insane clown

....anyway... i'd stick to the good stuff, v power, for the sake of a couple of quid more you do get more to the gallon, and it'll take a tank full to get used to it,

Z4 is a good ecu, not mappable though, they are very similar in maps to a prodrive ecu. but if your modding and £10 says you will ... then ... at least go for yellow injectors too, 440cc is plenty for 300 bhp

my old uk wagon when fitted 440's, front mount intercooler, k&n induction,walbro fuel pump, full de-cat, uprated up-pipe, and then mapped with apexi fc & commander... got 311bhp on a 'rough' map... 271 lbft torque, was later remapped again in germany by it's new owner and was just told it is a lot better...... to cope with extra bhp..i fitted an uprated roger clarke oil pump, uprated clutch, 4 pots<<<< brakes come first though dude!!!.

mate after this and various suspension set ups and gadgets..dials ect..ect... i got no change out of 10k over the 4 years i had her!!!!!.....LOVE IT

cheers neil, prefer your shape actualy, yes that bit of info helped too, got to do some homework and think about it, was going to spend another 2k on getting a audi a4, so thought i'd have something a bit more fun in a scoob of some kind.

The Forester us much the same as the impreza in terms of MPG probably looking at aroudn the 30mph mark, maybe 35.. Where normally an imprza woudl be about 25-30..

The new Diesel Foresters will return abotu 45mpg.. Wish I coudl afford one.

Thought about getting a older petrol one but running costs are just too high with the Impreza as well..

cheers mate, if i knew i could 35 constant then might think about it, the forester is £100 cheaper on insurance a year, but tax would be a bit higher too, i miss me old scoob but couldn't keep up with the fuel prices, defo thinking about the forester though i'll try and get a piccie up to get oppinions too.

Hi all, been a while since i've been on here, sold me wrx last september, driving a diesel focus estate now!..... but i'm toying with a forester turbo s, has ppp, and 208 bhp, my99 T... just trying to weigh up the statistics, how much ££ to fill her up, how many miles to a tank, what mpg, i've had 2 scoobs and got from 19 to 33 mpg from both on average, my focus does 45mpg!... so just wanting to see how many more pennies it'll cost me

cheers,

mark.

cricky, thats a very clean motor. credit to yer bud, i'm gonna miss the scooby world but things like this just keep me ticking over

got my vote mate no probs.

mark

i don't see much in performance wise, but i get about 20miles more to the tank with tescos??? ..... and i'm getting 29-31 mpg ???!!

(classic my94 wrx)

hello stranger

welcome matey, where you from then bud?... and yep get some pics up of yer beast .... enjoy the club ..

welcome mate, been a while since i looked on general!!.... but yep ditto mate best choice and sensible too.. you will love it, i had a uk wagon for 4 years..spent 10k on it then sold it... lasted just over a year and then bougt a classic wrx.... started spending already!!...long story!

but yep i love it, i find the new age scoobs don't wave as much but maybe because they may think diferent of me??? i'm no chav...37 yr old hard working easy going chappy....an enthusiast with a tatty car ) proud and happy to own a scoob, and belong to a freindly club...

where you from the mate?......

mark

i was coming home from harlow about 6:45 on the A12 colchester bound, as i was approuching the A120 turn off i see a dark blue classic coming up,... then as i addmired it going up the slip way...... realised thats where i should of been !!!! ... yes i felt like a pillok, turned off at dedham and went through the bumpy lanes to harwich

i had a my96, and it had the coils on the plugs, think it was late 96 they changed, first the pack was to one side, then sure they changed again to the centre with a diferent inlet........ not sure on dates, but i know a man who does..

yeh ..strange dates, your 3 plug is facelift onwards, i think 97> someone will correct me, but the <96 are 4 plug ecu's, so it'll be the later one.

quite pricey now those apexi's, but worth it.

thats a very nice set of wings yes...... are those blades all the same as in rotation?.... looks like one goes one way and the other does the opposite..... as such

cheers boys, i really didn't realise how easy it is to go down that quick, leason learnt, may just pop in to doctors tomorrow to make sure, i've got to see about my hernia anyway....bloody hurting .. feel a bit lost without me car .....got a battered ford ranger from work,

just noticed.... -4 laying in the snow... ... and touching metal lol..... ouch

as mentiond in technical my engine gave up on way to work at 8am, sat there over an hour waiting for AA, with just a fleece on by the time we got the car to a garage, and i got a lift to work it was 2 1/2 hours, i then out the blue went in to a state, uncontrollable shivering /shaking, blindness, couldn't talk, couldn't walk, couldn't pour myself a hot drink properly, and very very sleepy, i actualy drifted of a few times. i got to the point where i stopped shaking, my legs,hips,shins were in so much pain,... my face had swollen, and turned blue.....this i didn't realise was entering the third stage of hypothermia, ..... i managed to phone my other half, told her what was going on, tried eating to get some energy, come round a bit and then i managed to get in to the site truck and carfully drove home, warned her that i'm needing to get straight in to a hot bed, ...... done so and laid there for 6 hours before i had the energy to get up, still feel woosey, like i've had a few pints,

i never feel the cold, worked in it for 20years........ this totaly changed my attitude about not being prepared,.

