jimser

Went to Hypertech today Got rear ARB, Drop links front and rear, ALK and fast road geometry settings done and came home in what felt like a new car. Took as scenic a route home as possible to test things out but was limited due to volume of traffic. Bends though did feel significantly different. very flat and neutral with the back end feeling much more planted.looking forward to getting a real feel for it over the next few days. Thanks to Duncan and Duncan Jr, really nice guys too.

will deffo feel like a different car now kevan

enjoy mate

Cheeky cant

It's running just now. A few tweeks and it's of to see Mr F. It'll never be "finished" of course.

big power cars never are mate

would be good to see it on the road again though

shiny cars are overrated colin,when you hoping to have it

up and running in anger?

Awesome!

What turbo is the old one? What's it good for BHPwise?

the old 1 is a vf34 john which your using already

good for 350bhp

You will hardly be able to sleep at the moment with all the excitment

When you hedding up to Crail

Higgy

lol a bottle of wine usually helps the insomnia

hoping to be ready for end of may if i can get a

map time sorted

got quite a bit done on the car today

started by making a gasket for and fitting new throttle body

fitted new fuel rails

fitted engine back in

headers next

wrapped and fitted them and up-pipe

old and new turbo

turbo fitted

also took off gearbox cradle to fit new shifter bushes but they had already been

done so thats another part to add to the for sale list lol

car is coming along nicely jim.

cheers chris,ill try and get a list of the bits and pieces for sale over the weekend

not sure if theres anything for your car though

Jim, would those discs work with Brembos?

never had brembos so not sure mate,he does this 335mm kit

http://www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk/Subaru/subaru.htm

or performance friction do good 2 piece discs too,both are pricey though

Are they the same size as Peters? They certainly appeared to be damn useful when I was humbled by a short drive in the chocolate mobile.

think so,the discs are godspeeds 335mmx32mm

Looking Jimser.....

How did you get on with the capped bolts?

if the big 1's are too big and the small 1's too small then

i'll cut the big 1's down...phew

fitting fuel rails tomorrow

That's a nice set of brakes Jim. Very nice indeed.

cheers mate,bought them from ian at godspeed at christmas when he was doing a bit

of a deal on them

as already has been said not much happening this week

fitted 24mm anti roll bars

for detailed fitting instructions see dales thread

also fitted ap calipers but the backing plate/stone guard was a nightmare to remove as

couldnt get at the bolts holding it for the driveshafts so just took off everything in the way;front shocker,driveshaft etc

engines going back in on sat so should get quite a bit done next week

Afew pics from last Sunday

nice pics noel

I suspect it will be similar to the old one, some bits are heavier, but others are no longer present. Somewhere between 1000-1050kg

lol i thought i was doing well getting mine down to classic weight!

looking forward to the finished article

what weight are you aiming for john?

Ach, nae cash left... If ever you are upgrading though, gimme first shout on it will ya? Who knows, maybe by that time I will be better finacially placed to take it off your hands. My other alternative would be to buy PPG's 1 - 4 gears and get them fitted but that's about 3 grands worth. Depressing

if i decide to change it i'll let you know mate

mmmm......would it fit?

Listen, I have taken too many leafs out of yours and that Peter's book as it is! I don't need any more leafs thanks!

I was happy with my 230 bhp and my Prodrive back box till you and that other swine got a hold of me, now look at me! I'm ruined, ruined I tell you!

What's happening with my gear box? <--------- SEE!

i know john its never ending,make me an offer and if its enough for me to

buy a dogbox i might take it

You're taking this too far!

maybe you should take a leaf out of my book john!

No probs mate, should have known better.

Just wanted to make sure you had the oil pressure gauge. The other 27 of them will come in usefull too

aye probably went a bit ott but you can never have too much info

looks good john......................how much for a gram man?

I did notice that the other day just up the road aswell. Offshore thu will maybe go and have a look when i get back if it is still around. Also need to get the money sorted aswell

type r all the way way mate.why not import one yourself?

speak to stewart chapman(chapman81)on here,im sure he'll

get you a minter for your £

Hope you boys know what you're doing! Looking at pics of engines being taken out scares the sh!t out of me.

taking it out IS the easy bit

im sure we'll get there in the end though

good experience if nothing else

Looking good

Gary popped up to see Jim tonight and he made pretty good progress by himself!

Looking forward to joining this whole subaru thing in the near future! Just not as mental as Jimser

Will be impressive when its done.

cheers craig and im sure you'll be happy with your jdm sti when it arrives

There's a huge thread on SNET about these plates.

Massive drops in oil pressure have been observed and even cases of the one way flaps being sucked thru to the wrong side which means it keeps oil away from the pickup not around it.

Have a look and have a think.

cheers for the heads up colin but i didnt go into this with my eyes closed.

the car you refer to is duncans(dynamix)which turned out to have a cracked oil

pick up pipe!i have spoke to alan jeffrey and allayed my fears of oil pressure

drop and have been assured that there are several cars running these plates with

no issues.i will run with the plate and monitor oil pressure to see how it goes,if there

is any issues then i shall remove it and look at other options.

for the record i'll be monitering:

oil pressure,oil temp,water temp,fuel pressure,boost pressure,wideband afr,inlet temp,

injector duty,exhaust gas temp and more,no point in pushing an engine to the max and then disregarding whats going on(even on a little 2.0l)

jim

didnt spend too much time working on the car today but did manage to

strip down and remove inlet manifold

fitted manifold spacers and put new one-piece manifold back on

took off sump

and fitted 1 of these cosworth baffle plates

couldnt fit new hydra throttle body as we need smaller headed bolts but g.mac has

sorted us out with them(cheers mate)so can get that on tomorrow

No holding you back now Jim.

The car does look an absolute minter tho

cheers gus,stewart does seem to keep on sourcing top cars