Tidgy
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yeah was great, for the 4 hours i had a working car on the island,,,,, hahahahahahaha nah really nice place, friendly people and we had some cracking weather. given the changes to the ring now i'd rather go back to the isle of man myself
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tends to work out a bit more than an ecutek, but the added benefits it brings are worth the extra imo. Can take a couple of visits to the mapper to sort out cold start (uinless you leave it with em for a couple of days) but once thats sorted then all good.
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I use scoobyclinic for all my work based out at chesterfield, Pat Herborn does their ecutek and syvecs mapping and they have an internal guy to do Alcatek.
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O don't get me wrong, syvecs is the way to go if you have the extra cash, i would always go syvecs myself which is why i have one, but for a simple decat and map its prob a tad ott at £2k unless you have the spare money lol Alcatek will do the job fine
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Givem whjat car you have i'd go with the alcatek option myself, sacks the maf and a very capable ecu.
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be good for a daily, wont get very good mpg though
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yeah early ones were 330's or summit wern't they?
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nope, depending on year injectors will be the same as well
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welcome, which version turbo 2000 you got and which version sti parts are they?
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afraid its not that simple mate, my old classic wheels had plenty of gap but still didn't fit. know anyone with a 01-04 sti you could just quick try a wheel on?
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Not sure how it will work tbh. Def depends on court case that. If they change the map (easiest way round it) and it drops the power or mpg you could argue that it isn't within the specs you were told at the time of purchase. How ever given the time frame is it reasonable for them to give you a full refund? may find they offer compensation based on vehicles age, mileage etc Anyone on PCP might be within their rights to return the vehicle and end the agreement without penalty.
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don't assume chap, don't wanna see you spend a few hundred on the brembo's and then find they wont go on.
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depends what they do, the nitrogen emission was high to reduce co2. other companies use urea injection (a small tank that does need filling now and again) to reduce the emissions, the VW engine didn't have that. Ironicly saved em £300 per unit (per engine), given there now talking billions in costs i suspect that may prove a costly way to try to get a bit more profit.
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just need to be carefull its right fitment. but also the subaru brembos have a really crap offset so may mean wheels or spacers needed as well
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welcome:D
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I suspect if it changes the tax bracket or reduces the power then its a change to the car's spec and therefore due a refund. Depends if they manage to weedle out of it or not.
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Yours is a wrx isnt it chris? TBH i;d just say sod it and chuck a D2 brake upgrade at it or AP for the big daddy. Stay away from Ksport though the dust seals on em are crap.
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yeah pretty comon thing that, decent brush up and they come up pretty well
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the time of failure doesn't always mean that's when the damage was done. Tis unusual though, the hawk wrx box's are pretty strong, i ran over 400ftlb for a good 14 months no issues.
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i was sat on the side of the mountain on the isle of mann when mine went hahaha, worse places to break down though,
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depends on how bad the box had gone, mine locked up most of the gears and even with the clutch down still wouldn't free wheel and that was only when i stripped 3rd gear clean of all its teeth lol
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0/450 not much extra milage this week so far, been using the volvo
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pointless as well tbh. If its to warm it up you wanna start it and drive off steady for a few miles, sat with engine running doesn't allow the heat to circulate properly or heat up oil in other things like diff and gearbox
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So first 500 done :D Oil change today and another 500 to go, done 30 so far lol Today swapped out the faded seats for some in much better nick. Last week when it fired up it kicked out some blue smoke so looks like the turbo is knackered so new one will go on, prob sc32 for silly spool or sc36. I have a new age top mount that's already converted to fit a classic that will go on it. Just need to do the next 500 and then get it booked in for mapping :D 0/470 :D
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first oil change done :D
