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Lol @ Decals...

Can't beat a bit of SWRT War-Paint!!!!

With the greatest respect, was that not rather the point with Scottish Taffy's car...? Kinda fits in with his car's theme... or at least that's the impression I got from him on the Highland Fling. Good bloke - go for it mate!

Cheers Eddie. Always happy to see SIDC/ SS.Net cooperation... life's too short!

Oi!!! When did you get a hatch? Good choice sir!

Cold air intake and remap defo the way to go. AEM good, likewise Forge/ Litchfield.

Gives you a subtle BoV sound without the fuelling problems!!! (CAI still needs a remap though)

If you're at the Tayside meet on Thurs you can get a shufty at mine.

massive improvement...

...but its still a hatch

Oi! You ain't in "our" club, so beat it!

Looks good Gordon! Exhaust next...

drive an STI is the next point in the plan I'm starting to bias towards the WRX, seems like a good compromise between daily use and speed when needed, and upgradeable if i ever get more power hungry. Thanks for all suggestions and responses so far, very helpful.

You want an STI, sir....No, REALLY!!!!

The car looked awesome enough front the outside!!! That's SCARY fast though!

Anyone else else wanna chip in so Scot doesn't need to stick his gauges down wi' gaffer tape?

...not that you'd have had time to be looking at 'em anyway!!!! AWESOME

I purchased a great 57 plate Impreza WRX 3 months ago after enduring an RX8 for 5 years.

You have no idea how comforting it is to get in a car and know that it will start, won't flood, won't lose it's back end in wet weather and will do slightly more than 16 to the gallon!

Before the RX8 I had an RSK B4, twin turbo that I had chipped to 326. That car was fantastic, understated but so damn quick no boy racer knew what I had till I blasted off at the lights to leave them standing in their 1 litre Corsa's with their stupid exhausts amd mega speakers.

I always wanted an Impreza and now I have it's just the best feeling!

"Enduring"... love it!!!

Legacies ROCK!

thanks it do look good but dont go as good as it looks well yet anyways

got big big plans for that engine and gearbox

want as much power out of the EJ20 as can be got

first job get running right then off to get AUTRONIC ecu on then

pistons out conrods out crank out and start with all forged and cnc

pull turbo off dont know what one to get yet

and all the bits to make it work lol

Blimey! Wouldn't buying another one be quicker? But good to see yer gonna do things properly!

i will pay my 20 quid to join in next day or 2 seems worth it

Good man.

Sti Calipers will fit but you will need to change the wheels and get the discs drilled to suite 100pcd

If you're not upping the power, some decent pads and discs, tyres, brake lines and uprated brake fluid should be more than enough at stock power levels unless you're hitting the track or doing a LOT of heavy fast road braking.

Remember WRX 4pots can lock the front wheels, so they're not short on power... only issues after that are feel (hence braided brake lines and uprated fluid) grip (hence tyres) and fade/ overheating (in which case DO go bigger).

There's always the BLING factor with bigger brakes as well!

Admiral worth a shout, especially if multicar is an option for you.

It's only got 17k on the clock and three stamps from Subaru had a few thes things and never let me down so may just go for it still millers 10 60 for this age as well

Cheers for the help

Unless you have advice to the contrary, I beleive the 2008-on STI (and therefore presumably the WRX as well) uses 5W30 oil.

And any engine can go pop if you push it hard enough... just a good excuse for a forged rebuild

It's broke.

Why am I NOT surprised....

I suspect your bhp gains vs expense/ weight/ complexity will be minimal so as not to make it worthwhile... might make more of a restriction as well which may actually DROP your bhp.

January 04 got it with 11000 on the clock , now has115000 and a new engine and soon to be new gearbox , couldn't get shot of it now . Mon the bugs

Kenny

Blimey! Thought my mileage was high!!!

There's hope for ol' Dies Irae yet!

Ah.... they'll all come over to the dark side eventually!!!

Hope you enjoy it Den.

Hi folks,

Can anyone recommend a company for transporting the car from Dundee to Perth? Hopefully next week from Wednesday onwards. Its finally time for the scoob to get its new engine fitted!

Oh and its a non runner and its lowered.

Thanks,

Kev

Woo-hoo! Progress!

Think Ciaran RB5 might have a trailer.... not sure...

IIRC, ram effect with a turbo engine is minimal - clearly cooler air is better for a denser intake charge and a cold feed is always gonna be a good thing (careful with your mapping). Hp gains come from the colder air rather than any pre-turbo compression effect I suspect.

That was a good run! Same again this Autumn?

Meh... common as muck. lol

Hallo chap.

Nice GB. Think I may have seen you out and about... blue hatch with black wheels, big brakes and pops n bangs?

its not the piston rings cause would have no compression surely ...has 150 psi on each cylinder!!!

No, quite safe then!!!

Which cyl gets the misfire? Might it be related to oil pressure? Pressure drops at idle when warm... had an AVCS solenoid go on mine and it gave a misfire on warm idle. Idle very lumpy and threw a CEL.

Plus, IIRC P1s didn't have AVCS... unless you have different heads running with your syvecs of course... doesn't explain the coil pack voltage issue either... unless I misread your post.

Piston ringland? I know the P1 engines had a bit of a habit of this... doesn't sound like it from your description though...

Just thinking laterally...

I'm Northern now, no question about it! Lol

Not even close, Luv!!!

Nice mods!

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