colin_ross

^^^^^^^ Thats a top tip from Dave. Put aside the whole night for it, take everything you can out of the way (washer bottle, battery, airbox etc). It'll come apart easy enough but spend some time geting the faces CLEAN. Oh and don't overtighten the bo;ts when putting the covers back on, they've been known to snap.. Best of luck.

I realised that, just looked like the way they were routed had changed. No?

Grant - Get the als next time mate and then practice lighting your fag's off it. Oh and secure that spare with more than a bungee. If that get loose and clouts you fuel system, well, I'm sure you can imagine. Same goes for anything in that boot as I'm sure you're aware.

Tidy. WTF is going on with that intercooler pipework? I demand more pics.

You can run 100% if you're mapped for it. You'll need a mega full system though as it'll need a lot of it.

John, what brand rotated up-pipe do you have? My spec c rack comes veeeeery close to mine.

Get used to being called a lightweight Cal. Of course with less weight any mods you make will even more of a difference. Mod away but keep it reliable if not sensible.

Looking good Cal. So what is your opinion on classic ownership now you've had it for a while.?I'm guessing you'll be more willing to give it a thrashing seeing as it owes you a lot less?

Yup, they supplied me them no problem. Shame it was the wrong ones, twice. Ended up going to lateral perfomance. Right parts first time and mail order too.

Do you have an oil pressure gauge? The is a well known problem of subaru engines letting go after an oil change, telltail signs are a bottom end rattle and loss of oil pressure. Hope it is something simple like a boost leak tho.

Rotated? Only worth it if you're wanting 500+ in my opinion. Go for it mate.

Davey.........................

Do you have a phase II (754) box? Never heard of that problem on the earlier phase I boxes but have heard of it on loads of phase II's

The brackets may need to hold the caliper further out from the hub to accomodate the larger disc. Also 18's or bigger will be needed.

If you could steal one part from a fellow sidc members car to have on your own what would it be? 1. John St's coilovers

This thread could rumble on for pages with everyone who's had andy map their motors. Would be much quicker to ask if anyone has had someone else map their's?

