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Thanks Tim, I received a email from you with a 25% off voucher :-) So promptly ordered some millers nano drive oil and mahle filter at a bargain price . All the best for the new year , bud clive

Seen quite a few people fitting gauges and pods on here and wondered if anyone else has got or seen one of these 4 in 1 gauges I fitted to mine . I know it's now defi quality but i only paid £100 (including pp and a fitting kit) and its been fitted a yr or so with no issues .I'm not a fan of to many instruments cluttering my view but wanted to keep a eye on oil temp and pressure as well as boost .

I'd gladly help anyone as I enjoy being a spanner monkey now I don't do it full time :-) I did manage to chuck a sponge at the scooby yesterday but didn't manage to get a coat of wax or back to black on it before the rain came and I retreated to the man cave . here's a pic of how she looks at the moment have been thinking about fitting a sport bonnet ( no scoop ) for added sleeper factor but I do like the look of the scooby scoop . did a bit of work on the 2 pot rears managed to strip the old paint off and get 1 coat of scooby blue on them repainted

!Removed! hell fella looks like a lucky escape from the bbq'd Honda :o at least no one was hurt nice work with the gauge looks good bud ;) I think prodrive/lamco do a column mounted pod for the newage in a similar position as for the engine im afraid I don't know much about the later classic/newage compatibility of heads to inlet/loom .I do know that cdb's were only fitted to v1 and v2 wrx's and sti's .i think v3 and v4 sti's are open deck but im unsure if your v5/v6 is open deck or semi closed .so if you definitely wanted a cdb you'd have to bolt later heads to the cdb block or buy some adapter spacers to convert the inlet stud pattern (and probably switch a few sensors/plugs to suite your loom/inlet ). imo probably the easiest/cheapest soultions for a 400 hp conversion would be a newage sti bottom end (which although is semi closed it would be forged as standard so good for 400 maybe 450) with v5/v6 sti heads or a newage 2.5 sti bottom end which are rated to the same sort of power (but give more torque) with the v5/v6 sti heads you could probably do either of the above for about £1700(if you don't refresh and split the bottom end) including cossie head gaskets, apr head studs and a timing belt people do run the newage sti avc heads on classics with good results and a increase in spool but, i do know you'll then need the likes of a alcertek ecu (about £1k fitted) to control them and im unsure of the loom/ inlet compatibly (as said before) cheers clive

Yet again some lovely motors there fella. there's a few companies stateside that cropped up when I was sourcing parts for my build . My Brian crower sport compact rods came from "real street performance" . I think the bad rep for U.S parts comes from the cheap Chinese copies that seem to be flooding the market (although we've got our fair share of eBay cheap chinky crap over here). I'm running a 6speed exedy clutch (in my classic) and like the oe pedal feel .how do the act clutches feel / perform ? as I'm hoping to exceed the exedy limits next year ;-)

Thanks for that tlag I know a little bit about classic impreza's even then only really v1 to v4, but that's only what I've either had to research or come across while fettling mine . don't go outta your way for the pics bud (I'm in no rush just curious) saying that once you do start to pull the motor appart ..... I wouldn't mind a pic of the exhaust manifold/upipe set up and one of the turbo outlet / intercooler pipework ;-) thanks again clive

Cheers chap , just mainly curiosity (at the moment lol) as to what other differences there is between single and twin . Other than the obvious extra turbo ,up pipe , headers and vacuum . things like do they run 2 actuators? Does the intercooler have two entries ? (Or is there some sort of 2 into 1 plenum prior to the core) Is the sump , oil pick up ect... the same as single ? (Or are they different like the twin scroll) Heads are they the same (if not what's the difference) Does the twin set up use any extra sensors / solenoids . And thats just off the top of my head I bet you wish you hadn't said"ask away" now :-D

Tdo series turbos do have more play than the vf series as they have roller bearings in the cores rather than relying on a well oiled shaft (que gambit comment lol) to take up the play . I can't tell you how much play is "excessive play" but ,if you trust the seller when he said it wasn't "noisy or smokey " when it came off his scoob the oe tdo5 is a strong turbo good for 330 to 350 mods pending . on the other hand the vf will spool a bit quicker but handle less abuse in the long run

So is it a snorkel one converted to front entry ? If so you could pick up another snorkel tdo5 and put your converted front entry inlet side on that (1 circlip and undo the actuator )

What tdo5 is it matt ? Front entry or snorkel ? 16 g oe mitsubishi or aftermarket ? If the tdo5 hasn't been used for a while it will have a certain amount of play due to the journal being dry (they rely on oil to take up the play/lube the centre shaft) Here's a link I used to refresh the seals on mine http://japtalk.com/2011/10/how-to-rebuild-a-td05-turbo/ but I personally wouldn't completely disassemble the the core without getting it professionally re balanced on assembly .

