Jay762

Wotcha and welcome!!

Wotcha and welcome - let us know if you made it home ok 👍

Wotcha and welcome - as above it may be an indication of something more serious, particularly if your engine has been put into limp mode - possibilities being knock detection, pressure drop, leakage?

Wotcha and welcome - TDR are a reputable place to get work done. The work you have asked them to do is time consuming - that is also assuming all of the nuts / bolts come away and don't need cutting off - I recently did ARB drop links on my car - each one took 3 hours!!! 2 hours 55 minutes of attacks with plus gas, blow torch, hacksaw and dremmel cutting & grinding discs (you couldn't get an angle grinder into the space). Are you replacing the bushes at the same time as these will need to be swapped from old to new as well - again assumption that the OEM ones are still fit for purpose and will fit the new items e.g. the ARB thickness, are you replacing like for like or are they thicker diameter?

Wotcha and welcome - it should also be on your V5 document

Wotcha and welcome - decent battery and charger and you should be fine

I can copy the original discs I have for you to try if that would help?

It does sound like low down fuelling - warmer air = less dense.

Wotcha and welcome - yes a very capable tool you have there 😍

Wotcha and welcome - plenty of classic love on here check out Savage Bulldogs build thread

Wotcha and welcome - I agree with replacing the Cobb flash with a bespoke map but as for everything else, keep a camera handy and feel free to create a project thread. 😉

Wotcha and welcome - my lad wants a wagon and that is a lovely example

Wotcha and welcome - stacks of info and friendly members on here 👍

Lovely looking motors - form and function 😍

Wotcha and welcome - from what I have seen the newer subarus all have the plastic runners with removable pieces where racks can be mounted so I dont think you will have an issue there.

Wotcha and welcome, my fave legacy front end 👍👍

Wotcha and welcome - Subaru do not make a great diesel, they do have some issues, but their petrol options whilst a being better solutions throughout can be comparative with diesel mpg dependent on the type of mileage you do - urban vs distance. So if you were to go Subaru go petrol not diesel is what I would suggest - members have also been very pleased with the XV, have you considered that model?

Wotcha and welcome - as above awesome machine that - keep a camera for video handy when you start rolling, would be interested in how this moves and sounds

Wotcha and welcome - you could modify wrx headers - they are made to connect to a turbo then to an exhaust - you just need them to go straight to an exhaust. It might be worth chcking with someone like Cobra who will make you an exhaust and see if they could mate it to the manifold without the need to modify??

Wotcha and welcome - unfortunately cannot answer any of your questions but hopefully someone more knowledgeable will be along

simple but also check for leaks - spray some carb cleaner on your pipe joints whilst idling if the revs rise you have a leak

Wotcha and welcome - clean wagon that 👍

I also have been taking advantage of the great weather, however I have recently joined a FB group and whilst it is active I find it harder to navigate and search for information vs a forum so a lot of questions get repeated quite regularly. So do prefer the forum approach myself given the choice

Hi Dave - do you have a price in mind and some photos may generate more interest

Wotcha and welcome!!