowed to exceed the level in accordance with the near field measurement method (95 dB [A]) and the maximum sound-power level (140 dB [A]) stipulated by Nürburgring Automotive GmbH, measured when the vehicle is driving past. Nürburgring Automotive GmbH conducts sound measurement surveys on the course, and reserves the right to exempt vehicles from the tourist drives if they exceed the above noise threshold values, even if their noise threshold values do not exceed those stipulated in the vehicle registration papers. Vehicles with defective or illegally altered exhaust systems shall also be banned.

2011 Trip to Nürburgring After picking a date and booking the ferry and hotel back in March, it seemed as if the trip was never going to come around. Never the less the end of July arrived and we got the cars checked over, packed and got ready for the trip. The weapons of choice : Ali37 – MY05 STI Wuz – MY02 STI Prodrive Day 1 - Thursday 28th July After meeting Wuz at the local McD’s for a bite to eat, we headed off to on the road to Newcastle. A quick pop in past Steve Whitson Motorsport to drop off some parts and we continued on our way. We arrived at the ferry at about 3.30pm after a quick fuel stop and got the cars loaded, then headed for a beer. Managed to get a great 28mpg on the way down! (well great for a 400bhp car which usually returns 18mpg) Day 2 - Friday 29th July We arrived in Ijmuiden (Amsterdam) at 9am fed, watered and ready to go. On leaving the ferry terminal, we were glad that we had fuelled up in Newcastle the day before as the V-Power in Holland is only 95 ron!! After punching the destination onto the Sat Nav, off we set. We had chosen a route that let us see some of the countryside as well as having some fun. After a negotiating out of Amsterdam and the many speed cameras, we headed for Arnhem and crossed the Pegasus bridge then carried on heading for Nürburg. On the way we tried the obligatory “high speed run” on the Autobahn but had to back off several times due to traffic (happened to the Top Gear boys, typical it should happen to us) We then took the road with a few tunnels cut through the hill (which we found on our last visit to the Ring) and did a quick few runs through with the windows down – awesome sound (videos to follow). We were only a short distance from Nürburg now and were soon at our hotel, the Ringhaus near the entrance of the Ring. Day 3 - Saturday 30th July We were woken at 8am by the VLN practice starting – the note of a V12 Mercedes SLR at 150+ must be the finest alarm you could want. After a quick breakfast we changed my wheels for the track ones then headed down to the GP circuit to watch the VLN racing. For €12 we got a ticket the let us access the GP circuit interior, rear pit area and grandstand. Somehow, we found ourselves in the pit area mid-race but decided to make a beeline for the grandstand as there we too much commotion in the pits. Watched some great racing until the race was stopped 3 hours in when an Aston hit and M3 at 180mph (Aston was barely recognisable as a car afterwards, driver got out without a scratch…. Gotta love those rolcages!). The race restarted about an hour later with an awesome rolling start with over 130 cars. The Nordschleife opened at 5:30pm, but looking at the 150 car-long queues either side of the ring entrance we decided to do some spectating and leave the driving till the next day. Day 4 - Sunday 31st July Eager to get some track time we did some last minute checks – oil, tyres, etc. and headed down to the Ring. Another very busy day but the track eventually opened. The first 2 laps were taken easy to get a feel and refresh the memory of the track. After a short break, back on track and did a set of 3 laps. The track closed with an accident so a visit to the Devils Diner for some lunch. Highly recommended is a devils cheeseburger with devils sauce. Once the track re-opened back out for another 3 laps. Since the GP circuit was part of the track on the Monday, it was decided to head back for a beer and the steak on a stone(with added king prawn)at the famous Pistenklause. Day 5 - Monday 1st August With the track not open until 12pm, we headed down to the Nürburgring complex at the GP circuit to have a look round the Ring°werk (which you get free with your lap pass). Had a look round, did the souveneir thing then back to the track. Another 4 laps, this time including the Grand-Prix-Strecke. At this point I found out that Wuz had a oil leak while doing 140mph down the GP start straight. The oil feed pipe to the turbo had cracked at the swaged end and was leaking oil onto the hot headers (the night before we had noticed a small drip and had nipped up the fitting as a precaution – looks like this had widened the crack!!). By the time I got back to the hotel Wuz had removed the pipe and arranged a repair at a nearby ring rental garage (RSR - great bunch of guys, whole thing run by 2 Brits). While waiting Wuz jumped in to the passenger seat and we did another quick lap. The track was then closed for a few hours as a Porsche had dropped oil and a few bikes had crashed because of this. Another trip to the Devils Diner for a bite then we went to get the repaired oil line for Wuz and get his car running. I headed back to complete my last 3 laps while Wuz went for a “spirited” test drive. After making sure all the oil had burned off and no more leakage Wuz squeezed in a couple more laps before the ring closed (at 2/3rds pace just in case) whilst I changed back into my road wheels. Each night at about 5pm about 10 Jaguar XKR-S appeared from the Jaguar test facility to take some potential customers for a few laps. Day 6 - Tuesday 2nd August Up early for the drive back to Ijmuiden to catch ferry. Quick fuel stop and then on our way. Checked the MPG for the day before and it had dropped to 10.1 MPG. A nice easy pace was maintained as the Autobahn was quite busy with traffic. We arrived in Amsterdam about 12.30pm so decided to head into the centre for lunch. 20mins later we were sat in Hard Rock Café tucking into their legendary Pulled Pork Sandwich with a cocktail (non-alcoholic!!). Back on the ferry at 3.30pm we headed for a few beers to celebrate a great trip. Day 7 - Wednesday 3rd August Arrive Newcastle 9am and headed to AS Performance to get Wuz’s brand new oil feed pipe which Wuz fitted in 10 mins (cheers by the way Alyn, great service again) then headed back home. Statistics Total mileage 1295 miles Total fuel 318 litres Laps of ring 15 (8 Nordschleife , 7 Nordschleife + Grand-Prix-Strecke) Distance on ring (Nordschlife) 117.6 miles Distance on ring (Nordschleife + Grand-Prix-Strecke) 112.8 miles Some on track photo’s Nürburgring emergency response vehicle. And some of the parking lot.

