Andy UK300

well 2night my car filled me with yet more joy by breaking down! dropped the bird off back home, and we sat in car arguing about stuff for a bit lol. turned engine off but kept the lights on as i ussualy do when parked in the middle of the road! anyway she goes and go to start the car..no joy. starter motor turns over but clearly didnt have enough power as the engine wouldnt catch and the lights and cockpit lights went out when the starter motor gave up after a few tries. was also giving out a very loud high pitched beep when it wouldnt catch. after about 15min of this crap she finally started when i had the lights off. what would cause this? surely the battery couldnt be flatted in that 10min? recently the alternator has made a funny buzing noise when the engine fans come on. well i think its the alternator..coming from that area anyway. getting so fed up of my car. is for ever making funny nosies and vibrations etc. is it time to let her go? ive had it at the garage many times and they find nothign wrong with it. another thing it does that no-one has put their finger on is if its been running a while and u turn it off, and turn back on in say 15-20min...the angine has a funny vibration to it that u can feel all threw the car. as if the engine is rocking side to side or somthing. i was told this could be timing isues seeing my cambelts where due for a change, but they have been done and it still does it. also in high rpm going from 3rd to 4th it wont go in, jst grinds. there the main issues but loads of smaller ones. so frustrating []

ok well a standard 1 will understeer

1 - If your sidelights won't switch off look for the parking light switch on top of the steering column . 2 - Use the search function on the forum before asking the same old question . 3 - The best first mod for an impreza is the exhaust (backbox at least) 4 - Buy a newage 5 - Make sure you get regular quality oil / filter changes every 3 - 4000 miles 6 - Always run the car on good quality fuel - V Power/BP Ultimate/Tesco 99 and add octane booster for safety in an unremapped import 7 - Avoid "chip"ing an impreza - get it remapped by an expert like Andy Forrest (Apexi for classics, ECUtek for newage) 8 - Sell the Newage and buy a Classic 9 - Always wait till the engine is nice and warm before giving it full pelt and let it cool down befrore switching it off 10 - Upgrade your brakes before modding the engine 11 - A VTA dumpvalve isnt really a good idea unless your car is getting remapped to compensate for it. It will momentarily make your car run rich as the ecu gives fuel for air which has been dumped and not recirculated. All you are missing is the gay noise. 12 - Solid rear droplinks and a decent suspension geometry set-up are probably one of the best sub-£100 modifications you can do to a standard car. 13. new ages will undertseer when at the limit

i dont mean stuff like that, posts like where do people live, what do you do for a living. egenral threads which would have alot of banter in them. as apsoed to reading old posts which your not involved with

my biggest gripe with the sidc, and most forums at that. is when a new memeber posts up a thread. and some1 posts a link to the same thign really that was psoted ayear ago or something, and thats the end of it. no one think the new members might wana get involved in the discusion? as aposed to reading an old thread..

out of intrest how much would a new 2ltr engine for my uk300 set me back? andy

boosnt solionoid? have noticed a loss of boost recently. hope its not down the crapper again, had a new one fitted by subaru 5months ago

Yesterday noticed a stange ticking sound coming nfrom the left bank right under the ait intake. its a different sound from the ussual engine ticking sound. is quite worrying. any rough ideas what it could be? andy

Anyone recomend a good valet service in edinburgh? car really needs a good clean and is hard as have no access to power or water in my street!

anyone know if tesco costorhpine has it?

im with admiral altho they are a bunch of cocks!. found it to be cheaper than both bell and elephant who are the same company

living in the centre of edinburgh, 90% of my fun comes from 1st and 2nd gear. unless ur braking speedlimits, which i would never do. cept perhaps the cough western aproach cough

ouch how old are you? your car is 400bhp+ if i remember?

i beast my car like i do my bird

whats grp b and why is it banned?

never raced a civic type R, raced an s2000, was all over me like a cheap suit, but no way could have passed me

good day but too cold, spent most of the day spectating from the car!

blue peter lol actually pulled alongsdie a uk300 at the lights today, first uk300 ive exchannged waves with! spose the odds of seeing another one very often arnt that high! anyone go knockhill today? was cold as fxxk lol. some nice action tho, fav being a porche gt3 wiping out into the gravel track and demolishing a bit of its front bumper off a cone lol

yikes, have fun lol

millars or motul

yeh have the 65mm one, not remaping the car quite yet m8

250 for the kit and fitting inc vat

just had my aps cold air feed fitted..what a difference, sounds phenomnial and car is deffinatly more responsive and a little bit quicker now []

thats what he's saying!

65mm you can use the standard MAF, the 70mm will need a re-map of your ecu, so best check whats coming!