Jay762

Fair play for sticking to it 👍

Yes I believe you are right, this is an aftermarket one I fitted

I think you may be able to get an after market replacement for that unit, have a look behind the panel in the boot and see what the leads are like.

Sounds good, for the mods you have done I would stay with a hi flow panel filter (Cosworth K&N etc) using the OEM intake Yes I have a daily and a project The daily The project

Just taken a quick spin to make sure all works - had big issues with the oil drain pipe and clip then had the obligatory air lock in the heater matrix. The 4th cylinder mod didnt seem to help with that. In the end I unplugged the hose at the bulkhead and topped it up from there. Kept it off boost but I believe you are correct I could feel the spool starting but it did not seem as urgent so I think as you have said there will a smoother delivery for longer. Need to chase up a mapper to make sure all is well. But the smell of burnt oil is now gone

Yes 2.5

Any plans for modifications, putting your personal stamp on?

Refurbed turbo arrived from Fastline Northampton - great service, very fast response. Turns out the unit that came with the car is a VF34 but it is supposed to have a VF48, fortunately they had one on the shelf, I opted for the optional billet core upgrade.

Whilst turbo out I fitted a prosport oil temp sensor - Initially used a brass fitting but that broke really easily whilst I was !Removed! it in, fortunately I was able to get the broken piece out. You can see in the photo how thin the material is at the point of fracture. replaced with a stainless steel Kingawa item - for more robust Plug in place Probe in place

Very nice - looks similar to the gunmetal blue / black colour - Mica blue

Wotcha and welcome - love a hatch me 😍

Any chance you could post a photo?

Wotcha and welcome - hopefully one of the members can help out

Awesome - thanks for shareing

sounds like the internal themosat has gone

Installed my own but ebay has many options for aftermarket - not sure what yours looks like but is that a possiblity - start at £6.00

Wotcha and welcome - Nokian have had good reviews from members on here who have used them

Depends on your tool box - exhaust is a straight forward modification a few nuts and bolts and wrestling with the rubber hangers (a pot of red grease helps here)

Hi - I have zero experience with this so only shareing opinion based upon contribution to this forum. The subaru diesels suffer from issues, bearing failures etc for example - this is on the standard tune as is so if you were to consider anything more than standard I would look to blueprint the engine get everything balanced and lined up correctly

The CS400 Cosworth uses forged internals to get to circa 395bhp over the 330s 340 ltd models, none forged but max 340 is really as much as you want to test those. I believe your car currently sits at 296Bhp so your immediate options are ECUTEK remap, cat back exhaust, hi flow panel filter (Suggest uprated fuel pump optional) will give you about 340bhp with launch control & antilag. This will give you an idea of the chassis performance with the additional power - I believe you will find it soft, front end will lift under acceleration and there will be quite a bit of body roll on the corners. Steering is not the quickest on your steering rack and as you start to get a shift on you will be crossing your arms more at teh wheel - look to replace the rack with a 15+ STI item You could then look at the chassis, when that can handle the 340bhp how you like - look to the engine As Tidgy said you are looking at a full tear down, replace the bearings, rods, pistons, head gasket and bolts. You will need to uprate the fuel pump and the injectors - an FPR to maintain the right pressure is essential. A turbo which can shift the extra air required as the standard one wont go that high. More air in = more air out - the standard exhaust is restrictive so look at a turbo back option with or without sport cat An aftemarket ECU with associated sensors will help pull the solution together plus the chassis mods you may want to particularly dependant on what you would like to use the car for - track days etc, build on road friendly changes that can handle the 340bhp I dont know what power your semi auto box can handle though? Buuuut then you could go for a sequemtial item and retain your paddle shift What ever you decide - feel free to create a build thread so we can follow etc

Wotcha and welcome - keep us posted 😉

Wotcha and welcome - Plenty of GC8 fans / owners on here, plenty of experience - feel free to get stuck in posting build threads etc

Wotcha and welcome - We have a few members from Scotland on here, feel free to get stuck in create build / project threads ask questions etc, all friendly

....ahhhhh..... So a helmet for xmas then 😉?

Wotcha and welcome - keep us posted