BE PREPARED!!!!..... THIS ONLY TWO AND A HALF HOURS IN THE COLD, ALL BE IT BELOW FREEZING ADMITTINGLY.

VERY SCAREY.......VERY LUCKY.

MARK.

lol...yeh karma comes to mind, in 19 years of driving i've never come accross a fallen tree in front of me like that!!..... i think if it weren't for the fact the very bumpy road on these coilovers i would of gone a bit faster,could of been different,....or getting stuck behind someone a few miles back!.... makes you think. i'm defo doing lottery now,

and my focus got taken away today at long last, poor ol girl sitting in scrapyard now ready for crushing

mark

4 weeks after haveing our focus wrote off by the dumbar5e drink driver, (which they have just additted responsibility ) we left out home in ramsey nice and sunny , no wind, 30 minute journey back to point clear to the rented house and julies caravan, 2 mile to go and turned black, the rain fell so heavy, 15-20mph wipers on double, wind was horendous!!... we got around this bend with a car 30-40ft in front... and a tree just fell so quick across the road just clipped the rear of the other car.... and in front of us.. !!! thought, what the hell is going on!!!.... i pulled back a bit and got out, soaked through in a nice cream jacket, jeans..... i started to pull the tree apart!!!!... another guy started to help, and after going on my ar5e twice and caked in mud and green stuff... we pulled the tree over to make room for one car ..... got through and on our way

2 secs sooner and it would of landed on the car.... what luck would that of been?! wouldn't of crushed it coz the tree was dead but defo make some annoying dents i think..

still hear though

since i got me my94 wrx in sept, i used v power, twice i used BP though, always as ever runs sweet as a nut on v power, and 260 miles to a tank...... bp not smooth, and 240 miles to a tank.......filled right up with tesco the other day, first thing i notice was lack of power, a diferent tone to the engine, uneven idle,.... 4 p cheaper than shell but i think i'll prefer the v power after this tank..

hope that confuses you.

mark

hi mate, should put this in techno section you'll get better responce ...

but, make sure the filter cover is screwed down evenly, and making sure the new filter sits on the box tight, did you knock you maf senser when doing a swap?...they are sensitive, and is it plugged in?, it could be coil packs breaking up, sparks,

do you have the cel light flashing on your instrument cluster, (the red light of a engine) you need to to a code check if so,

mark

assessed this morn 8:30, been classed as 'uneconomical to repair' it's down to me to get rid, but don't mind that coz i will strip it.

**quick update** police just been, looking good, he has been questioned, they want him in again, looking at 6 offences, 2 years ban, he wasn't insured on the firms vehicle either, so the owner is up for it too. they have been waiting to get him on something,..... the officer just said while he was in the kebab shop next to the pub tonight, he heard him laughing and joking... so he went in up to his face and just said well see who has the last laugh eh!.... his face dropped apparently, the police really want to kane him and the company..... so looking good

so full steam ahead on claiming for everything i can.....

mark

right it sounds like he has been arrested, but can't get him on the drink drive, don't know any other detail, police are supposed to be around here tuesday evening. i've started a claim through solicitors,

and as i was pulling up tonight, the chap who works with him, not sure if it was the guvner or not, he was coming out of next door, and me julie was walking back indoors with paper, he blanked me, i wasn't sure who he was, ...anyway he gave us insurance details and a business card!...

policy holder was the name of the firm,.... the bit where is says persons entitled to drive was just.. the owners name?...

he gave all these stories that how guilty the lad is (21 yr old been driving 1 year) he smashed his car up with an axe, and took it to the scrappers,...he says he never wants to drive again ...............how much of that i believe i'm not sure, but i'm going to track him down, ask around, and see how true he is.

they are assessing the car on wednesday.

oh yes.... the house where he ended up before running have gone to the papers, and just asked permission to use our photos ect.... there have been deaths on this road in the past and nothing done about it... so..... here we go

update tomoorow after hopfully talking to police.

mark