Jay762

Wotcha and welcome :)

You could and again lovely piece of kit I have heard the service intervals are horrendously short and include things like laser alignment of all wheels every-time etc - obviously its the price you pay for such a highly engineered machine so it would mean looking at total cost of ownership of both would be nice to be given the choice though ;)

As above plus dependant on the service history you may want to consider a service with a flush - at 70k had my diesel van done using BG products flush and now run with their oil additive in with the fresh oil, it cleaned all the deposits out quietened it right down and the engine ran 15 degrees cooler.

Very nice, great colour!

Wotcha and welcome David :)

Wotcha and welcome :)

That is a really clean car - and you do indeed have a tough choice to make but what would you gain, exclusivity is lower the ICE wont measure up to the 3K build you have... if it was me I would hold on to the RB until I had enough to get a Cosworth - and then swop the ICE across :D

Watch it on the box, always fancied attending a rally school just a case of prioritising it

it was oil starvation to the turbo that did it, even though I kept being told it was my driving (predominantly motorway miles) caused by blocked tubes. but I know what to look for now ;)

ditto - fully synthetic 10W-50 - ensure it has a JASO or API standard conformance and you should be fine. My Subaru manual gives quite a range of choice 1.5lt - 2.0lt 10W-30, 10W-40, 10W-50, 5W-30, 0W-20 - with a recommendation of the 0W-20 - however I was advised that would be too light as when the engine is stopped it all runs straight to the sump any residual cooling effect is lost and on start up there is little in the way of lubrication. 2.5lt turbo 10W-30, 10W-40, 10W-50, 5W-30 - with a recommendation for 5W-30

Very nice - like that, ever since 1st turbo experience with the 200sx years ago and getting stiffed from an alleged reputable tuner expert oil temp, pressure and turbo boost monitoring I believe are pretty essential. Went through x3 turbo rebuilds inside a year each one with a 360 degree thrust bearing, not cheap at the time but hey you pay to learn

Wotcha and welcome :) - what are you driving, got any photo's??

Like the idea of going from blue to red with the lights to match the dash would look great - now added to the ever increasing list

I'm looking at putting some gauges - particularly oil pressure and temp but wouldn't want the noise on start-up, that's when I'm listening for rattles etc

Wotcha and welcome :)

That's a great pressie - she obviously has taste is the 'beeep' from the gauges, can you turn it off?

There's a tidy outback on the site now - just needs an engine, you could kill two birds with one stone??

Brilliant!!!

Wow thats a huge difference - no problem with clearance now!!

go for the turbo but take the diving boots off before driving ;) echo Gambit - 3rd party only so break for bits and sell piece meal.

Jeez!! glad you are ok - did the diesel come from a bus/lorry overfilling its tanks, could be a liability there?

Wotcha Turkish and welcome in Is it the Scally Rally you are up for completing??

That is a proper result for that money - certainly wont lose any more on it if you look after it

rule out the blockage then :)

A proper sleeper, nice job