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If it's a genuine hks fmic you could sell it on for £200 ish . I'd just be a bit wary of how long it's been running un mapped with mods and if any damage has been done already . I'd check history for cambelt and service intervals and if it hasn't had a cambelt done use that as a bartering tool . As Cambelts cost in the region of £400 to £600 to get done at a garage . Make sure it's cold on start up so you can check for piston slap and have a squint at the buying guide on here . Most of all it's a good time of year to buy (Christmas pending) so try not to rush in a buy a shiny lemon [emoji6]

Shouldn't affect carbon build up as I don't think there should be any in the oil system (mainly in the combustion areas) imo it won't do any harm as long as the flush is suitable for ally engine's

Jdm= Japanese Domestic Market so yes mate it's imported Does look like the bonnet and bumper is a different colour in the pics And I'd be wary of scoobs with front mounts that haven't been re mapped as it changes the fuelling quite a bit . But otherwise it looks quite clean

I've had over 30 cars  so here's a few of ... The worst Old k plate mini van steering wheel off a bus , sliding front windows and a 850 engine which blew up 24 miles after I bought it . 2ltr montego Leaky sun roof and drank more oil than petrol mini clubman estate Had it just under 2 hrs before I went "duke's of hazard" style over a hump back bridge and snapped all 4 strutts . Some of the best . 200 hp Renault 5 Touque steered it's self around round abouts . Mk1 2 door escort 1760cc full burtons race engine lit up the tyres in 3rd . Mk1 astra gte Handled sweet as Vectra b design edition . V6 24v 3ltr omega engine conversion ,full leather loads of toys . Current v1sti or the mk1 escort is probably my favourites [emoji4]

Cyclists that ride side by side or ignoring traffic lights get my goat . Generally audi and beemer drivers who think indicators are a factory option that wasn't installed on their car . Will admit id like to shake the hand of the audi driver in this vid Skip to 6 mins as I couldn't find the original clip Angry Cyclist gets Punched in the Face - Forum Th…:

I've got a road angel in mine ,well until my brv remembers that he left it in the shell [emoji4] I unplugged it as it kept shouting "ROAD ANGEL" whenever you turned the ignition on and getting on the mrs nerves [emoji5] I'll plug it in over the weekend and see if it's any good [emoji106]

Lol @ matt you proppa made me grin , grumpy boy pmsl [emoji5] Will admit I do agree with all the rants so far [emoji6] Apart from the fact I do like a cold kopperberg in the summer [emoji55]

First time he mapped my uk about 18 months ago, he was undergoing treatment for skin and gland cancer . Spoke to him last week about turbos and he sounded as optimistic as ever I saw it on a few fb posts and was quite shocked and sadden by it.

Such a lovely fella who helped me and many others out above and beyond just mapping. After a battle with cancer he passed away this morning and will be missed by so many . Rip si [emoji20]

Whiteline front "pigtails"£25 posted Superpro solid ally front droplinks £45 posted (£100+ new) They're both for steel wishbones so are of no use to me as the v1 sti has got ally wishbones [emoji19]

I changed my droplinks first (so I'm not 100% sure) but don't think a bigger bar would damage existing droplinks . Bit of a shame as my brv sold his rear Whiteline arb and droplinks for £60 in the end . I have got 2 sets of aftermarket front droplinks but they're off my classic so don't know if the fronts are the same on the foz

I'd heard about the pistons seizing in the 4 pots as I'd done some research before upgrading my old uk's 2 pot front calipers . So I bought a cheap seized set to refurb with stainless steel pistons and new seal kit to hopefully cure the seizing issue . when I stripped them down (proir to sand blasting) I noticed that the pistons were moving freely . it was the fact that a rattle plate was missing and the pad had jammed on the dry pad retaining pin causing uneven wear on the previous cars disc's (so I bought new rattle plates and pad pins as well) If attempting the seal change yourself just make sure there's no rust marks on the pistons or piston walls , you can lightly emery cloth them out if so . Use loads of brake cleaner and make sure everything uber clean on assembly and you'll be fine ,fella I use copper slip on most bolts and moving parts without issue but I don't smear anything on gators or seals, cos as said above , they're designed to keep dust away My cars are constantly being pulled apart so I've probably kept copperslip and autosol afloat during the last recession [emoji4] Failing that buy some pre helicoiled brembos [emoji6]

