RS Grant

Yeah things are fine with me buddy, got rid of the M3 for a Hartge/Birds 335i... which was a massive mistake. The 335 lasted 6 months before I sold it, running a 540i as a stop gap at the moment as I've ordered a Golf R... but reaaaally trying to justify a Classic as a toy/track car!! How are you getting on mate?? Cheers, Grant

Yup, the DBM with 6-speed... the new owner has gone a vastly different route with the car, which is a shame given that non-rotten classics are getting harder to find. But hey ho, it's his car I guess!! Good news on the car sale. Cheers, Grant

Saw your car on PH earlier mate, pretty much an ideal spec'd classic and very similar to my last MY00 actually. But it's outside my grasp at the moment.. however if you fancy chopping a chunk off the price, let me know. Cheers, Grant

Does Gav still work at Grieves, semi-off topic I guess... so apologies. Cheers, Grant

7 years to reply... that's more late than I've ever been JC, haha. Cheers, Grant

Have just seen on the news that Chris Groves and his son Connor died in a car accident on Saturday... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-25703054 Chris owned a Catalunya with white raceline wheels back in the day.. participated in a few runs and even when he sold his Impreza, would always be happy to see you and make time to chat at Knockhill/Shows etc. I'm really shocked by this news, my thoughts are with his family just now. Cheers, Grant

I'll be there, will be heading through from Dundee. Cheers, Grant

Ahh, bollox.. can't make the 29th as on holiday for a week from 28th. If that date is locked in, then I'd still like to donate to a charity if someone sets up a PayPal or JustGiving link. Cheers, Grant

Definitely not required, otherwise I'd not have suggested it on page one... since I am also Scoob-free at present. Cheers, Grant

This is taken just before a run which turned out to be one of the most enjoyable car-associated days I've had... and a big part of that day was spent trying to hold onto the back end of Simon's Bugeye in the 'mentally unhinged' group up front. It's a shame I never got the chance to thank him for such fond memories. Cheers, Grant

Such tragic and sad news, Simon was a fantastic guy. Spent many an evening talking to him and listening (mainly listening!) to him talk about various parts he had bought or was thinking about buying for his flying Bug... and had some fantastic runs both regional Fife and bigger Flings with him. He is going to be greatly, greatly missed. I will keep an eye on this thread for any funeral arrangements or if that ends up being overseas, any memorial run/event in his honour. Rest in peace buddy, you were definitely one of the good guys. Cheers, Grant

It's a bloody nice car mate. After driving the car back this afternoon... the temptation to buy another Impreza is growing stronger with each page of Pistonheads/Autotrader that I look at!! Cheers, Grant

Me too, absolutely sh!te update so far IMO. Cheers, Grant

lol. Cheers, Grant

That should nip on. Cheers, Grant

Regardless of the motive (judging by recent posts..), thanks for supplying the link Jac, its saved in my favorites now. Best of luck Andy!! Cheers, Grant

It'll do for now... haha, those ???'s will have to disappear at some point though. 6.5/10, I awarded an extra 0.5 for adopting a list style, like me. Cheers, Grant

Nice, very nice... time to change the signature Lewis. Cheers, Grant

I really like Hawkeyes, that one looks brilliant base for some subtle upgrades from the Oobster School of Modification. Get it purr-chased Andy!! Greig, what was the unedited version... you can't leave it there!! Cheers, Grant

It doesn't require one Greig, but for the sake of a few quid, a bit of my time and to be 100% for the future, I decided to fit one anyway. Cheers, Grant

Never used to be available on the Hawkeye STi mate... but then it was over 3 years ago that I had mine done by Andy, so it could have changed since then!! Cheers, Grant

Door handles and mirrors came colour coded from factory on MY00 and were un-painted black plastic on MY99 cars.. thats the only difference visually, apart from the alloy wheel design (5-spoke MY99 and 6-spoke MY00) obviously. Looks a tidy car, would definitely appeal to a wider audience with the standard body bits fitted and IMO its probably a 3k car to the right person. What have you replaced it with Ally?? Cheers, Grant

Personally, I'd rather go for the 550cc and over-do the spec slightly rather than running the 440cc that bit closer to their safe operating limit... but thats a personal thing, also, depending how much further you go power-wise you could retain the 550cc where you would almost certainly need to upgrade from the 440cc in the future. I'm running a VF34 on my car Joe, it spools pretty quickly and is always on the money when making progress... I seriously rate my car the way it is and I am really wary of upping the power too much more because it could potentially spoil what a great back road car it is. Haha, yea I think the 95RON map could feel a wee bit flat after rolling around on the high boost map!! Cheers, Grant

He'll need injectors, the MY97/98 UK Turbos came with 380cc injectors as standard. I would also definitely upgrade the intercooler Joe, minimum an STi V5/6/P1 item but more likely an STi 7/8/9 TMIC which are proven to far more than your current power goal. The standard one on there will start to struggle to keep ACTs in order once you wind the boost up on a bigger turbo and I wouldn't bother going FMIC at the moment, thats something to consider once you forge the engine and go for higher power later on. To keep things on topic, I'm making 338/322 on my UK Turbo and it seems more than happy to deal with that... and has been for about 7-8k miles since its had the upgrades done. Cheers, Grant