My Impreza Turbo 2000

[Connor_scotland]

Been on the forum a few years now but have just been reading lol


Well after having various cars Nova,saxos,106,Vectra,Focus

I got an Impreza Sport last October - Kept it until Feb 15TH (should of been 14th but the missus wanted me to do something with her for valentines so i was patient)

Picked this Impreza Turbo 2000 up in Dunfermline Feb 15th

Since buying it in Feb i have

Added crystal headlights
New exhaust
New spoiler
New interior
Steering wheel
Sound system
Silicon hoses
Brakes
Alloy rad


Spec

Engine
EJ20 TURBO
TD04 turbo with the boost turned up by Andy F
Andy Forrest remap with Apexi ECU
Hayward and Scott 4.5" angled exit exhaust
Magnex centre section
HKS SSQV blow off valve
Blue samco Intercooler hosing
Alloy radiator
HKS Muschroom Filter

Suspension/brakes/Wheels

Lowered on tein springs
Mintex extreme discs an pads
GREDDY clutch
Short shift kit

Interior

Interior from a STI added
STI steering wheel
Sony Stereo
2x12" fli subs in the boot
2 gauge pillar pd
1 Auto gauges oil pressure gauge
1 Auto gauges boost gauge

Exterior

Mid level spoiler added with LED brake light
JUN front lip
Crystal headlights,side repeaters,indicators
tinted windows all round
Solberg pigs on the mirrors
Couple of funnys in the back window
scottishscoobies.net sticker

Plans are to take my autogauges out and fit some black faced ones
Fite whiteline arbs and bushes
Som lower and upper braces
Fit a TD05 turbo
Walbro fuel pump and FP regulator (getting on saturday)
FMIC - Hopefully on Saturday if the lad gets back to me
Possibly change the wheels
Colour code the skirts,spats and handl;es next weekend
Go back to Andy F and then get her on the RR

I love it to bits and its a pleasure to drive - The reason i went for the Turbo 2000 is my lass is 20 and im 23 so insurance would of been a killer (got quotes and all were over £2k) we are on this for under £1k fully comp

The power is unreal (probably because my previous motors havent been that fast) lol

Handles really good

LOVE fuel - Im getting about 250ish to the tank - Since owning it i have done 3000ish miles - Going to Applecross this weekend with her so will get some nice pics

Spent a bit of time tonight and washed the car tonight
Put some tyre dressing on her. The alloys were migning - Will give her the full treatment at the weekend tho :-)







Some old rides

My sport - Resprayed in WR1 blue




Focus - I kept for 5 week
Before


After - I added OBX pulleys,kent stage 1 cams 18" keis


My Vectra I bought standard last year and kept it for 12months - 1.8 16v

Before

After





Got her in Total Vauxhall


I HAVE to keep the Impreza for a while as my GF is getting stressed with me changing cars hahaha

Edited by Connor_scotland on Thursday 2nd April 21:03

Edited by Connor_scotland on Thursday 2nd April 21:23

[LividSV]

They are my fav looking scoobies, how the hell did you get insured for that cheap!

[Connor_scotland]

Through money supermarket mate then "Express Insurance" gave a brilliant price

Only £300 more than my Impreza sport

Yea i like the classic shape the best.

Just ordered my black faced gauges :-) so hopefully they will be here on Tuesday

[GC8]

I bet youre glad that you didnt try to convert the Sport into a Turbo now; arent you?

[Connor_scotland]

OH YES

After been bout 2 hours away from buying a smashed turbo to convert it i backed out and bought a decent one instead haha

So glad i never went ahead with it

[Connor_scotland]

Well yesterday me an 9 other cars went up to Applecross and back down to Nairn then out to Aviemore - Awesome - We took about 200 pics

They can be seen on scottishscoobies.net as it takes ages to post them on different sites.