I did think about fitting a twin charge system and using a tdo6 Don't fancy putting the inlet back to standard as the alternator is currently relocated in the ideal place to mount the charger [emoji19] I'd have to upgrade injector sizes and clutch as they're only good for just over 400hp . Tbh it was just soo tempting looking at that massive rotrex supercharger but out of my price range atm . Also I'm still enjoying the current power so I'll probably just keep switching the best bits over to the sti for now and save my cash for next years shinagans I've always got a few more ponies to squeeze outta the tdo5 if I get bored and might still need a flip switch eventually ..... As I still haven't ruled out nos [emoji39]

Did you give them a good clean and copperslip the retaining pins ? I refurbished my 4 pots with a stainless steel piston kit from "godspeed" with new rattle plates and pins off ebay it probably cost me about £150 . Haven't had any problems but they've only done about 8k mls

He might mean 5" wide at the turbo outlet flange end instead of the bore diameter of the pipe

I've been lucky enough to never have a code come up and I'm unsure if you can self code read aftermarket ecu's . Did you check the vacuum and intake systems for leaks ?

Ilike the idea of a supercharger (something different) but if I had a spare £2k I'd probably get a bigger turbo and visit to a body shop [emoji4] but I can't afford (or dare [emoji5] ) to spend anymore money on the car till spring [emoji19] And stants im trying not to make any plans for major changes to the scoob .... Honest [emoji55] But these things just seem to snowball sometimes[emoji5]

Hi and welcome [emoji6] Think they're was a member on here a while back with a low mileage bug wagon from Cambridge , I pointed him in the direction of tim farmer as he asked me if I could do his cambelt . I'll have a search and see if I can find some info edited as I found his post and it was a 05 wrx wagon not a bug

Thanks fellas the bigger spoiler just seems to block out too much of the vision in the rear view mirror[emoji19] but it does make the car look a bit different to the original silver v3 uk that I've been driving for the past 3 yrs[emoji5] So even if I do put the v3 one back on I'll probably keep my eye open for something different [emoji6] Yeah it's been a bit manic trying to do a reshell and get the car mot'd and back on the road within a fortnight . If I didn't need a van for work I'd have the scooby as a second car, which would give me much more time to fettle . Project nearly took a different direction over the weekend ...... As my vdub bud was trying to sell me a massive rotrex supercharger which is good for 500 hp [emoji16]

Done the oil and filter change can't say much about the titan pro r oil yet other than the fact it's red . Switched the v5/v6 sti front grill for my v3 uk one and prefer it tbh, as it doesn't jutt out as far . ( I might change the badge for a sti one though) quite like the change the rear spoilers made to the look of the car but it creates a 200mm blind spot right across the rear view mirror :-( So might have to swop it for the old v3 mid level one :-( On a plus side I have finally changed that one odd silver rear door handle for a black one :-D

The outside dia of the turbo outlet is 50mm , so the inside dia of the red hose must be close to 50 mm as well [emoji6] There's only two reasons why I didn't re fit the turbo blanket... 1 it's held on by stainless steel springs which used to"zing" a bit on idle but it might have been the position I fitted it. 2 with all the rerouting of pipes and wires I had several attempts at "mocking" everything up and .. well.. it sort of got forgot[emoji39] . I'll probably refit it at some point and if it's still "zingy" I'll remove it again but with winter here I won't bother till spring (no pun intended) As for helping im always happy to share what I've learnt along the way and I'm always eager to learn more myself

Tdo4 and tdo5 exits from the turbo are the same dia ,as I had both turbos connected to the red pipe . I can measure a tdo5 exit dia which would give you the internal dia for the red hose . But the sti tmic and red hose is wrapped up in a box ready for delivery I'm afraid

Shame you're not a bit closer to me as you could've offered the sti one up to see if impreza and foz are the same dimensions

Here's a pic of my old uk one which is now a garden ornament (so excuse the pile of scrap on top of it )[emoji4] But it shows the ally bit's the plastic y pipe connects to [emoji6]

Hoses are the same dia on v3/v4 sti, wrx and uk's , you just get a better flowing ally y pipe and red silicone hose on the sti's and tacky plastic y pipe on the wrx's and uk's . Here's a pic of the underside of the v3/4 sti tmic I've got for sale if that helps