jim dbm

i went to telford road in edinburgh this morning, balloons and blokes kitted out in v power stuff, got £30 worth for 92.9 a litre, also got a v power key ring.

going for the h&s classic style bb, heard a couple and they sound superb.

hi im currently running a full decat with a scoobysport (janspeed) backbox, im looking for something a bit more aggressive sounding, ive heard the original h&s backbox on a mates classic and it sounds deeper and just nicer than mine so thinking of getting one of those, also considered the afterburner vortex, any other opinions?? dont want stupid loud just something that that growls when i want to play!!

the car is much quicker after the remap, pulls much harder in every gear and all the way over 6000rpm its still pulling where as before it would be running out of puff much earlier. andy said with the samco y piece and the airbox ill see another 10bhp for peanuts, so its being done this week, the man knows his stuff. the car now feels how it should come from the factory and plenty quick enough, for now........ andy also compared the in gear acceleration figures on my car with a 2002 sti he mapped earlier the same day which was pushing out 350bhp after the map, nothing in it, like 0.1 secs in most gears, as andy said thats where the classics come into their own with the power to weight advantage.

on the advice of andy f bought the y piece turbo to intercooler hose today as andy said the standard one is really restrictive. also going to de snorkel the airbox and remove the resonator and fit the whiteline alloy droplinks i got last week. once u start with these cars its hard knowing when to stop. remap was last week and im already toying with the idea of a andy f hybrid td04 for more power .

andy said 265 and 255 torque iirc estimate, though it feels very quick, he showed me my power graph and accelaration figures on the laptop compared to the 2002 sti that he mapped the same day that was pushing out 350 after map, in gear accelaration figures all within 0.1 secs with mine quicker in some, thats where the light weight of the classic comes into its own. ordered the samco hose from falkland who ordered it direct from samco as i didnt want the whole boost kit just the y piece. anyone on here done the snorkel/resonator removal on the airbox on the classic, andy said its a worthwhile mod.

finally got round to getting my 99 classic remapped yesterday with ecutek by andy forrest, car has full decat, ported headers, magnex up pipe and panel filter, andy downloaded the map on the car then we went out for drive so he could fine tune it and i was very impressed with the transformation, pulls so much harder in every gear all the way to 6500 rpm when before it would run out of puff well before then. andy recommended i fit a samco y piece hose and also de snorkel the airbox and blank the hole and remove the front wheel and splash guard to remove the thing that protects the airbox from water but restricts airflow so already ordered the blanking plate from subaru and ordered the samco y piece to free up a few more ponies.

for ecutek remap on my 99 uk classic, cant wait! car has full decat exhaust, panel filter and ported/heat wrapped headers and up pipe by harvey smith off scoobynet. hopefully i will see good gains, hoping to get around 280-290 bhp, sound about right?