Ross9

Car sold, being collected this weekend and I'm using my track car for work so nothing happens to the scooby. The following was true though. Do you commute via a car: Yes Do you take your scooby: Yes How many miles do you commute to work: 30 or so miles I think How lond does it take you: 20-30 mins Do you ever take the long way home: Only if there was a reason to do so.

Thats the target area for your car, you crazy horse. With regards to the other peoples readings being a bit off, there could well be an issue with the sensor used to obtain the AFR because too many cars had an issue with AFR for it to be coincedence. Looking at Playsatan's graph for the first run, the AFR drops into the 12.5 region after 5000rpm but on the second run it holds a flat 11.5 after 5000rpm. If this was a direct corelation to the power produced then he would have seen more power on the first run due to the leaner AFR but the first and second run were pretty consistent. This would point, IMHO, to an issue with the wideband sensor not being consistent. With the amount of cars running leaner than safe AFR i am surprised there is not a pile of Subarus and the end of the Industrial Estate with melted pistons. As Craigwrx said, too many for it to be coincedence I should have put mine on the rollers as i know the AFR of my car under load, mapped to 11.2 and 11.2 is what appears on the AFR meter. This was checked after extensive testing with STI_Bandit on the main road.............which was fun Safe AFR for a turbo car is about the 11 - 1 region when the car is holding boost Depends I would have thought, I've ran my Rover at 12.0-12.5 AFR for a while now, done lots of 1/4 days, KH, top speed runs at TOTB etc, head off and not a single hint of det. Could well have a point about the AFR sensor. The Rover didn't boost as high as I had set it up too during the week, I set it up to 20psi, tailing off a tad to 1.8.5ish in the last 1000rpm. On the rollers it got to 18 at most and was at 16psi by the time power peaked due to the controller not being set right (my own fault for not checking it after cleaning it out), anyway, as background info, the way my car is set up, is that the MAP voltage is capped at 14psi, after this, no matter how high the boost goes, the ecu still sees 14psi as there is a fuel cut at 14.5 (the car is way over standard spec and fine to run like this) , it basically gets set up at WOT with a wideband up the tailpipe and I adjust the fuel rail pressure to suit until I get the AFR right. Anyway with all that in mind, with the boost beign about 2psi low through the whole rev range and me not having touched the fuel rail pressure , the ecu would still have been injecting the same amount of fuel but with less boost (air) coming into the mix, it should have been notably richer than when I set it up just 6 days ago, however it was reading pretty much the same, maybe even slightly leaner than the wideband was reading when I set it up. So I would say the one I used read richer than the one at dastek, which one is right I obviously cant say, but I've always used the same one to set the car up to mid to low 12's AFR, and it's never blown up yet. Ross

excellent day out. thumbs up for the work put in and an impressive amount of money raised. It was a long day and there were die hards there right till the end, despit it being after 6pm before I got on the rollers, I never felt fed up etc, was chat to be had and a good bunch of guys there. Still regretting not asking them to print out my 805bhp run lol, happy with the real figures as well though considering down a few psi. Hopefully get along to some more SIDC stuff soon even if it is in a Rover and not the scooby, nobody shunned me lol. Thanks again Ross

. Sti-Bandit - 267.6bhp / 268.2lbf.ft 2. Craig Mac - 381.9BHP / 340.1 FT/LB 3. ScOObarOO - 323.7 BHP / 308.1 LBF/FT 4. st3ph3n - 248.5/231.8 5. craigwrx 6. Marc29.....STI 7 RA in white(Jap Spec) 7. Scoobymark 8. Sheep - 232BHP / 217lbf.ft 9. CYP_ROCK....304.6 ( BHP )...275 ( LBF.FT ) 10. Fraser_y23 (255.6, 264) 11. G.Mac 12. Fai17 (FMIC) ...359.4bhp/326.1lb.ft:(]" src="/emoticons/emotion-6.gif"> 13. spince (298 / 299) Standard 2.5 14. jimser 15. Robert...296 ( BHP )...261.4 ( LBF.FT ) Classic 1. DRB5 (FMIC) 2. Playsatan2 (FMIC) 3. FastScooby 4. Fee 5. Wilky 6. lescazscoob 7. kenny_mcgee 322 / 270 8. Greegsy 9. RS Grant 10.Thefastone - 108 bhp / 101 lb. ft 11. WagonWheels 304bhp / 304lbf.ft 12. scoobyjim 13. BriWRX 14. scientific steve..................didnt make it 15. WRXMANIA - wasn't well - had hoped to make 2 half but no 16. Baldyadonis 17. Cullenmin 233bhp/214lb.ft 1. coulty's bro - Seat Ibiza Cupra 2. Callum - Forester 3. Brian ( Astra )...127 ( BHP)... 4. Ross9 - Rover Coupe Turbo - 274bhp, 272 lb/ft without achieving usual boost level. (805bhp on the screen at one point though lol ) 5. Melly - Honda S2000 6. scotty p - mitsi colt

