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Just been through the same pain on our 1995 WRX race car. I've done an illustrated description of the swap here: http://nipponchallenge.14.forumer.com/view...p?p=10025#10025 Basically, you take your old one off. Remove an adaptor fitting off the side of the pump and swap that bit with the one on the later model pump. Then the new pump assembly will fit together nicely on the motor.

Introduction & Qualifying Pre-Race Driver Interviews Race 1 (part 1) Race 1 (part 2) Driver Interviews - Post Race 1 Race 2 (part 1) Race 2 (part 2)

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Originally, the Subaru Cup was a race series for 1993-1996 Impreza WRX models with 4 pot front calipers and 17" wheels. Power was capped at a max of 300bhp. It was essentially a production specification series that ran within the Nippon Challenge in 2009. Take up wasn't exactly dramatic though. It seemed Scoob owners either wanted to polish their pride and joys or spend eleventy-million pounds and make them into fire breathing monsters... Well for 2010, the Subaru Cup is changing - There is still the production class as before (racing a true scoob for less than £6K!), but now there is a modified class for any age/model Impreza with the addition of an air-restrictor and some ballast to try and even things out. Why waste all that money on going roundy roundy in Timid Attack, when you can race for real against someone else on track at the same time??!?? The Subaru Cup 2010 is being supported by the SIDC and Banzai magazine. Check out the following videos for an idea of the action: The Nippon Challenge and Subaru Cup dedicated video channel has loads more stuff here: Nippon Challenge on Vimeo With a suitable Subaru Cup race car, you could also enter the Nippon Challenge for a heavilly subsidised fee and thus enjoy 2 x qualification sessions and 4 x races over one weekend for less than £400! Go to Subaru Cup - Red Dragon Race & Track Club for details Visit the Nippon Challenge forum to find all the driver chat, pictures, videos, technical details, build diaries, etc: Nippon Challenge :: Index My wife Karen raced in the Subaru Cup in 2009 and will do so again next year in her production class car. The build thread for Karen's car can be found here: Nippon Challenge :: View topic - Classic Subaru Impreza WRX and Karen's website is here: www.karenphillips.co.uk Come and have a blast in one of the most exciting race series for years...

My missus in her Impreza race car: and how it looks currently... She also owns and commutes in a Subaru Forester Turbo (Great for Q-car fun!), and gets to use my '99 Impreza Turbo whenever she so desires. Rich.

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Hi David, Congratulations on the hard work you guys put into everything you do. It's really appreciated. Karen's always mindful to acknowledge flags where appropriate. In fact Tim (Silver Evo), seemed content to follow her for a while. Obviously, it was near the end of the race and he was just seeing himself to the chequered flag. Fizz visited the gravel twice on Saturday. Once in qualifying and then in race 2. He had a really rubbish day. The car just wouldn't turn in and he had terrible problems with his windscreen misting up. When Karen was following him around Copse, he tightened his line ever so slightly and Karen thought it best in the conditions just to ease off and ensure she didn't go wide and hit him. Unfortunately, she was on the kerbs too at the time and the combination caused lift-off oversteer resulting in the spin. That's the biggest Nippon grid so far, but things are coming together now with a great mix of marques and entries for each GT power class. Not too sure there are anyt other SIDC folk racing, but I'm sure I can persuade then to join! Pics... Photos copyright Lance Wittenberg, lancewittenberg.com Cheers, Rich.

Thanks for the offer, but we're sorted for lights, I think. Had a quick thrunge on eBay and got pairs of stuff and another front indicator for less than £22. Obviously she'd have had less problems with the O/S front wheel getting caught now and again - You'll see from the picture to follow.

Karen's classic WRX race car now needs some new parts after an eventful days racing at Silverstone in terrible wet conditions. Need a new front headlight, sidelight, indicator, repeater indicator, wing, and certainly driver's side doors and possibly also passenger side doors (Depending if I can press them out successfully). Then some more panel beating and paint and a few stickers. All this occurred in Race 2, where despite the initial shunt and resultant handling problems she managed to battle through all the other incidents to finish 15th overall having started in 17th. http://vimeo.com/5044131

Cheers gav. I'm bemused as to why the official just didn't get her to pull up her sleeve on the spot. Mind you, every time we've been to Pembrey the scrutineers and officials have frankly been a pain in the a***. What is it about the place? The scrutineers had a problem with most of the Scoob rollcages as they didn't have door bars. Took the CofC to overrule them. Apparently they don't know what the word. "Optional" means. That's the only biff the car's had this year. Actually, she'd probably have been out of his way but for being held up by the MK2 MR2 in front. The guy is a canny driver and manages to be as wide as possible. (Polite way of saying he weaves!!). Yup, running on Silverstone FTZ type RR road legal race rubber. (Like A048's or R888's). They work brilliantly on the scoob. Karen's smooth driving style and decent geometry by Powerstation ensure wear is good too. Very happy with them. Due to circumstances beyond our control, Silverstone in the first week of June may be our final round this year...

