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Sounds the same, I'll do a vid and show you, did you upload through photo bucket

Love that description, yeah I guess it does, but on over_run (when it's cold and I accelerate gently and then let the accelerator of it sounds like someone playing steel drums until the revs settle. That part really does sound like little end rattle. But again, that goes when warm. When it's warmed up to temp I have 250%more confidence in it. When cold I'm scared and embarrassed..

Thanks loads for the info man

I had a load of quantum synta semi synth left from a bargain buy, it's what I've always run the vws on, which millers mate? If not the ver3/4 then what is a better substitute do you think or will it last forever like this?

Cheers stant , it knocks like f on start up which is embarrassing ha ha but also I do a lot of motorway miles and am terrified of breaking down. I'm a capable mechanic, I just want peace of mind..

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=121424900919 What about this?

Cheers lads

I want to find a low mileage ej20g motor to put in before winter, anyone know of one.?

Rich they re 17, give me an hour and I'll get the tyre size

I'd never put gold wheels on a car but I think they suit the forester in black....

Cheers all, good good info there. It's static, not on coilies. I think the engine is standard, it's just developed a flat spot on acceleration, at about 3500 revs but it gets through it and keeps boosting.. Any ideas? Could be perished vacuum pipes I guess..

Ha ha yeah quality photography No, the gauge I put up was a bar 15 quid gauge.

I really don't know but I can get you pictures if you like and measure ride height etc.

Is this one ok guys? http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=181501415607

Nice one Pete, cheers I'll have a look

Kids in the street call out the Lego truck for some reason. I call it the flying brick

Cheers Gambit, people ask what it is a lot, my mum calls it a hearse..

cheers stanton, ill try and clock it against a car i know has accurate odo. cheers savage, thats quite a lairy collection,I bet theyre all scary.Theres no boost gauge, can anyone reccommend a reasonable one? do you guys run mechanical boost gauges or electronic?

Could that be the case on mine too Stanton? i thought the odometer was clicking up fast, so my mileage could be less? because it looks so goo inside for a car that has theoretically been as far as the moon.... Don't they change the clocks? or is it just a sticker over the original speedo? cheers man

Its got a overbored, bigger valved, smaller pulleyed, chipped, balanced, etc etc, the guy had a polo g40 and spent 5k rebuilding it and gave it to me for some plant equipment i restored, and i bunked work for 2 months to build it, its 170bhp at the flywheel, i put a remote brake servo and a few other silly bits on. fire extinguisher and stuff. no stereo.stripped to the bones. 1340 supercharged, the 3" exhaust is hidden and only a fake pea shooter is visible from behind, it makes me laugh every time i drive it. the forester gives me smiles but in a more mature way. haha i'll never grow up

This info is gold, cheers, cant wait to start looking at expensive shi7 i cant afford but will eventually if i mow enough lawns heehee. I've still got this, sorry to the anti VAG peeps, but this'll always hold a place in my heart this one is a bit poncy but my bro is a photographer

Thats the info i was after, i wasnt sure whether the G on the vin was an accurate way to judge it or not but you've cleared that up, its worth mentioning that when I order parts i suppose is it? I only put that Vpower in. I've had loads of cars over the years and generally ask the seller to leave the engine cold so I can accurately look at the dipstick (confusing as f on the forester), check the coolant, check for smoke on startup etc, you know, normal stuff, but for some reason I forgot when viewing this one, and it was warm when I got there, and I guess I just assumed that because it was burbling away without a rattle that the engine was tight and sweet, but the next morning when I started it there was a rattle on tickover, sounded big endy originally but most people who hear reckon its piston slap, and it goes once the engine is up to temp.The guy told me it was between 280 and 320 bhp and I knew at that point he was dodgy haha, I dont know subarus very well but I know what 240 bhp feels like and what 320 feels like. I offered him some sheckles and he bit. Like I said, i wanted a van for work but vans are boring so I wanted an estate, always loved the look of these and I'm over the moon with it, its exceeded every expectation and.....I love it. He must have run it on Vpower before because I put standard shell 96 in the first time i filled it and it felt weak and just.....wrong, I get about 320 miles to a tank on Vpower, mixed driving. Its done 219k (miles) and does clatter a bit on startup which scares the S out of me because of all cars ive ever owned I've never had such a high miler. I changed the oil immediately, it still rattles for 5 mins on startup but then.... I get to work way faster than I used to. I doubt i'll mod the engine given its age and mileage, but will def keep my eyes out for a decent engine for when this one gives up. Any sensible suggestions? Millions of thanks for patience and help.

Cheers, I assume it's been lowered, there was a edc unit mentioned in the recepts but the shocks look standard, I don't know what it was supposed to be like from standard so not sure what mods it's had... Any idea what the spec of the motor is from pics? Silly question but I'm new to all of this. Cheers all