Still working my way through the first tank in the type R. I always fill the car up though, never just stick £10 or £20 in it as it's false economy anyway. Usually get 250/260 ish to a tank, think the highest I've had is just under 280. So will see how this tank goes on the v-power as opposed optimax. Ross

To be honest, FRB way will be quicker to Dastek as well. Especially at that time of the morning. All motorway and then 5 mins from the other end of the bridge to Dastek. I might try and join up with the FRB people with the Rover, and my better half might bring the scooby along as well for me in case any of you want to buy it lol. However with the non-scoobs being on the rollers last, there may be a large chance we wont head up till later on and have a nice lie in. Ross

At the risk of being biased, I'd say go with a 2 door Type R, got to say I love mine, I've driven a lot of different performance cars and got to say the type R is one of the nicest cars to own and drive I've come across but a change of other priorities mean I need a diesel runaround instead , it's for sale in the for sale section. A bit older than your looking at there, however it has full history and a genuine 42500 miles on it, jap history as well, unmolested and made 291 bhp with just the blitz exhaust. Timing belt service carried out 4 months ago, just had oil and filter last week etc etc, imo a stunning example and it's not driven hard etc, part of why I'm selling it is because I don't need a car capable of as much when I never use it. Bit of an ad, but I guarantee if you view this you will take it. and it's under your budget as well. Ross

Excellent, good to hear the additions are working well, 2seconds is a good amount to pick up. Ross

Nice clips indeed Colin, car looks to be going well. How did you find the 888's and new diff then? making a good improvement on the fwd traction? Ross

Excellent, I knew you'd have fun Martin, glad to hear you didn't come a cropper lol, the fact you were heading home from work at 5am just as I started and were due at KH at 8, for your first track day at KH, did concern me lol. Glad to hear both car and driver escaped unscathed though lol. Ross

Everything is giant indeed, anout 5 mins from me, but the quality isn't the best to be honest. Definately a quantity over quality place. Ross

So does anyone know when this will be officially launched, and if there is any list of where it can be obtained. Having an STi Type R being able to get 100RON straight from the pump would be great news. Cheers Ross

Nah not really actually, never like a lunatic. Quickly on occasion, but actualy not that often. Why do I have my Sti4 type r, because it's nice to drive, quick when needed to be, lots of fun on a b-road without being a lunatic, drove from Lanark to Peebles and back again earlier to drop the gf off for a hen-spa thing, never got over 90 leptons the whole way and still had a huge amount of fun without annoying anyone and actually getting waves of acknowledgement for approaching slower cars at a sedate speed and waiting for them to indicate me to pass if the visibility wasnt clear enough.

Quite a poor review for it then it seems. Went to see it last night, in all honesty I enjoyed it, the first film was the novelty factor as there hadn't been a film with modern tuned jap cars in it before, not that I was aware of anyway. The 2nd film was absolute pish in every sense. Tokyo drift was far better than the 2nd one, and I've seen the first one quite a few times so can't fairly compare them as obviously it's the type of film that will lose it's appeal once you've seen the drivign sequences a few times etc. I was pleasently surprised as I expected it to be a lot worse, the evo that managed to hit pallet stackes etc and only lose it's spoiler was the only bit I noted as being silly, no 80mph reversing, or EVO's going flat out and struggling to accelerate past 90 etc as in the 2nd one, and no disintegrating cars through going too fast as in the 1st one. Some proper driving as well by all accounts as most of it was done with stunt and drift drivers by all accounts. Finally, those that were dissapointed but liked the cars and women, isn't that what you go t see a fast and furious film for, anyone going expecting nice cars, nice girls, AND a riveting plot etc, is being naive imo, the first two films should have made it perfectly clear what was to be expected of it. Ross

