Show off your Subaru!!

[mfnick]

Well my replacements cost £140 so bear that in mind.
Also not that easy to find genuine ones - most are replicas that are for sale. Can normally tell since they have the black deflector bit missing on those but still cost around £120 painted. Robbing gits!

[AWG]

If that's the cost of replacements then there's clearly a market for the thieving scumbags out there. Think i'll be gluing mine on this weekend once the 4th replacement splitter arrives

[TreVoR dreamer]

[oop north]

My new 3,0R Outback. Won't stay this clean for long!

[Geo22]

[IvanSTi]

This is mine.

Not done a great deal to it modification wise;
3" Decat system
3 Port Denso Boost Solenoid
ID 100cc injectors
Custom Induction kit
TD05-20G with larger exhaust housing (Means it's a bit laggy, but to suit future plans)
Fuelab FPR
H&R ARB's
CDF Drop Links
CDF ALK
RB320 Suspension
Vredestein Rubber
Carbonne Lorrain RC5+ Pads
Reconditioned Brembo's
Brembo Discs (For now, going to be upgraded to PF Discs and Bells)

Future Plans;
Fully Forged Closed Deck 2.5
Higher Lift Cams (Still deciding on setup)
Syvecs ECU
MDX321V or SC46 Turbo

Anyway, this is the car.





Mapped by Mr B Rawle

[PomBstard]

Came back to my car the other evening and it looked like a Subaru car park...



From the left...

Gen 4 Liberty 2.5 wagon
Gen 4 Lib 3.0 Spec B
Blobeye WRX wagon
Gen 3 Outback 2.5
Gen 2 Liberty 2.2

And on the right, Gen 4 Liberty GT wagon

[KarlMac]

Not bought one yet but looking to chop my Golf GTi in for a blob/hawk eye. Got around £9k to spend (but would like to spend as little of that as possible!) and really have my eye set on an STi. I have a couple of Qs and this seems the best place to ask.

- am I going to get a tidy STi for £9k? Not after concours but would like something mechanically cared fore around 50-60k with fresh belts. Am I dreaming?
- how 'easy' is it to get around 350hp?
- where are the best communities/forums for advice?

[PaulD86]

KarlMac said:

Not bought one yet but looking to chop my Golf GTi in for a blob/hawk eye. Got around £9k to spend (but would like to spend as little of that as possible!) and really have my eye set on an STi. I have a couple of Qs and this seems the best place to ask.

- am I going to get a tidy STi for £9k? Not after concours but would like something mechanically cared fore around 50-60k with fresh belts. Am I dreaming?
- how 'easy' is it to get around 350hp?
- where are the best communities/forums for advice?

All very doable with that budget. 350bhp isn't hard - that's what mine has and it has different air filter, exhaust and remap. My car is a Litchfield Type 20 so was modded by them but power wise nothing complex was done. See if you can find a Japanese import with the 2 litre engine - better spec than UK (have a google) and the Jap 2.0 is stronger than the likes of the UK 2.5.

[IvanSTi]

KarlMac said:

Not bought one yet but looking to chop my Golf GTi in for a blob/hawk eye. Got around £9k to spend (but would like to spend as little of that as possible!) and really have my eye set on an STi. I have a couple of Qs and this seems the best place to ask.

- am I going to get a tidy STi for £9k? Not after concours but would like something mechanically cared fore around 50-60k with fresh belts. Am I dreaming?
- how 'easy' is it to get around 350hp?
- where are the best communities/forums for advice?

As above, best to try and find a JDM STi, but there's still nothing wrong with the UK ones (2.0 versions that is), they have good engines capable of over 450bhp as standard.
JDM Cars are 2.0 twin scrolls, the UK Blobeyes are 2.0 single scrolls, the UK Hawkeyes are 2.5 Single scrolls but the pistons aren't the greatest and are pretty much at their power limit at 350bhp and they may end up requiring forged internals.

Panel Filter, Decat exhaust and a remap should see you to 350bhp (ish), depending on model, not sure the VF35 (from UK Blobeye) can do 350, but the VF43 from the Hawk can. Easy swap out and they're not that expensive.

