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Think BH5 is the chassis code... Since it's a 2l I'm guessing it will be an EJ non turbo engine, not exactly a gutsy engine in NA form. Might be a good idea to check the condition of the air filter

Welcome to the club!

Probably around the £3k mark...

Good work

@savage bulldogs is the man to speak to about engine removal :D

Yup

Looks like a droplink but doesn't look like it's attached to the anti-roll bar....

It should be significantly louder, all depends on how much noise your backbox kills. With no resonator, it may drone along the motorway. Mine was very loud, but I did have a vortex afterburner back box which did little in noise reduction :D

You won't need a remap as long as you're not touching the downpipe. I did this mod and ran it for about a year with zero issues, as long as you get a cat pipe section which has a hole for the o2 sensor you should be fine.

K&N is oiled so has a chance of oiling up the MAF. I've used pipercross before and had no issues, remember the light side is the clean side, the rough black stuff on the bottom is the first part to get hit with the dirty air. Cosworth is also a very good choice

I think the brand new one is hideous! The one before it looked much better... still wouldn't own one tho :D

I sold my scooby a little while ago... still have the standard downpipe in my garage!

It should fit but you may have to modify the hangers if you need to use them... unless the system is light enough. I know the third hanger on the backbox points the wrong way, not sure about the centre pipe hanger

As in a full turbo back system? or cat back? Turbo back would fit, but one or two hangers will be in the wrong position. Cat back won't fit... centre pipes are different lengths

So many good turbo noises!

Shots fired! :D

Does the knock go away once the engine is fully up to temp?

I bet it looks something like this... :D

You will be fine for another 2-3k miles

Something like this probably: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DFP-36-00-Subaru-Impreza-Single-Double-Din-Car-Stereo-Facia-Panel-Adaptor-/352097513027?epid=2099307653&hash=item51faa5ae43:g:qsQAAOSwPK1ZT-3R

I'm a wee bitty south of Inverness unfortunately!! But yeh as others have said, shell v-power or tesco 99 and you're golden!!

I will get another Subaru further down the road at some point :D

i got 650 miles.... out of my Mondeo

Sounds like you've covered a lot of bases already! I would fire some redex into the tank... maybe for a few tanks, stuff is good for clearing gunk that builds up on injectors and fuel lines... I take it the air filter is clean?