01. STi_Bandit --------------- (MY04 - STi Type UK) 02. WRXMANIA ------------ (MY03 - WRX) 03. Mrs Jc scoob ------------- (MY01 - WRX) 04. G.Mac ------------------- (MY05 - STi 9 UK) 05. st3ph3n ------------------ (MY05 - WRX) 06. PaulC555 ---------------- (MY01 - WRX, Sti, ish) 07. Stu_B -------------------- (MY03 - WRX ) 08. Z1000 -------------------- (MY03 - Sti 8 UK) 09. NKWRX ----------------- (MY06 - WRX) 10. 360ste ------------------- (MY02 - STi) 11. Higgy --------------------- (MY02 - hybrid) 12. Cal ----------------------- (MY02 - WRX) 13. Fai 17-------------------- (MY04 - STiUK) 14. The Welsho --------------- (MY06 - WRX 15. rallye 6 ------------------- (MY53 - WRX) 16. G.T. --------------------- (MY01 - WRX) 17. Kev 580 ------------------ (MY02 - STI 7 UK) 18. Spaceman ---------------- (MY05 - WRX swrt) 19. Mako --------------------- (MY05 - WRX) 20. bigbadboab --------------- (MY53 - WRX) 21. Big Den ------------------- (MY05 - STiUK) 22. Mrs Big Den -------------- (MY05 - WRX) 23. scoobysailor ------------- (MY05 - WRX) 24. Keap_scooby ------------- (MY01 - WRX) 25. Gus the Bus --------------- (MY05 - WRX300) 26. 4hero --------------------- (MY53 - WRX) 27. PECO ---------------------(MY05 - WRX) 28. Dean ---------------------- (MY53 - STI Type UK) 29. DrewG-------------------- (MY53 - WRX) 30. Chris_c201---------------- (MY01 - WRX) 31. TheBlackSheep-------------(MY06 - STiUK) 32. Clutdav-------------------- (MY05 - STI 9 Type UK) 33 Sheep----------------------- (MY01 - WRX WAGGON) 34 hammy -------------------- (MY02 - STi Type UK) 35 Zeolite-----------------------(MY05 UK300) 36. Scoobymark----------------(MY04 - STI UK) 37. Dipsy ---------------------- (MY05-JDM STi) 38. Irish Al -------------------- (MY03 - WRX) Classics: 01. Shep -----------------------(MY99 - Sport) 02. Kloon --------------------- (MY00 - UK) 03. Jc scoob -------------------(MY99 - UK ) 04. WRC No1 ---------------- (MY97 - UK ) 05. Gordyq --------------------(MY95 - WRX) 06. Darryll ---------------------(MY 98 - Type R) 07. scientific steve -------------(MY98 - Type R) 08. Oz *sti* -------------------(MY96 - STI v3) 09. Col 666 -------------------(MY99 - Type R) 10. scoobyfuzzy ---------------(MY93 - WRX) 11. Road Warrior ------------- (MY94 - WRX) 12. Todd ----------------------(MY93 - WRX) 13. Bigdavie -------------------(MY99 - Turbo) 14. RubyTheScooby ---------- (MY98 - Sport) 15. Rossco --------------------(MY00 - Type R) 16. Ally-b ---------------------(MY00 - UK) 17. micra_wrc ---------------- (MY96 - STi type RA V-Limited) 18. Seafar99 ----------------- (MY98 - STI v5 Wagon) 19. RRS 555 ------------------(MY98 - UKTURBO Saloon) 20. Mako -------------------- (MY93 - WRX) 21. Vicki ----------------------(MY00 - UK) 22. paddy247 -----------------(MY94 - WRX STI V1) 23. Ac!D --------------------- (MY95 - UK) 24. FastScooby -------------- (MY95 - WRX) 25. Dtabbit77 ---------------- (MY00 - UK) 26. Terzo Neil ---------------- (MY98 - UK Terzo No. 306) 27. scoobykev --------------- (MY98 - UK) 28. Arbroath Smokie --------- (MY98 - 22B) 29. TheSquirrel555------------(MY96 - WRX STI LIMITED 555) 30. MY94---------------------(MY94 - JDM STi V1 Wagon ) 31. coulty--------------------- (MY96 - WRX STI V2) 32. Weeb-------------------- (MY93 - STi power) 33. Whitelaw------------------(MY00 - P1) 34. Duncatr------------------- (MY97 - UK Cat No. 99) 35. Catalunya80---------------(MY97-UK Cat No. 80) 36. Frank C-------------------(MY99-UK Turbo) 37. Stripe--------------------- (MY99-UK Turbo) 38. Pugpaul------------------- (MY96 WRX Wagon) 39. RS Grant------------------(MY99-UK Turbo 40. butcher boy --------------- MY97 (jdm wrx) 41. Simmie -------------------- (MY 97 UK Turbo Wagon) 42. scoobyscoop--------------(MY98 UK Turbo Wagon) 43. Ross9 ---------------------(MY97 - STi4 Type R)

