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Don't do it rob. You'll be disappointed.
It's taken me 8 years and over £60k to get here and I still enjoy my Clio more in terms of all out grin.
Subarus are an amazing tool that will get you from a to b at an almost in unfathomable rate. But the driving experience will be numb in comparison to your R26R.
My Clio has steering feel by the bucket load, something no Impreza I've ever driven has come close to. You could drive mine, but its so far removed from the average Impreza it's kinda irrelevant. The spec c is the best of the oem bunch which is a great drive and hugely capable. But the chassis doesn't give you that hard wired in feel that the Meg R offers.
Go drive one before you sell the Meg...
Then drive the Meg home and realise how good it actually is.
It's taken me 8 years and over £60k to get here and I still enjoy my Clio more in terms of all out grin.
Subarus are an amazing tool that will get you from a to b at an almost in unfathomable rate. But the driving experience will be numb in comparison to your R26R.
My Clio has steering feel by the bucket load, something no Impreza I've ever driven has come close to. You could drive mine, but its so far removed from the average Impreza it's kinda irrelevant. The spec c is the best of the oem bunch which is a great drive and hugely capable. But the chassis doesn't give you that hard wired in feel that the Meg R offers.
Go drive one before you sell the Meg...
Then drive the Meg home and realise how good it actually is.
Thanks for that mate. I always had a thing for Evos and Scoobys before I went down the 172/R26/R26r route and its never gone away. I'll NEVER sell the R but fancy another runaround. Not one that's going to cost me 60k though lol. Although the Bomber is a credit to you mate, it's a masterpiece.
(I'll still take the offer of a test drive though )
(I'll still take the offer of a test drive though
)
frayz said:
Lol, nickname it got a few years back from my mates. It's pretty angry looking on the road and it consumes fuel at a hideous rate when you open the taps. They all called it The Bomber as a bit of a pi55 take and it kinda stuck.
It looks like it might not be a standard Subsru. Does it have a lot more power then?rubystone said:
frayz said:
Lol, nickname it got a few years back from my mates. It's pretty angry looking on the road and it consumes fuel at a hideous rate when you open the taps. They all called it The Bomber as a bit of a pi55 take and it kinda stuck.
It looks like it might not be a standard Subsru. Does it have a lot more power then?rubystone said:
What would that take it up to? Over 500bhp?
Over 570bhp actually. Here's a run with 576bhp, that's over 460hp @ the wheelshttp://youtu.be/rrBAcoyzLQw
Nothing much happening here with the car.
Although I have done a few odd jobs recently,
Firstly I've been meaning to drill some holes into my wheel arch liner behind the oil cooler just to aid the cooler working. The oil temps are not an issue and never have been. But with the recent spate of hot weather I decided it wasn't a bad shout.
Also managed to trace a slight knock that I found last week to a slightly lose ARB link bolt.
Then I found what I thought was an oil leak from my rocker covers, tinyest trace of oil and I oil noticed it when cleaning underneath. Turns out the breather pipes that were tight when i fitted them, (so tight i didnt use clamps) have swollen and were giving the illusion of a rocker cover leak. I've put some clamps on them now but will be renewing the breather lines now anyway.
Lastly I had a Defi EGT thermocouple go down, ages ago and wasn't prepared to spend the £140 odd quid Defi wanted on a replacement. I took a punt on an eBay thermocouple only to find that although it worked, was clearly over reading.
So did some research and found a company in the US who make sensors. They managed to supply me a new thermocouple for around $50.
Finally fitted today and all is well again.
Also treated myself to some new Alpinestars gloves, my old OMPs were dead. Lol
Although I have done a few odd jobs recently,
Firstly I've been meaning to drill some holes into my wheel arch liner behind the oil cooler just to aid the cooler working. The oil temps are not an issue and never have been. But with the recent spate of hot weather I decided it wasn't a bad shout.
Also managed to trace a slight knock that I found last week to a slightly lose ARB link bolt.
Then I found what I thought was an oil leak from my rocker covers, tinyest trace of oil and I oil noticed it when cleaning underneath. Turns out the breather pipes that were tight when i fitted them, (so tight i didnt use clamps) have swollen and were giving the illusion of a rocker cover leak. I've put some clamps on them now but will be renewing the breather lines now anyway.
Lastly I had a Defi EGT thermocouple go down, ages ago and wasn't prepared to spend the £140 odd quid Defi wanted on a replacement. I took a punt on an eBay thermocouple only to find that although it worked, was clearly over reading.
So did some research and found a company in the US who make sensors. They managed to supply me a new thermocouple for around $50.
Finally fitted today and all is well again.
Also treated myself to some new Alpinestars gloves, my old OMPs were dead. Lol
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