bakerzone

Anyone got revised times that we can meet up at the services on the M4?

Would be nice if we all rolled in together

Rich

I'm up for meeting, is 08:00 a good time, do we have to be there before 09:00,

my letter says that we should be, so we are parked (where ever) before the general public arrives?

Any clue on how long it would take from the services to get to the track?

Rich

I hope to be leaving Abingdon around 7:00, looks like we have to be there before 9:00, might have to leave before that, not sure how long it may take, anyone attended this before?

looks like it is going to be a good day though.

Richard

Hi All,

Just wondered how many are planning on going to Castle Combe on the 18th September, I have purchased my tickets and if anyone else is going from the Oxfordshire area how about meeting up en-route, thought i would start a list to see how many are up for this:

1). Baker zone and one other

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Trackday

Rich

I'm up for it, would depend on the date as I would need to make sure I am not on-call, If I am on-call I could make an appearance though...

1: ant84, didcot, subaru impreza 94 wagon gl in white

2: Big 'D', Carterton, 97' Subaru Impreza WRX Sti (White Noise)

3: Myles, Carterton, 02 Subaru Impreza WRX in Deep Blue Mica

4: stum450n, Witney, 54 Subaru Impreza GX Sport, Crystal Grey

5:andysti78, Didcot, 98 Subaru Impreza STI in white

6:andyjudge, Thatcham (Berks), 99 Impreza UK Turbo 2000 in Green

7:WhisperUK ( Andy C ) Oxford 1998 Turbo 2000 ( 245 bhp at the moment and getting there )

8:Matty WRX - 2001 WRX Bugeye - Dark Blue, Dark Rims

9:Smiley Kylie - Didcot area every day for work - MY96 DBP sport and MY97 DBM sport

10. Vimmy, Carterton, 98 Subaru Impreza UK Turbo 2000 wagon in reddish blue

11. bex sti classic in black gloucestershire

12. Edmondo / SP - Swindon - 95 Jap WRX - Blueish with a few Graphics

13. adam and classic sti in wr1 blue from didcot

14. Bockett - Bucks- Bugeye STi (Silly Wheels )

15. Michael Jenkins - Nr. Didcot - Subaru Impreza P1 #0488/1000 - TOTALLY STANDARD! 33k miles ;-)

16. Steven6118 - carterton / Lechlade - Impreza P1 #0854/1000 (P1 4SBO )

17. Babydave112-didcot- impreza classic- green (s15ubs)

18. Myles -Carterton-Impreza Bug WRX-Dark Blue Mica-nail

19. Bakerzone <> Oxford <> 05 <> Impreza WRX <> Black

I'm up for a meet, the last few times i couldn't make it or i just showed my face as I am on call more often than not

I'm up for a meet, weekends or evenings, depending on the time of course, i travel down from Banbury to Oxford every day...

She sure is a nice beast, had a few issues with the rear suspension but hope to get those all ironed out in the next week or so.

Silver one was sold (sadly) she served me well but the mileage was creeping up so thought i'd best replace her...

Anyone out and about soon, not seen much action on here tbh over the last few months.....?

Hi Everyone,

It has been a while since the last meet, i can see another thread a few days ago,is there a meet happening in Witney now or have these been abandoned?

New addition to the family

After a fair bit of polishing

Richard

if it was your turbo seals it will blow blue smoke out of the exhaust. sounds like the rear two half moon on the back of the rocker cover need re sealing.

Hi, would those have been replaced when the rocker cover gaskets were changed?

Hi All,

I am after a little bit of advice, i had the rocker cover gaskets changed 600 miles ago by CS, the O/S was leaking slightly and I could smell and see smoke coming from that side of the engine when going over 2500 revs and also at times when idle.

