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Collected it this morning, it's in much better condition that I expected it to be in tbh, it's rather dirty but I'm going to polish it up like new soon once I've had lunch. It's a 3" system so what my plan is, I'll take off the original centre section, butcher that and weld in a 3" section but smooth it off so it's not just a step :)

Collecting a hayward & scott cat back today for a grand total of £50, think I've snapped myself a bargain :)

Well if you need any help or anything, feel free to ask :)

Well guys, I'm now actively seeking a WRX or STI wagon as I collect the GTA today, and now the scoob is far far too slow

Finally the two beasts together for the 1st time, I do love how the GTA feels to drive though, totally smitten again!!

You have to be very brave to own a GTA which tbh, has been totally reliable since I've had her :)

Cheers boozy. I finally found some engine bay photos of standard WRX and STI engines showing how the turbo is fitted etc, sucks as I wanted to get a good quality system which I can swap out when I get my boosted Wagon, no hum! Cheers guys for replying anyway :)

I noticed but annoyingly I can't find a cheap full system for a Sport, they all seem to be WRX or STI versions :(

Anyone? :)

Mmm me likey very much :)

Cheers fella and totally agree, most people think an oil leak means an expensive fix but if you have a good poke around, could work out dirt cheap or cost nothing at all :)

Wibble, some s*x wee just came out! :D

Slightly different this time. :) Basically my manifold is totally !Removed! so need a new one, now my weird and twisted train of thought is thinking to the future. ;) Is it possible to buy a whole manifold system to back box from a boosted GC8 Wagon and fit it to a GC8. Wagon Sport? The idea is so when I get a boosted GC8 Wagon, I can take the whole system off the Sport and fit it to the new car :D

1st major update for this. Spent most of Sunday under the car, having a look at the exhaust and trying to fix it as it was rattling and blowing more than a hooker in Essex..., after being under the car I noticed an oil leak and that the manifolds are actually !Removed!. So I fixed the exhaust where it's blowing but couldn't fix the manifolds as they are well and truly buggered, I now need to find a manifold but I'll put up another thread as I've got a crazy idea. I also fixed the oil leak which was no biggy, the sump plug was touch tight so kinda glad I found that issue now :) Next job? To sort out a whole new exhaust system :)

I need a sun strip, where do I buy Gambit?

Currently the GTA is having various things done including a front end respray to sort a few things, one is that I hit a fox early one morning and the ****** cracked the front lower spoiler in several places, was pulling bits of fox out for ages..., two is to get the lacquer sorted, was my fault as was to close with the power washer doh! And three is so I can fit a smaller number plate into the recess they have for Italy so should look spanking :) oh and the fox ripped off the brake pipes under the car grrr....... But had a call from the guy doing the work saying all the mechanical bits are done and is now in for the front end spray up :)

Find a good tidy one with history showing belts and oil changes and you'd be set :) I'd do bad things to own a classic Giulia....

Looks alright that, needs the wider arches of a GTA as I feel a normal 147 looks meh without them now

Do you have any photos of this as I need an exhaust ASAP!

I know of at least one 1.6 running around with the GTA body kit fitted, shame the arches ain't flared on the TS. I'm looking at 285bhp and 270ftlbs, which is a nice rise from standard :) Is a shame, mine has not broken down once. Saying that, after all the Alfa's I've owned, only broken down once!! Gabbinano blue on 156GTA is mighty rare too. That looks lovely! Yeah they tend to do that the wipers, early signs that the linkage is !Removed!! Your issue sounds like that a previous owner had ran it very low on oil, by the time you got it the damage had already been done sadly.

