Subaru impreza RB5
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Yeah. I've been asked to join the Midlands Subaru owners club showing the RB5 at the rally show at Castle combe this year, just a bit to far for me to travel just for one day. Most of my weekends are busy in the summer months showing my car at classic car shows on Sundays. I'm very happy with the RB5. I try to keep it as good as I can, considering it's my every day run about as well, but that's what cars are for, driving and enjoying.
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RB5Steve said:
Yeah. I've been asked to join the Midlands Subaru owners club showing the RB5 at the rally show at Castle combe this year, just a bit to far for me to travel just for one day. Most of my weekends are busy in the summer months showing my car at classic car shows on Sundays. I'm very happy with the RB5. I try to keep it as good as I can, considering it's my every day run about as well, but that's what cars are for, driving and enjoying.
Hiya guysI have just bought my very own RB5 and I have my first show with it this weekend at Shelsley Walsh.
Mine too is going to be an everyday car.
Still grinning from when I picked her up.
Just joined this forum and looking forward to meeting new people with the same good taste as me
Hello :-)
Welcome to owning an RB5. I'm sure you will enjoy it. I've heard about Shelsley Walsh this weekend. Group A rally cars and twenty years of rallying, looks good, but unfortunately I'm showing the RB5 at a classic car show at Ashover in Derbyshire Sunday, so Saturday is a polish day for my RB5.
I done the Midlands Subaru owners club meet at Curborough last Sunday, that was a good day. Around 100 Scooby's there of all sorts, but again mine was the only RB5 there, there getting quite rare now seeing one on the road.
I done the Midlands Subaru owners club meet at Curborough last Sunday, that was a good day. Around 100 Scooby's there of all sorts, but again mine was the only RB5 there, there getting quite rare now seeing one on the road.
Wow. I bet you do miss your RB5. Looks like you had some engine mods on yours? I was a member of the RB5 owners club, but the never seemed to do much apart from doing the rally show at Castle combe, so I let my membership lapse a year ago and joined the Midlands Subaru owners club which is a good club to be a member of, monthly meets, a track and show day at Curborough sprint circuit every year, a very good forum a lots of enthusiasts to chat on the forum with. I heard the RB5 owners club was not as active as it was a few years back, perhaps it's because the amount of RB5's there's now left on the road and obviously where you live in this country to attend the long drive to Castle combe. I attended about 12 classic and festivals of transport in my RB5. I've been doing these shows for nearly 20 years now in other classics I have owned. I used to do a lot of one make shows when I was driving my classic Audi, but after a while you get fed up with them as it the same cars all of the time. That's why I enjoy classic car shows. Plenty of choice to look at and it's nice when people come and chat and take pics of the RB5. People seem to be taking more interest in the classic shape impreza now, especially the limited edition ones now they have been featured in some classic car mags and rightly so. It's the main part of Subarus rally heritage.
RB5Steve said:
Wow. I bet you do miss your RB5. Looks like you had some engine mods on yours? I was a member of the RB5 owners club, but the never seemed to do much apart from doing the rally show at Castle combe, so I let my membership lapse a year ago and joined the Midlands Subaru owners club which is a good club to be a member of, monthly meets, a track and show day at Curborough sprint circuit every year, a very good forum a lots of enthusiasts to chat on the forum with. I heard the RB5 owners club was not as active as it was a few years back, perhaps it's because the amount of RB5's there's now left on the road and obviously where you live in this country to attend the long drive to Castle combe. I attended about 12 classic and festivals of transport in my RB5. I've been doing these shows for nearly 20 years now in other classics I have owned. I used to do a lot of one make shows when I was driving my classic Audi, but after a while you get fed up with them as it the same cars all of the time. That's why I enjoy classic car shows. Plenty of choice to look at and it's nice when people come and chat and take pics of the RB5. People seem to be taking more interest in the classic shape impreza now, especially the limited edition ones now they have been featured in some classic car mags and rightly so. It's the main part of Subarus rally heritage.
It was running approx 340bhp with very healthy torque. I was a strong member of the RB5OC at the time and did a good amount of shows with them.....I'd love to know who owns 173 now and if it was looked after the way it deserved.This was the spec when it was advertised by myself.....
https://www.scoobynet.com/private-for-sale-general...
Blimey. Good spec. My engine was rebuilt before a bought it by the last owner. It's now 2.1. Got a racing crankshaft and bearings, new pistons. The heads were machined with new valves. The turbo was refurbished and some upgrades done to it. De cat exhaust with just the original prodrive back box and a K&N panel filter. When I bought the car it has an anti lag system fitted, but the original ppp ecu was with the car with some spares, so I had that fitted instead of the anti lag system. It's also got new injectors.
All I've done to it is put a K&N induction kit on, new cross cut discs on and some prodrive 18 inch alloys.
All I've done to it is put a K&N induction kit on, new cross cut discs on and some prodrive 18 inch alloys.
RB5Steve said:
Blimey. Good spec. My engine was rebuilt before a bought it by the last owner. It's now 2.1. Got a racing crankshaft and bearings, new pistons. The heads were machined with new valves. The turbo was refurbished and some upgrades done to it. De cat exhaust with just the original prodrive back box and a K&N panel filter. When I bought the car it has an anti lag system fitted, but the original ppp ecu was with the car with some spares, so I had that fitted instead of the anti lag system. It's also got new injectors.
All I've done to it is put a K&N induction kit on, new cross cut discs on and some prodrive 18 inch alloys.
Yours is a pretty impressive spec too! The weak point of the UK RB5 is the gearbox....I would've gone for a STI 6 speed if I had kept it any longer....that was the next mod on the list.All I've done to it is put a K&N induction kit on, new cross cut discs on and some prodrive 18 inch alloys.
Yeah. Second gear decided to go on mine on testosterone filling station. I got one off of eBay from a 2001 impreza . Same quick shift and is definitely better through the gears. I'm trying to find a new spotlight on the near side, the weather has got inside it and ruined. My next thing was going to be finding a Prodrive rear spoiler, but there as rare as rocking horse poo. Lol. Every time one comes up theyour go for a stupid price, so give up on that idea!
There was a lovely RB5 on show at the Uxbridge auto show last weekend.
Being around the Impreza scene for many years as I was, I got to know a fair few RB5 owners, in those days the guy who used to run the RB5OC was called Phil (drumsterphil on Scoobynet). Is he still about do you know?
Being around the Impreza scene for many years as I was, I got to know a fair few RB5 owners, in those days the guy who used to run the RB5OC was called Phil (drumsterphil on Scoobynet). Is he still about do you know?
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