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Gearbox wise alot depends on how you drive it, i killed a 5 speed on the isle of man at 280bhp (cant remember what the torque was at the time) and track work will not be easy on it. PPG, Albins or similar will do the job or a 6 speed as mentioned. Word of warning with the 6 speed is it adds alot of weight, 50-60kg iirc As well as the above mentioned items worth looking at oil cooling as well, after market kit (mocal or similar), make sure its thermostatically controlled though. Also i'd look at sacking off the standard ecu and chucking a syvecs on it. Not cheap, but much more capable ecu, plus when you come to sell it on will hold alot of its value. Will need to sack the MAF as well (syvecs will do that anyway)

as above 285bhp on 1bar seems a tad over optimistic, is it def running the standard turbo? Also 203 at wheels is roughly 250 at the fly, so there's about 35bhp over correction on the headline figure. They are both labeled as .009 so apear to be the same run

Sound wont tell you much i'm afraid, unless its running really crap and spluttering.

Its more about balance across the cylinders rather than how high. Doesn't look great with 1 and 3 being down, 3 looks pretty poor result

Well thats whats called highs and lows isnt it? spoiler alert so don't read on if you dont wanna know Win, 3 3rds and a 2nd after dnf's prvious round :o what a comeback. was interesting to hear plato sacked off the development shocks and found a massive improvment

My type r was on 100k when bearings went, but it had seen some track and they are turned up considerably higher than a wrx so i wouldn't worry. see them on 150k plus frequently

Depends what you call pricey, they can build to required spec. Do you know whats failed on yours? There are cheaper alternatives, but you tend to get what you pay for. Second hand engines are a risk, no gaurenty with them, plenty of people get bitten by them.

Do you know exacty what has failed? said its not running at all?

Tein super streets or what ever they call them now are pretty good, not too hard yet a good performance upgrade.

haha, few bags of rice should sort it :d lol

Depends how it was stored, if it was damp it's gonna be a mess

theres a short somewhere by the sounds of it. need to trace it through the electric system to find the fault. i had one that turned out to be the cables down near the wheel arch that stopped the dash working which stopped it charging

He's totaly clueless mate, walk away and find a proper specialist. after those change its will need a map, no 'to get the best gains', it will need mapping to stop it from self destructing.

Built properly will be good for another 150k, also a good excuse to have it upgraded ;) Yep, Scoobyclinic have built 2 different engines for 2 different cars, both 2.5's though. I went kinda mad second time and had a full closed deck converted 2.5 built hahaha also had heads rebuilt including new valves and valve guides from this, with a rattly crank shaft to this and that is on low boost and being held back to stop the gearbox from self destructing haha

As above have you got the graphs? also how sure are you it's ppp'd?

scoobyclinic are down at chesterfield so not too far from leeds, They have everything in house from servicing to mapping to engine building and a dyno so can give it a look for you im sure.

Will be around £1500 + vat. who you get recommended to do it will depend on who you ask. Scoobyclinic are up at chesterfield and do all my work from servicing through to full engine builds.

Do you know whats wrong with yours? could you get it rebuilt instead?

Scoobyclinic sometimes have some in as well

haha, yeah they do have a tendency to smoke the condensation off. doesn't sound anything to worry about

Go outside and have a word with yourself in the strongest possible way,,,,,,, hahahaha Whats the interior like?

White smoke is water and typically condensation in the exhaust when its cold, does it go when the car warms up?

depends on what your planning to do with the car, cant imagine you'll get much change from a grand for that amount of work so not worth doing if you plan to sell. If you plan to keep it and mechanicly its spot on prob worth it, you could easily pay 2k for the same model and end up with a decent body but mechanical dog. Breaking it for parts is only a limited market, cos its none turbo engine wont be worth more then a couple of hundred and rest has limited value, may get a better offer as a whole breaker

though they were normaly around £600 for a brand spanker fitted and mapped? seems pretty price for a second hand one when you add £250 RR time for mapping it your up to £700 anyway. alcatek is only £900 fitted and mapped, for £200 more i'd go alcatek, sack the maf etc etc

not been for a number of years, used to go pretty regular. Never seemed to be much going on when i went