Mods, I did ask if I can post up a build thread of this car but if this is in the wrong place, feel free to move it. So here is my baby, an Alfa Romeo 147 GTA which I've owned since September 8th, 2011. Here's a back story about this car and a brief history of some of the cars I've owned up until now :) My 1st car was an Alfa Romeo 147 1.6TS, I owned this for 3 and a half years until it was sadly stolen one night, I was given a Corsa B which I used for a month before I hated driving, so tracked down Alfa No2! This ended up being an Alfa Romeo 145 Cloverleaf, I loved this loads, was modded quite a bit but it sadly died from rust.....it was then that I bought my GTA which has been 'fettled' quite a bit but more on that later. For a 2nd car I bought a MK1 MX5 which was boosted quite a bit, was running 300bhp give or take and was a total riot to drive, great fun to drive and surprised quite a few people by looking standard but a little different as well. I sold that as I thought something more sensible might make sense, so bought a Fiat Cinq Sporting which had a Fiat Punto engine dropped in with a turbo slapped on for good measure, this was equally fun and rather quick and I enjoyed surprising many a people over and over again but this also died from rust. I then bought an Alfa Romeo 155 which was okay, nothing special, did what it needed to and got a few looks at the same time. I also own an Alfa Romeo 75 and an Alfa Romeo 33, both of which are sitting in the lockup as I don't have time to drive them. That's the recap done so this brings us back to the GTA. I've owned this 3yrs in September, in that time I've done various bits and bobs to it. This is what she looked like when I 1st got her, only mod being a different exhaust which I was going to buy myself anyway which was a bonus. This is where she is now, I won't bore everyone with all the small details of things that I did do and various specs she was in except the spec of her now :) She's in at the specialist now having loads of work done, including a full front end respray, when she comes back she will be more a less done, spec is as below. Quaife diff. ACT carbon fibre plenum. Ferrari 430 throttle body. BMC CDA. KW V3s. Eibach ARBs front and rear. Brembo discs all round with Brembo HP2000 pads mated to 330mm 4 pots up front. Wizard catback Wizard 100 racing cat and small silencer. Wizard cat-less manifolds. Bracing up front and at the rear. 18" alloys just so I can fit Pilot Super Sports in 225/40 size. And a small sound clip of how she sounds. I've also got this done which I'll fit when she's back, tempted to do something similar for the Wagon as well tbh... Hope you guys like, all comments welcome and if people want to see my other cars, feel free to ask and I'll post them up.

I'll start from the beginning me thinks. I had a friend who owned this Wagon which I quite liked, I attended a few Subaru meets with him but we both became a bit busy so that stopped, fast forward to a few weeks ago where I realised I needed an estate for work, put something up on Facebook and he messaged me saying that his misses is expecting their 2nd child so wanted a wagon with ISOfix and needed his current one gone. I knew he had looked after it so offered £400 and he said yes which did confuse me some what tbh So picked it up on 3rd May and slowly been sorting out various issues, nothing big but they need attention. Following things below: I need a new exhaust which is actually proving harder to find than I thought as my current one is rather !Removed!, it's already rotted in various locations which is shocking for less than 3yrs old! The interior which is actually spotless for such a high mileage car but was shiny shiny on the plastics, so spent a day cleaning the interior and protecting it all, looks much better if I may say so. The bonnet wouldn't open, finally got it open so replaced the catch with a cheap eBay sourced item. Now works a treat!! My plans? I'm going to fit some 16" alloys, I want them gold as well it's what I know! The alloys are I think from the WRX model with 5 spokes, looks nice to me. I'm also going to detail the car, I do detailing as my 2nd job so will machine it, I'm going to de-badge the rear and stick on my PH sticker. Apart from that I'll leave it how she is. If anyone has a cat back from a classic Wagon going, let me know as I'll snap it up!

Awesome! I'll do the scoob 1st then :)

Wow I love this wagon, I've always had a soft spot for the classic Impreza Wagon from the days of GranTurismo 2. When you do maybe come to sell then I certainly would be interested in this beast :D

May I do a build thread for my GTA as well as the Impreza on here? It's a little different to the average car and generally interested in what you guys and gals on here think of it and can see the kind of attention to detail that'll I'll show my Impreza :)