Here is the problem, i didn't drive it very far for the last week so she never realy warmed up as i was staying near my place of work, i dont rag it or anything like that when cold, but when i had to return to Oxford I could smell oil buring again, i presumed it was the car iin front of me (hoped), yesterday when cleaning and letting her warm up before going out for a spin when I pulled away there was a huge plume of blue smoke and then all was clear again, i pulled over and checked and once again on the O/S near the turbo smoke was coming out, it doesnt appear to be alot of oil but it is very hard to see if it is coming from around the turbo or further down...(you can only see smoke and not oil)

Anyone think that the turbo is on its way out of (fingers crossed Not) the rocker cover gasket is leaking again, the thing that worries me is how did it find its way out throught the exhaust?

if the turbo is on its way out, shall i go for a IHI VF34 or the stock, or just get it replaced and then see about replacing her?

help :

Rich

That sure was a nice easy fix, wish mine was the same after the service today

Wasnt as bad as i thought,, shame about the other problems with her, anyone know or have two fog lights for a MY02 Scooby

Richard

Hi,

Goodto meet you all that were at the meet yesterday.

I should be able to stay at the next, i hate being on call (but its money)

Richard

I sure do get around, thanks for your help in finding the gauge shop,

not sure why the satnav took me to the wrong place,

and even after I spoke to you i went wrong

Blonde eh

Hi,

Spotted you just as I came off of the roundabout, was gunna give the wave but didn't think that you would have seen it, will next time.

Yes I'm well, just taking the Scoob up for MOT at CS, passed without any problems, had the plugs changed at the same time, need a couple of tyres now.

How's you? happy New Year as well :

Rich

And I will make it 10

See you all there (hopefully)

1. Big 'D'

2. Stu

3. Rick (If i'm allowed out to play wink.gif )

4. Matty WRX - will chip in for Chris's lunch if he's got no wedge to come out smile.gif

5. Andy - Sod work im making this one

6.chris, car or no car.

7. Michael_Jenkins (I'm Alive!)

8. Ed / SP - Ok I'll put our names on list

9. AndyJudge & at Least George

10. Bakerzone

Hi Iain,

It's been a while, sorry for not being able to make the last couple of meets.

Sent you a PM to see if you can offer some advice.

Thanks

Rich

Hi Stu,

I managed to do a quick wave back, was running late, on my way up to Cotswolds to get her serviced..

It's going well, shame the same can't be said for the car, service went ok but alas there is a problem, i'll give a quick rundown of how to best descibe the problem and what the solution could be.

Problem

I noticed that there was a problem with acceleration, the power appeared to come in waves but if you pushed it it seemed ok, i asked CS to check it out for me while having a service.

Fault could be

The wastegate controller isnt getting any message from the ECU to do anything, the turbo apears to dump the pressure out somewhere (didnt understand all of it) and drops off without warning then builds back up again, it must be a fast process i guess, the boost pressure went up to nearly 1.2 and drops to 7. something.

ECU possible replacement required

Oh dear, it seems to drive ok though as long as it isnt kept within a certain limit..

How's it going with you?

Hope to be on the next meet if the car hold up

Rich

Hi Andy,

That took a while for me to answer didn't it, wonder if your still tracking this page...

I had an Afterburner Vortex fitted with centre pipe, while there thought i'd also have the fast flow panel filter fitted.

Sounds very nice now, still got some problems with acceleration, but it's being serviced at the end of hte month i'll see what they can figure out.

How have you been?

Rich

Hi Stu,

Thanks for that, not been on here much over the last month or so, wish i had spotted the photo shoot in Radley, that looked like a good day.

Hope to catch up wiv you alll soon

Happy motoring.

Rich

Hi All

Thought I'd do a quick reply to say what a nice time we had at the show, shame that we were sort of out of the way but it was good all the same.

I have added some more photo's onto my web site, I can post them onto here also if any one should want to grab a copy, let me know as they cant be copied from mine

Hope to see you all tomorrow

Richard

Not sure why but signature wont allow links so its at www.bakerzone.net

I have added my name to the list

1. Big 'D' and co.

2. Mobius 1

3. steve t and co

4. scoobyboo and winnie

5. Fingers

6. james04 and keeley

7. Stum450n

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Hi All,

Nice to have met you all today, Anyone know when the next one is on?

Hopefully we can all go for a nice run as well as the nice pub food that we had today, be nice to buzz Burford with 8 or more cars

I forgot my camera yet again, anyone got any more pictures from today?

Take care all, as Iain said on another post there are some idiots out on the roads , especially on a Sunday for some reason..

Rich