Was told a long time ago by Mr F that the only good CAI kit is the APS inner wing kit. A tad expensive, but worth it.

Put my winter tyres on earlier this week they are huge improvement in this weather. Another big thumbs up for Nokian WR2's.

I would start with replacing the indicator relay - sounds like it could be sticking.

Had this exact same problem with my 99 STI RA. I seem to have solved it by running a parallel wire for the signal wire going to the ecu from the speed sensor on the gearbox. You have 3 wires going to the speed sensor. +12v -12v Signal to ecu The signal wire came from the speed sensor, through the kph/mph convector then to the ecu. I have added an extra wire to run in parallel from the convector to the ecu and it seems to have solved the problem. I assume that the wire must be rubbing somewhere and grounding against the body. As Wuz states the wiring is sensor - ecu - speedo. When Andy F was mapping last month he could see the signal from the sensor to the ecu fluctuating and dropping off so knew the problem was not the speedo. Ali.

Just go to T&C Landrover parts counter. Thats where the Subaru guys are.

I would also try and find out if the last owner had the car mapped, and has it been re-mapped back to standard if so.

Yep, should fit ok. Its only newage / classic that isn't a straight swap.

I think it was about 2 months ago, not sure if its the same owners now, but think they also used to own another garage over Potterton direction and used to swap stock back and forth every few months. Yes, know of your old mates - they were ages with my younger brother. Ali.

Looks like the same one I had a look at a while ago for a friend. Although the price and milage was ok, if i remember correct it had been modified then returned to standard - there was part of the air intake missing - think it was the intake elbow. Looked like it had a hard life and decided to leave it alone. I also used to go to Fintray school - many moons ago. My folks still stay next door to the hillclimb. Anyway, am sure John will confirm if the cars any good.

Nice, Wondered where she went. Still looks as good as the day I sold her. This was the first scooby that I bought brand new. Hope she still drives as well as she used to. A photo before I swapped the indicators and reflectors.

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That looks fantastic. Think I need to get a machine polisher this year.

I would reccomend a Green panel filter. Although a lot use the K&N with no problems.

On the info with the Prodrive spring kit they reccomended 33psi front, 31psi rear.

Nice pics. Looks very wet!! Need to get some wet track time this year. Roll on getting the car finished.

Just had Nokian WR2's fitted two weeks ago and they are excellent. Performed great in the ice/snow in the past week.