I did 310miles - Was such a amazing drive. Really got to give her some stick an see how she handled


1 thing happend the battery clamp came looks and the battery shorted on the bonnet and the car cut out...All sorted within

Today i ordered black faced gauges to replace the white faced ones - They appear smoked when off an really cool when on :-)

[Connor_scotland]

Fitted my FMIC yesterday - It was a mission :-)
Numberplate is on the bottom of the splitter now

Also did my 1st ever 1/4 mile last weekend

14.6 @ 92mph - I did a really st launch - need to learn how to launch
All the videos are on my youtube under "quiksilverconnor"

Edited by Connor_scotland on Saturday 25th April 15:38

[Connor_scotland]

Little update

Picking up a decat today
Fitted a boost controller
Burst a fmic intercooler pipe - Not sure what happend but for some reason the car held 1.43bar boost then popped the pipe so need to order a new one
Then we got the boost controller on it and backed it down a bit so all is well :-)





Andy for amusement - Lion dog

raaar

[chuggabugga70]

Looks nice mate, would still love an impreza but unfortunately at 18 I really would get completely raped on the insurance, and I have no desire to pay 4 grand for that!

Loving the lion dog, I bet that puts the fear up most people when it comes running up to them!

[Connor_scotland]

Cheers mate,
Yea i know what you mean - Im 23 and my lass is 20 and we are £980 i think it is for the year - I also have a ban from when i was 17 - Its alot to pay but i think its worth it :-)

[muncie]

loving that dog!!!

[minisloth]

Love the dog

[BelperJim]

I want a Lion Dog

[Connor_scotland]

to be honest i would trade the car for that dog anyday. Its AWESOME

[dean100yz]

Nice Motor and the dog is legendry!

Edited by dean100yz on Tuesday 19th May 18:11

[bales]

So is it quicker than your STi now with all its mods?

No issue at all with people modifying there cars to look better i.e with all your other cars etc...but why put the STI stickers on and the bonnet vent.

I dont really get it especially when its only a n/a and not even a turbo

I do like your current one though.

[GC8]

Sounds like boost spikes.

[Waynester]

You don't do 'standard' do you?

Nice cars anyway, & that is a big exhaust! Does it touch down on speed bumps etc..?

[Connor_scotland]

The Impreza with the STI stickers was just a 2ltr N/a didnt look into a turbo as i never thought i could insure one lol, But i was wrong i could hence how i never kept it long :-)

Got the boost spike sorted now :-)

Nah im not keen on standard haha but i have made my fair share of modifying fkups like bonnet vents on a saxo etc...... I enjoy it and thats what matters

Fitted a decat and a afterburnet vortex system to the Scooby on Tuesday night - Makes a lovely growl and feels like its alot more "free flowing" and seems to pick ap that bit quicker.

The exhaust has hit the speed bumps a couple of times - Was up Applecross for a run with 7 other cars an put a fair amount of scrathes on it and a pretty big dent

Next up is to fit some more hoses and polybush it :-)

Thanks for the comments.

P.s also colour coding the side skirts next weekend and thinking about painting the alloys anthracite.

Edited by Connor_scotland on Thursday 21st May 14:30

[Connor_scotland]

Well tonight was eventful

Was out the back road at Foyers and was getting a rattling from the rear of the car - We assumed it was just some of the tools in the boot (i was wrong) As a joke my mate said "bet you have a snapped spring" so about 30mins later we come over a crest nipping on as you do and heard a loud ping. I automatically looked in the mirror to see 2 coils off my rear spring rolling down the road.

We pulled over and jacked the car up and recovered the couple of coils and it looks like they have been cracked a while as it was rusted inbetween and they must of just snapped under load. I suppose its lucky in a sense as i never binned the car.

DAM tein springs never seen it happening with them - Going to have to get new ones now. Possibly a set of Cusco coilovers from a friend so will wait and see.

No other damage was done and we limped her 20 miles back to base. She is sitting rather low on 1 wheel tho

Edited by Connor_scotland on Sunday 24th May 23:51