Subaru Impreza v7

[Ian Jones]

Hi all, after selling my classic around two years ago, I have returned to the scooby side of things with a version 7 jdm sti.

The car entered the uk in around 2004 with about 3900 miles on the clock. In Japan it was a subaru demo/show car

It has had 4 uk owners, one being a garage.

I picked up the car with 48000 miles on, quite low miles for a car of this age from when I was looking for a new scoob.

The very first thing I done to the car was give it a oil and filter change, as I do this with all my cars, and it is a bit of a habit.

As it was due on age for a cambelt change, but no where near the miles, I thought it would best be on the safe side of things and get it changed.

Tim Farmer (subbus) aka ex zen and top bloke, fitted a full timing belt kit with all the rollers and tensioner, changed the gearbox and rear diff oil.



The car is all most standard, mods are..

- TSL pulse extraction exhaust with a sports cat
- whiteline roll centre steer kit
- alloy radiator
- cosworth panel filter

I have fitted so far
- vta bov
- hella supertones.


Pics from when it was about to come into the uk






And a quick couple i snapped on the phone










thanks
Ian

[Ian Jones]

I had the scoob in the garage today to give her some more protection with a good coat of underseal

before



half way


finish





there was some more bits sprayed after this last picture was taken

I think there was around 4.5-5L of airgun underseal used in this making :-)

[melvster]

Nice to see a clean, well looked after Bugeye

[Ian Jones]

I am saving up a few bits to get done in the summer

SX fuel pressure reg


new fuel pump


Thermal velocity magma exhaust wrap and stainless steel locking wire (not my photo, but the same product)


dual sensor temperature gauge

[Ian Jones]

Hi all

next thing on the to do list was to lose the arch gap.

I picked up a set of HSD dualtech coilovers.


How it sits on standard sti shocks and springs





How I received the coilovers






I stpipped all the rings and other bits off, cleaned all down and greases up with white lithium grease.
The only problem I had was with the bottom locking rings on the two rear struts. I cut them off and ordered new rings.

Once they had arrived, I set the pre tension for the spring and put them all back together.




When fitting I had a problem with the bolts that hold the shock onto the hub as they had been done up by some unnatural force.
I tried plusgas, but that did not work, So I got some heat onto the nuts and that worked.

I got a set of extended adjusters for the rear also



A few pictures of the shock fitted






It took me a couple of goes to set the height.

a quick before and after shot







Next to do is get the tracking etc done and I also might buy some coilover socks to help protect them more

I went out for a short drive to see if anything rubbed, and all was fine.

Compared to the standard shocks and springs, they are a less crashy ride and I would say they take the bumps and holes in the road with more comfort. I have got them all set to the softest setting so far.

thanks
Ian

[Ian Jones]

Next up I fitted the coilover socks

front strut



On the rear strut, I covered the thread in waterproof gaffer tape over the top of the white lithium grease, this is to help keep the grease in and the rubbish off. then the cover over the rest of it.




and a few more random pictures from the underside

[Ian Jones]

I had the scoob on the rollers to get a benchmark to see what is what before I change anything.

Also the boost needs to be controlled better, again a remap should sort this out.

Lets say a remap is needed (was on the cards to be done anyway) as it is over fueling like a mofo!!

[Ian Jones]

next couple of mods in the pipeline is a jdm boot lip spoiler. just got to get the lip and boot sprayed.

do i fix the spoiler first to the boot then paint, or paint both on there own then fix to boot?

[Ian Jones]

I had a bonus today.
I went to fit my walbro 225 pump, and look what I found!!! A Roger Clark Motorsport fuel pump, I would say it is better than the walbro one that I was going to fit.

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[smifffymoto]

Good start,handling before horsepower.
BTW your reg is on the dyno print out.

[Remagel2507]

Ian Jones said:

next couple of mods in the pipeline is a jdm boot lip spoiler. just got to get the lip and boot sprayed.

do i fix the spoiler first to the boot then paint, or paint both on there own then fix to boot?

When we do them we usually paint the spoiler separate and then fix it on once its done

[Ian Jones]

at a guess, what sort of ££ would I be looking at for the boot lit and lip spoiler to be painted please?

[Ian Jones]

some new bits turned up today

competition clutch stage 2, and a flywheel skimmed my Alyn as AS performance