1. If your sidelights won't switch off look for the parking light switch on top of the steering column . 2.Use the search function on the forum before asking the same old question . 3. The best first mod for an impreza is the exhaust (backbox at least) 4. Buy a classic 5. Make sure you get regular quality oil / filter changes every 3 - 4000 miles 6. Always run the car on good quality fuel - V Power/BP Ultimate/Tesco 99 and add octane booster for safety in an unremapped import 7. Avoid "chip"ing an impreza - get it remapped by an expert like AndyForrest (Apexi for classics, ECUtek for newage) 8. Sell the Newage and buy a Classic 9. Always wait till the engine is nice and warm before giving it full pelt and let it cool down befrore switching it off 10. Upgrade your brakes before modding the engine 11. A VTA dumpvalve isnt really a good idea unless your car is getting remapped to compensate for it. It will momentarily make your car run rich as the ecu gives fuel for air which has been dumped and not recirculated. All you are missing is the gay noise. 12. Solid rear droplinks and a decent suspension geometry set-up are probably one of the best sub-£100 modifications you can do to a standard car. 13. new ages will undertseer when at the limit 14. If you have a classic get Strutt Braces. The improvement is outstanding! If you have a new age...no luck! loL! 15. Clean out the boost solenoid once in a while and dont fill engine oil right up to max. 16. Go to the SIDC track days at knockhill, you get free tuition from an instructor if you want (plus ensure you wear Cat boots far better that way!!!!) 17. Love every minute of driving and owning it (it will make handing over the credit card much easier 18. Goto meets/Knockhill/Crail and tell us who you are?We don't bite sometimes 20. Join the SIDC and you'll get discounts on insurance and dealer supplied parts in addition to track days. 19. For some obscure reason there is a lot of mention of goats & homosexuals in here. Do NOT let this put you off our forums. 99% of our members are "normal" but we are all fans of The Hoff. 20. Always prefill the oil filter when doing an oil change 21. Dont believe everything you read on the forums. 22. Send off for a Shell card 23. What ever BHP you get, you will never be happy 24. BLUE is the best colour. 25. Is your car standard? - leave it that way. 26. Watch out for the Impreza's "lift-off" oversteer. It's wicked, particularly on a wet Knockhill! 27. wave to other scoob drivers 28. never buy a set of lexus rear lights[+o(] 29. sidc love some photography of your beloved 30. dont sell your scoob you will regret it and will end up with another 1 31. The best place to hang out on saturday nights is at OSIDC 32. Modding is for MEN 33. Going JDM is for winners..........leave the chocolate UK's to the Willy Wonka lovers! 34.^^Andy speaks the truth, JDM is the way forward!! 35. K.I.S.S. Keep it simple stupid and don't mod what doesn't need modding (dump valves etc) 36. NEVER let the other half known how much youve spent on the car.she will be jelious! 37. Dont go to Halfords for your servicing parts - they are more likely to give you filters for a lada or skoda. 38. the bright button really does just make the clock brighter 39. Never believe anything read on Ebay 40. Never buy a impreza when you get 10 spare ST2 (spaceman) 41. CLASSIC ARE The GREATEST IMPREZA BUILT. 42. Try not run your impreza top end as the boxes dont last long(went through 3 last time) 43. Believe the petrol gauge - yes it does use that much! 44. if you have mudflaps watch when reversing near kirbs or they get caught on wheels and bye bye back bumper 45. Your steering wheel lock isn't broken, you're supposed to have to turn it 180 degrees before it engages. 46. Boost solenoid 'chatter' isn't necessarily indicative of a fault (although the Scoob moguls say it can be eradicated the by above-mentioned cleaning). 47. Uneven tyre wear is common. 48. 10 miles use out of a set of newage shocks isn't unheard of - but if you're still under warranty, they're covered. 49. The rear proximity alarm (on newer Imprezas) tells blatant lies in the rain. 50. Door panels dent quite easily. 51. It's won't stop entertaining you on twisty roads! 52. Never use the standard horn in an aggressive manner in a road rage situation, you will just look silly!! 53. You will find that Classic owners are really insecure: they talk about how good their cars are over their Newage counterparts. They be fooling themsleves but they soon realise not to listen to what TheWelsho has to say 54. Welsho knows as much about cars as Fish know about Riding Bicycles ! 55. you will find most newage owners have a huge chip on there shoulders because A) they have lost 3/4 of the value of there cars through depreciation over two years B.) they weigh a bloody ton C) they are almost all are blue with gold wheels D) they are jelous of there classic brothers who continually spank them round knockhill 56. Try not to hold your foot to the floor and do 140mph + for mile after mile, they dont like this and tend to go POP, Take it up have a play and bring it down again. 57. If water/coolant pissed out of the front bumper at the passenger side, then you have more than likely over filled your coolant (overflow pipe) and not burst a pipe. 58. You will find that Classic owners who have bought Newage quickly revert to classic's as they find out VERY quickly just how good the classics are compared to floaty newage boats 59. If in absolute doubt, ask the question. someone will know! 60. If you intend to mod your scooby to anything over 400bhp, you'd better off starting with a newage STI.Atleast you'll never need to replace the gearbox unless you are pure brutal. 61. Don't post Ken Block's Gymkhana vid. 62. Forget all this "Classics are this, New Ages are that" rubbish. ALL Scoobs are feckin ace 63. you will always stop what you are doing when you hear a scooby burble approaching... firstly to check its not your car but then just to check it out and listen to it going by 64. Buy the best parts you can afford so you won't need to upgrade them again later

Sounds like the selector. 5th and reverse are on the same shaft so that would tie in with what you describe. If it was the clutch you'd be able to get them with the engine switched off but I'm guessing you can't. Box out I'm afriad. Ps I did the same at the hill.

Don't think it's just the gps sensor it uses Ca. The ones I've heard of for the n95 uses the gps and the acelerometer too.

Where does the spare tyre go? On the driver?

Have a look at mkI and mkII escorts. Some restore them to look as if they've just had the wrapper pulled off them, some are modded to the hilt with dba's or cossie motors. All of them are sought after and command a premium (as long as they are 2 door). There is room for both and the owners preference will dictate what becomes of the car. Keep it clean and straight and you can't go wrong.

May I suggest one more precautionary mod before you let it rip...

Cheap or what http://www.motorprovider.co.uk/proddetail....preza_WRX_Hatch Still wouldn't buy ome tho.

Wasn't one on my JDM. I added one when I put in a freshly built motor though as I figured there may be some swarf as things beded in. After the first oil change at 300 miles on mineral oil after the next 300 miles later Did one more at 1000 miles and there was so little on it i never even bothered taking a picture. My opinion is what is the harm.

I did mine. Me + rubber hammer + stiff drink + a whole afternoon = not too bad a job. Wouldn't recommend it tho.