Good forums are Scottish Scoobies, 22b, plenty of good info on them and Scoobynet, bit hit and miss with certain people but generally OK place to be.

get someone well known to map the car for you, they'll get the best out of it. I've personally used Andy Forrest and Bob Rawle, both excellent and would highly recommend. Also heard very good things about Simon (Jolly Green Monster) who is also on here and they all run race spec Impreza's which gives you a bit more confidence in them.

£9k is easily enough to buy a good car, it may already have the power you're looking for too. So best of luck and happy hunting.

Be warned. You'll want more than 350bhp, probably 400 once you're used to it, then you'll want 450, then 500 etc etc etc, it's an addictive, slippery slope

[Hol]

IvanSTi said:

KarlMac said:

Not bought one yet but looking to chop my Golf GTi in for a blob/hawk eye. Got around £9k to spend (but would like to spend as little of that as possible!) and really have my eye set on an STi. I have a couple of Qs and this seems the best place to ask.

- am I going to get a tidy STi for £9k? Not after concours but would like something mechanically cared fore around 50-60k with fresh belts. Am I dreaming?
- how 'easy' is it to get around 350hp?
- where are the best communities/forums for advice?

As above, best to try and find a JDM STi, but there's still nothing wrong with the UK ones (2.0 versions that is), they have good engines capable of over 450bhp as standard.
JDM Cars are 2.0 twin scrolls, the UK Blobeyes are 2.0 single scrolls, the UK Hawkeyes are 2.5 Single scrolls but the pistons aren't the greatest and are pretty much at their power limit at 350bhp and they may end up requiring forged internals.

Panel Filter, Decat exhaust and a remap should see you to 350bhp (ish), depending on model, not sure the VF35 (from UK Blobeye) can do 350, but the VF43 from the Hawk can. Easy swap out and they're not that expensive.

Good forums are Scottish Scoobies, 22b, plenty of good info on them and Scoobynet, bit hit and miss with certain people but generally OK place to be.

get someone well known to map the car for you, they'll get the best out of it. I've personally used Andy Forrest and Bob Rawle, both excellent and would highly recommend. Also heard very good things about Simon (Jolly Green Monster) who is also on here and they all run race spec Impreza's which gives you a bit more confidence in them.

£9k is easily enough to buy a good car, it may already have the power you're looking for too. So best of luck and happy hunting.

Be warned. You'll want more than 350bhp, probably 400 once you're used to it, then you'll want 450, then 500 etc etc etc, it's an addictive, slippery slope

I am a little biased, which will become obvious if you read the entire thread, but Bob has provided some interesting real life information of Tuning the Twin Scroll STI.

http://bbs.scoobynet.com/projects-40/283364-the-en...

[Gregor69]

Bought a red 2005 Blob Eye wagon just over a week ago. Car is in cracking nick, full credit to guy who had it before me. Remapped by Andy Forrest, bit of a step up from 1.4 focus. Will get some pics up this week.

[KarlMac]

Hol said:

IvanSTi said:

KarlMac said:

Not bought one yet but looking to chop my Golf GTi in for a blob/hawk eye. Got around £9k to spend (but would like to spend as little of that as possible!) and really have my eye set on an STi. I have a couple of Qs and this seems the best place to ask.

- am I going to get a tidy STi for £9k? Not after concours but would like something mechanically cared fore around 50-60k with fresh belts. Am I dreaming?
- how 'easy' is it to get around 350hp?
- where are the best communities/forums for advice?

As above, best to try and find a JDM STi, but there's still nothing wrong with the UK ones (2.0 versions that is), they have good engines capable of over 450bhp as standard.
JDM Cars are 2.0 twin scrolls, the UK Blobeyes are 2.0 single scrolls, the UK Hawkeyes are 2.5 Single scrolls but the pistons aren't the greatest and are pretty much at their power limit at 350bhp and they may end up requiring forged internals.

Panel Filter, Decat exhaust and a remap should see you to 350bhp (ish), depending on model, not sure the VF35 (from UK Blobeye) can do 350, but the VF43 from the Hawk can. Easy swap out and they're not that expensive.