Loving the look of your old 4 door legacy , nice work fella As for wide arch legacy's abw have just fattened up Damien Bradley's(700hp) time attack classic legacy and that looks sweet too.might be worth having a look at that for some bodywork inspiration (once you've got the mechanical side sorted) .I'd like to know a bit more about the twin turbo set up so will be keeping an eye on your build and probably pestering you with a few questions at a later date . best of luck with the project and the new year clive

Ok bud once you chuck a price on here I'll send him a link to this thread . I don't think the history matters to much as they'll be stripped refurbed/ upgraded and rebuilt to go on his 2.35 build , but I think he's got most of the bits for the bottom end , so will need them fairly soon cheers clive

Hi adam, I know someone who's after some v5/v6 sti heads any history or pics bud ? Any idea how much you'd want for them delivered to Surrey ? Cheers clive

He'll probably be able to tell you if you need to use the whole loom/ ecu and vacuum from the legacy .or just "T" in the extra vacuum and splice to the impreza loom .i haven't a clue on the similarities between impreza and legacy's as I've never even seen under the bonnet of one lol . did nearly buy a rsk4 though instead of my impreza ,but they were just outta my price range at the time :-(

A mate of mine has a nissan couldn't tell you what model though lol but I can tell you that with the rear diff welded up it prefers to go sideways than straight lol

Fairly sure all classic sti cones are the same matt . I've got a few shiny scooby scraps in the man cave 3" decat turbo back ,whiteline front drop links and a cusco "H" brace . will admit I might fit the "H" brace to mine though (I'll make my mind up over xmas )

I've got to change my full system eventually :'( as since I ported the headers the zigen cat back sounds meater than a boxing day cold meat "T" lol . shame though as it's one of the best quality looking systems I've ever seen (pure tig weld !Removed! lol )

Hi and welcome to soc . lovely examples of subarus their fella ,shame you'll have to leave them behind :-( If you could manage to get a few U.S aftermarket part companies to ship goods over I'm sure you won't be short of new found friends in the UK subaru community :-) When you do come over here chuck a 500 hp blouch billet stock location in your bag and I'll pick you up at the airport :-D To be honest I don't know what a paroniod 1/2 saggy butt spacer is :O Chuck a couple of those in your bag anyways as they sound right up gambits street lol

Front ends coming along nicely matt :-) I'll have a classic sports cat up for sale in the new year (as I'm going de cat ) if any use to you ;-) Did you get the cones that go over the bottom balljoints with the ally arms ? If not you'll need some to stop the steel balljoints wearing through the ally arms and I think the front drop links are possibly different for ally arms .as I thought there was a different part number/ option for ally arms when I bought my front drop links ;-)

Hi and welcome to soc fella And the gearbox dip stick is on the drivers side under the top mount intercooler between the downpipe and the gearbox bud ;-)

Cheers gambit my dad always enjoyed building sleepers "back in the day " v6 Ford angila, 3.3 cortinas and a few pinto 2ltr escorts . my first motor was a mk1 escort with a full "burtons" (1760 cc ,twin webber carb, 4branch manifold ect .. ) race engine which used to eat tyres and gearboxes due to lighting the back axle up in fourth :-D As for working on cars full time it's not as much fun doing a head gasket on some old dears fubared fiesta as it is playing scoob !;-) And it don't pay as well as plastering does :-D

Thanks for the comments I'm a self employed plasterer but, have always been a petrol head , I could strip and rebuild a A+ engine (mini engine) by the age of 11 . I also did a 3 yr apprenticeship @fords Dagenham after I left school and found that mechanical engineering wasn't so much fun doing it every day . I wouldn't say "I know my stuff " as I've only been playing scooby for a couple of years and don't know very much about the diagnostics as I've only found the answers to problems I've come across during my build ;-) I just enjoy taking things apart(cleaning/ improving them) and putting them back toghether lol

Just spotted this thread and I like the sound of a twin turbo classic scooby :-) Simon@jgm has twin turbocharged his 3.3 legacy lump (so it's definitely possible) but he's got a custom loom , exhaust, ecu and probably running external wastegates. here's a pic of his in the early stages (just cos it's real purdy lol) keep us posted on any progress fella ;-)

Nice work bud and +1 for using a different engine for building as you can take your time and not have the scooby of the road for to long ;-) Unfortunately a sti cdb long engine won't fit straight in yours (you'd need to bolt on the later heads to the block so it will match up with your phase 2 inlet/loom ) cdb long engines are only compatible with version 1 to version 4 (the inlet stud paterns the same ). Clive

Nice result with the 18 g matt ;-) Any pics of the new splitter fella , is it a hta replica p1 splitter as thats what I've fitted .think their a bargain for under a £100 new