mystery machine

Be interested to hear how you get on once everything's fitted and square, Joe. Think I'll be taking the BC route once my warranty is kaput

Looks the part, Cathers!

Tell us how it compares with the Red Dragon then! (wee bit rhymin' slang there ).

Congrats - glad to have you in the club

Look forward to seeing the pics

There is some rust on the rear arch but been quoted £150 to fix and put arch kit on.

Call me cynical, but it's hard to understand how anyone could make a proper job of that for only 150 bucks... a "tart it up'n'sell it" job, p'raps...

JMO, but maybe worth budgeting for a wee bit more if it looks like the arches are going to need fixed.

Splitter looks great - I want one

Do you have to drill holes in the bumper to fit that?

Hello and welcome to the forum

Good luck with the car hunting - look forward to seeing some pics once you've made a purchase

(Some of the classic owners around here should hopefully be able to offer you buying advice.)

I found the box very good for point to point on back roads, in a straight line you are through the box really quick

That's a fair point - the back roads are where it's at with me, I sometimes forget that some folks are into the straight line thang

Agreed Jock - the latest manoeuvre in the insidious and seemingly relentless campaign to bleed us already-dry motorists even drier

I've never used those guys, so couldn't comment on the garage.

I was looking at some of their other Impreza stock. Will an L-plate Turbo really still fetch the best part of £3K these days? Blimey - not bad for a 16 year-old motor!

At what year does it go to the longer ratio??

Cheers

Jase

I'm not entirely sure, TBH - although I seem to remember reading that the ratios were revised when the 2.5L was introduced (end of '05, beginning of '06). That seems to tie-in with what ciaranrb5 was saying, but you might want to do your own research. Perhaps a main dealer could give a definitive answer...?

my car is the blobeye mate,2.0 version,gearing is pish tbh!

Aye, the later ones are higher-geared.

I sent Frank STI a pm about his box, would his be the longer or shorter ratios.....its a 53 plate??

Cheers

Jase

I think I'm right in saying that all the 2.0L STIs came with the lower-geared (shorter) 'box.

I wouldn't write it off though - you might prefer it that way.

dont get the 6 speed mate,im fed up with it having to change every 2 secs.

when overtaking from 50mph in 3rd gear full throttle,lucky if i can get level with the car before needing to change up,i preffered the 5 speed in my classic.

When was your gearbox made?

Hi there - and welcome to the country!

Edinburgh can be an expensive place to live, but on the upside it is a largely nice-looking, clean and tidy town. Edinburgh folks IMHO aren't necessarily always the cheeriest people in Scotland... but then there are always exceptions to that rule! (e.g. the guys on this forum ). In any case, it's undoubtedly a very interesting and cosmopolitan city with plenty to see and do all year around - I'm sure you'll enjoy it. Some of the Edinburgh locals (e.g. Midnight21) will be able to advise on accommodation, etc.

Scotland's generally a very good place to be a Scooby/driving enthusiast, although the big downside is the high fuel cost (currently around $6.70 for a US gallon of super unleaded!). However, you don't have to go far from Edinburgh to find some great twisty roads (the Borders region, in particular). The Highlands also has plenty of great driving roads to offer if you don't mind a bit of a trek getting there.

All the best!

GFB do one. As do Prodrive (as fitted to RB320) - but the Prodrive is well expensive. Speak to Duncan at Hypertech about the GFB. Supposedly shortens the throw between 3rd and 4th by about 40%.. but can't remember the exact figures.

Cheers, Mark - I'll need to see if I can have a noodle with someone's RB320 'box - get an idea of what it'd feel like.

Here's another cracker:

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I used to think that it was cool to have a short stroke*, but now I'm no' so sure...

* engine

How to fall out with half of Scotland in the space of one thread, eh?

Did you get your scratch sorted, BTW?

who made that stevie wonder

Aye, with his FEET

When i said the gears were shorter in a 6 speed i meant gear ratio no gearlever throw.

Aye, that's what I was on about too - the closer ratios make it easier to stay wherever in the rev range it is that you want to be. I love it, one of the nicest features of the STI

My 5 speed is braw with the short shift

I'm intrigued by the quickshift linkage - do you know if they do one for the 6-speed?

P.S. I believe that the earlier 6-speeders were lower-geared than the more recent ones... the change might've been made when they switched to the 2.5L, but I'm not 100% about that.

you are always changing gear as the gears are shorter due to it being a 6 speed.

Yes - and it means you can always find the right gear!

I'd take a 7-speed if they did one...

Good plan mate - they're handy when you arrive home in the car in the dark too.

My type r has an airbag just the one mind you!!!!

Fair enough!

In all seriousness, it's different strokes for different folks, eh?

But alot heavier than a classic

True, but 21st century crash protection comes at a price