Good forums are Scottish Scoobies, 22b, plenty of good info on them and Scoobynet, bit hit and miss with certain people but generally OK place to be.

get someone well known to map the car for you, they'll get the best out of it. I've personally used Andy Forrest and Bob Rawle, both excellent and would highly recommend. Also heard very good things about Simon (Jolly Green Monster) who is also on here and they all run race spec Impreza's which gives you a bit more confidence in them.

£9k is easily enough to buy a good car, it may already have the power you're looking for too. So best of luck and happy hunting.

Be warned. You'll want more than 350bhp, probably 400 once you're used to it, then you'll want 450, then 500 etc etc etc, it's an addictive, slippery slope

I am a little biased, which will become obvious if you read the entire thread, but Bob has provided some interesting real life information of Tuning the Twin Scroll STI.

http://bbs.scoobynet.com/projects-40/283364-the-en...

Thanks for the advice.

To be honest i've had a few tuned cars around 350ish and that always seemed like enough, however none of these were 4wd so we'll see!

[banny650]

Small update slowly collecting my bits

Whiteline 24mm adjustable front anti roll bar
super pro roll centre kit
whiteline heavy duty steering rack mounts
whiteline subframe lock kit
Whiteline Castor bushes
Whiteline adjustable arms
newage sti quickrack modded to fit classic
sti group n engine and gearbox mounts
cusco front strut brace
cusco rear v brace
whiteline h brace
Whiteline heavy duty gearbox bushes
Kartboy Rear Shifter Bushing
Kartboy Shifter Bushings
Whiteline Rear Diff - support outrigger bushing
Whiteline Diff.mounts in cradle Rear
whiteline arb collars front and rear
WHITELINE BUSH KIT-CONTROL ARM - INNER FRONT
WHITELINE REAR TRAILING ARM BUSHES -FRONT
WHITELINE REAR TRAILING ARM BUSHES -REAR
whiteline camber adjustment bolts front and rear
whiteline max c kca251s front top mounts
Beatrush rear diff brace
Beatrush Propeller Shaft Mount Collar
beatrush forged pitch mount





Got this sorted along with 2 x 38mm tial mvs external wastegates, just deciding on the turbo now







As a bonus an SDM gearbox cradle







[quote=martynj;42192522]I've mapped a 7670 on a 2.3 Evo Banny and it was mega, 460lbft by 3500rpm, 580lbft by 3700rpm @ 2.3 bar on Vpower.
[/quote]

Sounds awesome does that I think im going for 1.9 bar v power and 2.1bar meth


more bits arrived today thanks in part to rally sport direct and waiting on my newage chevron castor modded front arms





Ready for its transformation at Richard Henry Motorsport



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0V8aDOBkhY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX4J-f6l4tI

Manifold setup collected today, on the previous owner's car with a GT4094

Edited by banny650 on Sunday 6th July 00:11

[Lefty]

Thought I was going nuts for a minute, saw these over on p1woc!

Nice looking project, that GT40 is huge! I assume that was on a 2.5 or even a 2.6?

[KarlMac]

Can anyone pass comments on this?

http://www.jctcars.co.uk/used-cars/subaru-impreza-...

[banny650]

Lefty said:

Thought I was going nuts for a minute, saw these over on p1woc!

Nice looking project, that GT40 is huge! I assume that was on a 2.5 or even a 2.6?

I decided against running the GT40, so going for something like a Borg warner efr 7670 for a spooly 550bhp. Its going on a destroked 2.5 so about 2.36

[sradmarty]

[quote=

Manifold setup collected today, on the previous owner's car with a GT4094

Edited by banny650 on Sunday 6th July 00:11

[/quote]

Is it just me or has that gigantic turbo sucked up a small boy in a blue track suit?

Maybe for safety's sake get a filter on there, think of the children!

[paulmoonraker]

KarlMac said:

Can anyone pass comments on this?

http://www.jctcars.co.uk/used-cars/subaru-impreza-...

The best newage they ever made the 2005. Price seems reasonable, but if anything a touch high for the mileage.

[Jayinjapan]

New toy, picked up at the weekend. Was looking for a Legacy but changed my mind when I found this.