Quite fancy the thought of an Escort Cossie, though the reality might not be so rosy lol. I'd have another Rover perhaps if I could afford to, would just keep the one I have actually if I could afford it as it's a lot of fun. Ross

Nah I wound it back to pretty much standard boost (was 1.12 on the rollers) as soon as I got the car. I don't have a knocklink, there was no sign of det at all on the rollers and it was nice and rich at 10.5 AFR. I have e-mailed Andy Forrest though and intend to have a Power FC fitted and mapped asap. I don;t drive it that hard day to day etc just going to work and back, and any time I do go to an event or for a wee play it has octane booster in the same as it was on the rollers, which as I say gave no det during the run. Ross

As Grant says, the Hayward and Scott front pipe also de-cats the car, there is no cat in the system. However, talking to Gerry at Dastek while he was discussing Irish Al's ECUTEK'd scooby he said that the ECU system in them notes det at a certain point in the rev range if it occurs a couple of times at the same point, if so, it then retards the timing at this point the next time, to prevent the det re-occuring as the damage is alreayd done if it occurs. He pointed out that while my 1997 car doesnt have this system, it has a less advanced version, so I was thinking, if I am running on the road with no octane booster, as I only put it in for events (and yes I know it's advised to always use it on a JDM car) and also, if the previous owner had also run it on just octane booster, and more boost (it was set to 1.35 bar when I bought the car) then the ECU might be set to retard it a bit and a reset might have gained a couple more ponies etc? Thanks for any comments. Basically what I am asking is, 291bhp, 255 @ wheels, and 241 lb/ft from an STi4 Type R with exhaust (inc de-cat) and filter, I'm happy with that as it goes well on the road etc but should I have seen more? Cheers Ross

Had the Type R on the rollers today after taking a spot on a FifeCruisers RR day. Results were 291BHP (255 @ wheels) and 241 lb/ft Sti4 Type R, Hayward and Scott front pipe and a Blitz Nur Spec R exhaust, HKS panel filter, 1.1 bar Happy enough at 291 though I had hoped to hit the 300 mark, torque seemed a little low though, what should it be as standard? 291 bhp was at 7000rpm 241 lb/ft was at 5000rpm Any comments welcome, operator said the car was running well, no problems except from a split HT lead he found by shocking himself on it, oops, and I'm happy with the way the car drives and performs on the road etc, as I said, any comments welcomed. Ross

Sitting on the couch, waiting for the plasterer to finish skimming the bathroom walls. Then I'll be off out a run in the scooby, dirty unfortunately but not to worry, I have the water turned off for the outside tap as it's on the same stopcock as the shower feed which I haven't blocked off, so I cant use the hose to wash it and dont fancy letting anone loose on it even with sponges and a power washer. Lovely day for a drive though , Ross

