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Hey Davie! Hope you enjoy the Heelinds! Best option is to ask Andy F himself just to see how strictly he mapped it.. FYI - Vpower stocks are only available in Inverness and Beauly.. No further north (AFAIK) Generally speaking you could get away with normal fuels if you keep it low but what's the chances of that..

Hmnn... Measured mine this morning.. and was a measly 12mm in dimeter That's from a Bug-eye.. thought of a few different way to try sort the rattle but didn't think of blu-tak.. Will have to give that one a try

Got it!

Lo mate! What sort of dates were you thinking of heading up? Was considering have a run out inverness way at the end of the month possibly start of april....

Not sure of the thread but I still have my standard shifter kicking around somewhere, will measure the diameter for you tomorrow if I find it Did you have any problems with your knob vibrating and making strange noises at cruising speed ? Mine makes a really annoying rattling noise.. Had it for over a year now and it's really annoying (But your right it matches the Interior stylign perfectly!).... Tried reseating it and re-tighening the screws, packign out the collar with insulating tape but the rattle is still there.. BLoody annoying!

Another link for the archive: Clip from Subaru Impreza Story

WEll spotted! Excuse me while I spend the next 20 mins ripping it out and posting a clip of it..

Mad... MAD car! Still think it belongs on teh set of a fast and furious movie... Hope he his! It's gonna be a bit of a bonkers event with SmilerAS towing his caravan with the Scoob

True.. But every year since then the levels were lower than the Bugeye ever was! the 2003 figure is very impressive, and I never realised it was that high! but no doubt the bugeye was a popular model maybe harmed the sales from 2000 -> 2001 a bit but sales were still pretty high and consistent Disappointed with the hawkeye sales.. I really liek that model.. As mentioend above probably somethign to do with cost of road tax and peopel beign encouraged to go "economical".. Pah!

THere is a problem with that... THe hatchback ISN'T selling that well.. Sales are down massively on previous years.. ANd IIRC when they released the bugeye it was one of Subaru's highest selling years!!!

Grrr! Worryingly there seems to be increasing reports of attempted thefts on this forum recently.... Hope you get hte damage repaired without too much cost...

They've messed witht eh front too much (which was the only part of it I liked) and tehy ahavent sorted out that gawd awful rear light cluster

Cheers for that! Lots of stuff for a shopping list LOL! No plans to do any track stuff.. But do look for a really nicely balanced A and B road machine.. Also always lookout to replacing the dodgy rubber bushes with the more modern polybushes where necessary

Thanks! Suspension setup at the mo: Standard dampers (KYB) PRodrive Springs Front top strut brace Rear strut brace Whiteline Drop links on rear (steel) Perrin drop links on front (Only because the standard onese were worn and needed a replacement) Standard ARB's No ALK Kinda looking to get a set of coilover this year sometime with a bit of luck.. Probably the BC's which are floating around a lot at the moment.. But the rear ARB is next on the handling shopping list

Nae worries mate..! For a moment there I questioned my own understanding of it all Yeah by bro found that the front end turned in so nicely that the car felt more balaced with the rear end following nicely without the need to flick the diff to the rear to induce oversteer (reduce understeer). He insists it should of been a standard component on the RB320.. Have been considering removing my front strut brace recently to try soften the front slightly.. At least until I get a uprated rear ARB.. I reckon the front of the car is currently way too stiff (compared to the rear end) and when cornering the rear end wants to roll yet the front wants to stay flat putting excess pressure on the front outside wheel. Which normally is good for grip but too much and it's forcing the car wide and feels nasty and almost unpredictable... really happened after replacing worn front drop links.. After fitting uprated ones the car hasn't felt as stable in the bends.. Got solid drop links and strut braces front and rear, but should have got the rear ARB done first.. Live and learn..

I thought that's what I was saying...Adding strut brace increased front end grip/turnin/sharpness *confused*

Dunno if you've noticed, but my bro reckons after fitting the front strut brace to his RB that the front was MUCH sharper! And comign off motorway slip roads it really felt like it wanted to oversteer saying he didn't think there was any need to whip the diff to the rear as the car was so much sharper when cornering.. I think the effect a strut brace has on a car depends on the rest of the supsensipn set-up if it's allready pretty stiff the strut brace can make a difference but on standard squishy suspension, it's probably not goign to make much difference.. Unless you hit kerbs side on I did think the car turned in sharper after fitting mine to the WRX but thought it was all in my head at the time..

D'oh! Yep, definately looks like they feed through the strut there.. They must have changed that on the run up to the newages

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Linky: http://forums.sidc.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=127791 (for anyone who can't find it...)

always used V-Power on mine until recently when a local tesco started stocking 99 Used a few tanks of it and don't notice much difference I "thinK" the T99 feels smoother yet the Vpower packs a very slightly more kick.. But that difference coudl just be air temp related. Difference is minumal.. But the T99 is WAY cheaper!.. I'm sure someone in the know will come along But IIRC Vpower is refined up to 98ron then octane booster is added. But T99 is basically super 97ron with octane additives added to bring it to 99ron..

Not sure I'm qualified to know what I'm talkign about, but I'd suggest if your tightening the front, you MUST do the rear first (or at the same time).. I've currently fallen into that trap.. Uprated the drop links all round and fitted strut braces.. car handles like pish just now and just understeers (almost worse than standard) because the front is proportionalyl stiffer than the front.. I should have uprated the rear ARB before doign the front drop-links.. But the old onese were worn.. I'd try to avoid just uprating the front ARB on it's own...

The brake flex is just bracketed/held to the strut rather than being fed through it in anyway. Shoudl more or less unclip from the base collar of the strut after slackening a nut.. No need to remove the flex from the car it'll just dangle around until the new strut is installed.

*drool* I want one of those...!!! Although I'd stick with silver multispoke alloys though.. But that's my preference... Nout wrong with that!

That's an evil looking car! the lack of any colour on the outside is just creepy!