euan_r

few pics of my car after getting new inner/outer rear arch and a section of the sill replaced due to tin worm. liam at glenburgie did the honours.

i put on new dampers and eibachs over the weekend and its a nice ride with no funny noises or handling traits. since it was a fine day i gave it a wee buff too but not to some of your lots standards. not too bad for a 10 years old uk car though there is a couple of vertical lines in door panels, you can guess why

any opinions on removing rubber strips round the rear arches? imports dont have these and ive heard once the seal goes they collect water and hence promote rust. im unsure as they might stop inner arch lip getting stone chipped

epic report as ever cal

looking forward to further updates

like i said earlier at meet, cant believe how little damage there is considering.

lol nice one boris

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be quick would have had them myself as spares but got new ones less than 12 months ago.

balls to my link

10 mins subaru shocks ebay nuff said

1. intercooler off

2. turbo heat shield off

3. downpipe off

4. remove five nuts holding up pipe on to brackets and turbo

5. remove stupid plastic undertray if still fitted

6. remove sensor on newage uppipe

7. remove two bolts holding up pipe to headers

8. remove nut on left hand engine mount

9. jack engine a wee bit to give a few extra mm clearence.

10. possibly remove left hand side of headers to give more room.

reinstall with new up pipe and resistor shoved in sensor plug.

nae bother min.

just got car back after getting rust cut out, new panels welded in and reprayed.

apparently i broke a front spring on my way down to awd openday too.

you managed along to a meet yet?

could be so many things. windows sometimes whistle, front decat can add more whistle, worn brake pads can start squeeking when warning clip starts to make contact with disc and like you have mentioned already could very well be slight boost leak. good luck finding it

looking good min.

need out a blast fan i get my buggy back

waynes on about his machine polisher

congrats on getting another scoob

go on and spill fit yer getting then. or is it top secret

hello and welcome

friend got an rst engine fully rebuilt and there was intermittent oil pressure issues. after stripping it all back down again it came down to hairline crack in oil pickup pipe. worth considering perhaps if garage is struggling with diagnosis.

edit: has pressure been tested mechanically as it may be electric related otherwise.

congrats

its no as if your car was slow dave

i will have to add rocket fuel or something to keep up at next meet

oooooooooooohhhh

you get iron brew down south

in all seriousness very nice turbo. hows the local meets?

nice car.

nice to hear your enjoying the way it goes.i though a 16v hf delta intergrale would have been no slouch though.

been there, done that.

at least your ok.

you will obviously have to get another since they withstand a fair shunt.

nice one dave

if cars not modded much for power i wouldnt bother with upgraded thermo.

mine went on my old car and replaced with fancy one. when out a spirited drive the temp gauge would fall to hardly registering when there was clear road. lower water temp would mean lower oil temp as well. there is sure to be an minimum oil temp for keeping things right. i could easily be taking gash but thats the way i see it.

cooling is important if you are stressing engine more.

or if you want one i am lead to believe alan is the man to ask about what size drill bit you take to a std one.

deffo to early on a sat night for me to be seeing double or quadrople

i though it was 215/45/17 or 215/40/17 when upscaling from 16" on a classic.

might go down from 215/45/17 to 215/40/17 myself as might get rid of std springs later on this year.

nice to know dunc as ive gone through a set faster than i though. will be looking for yokos as well i think.

funts.

that car bodywork was mint too!

elgin meet when the chavs come round next

nice one dale

i did notice difference too but havent done that much mileage.

every toolkit should have a set of irwin bolt grips they are brilliant.

nice time, saw your car at alford last year and it looked nuts then