savage bulldogs Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 Picked up my reversed inlet manifold, injector caps and cusco H brace from the powder coaters 😊 Only gave them to "Suffolk stove enamelers" on Monday, 4 day turn around and made a lovely job of them 😎 2
JamesJDMwagon Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 As always savage you are life saver spent all night yesterday research and was left with a bigger headache then when I started. Thanks mate much appreciated 🙌 1
savage bulldogs Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 No probs mate, always happy to help and share what I've learned along the way 👍 Just bear in mind that hatch onwards have "push type" clutches, so if you buy a hatch 5 speed you'll have to find out if they're compatable with "pull type" clutches. Think v5 onwards have ty54's but I'd say buy as new as you can afford /find , after all v5 is over 20 yrs old too . Personally I always replace both driveshaft and prop seals ,when fitting a second hand box .as the seals only cost about £20 from icp and are easy to change while the box is out . Try someone like Matt at mbdevelopments on f.b ,for a 5 speed box with the same ratio as your existing 4 speed . Feel free to tag or pm me if you're stuck , fella 1
JamesJDMwagon Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 Thanks savage I shall keep that in mind. Oh and your powder coating looks mint! Do you find much difference with the h-brace ? Also I fitted these today 1
savage bulldogs Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 Tbh I wish I'd have got the inlet powdercoated instead of painting it myself 3yrs ago but I was getting quotes of £120 + just for the inlet and I got everything done for £80 . Couldn't tell you if the h brace makes any difference as , although I bought it for £20 about 5 yrs ago ,it's just been sat in the scooby scraps shed till now 😂 Seeing as I recently bought a whiteline anti lift kit and superpro front wishbone bushes, I thought I'd dust it off , get it powdercoated and fit it while the wishbones are off 😉 I've got whiteline arbs ,roll center correction kit and rear droplinks but the rear droplinks are the "pigtail type" and look more like (rusty) twiglets atm . So I'll be buying some solid c shape droplinks , new rear bushes and getting some other stuff powdercoated on the back end at a later stage . 1
Brom Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 Jet washed the Tribeca again...and fitted a new wheel centre from the US,as one went AWOL after I had 4 new tyres fitted, and I obviously didn't fit it correctly, so £25.00 later !!!. Also fitted my new private number plates after taking them off my last Legacy 3.0R Spec B which i sold in Dec. Added some pics of the Spec B, I really loved that motor.😎 1
david1972 Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 26 minutes ago, Brom said: Jet washed the Tribeca again...and fitted a new wheel centre from the US,as one went AWOL after I had 4 new tyres fitted, and I obviously didn't fit it correctly, so £25.00 later !!!. Also fitted my new private number plates after taking them off my last Legacy 3.0R Spec B which i sold in Dec. Added some pics of the Spec B, I really loved that motor.😎 what made you change?
shms Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 i was gonna ask the same !! nowt wrong with a tribeca but the leggy is a cracker.
WideSam Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 Managed to convince the better half she wanted a day out on Dartmoor... gave me a good excuse for a good spirited drive. She must’ve enjoyed it too though, I even got her to take a half decent picture for me. 4
stuartie Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 Stuck the Battery back on and awoke it from it's slumber ( first time out this year ) and gave it 30 squid worth of nice v power, taking it to work tomorrow to repair cracked turbo housing 😎👍 3
Brom Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 Took delivery of another wheel centre for my tribeca,(just in case I lose another one). Came from Russia of all places, within a week,£20 all in so i'm not complaining.
Badger Posted March 23, 2019 Posted March 23, 2019 Washed it and fitted my us sized number plate. Sent from my LYA-L29 using Tapatalk 1
stuartie Posted March 23, 2019 Posted March 23, 2019 Repaired my td05 turbo this afternoon, now sounds like a scoob should not like a tractor 😎👍 1
david1972 Posted March 24, 2019 Posted March 24, 2019 Got her back from the paint shop...like a new car again now, scratches gone and front splitter like new....even pulled a ding that I didnt ask to be done [emoji41]Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
WideSam Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 I was getting fed up of smelling burning oil every time I put the heater fans And decided that’ll it be much easier to pull the engine out to do it. Then talked myself into the fact I may as well do a bit of future proofing while it’s out. So this morning I spent a slightly eye watering amount this morning ordering new rocker cover gaskets, cambelt kit, rear crankshaft seal and an Exedy pink box clutch. Hopefully get all this sorted the weekend after next and have it all back together in time for Japfest 🙄. 1
savage bulldogs Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 Welcome to the slippery slope of modding scoobys 😋 1
WideSam Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 1 hour ago, savage bulldogs said: Welcome to the slippery slope of modding scoobys 😋 That’s certainly a voice of experience. I am debating putting in the decat downpipe I’ve got in while I’m there, but then I’ll have to get it mapped and the list will go on and on! 1
david1972 Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 Fitted a sun strip....wording to go on top next once it's dry [emoji41]Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
Mattb Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 The hubs are back with new wheel bearings pressed in so spent the afternoon putting it all back together with all new parts. 3
mattiekane Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 Ordered bits so I can put mine back together, now I just need to find some time, working away next week, then boyos birthday next weekend so might be weekend after that [emoji85]Loud pipes save lives 1
ROSSCOSM Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 Had some cretin threaten to pull me out my car cause I "revved my engine at him". He was saying this through my passenger window absolute genius of course lol
CPower-BT55 Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 Gave her wash, checked the air filter, it’s full of Crap! Raced a Ferrari FF, lost. Ordered a new air filter, won’t lose next time!
CPower-BT55 Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 On 3/28/2019 at 3:12 PM, WideSam said: That’s certainly a voice of experience. I am debating putting in the decat downpipe I’ve got in while I’m there, but then I’ll have to get it mapped and the list will go on and on! I have decatted my scoob and the sound is brilliant!
savage bulldogs Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 On 3/28/2019 at 3:12 PM, WideSam said: That’s certainly a voice of experience. I am debating putting in the decat downpipe I’ve got in while I’m there, but then I’ll have to get it mapped and the list will go on and on! Think your wrx will have a pre cat in the uppipe most swap it for a sti or aftermarket uppipe when De cating ..... So you might as well add that to the list too 😋
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