johnmacdonald

Successfully running my Forge VTA with blue spring - my WRX near standard at 270 bhp/310 lb ft. Phone Forge for advice - on a couple of occasions I have spoken to them , they have been more than helpful. John

Have had Forge VTA on current WRX PPP for almost five years. Lower spring broke a couple of years ago and Forge replaced free of charge. Also had same on our STi Type UK PPP. No issues with Forge and excellent after sales service. Also for me, not too loud - doesn't sound silly!!

I'm running the fronts with Godspeed two piece 335mm grooved discs/big Brembo 4 pot calipers/Ferodo DS2500s and at the rear, DBA 74320 discs/standard calipers/EBC red stuff ceramic pads. Goodrich braided hoses. Works for me - huge improvement compared with OEM kit!

I believe that petrol stations should give us special treatment. Averaging not much more than 20 mpg and buying super unleaded, we are their best customers!!!

I'm located in rural East Hertfordshire and sadly, Imprezas are becoming a rarity in this area. With regard to within the M25, is it the massive cost of insurance or do the uninformed all now drive BMWs or Audis? Still, it's good to drive something different that can see off most of the opposition!!

Hey, just a minute Danny. Not all old geezers are miserable old gits! I'm 64 and one of the pleasures in life is hearing a Scooby trotting by at a gentle 1250 rpm or at full blast through the gears (still think the classics with a decent straight through system sound the best). Have had all sorts of deafening systems on our five Imprezas and have just taken delivery of an afterburner centre section to mate with PPP backbox on our current Hawk. Should sound reasonably good and still have a conversation with the Mrs in the passenger seat!

Have had Forge VTA BOVs on last and current Impreza. Not too loud - perfect for me! Unless I'm mistaken, won't get any noise from a recirculating BOV (do Forge make one?).

One of my best cars ever was an Escort Mk1 RS2000 (no. 25 from AVO) with Janspeed exhaust manifold & full extractor system...

As a retired insurance broker with 40 years+ experience, tell the insurers everything!

Perfect shopping car!! Thought I had some of the biggest brakes around, but those 360s look fantastic.

Sounds like a spring may have broken - strip it out and see!

Boost, oil pressure and oil temp?

Surely it's the alarm system keypad?

Have you had a look at Scoobyworld's web site?

1. Braveheart - Classic - 2.35 - 641bhp 600 lbs/ft 2. Wrx Kenny - bugeye - 2.5 - 311bhp 365 lbs/ft 3. badbaz - best looking one - only 2.0 - enough 4. adz-wrx - blobeye wrx - 2.0 - 235bhpish and no idea lol 5. highlandflyer blob wrx 2.0 ppp 265bhp 257lbft 6. Paul555sti - blobeye sti 2.0 355bhp 350lbs/ft ( best looking and best colour baz ) 7. joshuajames - hawkeye 2.5 PPP - 270bhp (estimate with limited mods), 310 lbs/ft

Hi there, Probably the 2.0 turbo, but if you are lucky. you may just be able to locate a "Hawkeye" 2.5 turbo within your price range (there isn't a 2.5 non turbo). John

Hi and welcome to SIDC. If you can find a WRX with PPP and no other mods, you'll not be disappointed - the PPP cost about £1,700 when new, but doesn't appear to affect buying prices very much. In my opinion, best to choose this route, rather than chance a car with all sorts of non standard mods - you can always do own bits and pieces later and to your choice, should you wish. John

Even a decent replacement panel filter helps (very impressed with my Pipercross) and you may find that you won't need to upgrade much in the short term. My next plan is to replace the Prodrive back box with a Hayward & Scott (also sold by Scoobyworld) "original" 3.5" tail pipe box and a straight through centre pipe, thus replacing the huge pancake silencer. These alone are claimed to increase output by up to 18 BHP! They also do a jap style box with 4.5" tail, but from experience on previous STi, noise is intrusive. Also planning to replace droplinks and ARB bushes with Powerflex or Whiteline items. Did this on a Classic some years ago and the difference was definitely noticeable. Enjoy and keep in touch. John

Excellent Adam. You will enjoy..a lot, but get used to it before really going for it!! Basically same performance and set up as my WRX - no complaints at all... John

The dent and scratch man did everything in preparing the front calipers(but they weren't badlly in need of refurb). The back discs/hubs were brand new - I simply cleaned off with white spirit prior to painting!

I guess that the GB270 4 pots are the same as standard 2.5 WRX. When I upgraded to my Godspeed/Brembo big brake kit, I managed to sell the old calipers for £200.

Just a thought, but 6 months ago I bought heat resistant brake caliper paint from louisa 2033 on eBay for £7.50 and asked local dent & scratch man to prepare and paint my Godspeed supplied Brembos while refurbing my PFF7s. Perfect result for little cost and having treated the calipers with Rim Wax, still "as new". Also used same paint (black) for new DBA rear discs 12 months ago and again, still looking great - and these were hand painted by me! Available in all colours and also bought proper Brembo decal stickers from www.supergraphics.co.uk

A couple of years ago, my Forge VTA suddenly started blowing off gently most of the time. Turned out to be a broken spring, which was replaced FOC by Forge - great people to deal with... John

I believe that the GB270 runs on 18" rims? My WRX came with standard 17" and REO50s. Since swapping to 18 x 8Js back in 2007, have run on P Zero Neros and have found both dry and wet grip excellent. 35psi front, 31 rear. Haven't had any scary moments (so far). John

Fab. Nothing else to say!!!