Quite a torrid weekend racing at Pembrey on 16th and 17th May! Karen was doing really well in Race 1 and was 2nd in the Subaru Cup behind Sam Maher-Loughnan and ahead of Martin White when she was black flagged! Turns out a grid marshal spotted one sleeve on her suit was part way down her right forearm. Instead of telling her to pull it up, he informed the CofC WHO WAITED UNTIL THE RACE WAS NEARLY OVER BEFORE CALLING HER IN!!! This meant she started Race 2 near the back of the grid and some numpty novice drove into the side of her, locked up her rear wheel and spun them both out of the race. Damage was limited to chewed up spokes on the wheel and a partly mangled front bumper. (Pictures courtesy of Daniel Gatt.) This chap was a menace all weekend. He'd already spun out a Suzuki Swift in the same race before tagging Karen. Myself and a friend fixed the front bumper damage and the car was ready for the final race on the following day. Race 3 saw Karen start near the back again (due to the previous DNF) but have a clean race to go from 16th to 8th overall and 3rd in class behind Sam and Martin. It's such a shame the official didn't rectify the problem(?) straight away and then she'd have rightly been fighting for class wins in each race instead of being stuck at the back of the grid for two races. (and within the clutches of that pillock!) A video compilation of the racing can be found here: Nippon Challenge Pembrey 16th & 17th May 2009 on Vimeo Cheers, Rich.

Intercooler splitter? Cost us £25 a few years ago and you can definitely feel the difference. It fits inside the scoop and splits the air between the front and back halves of the TMIC. Previously only the back half used to get any of the airflow. Although if you've got some aluminium, tin snips and half a brain you could do it for a couple of quid!

That's a bit of a bum date for us too... I would have borrowed Karen's race car and had a drive myself for a change, but unfortunately we'll be driving to Pembrey so she can drive in some Subaru Cup races. Please keep informing us of these events, as I'd love to try one in the future. Cheers, Rich.

Cheers! Karen's full site - http://www.karenphillips.co.uk Further Subaru Cup blogs: Martin White - http://tengudoms.blogspot.com/ Darren Hughes - http://www.scoobyfizz.co.uk/blog/blogger.html

Snetterton saw the 1st race meeting of the Nippon Challenge in 2009, now also containing the Subaru Cup in which Karen was competing. The Subaru Cup had four entries which would be driving against themselves and the various other Nippon cars for overall honours. Karen came back in from qualifying complaining of power problems when exiting the Russell Chicane and trying to power up the main straight. After discussing the problem with her it became apparent that she may have been hanging on to the revs too long and the rev-limiter was cutting in. Changing up at about 6000rpm seemed to solve this problem for the rest of the day. Image copyright Lance Wittenberg, used with kind permission When the timesheets were published, we discovered that Karen had qualified in 14th place from a field of 23 cars. Quite prophetic, given her racing number is 14! That put her as the last of the Subaru Cup cars but ahead of the poorly GT500 Subaru of Stuart Ward. Karen got a brilliant start in Race 1 and got the drop on Martin White and Darren Hughes, but as she pulled alongside Darren she had a little trouble finding 3rd gear. Darren got ahead and Karen had to follow him closely until Sear corner where she got a chance to accelerate past him up the straight and ahead into the Esses. That's how things stayed until Karen suffered another gear problem into Sear corner for the second time. She went for 3rd and got 5th instead, allowing Darren and Miles to shoot past. That's pretty much how things remained for the rest of the race, but later on Karen was driving around Coram corner when she spotted Darren facing the wrong way on the in-field. Thus she finished 3rd in the Subaru Cup, behind Miles Hulford and Martin White. Martin and Miles had a brilliant battle, with Martin taking the win. Karen was 11th Overall in the Nippon Challenge. Race 1: Again in Race 2, Karen got a great start and would have definitely overhauled Darren, but her start was totally ruined by an inability to find 3rd gear and then any gear for a while! She was overtaken by just about every other car in the field and had to begin an exciting recovery drive... First to be passed was Jason Jesse in his MR2 mk1, then the MR2 mk1 of Nick Reed. Half a lap later it was the MR2 mk1 of Gareth Newton and the Subaru Impreza of David Williams. Next up were the squabbling MR2 mk2's of Nick Jones and Dallas Jackson. Later on she passed the ailing Honda Civic of Richard Johnson. She was determined to catch up with the Subaru Cup cars, and was hunting down Darren who's car was fighting him around each corner due to damage from his off in Race 1. She didn't have enough laps though, and finished up just a few tenths of a second behind him. That put her in 4th place for the Subaru Cup and 9th overall in the Nippon Challenge. Congratulations to Martin for another Subaru Cup win, and to Darren for a well deserved 3rd place! Race 2: Karen had a really enjoyable day's racing. She had fun chatting with all the racers in the paddock and the Silverstone Tyres crew, and was thrilled to get her podium place in Race 1 for which she received a lovely trophy! Image copyright Lance Wittenberg, used with kind permission Karen would like to thank Silverstone Tyres for their sponsorship of the Subaru Cup, and XSpec Motorsport for their hard work in preparing her car for the racing. She's really looking forward to the next event at Pembrey in May, and hopefully by then Richard will have improved the gear shift so she can give the other 'Cup racers a proper run for their money.