January 31, 201312 yr Hello everyone, I will be picking up my 53 plate Impreza WRX come Saturday. I've driven a number of imprezas and other subaru's before over at prodrive but never owned one yet. I'm a fitter/tester for Jaguar Land Rover working in powertrain development and we operate a number of dynamometers both 2wd and 4wd. I'll get up a couple of photos of the motor once picked it up and washed it! Basically its the facelift WRX in silver, also has Sti front seats which is nice Mike
January 31, 201312 yr Welcome to the club mate. And congrats on your 1st Subaru. It's hard not to love them you have been warned :D
January 31, 201312 yr Author Yeah I liked driving it the other day, hopefully it will give me a reason to forget how good it was driving my old R33. Sold that and regretted it for ages.
February 1, 201312 yr I've done that with every car I've had lol St170, M3 I can't see me owning any other car now. There so easy to work with. Other then running cost's not cheap but I look at it as smile's permile's now :D
March 15, 201312 yr Author Hey Hey, Couple of pics... I've fitted my own head unit as it has Ipod control built in which is far better than cd/cassette playback lol Cat back Ninja 2 exhaust system.... and thats about it so far I do believe!
March 15, 201312 yr Looking good - yup headunit with iPod control is something I'm looking at, can plug it in but not good trying to change things on the move
March 18, 201312 yr Author Yeah the previous owner had them put in at Prodrive which was a selling point to me. Not sure yet, I'm tempted to change the alloys to allow for bigger brakes but then I might just increase the power first.
March 18, 201312 yr I would change the alloy's anyway. But that's me, I would also tint the windows I have done that to all my car's but 2 :), and change the WRX rear spoiler to STI spoiler did that to my old car. I was also going to get some Fog covers. Just giving you some idea's lol. And that's without starting on remapping, Turbo, etc,etc :D
March 19, 201312 yr Author They'll get changed at some point... just trying to work out the priorities with it. Not a fan of window tinting personally :) But yeah the Sti spoiler is a must I think, along with the Sti bonnet scoop. I have plenty of ideas... check out my last jap motor lol
March 19, 201312 yr Looks very nice. I'm sure if you add the basics like that your scoob will look fine. And for me window tints a must. You never know when you might be in the back seat with the girl from the local chip shop :) Or to hide the mess my kids make along with other thing's of value I leave in the car out of view :)
March 19, 201312 yr Author Very nice, great colour! Cheers, its Bayside blue which is a R34 colour and so theres very few R33's in this colour. Lol 1 the mrs may realise I've been at the chippy a long time plus thats what the house is for ;)
March 19, 201312 yr Author I wish... its a pair of indian lads that run the chippy local to us and its crap :D The other option is a mobile one next door to the army base and he's getting on a bit lol Need more gals :D
August 2, 201312 yr Author As it is now guys... 285bhp with full decat system, cosworth filter, uprated oil pump, sti intercooler and scoop.
August 2, 201312 yr Looking great from the 1st pictures mate. And nice to see you again been awhile ;)
August 2, 201312 yr Author We dont get to use it for personal use unfortunately, all the power testing is done on engine dynos :) Heya Gambit, yeah I joined up on the FB group and it reminded me lol. I dont really use the scooby or other car forums much anymore. Tempted to try that meet in aber but its a long albeit fun drive lol. Any more local stuff for the midlands going on?
August 2, 201312 yr MD in Gloucester got a meet scheduled at their place - there is a thread up about it
August 2, 201312 yr Was just about to say MD is hosting one at there garage I think would be a great day to have a look round and speak to fellow Scoob fans. they sound like they have some good projects going on to with a Subaru race car Well you're welcome back anytime :)
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