Not had many in my 8 years of driving. 1. 1986 Mk4 Escort, 1.4 CVH engine, full XR3i replica plus RS bonnet, custom front splitter, TSW stealths, momo wheel, lowered, no silencers at all, just a pipe to a BB2, bass cannon, anything boy racer you can envisage this car had lol. 2. 1996 Rover 214 SEi , filter and exhaust saw 13 bhp and 10lb/ft increase (not bad on a NA 1.4) , wasnt that fast, brakes from a turbo Rover and good suspension made it half decent though, 105 seconds round Kames in a 5 door hatch with a 1.4 engine and Nankang tyres. 3. 1994 Rover 220 Coupe Turbo, this car has a huge spec (still got it, not sold it yet) , full rebuild, turbo, engine, suspension, brakes, all upgraded. Currently the fastest Rover coupe over the 1/4 mile in the UK (there was one faster down south but it has been broken for spares now) at 12.88 @ 114mph, love this car but just fancied a change and something newer. 4. 1997 WRX STi Type R, only had it 3 weeks, it's huge amounts of fun though, thoroughly enjoying it. Short list there, I'm not one for changing cars too regularly. Ross

Few of mine here, one of the aforementioned newbies.

Decent day, weather was a turn up for the books considering the venue. Did 2 runs, first one made an arse of it, rear wheels spinning off the line (so much for the trackbite) wobbled it a tad at the end of 1st, then missed 5th (close gears means you need all 5 to reach the end) and pretty much rolled the last 10 metres for a 13.6 @ 101 with a shockingly poor 2.28 60ft(for a 4wd) , oh well, 1st attempt. 2nd run, vs an EVO 5 or 6 ( I forget) with black bonnet and nitrous, neck and neck the whole way, Scooby in front by half a foot at most, had to change to 5th, he didnt, evo wins by an inch or so. I got a "no run", vid shows no red light for it so dont know what happened there, the time for the EVO was 12.88 @ 112mph with a 1.9 60ft, so my run can;'t have been to shabby either, was ahead/level till the last 50 metres when I shifted up as I said and was still very close. After this run there was a gaskety type noise from the scooby, and with horror stories of bottem end gfailures making me paranoid, I called it a day to be on the safe side, noise went away after the car had cooled down and is all running fine but better safe than sorry. So, I went against all I stand for with cars lol, and entered the show and shine as a mate, Mr Malloy, had as always loads of cleaning stuff. I got the Best Subaru trophy (albeit the only scoobie in teh show and shine lol), he got the Best Nissan trophy and his wife got the "Most JDM" trophy for her Top Secret Toyota Vitz ( I think Vitz is the jap name for a Yaris, which is what it is, only with standalone management, a 1,5 VVTi engine with a supercharger etc, auto box, 160bhp etc) Seen your Car Col, looking good, good to chat to Colin (PlaySatan) as well and have a gander at his STi Type R and all its goodies, look forward to seeing that in action soon. Nice RB5 was parked near me, from info on another forum his name was Ross as well, was looking tidy and various other scoobies running around as well. Enjoyed my first event in the new car lots. heres the pics and vids, ignore the first run's cloud of white smoke from me, the bung doesnt let the condensation run out of the exhaust so it blew it all out on the first run I did (with the bung removed obviously) , click the first pic to play the video. Click the first picture to see the vid Ross

9:30 for the gates, 10 for the strip opening I think. I'll probably be there for 9 lol, always there dead early to try and get a few runs in before the queues build up, I get up between 2 and 4:30 for work anyway so getting up at 7 is a long lie lol. Grippy surface is being used for the first time this Sunday, good to see the weather looking good also. Playsatan2 - Yeah maybe see you up there, I will keep an eye out, cheers for the heads up on the gears as well, I noted that last night while trying a few practice runs that I;d be in 5th by the end. Ross

Well I'm heading up this weekend, but shall be avoiding dumping the clutch as the chances of getting the wheels to break traction would appear even more slim then normal. Just have to ride the clutch out as quickly as possible to prevent it bogging down I imagine, and then go, once the clutch is engaged there should be no more strain on the transmission than any other time you floor it and the wheels dont spin, just the initial lash on the transmission if you did a 6k launch on the TrackBite and the wheels didnt break traction would be where all the bad stuff would occur I would imagine, but I'm still new to this 4wd stuff, would have been ideal for my old fwd rover, that said, I snapped a driveshaft on it with the wheels spinning once, never mind if they gripped from the word go lol. Ross