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Yeah one of the things i read said gains vary depending on tune level. mines V5 so 98-99, TGV came in 2001 hehe

Not far off at a guess, manifold off to get at which isn't a simple job in itself.

it's been proven that each sticker adds 12.65749bhp,

I cant figure out where they got the hp gain from. all the tgv deletes i find they talk about custom tune (in the US flash maps are the norm), which will always see gains over a standard map or even a flash map. Also seems to be they combine it with egr deletes and other bits and bobs so isn't just a tgv delete. Not saying it wont improve things, but i take what comes out of the US with a pinch of salt most of the time rather than actual fact. Did you find any threads that were before, during and after the tgv was removed?

lol, doubt it, got dales close by so no residential streets. Reason it kicked off with clinic so much was the owner refused to show the video, made up half the story then went straight to the press. Don't get me wrong, shouldn't have happened in the first place, but they guy was looking to stir it up. Apparently he's done it before elsewhere and never took up the offer for his car to be checked over by RCM, so pretty obvious he was never that bothered.

There's def a downturn in scoobs in general. There at the stage where you can pick one up for 1-2k so people think oo cheap performance car and buy one. They then find out come service time its still a 30k car. They can't afford it so scrimp on servicing, which then means it blows up. Then they cant afford to rebuild it so they either break it or sell it too a breaker. Give it a few years and prices are gonna spike like they have with type r's and RA's and you'll find they become rarer so people are more prepared to spend money on keeping them going.

haha, tbh I know its only 4 screws to undo the butterfly, but it typically gets done during rebuild so you never know what affect it actually has.

seems to be things have moved on a bit towards alcatek, but he biggest issue is customer services sucks baboons balls with it :(

Best bet to do a dyno run before with them in and run after with them out. see what the difference is.

As above the stock ecu isn't mappable unless you put a daughter board in, so depends if those places do that or not.

Wont cause cold start issues (they were removed on my hawk). I'm not sure why they would give any bhp increase though. They are only closed on cold start so unless they stay closed they arn't going to make much difference. Unless they are basing it on removing the bar that stays in place?

Make sure you keep a copy of the vid and provide them with a copy. Other option is report it to the police, but depends how far you want to go. Bedding in depends on the pads, so do some don't. Other than potential incorrect bedin wont have harmed the car at all. See what happens when you speak to them.

First port of call is go back to the garage and complain, show them the footage and go from there.

Ask pat the question and see what he says ;)

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/subaru/impreza-sti/imprza-sti-spec-c/5050530 https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/subaru/impreza-sti/wrx-jdm-sti-twin-scroll-hawkeye/7085178 https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/subaru/impreza-sti/jdm-wrx-sti-spec-c-twinscroll/5248584 few others there,

Personally i;d go for the later model of the 2. If you can find a 2005 JDM then best of both

Classic is raw performance, where as new age is a tad more refined. how many miles a day do you do? what sort of driving, back roads/motorways?

Welcome. You looking for raw performance or performance with some refinement?

Where ever you go make sure you check exactly what is and isn't included in the quotes so you don't end up with a nasty surprise and are comparing like for like.

Ask the cost lol Issue with the block is how thin the walls are, milling those out and putting new liners in that are alot thicker solves the wall issue problem. Down side is cost, its not cheap and there is a risk the liners. You cn also got the the extreme of a billet block as well, but iirc the last time i saw one was about 15k, for the block alone :o

ah k, yeah different ball game and cost in that case. 2.35 is a tad ott for road imo, if you want 600/700 etc then best route to go, but just depends what you want from it.

If it's genuine criticism then i have no issue with it, but most of the storys i hear are flat out lies, that's what gets my back up.

personally i'd stay away from a stroked build for a road car purley because the extra low down grunt the 2.5 generates is much more usable in the road environment. Although you can stroke a 2.5 to a 2.7,,,, hmmmmmm, hahahaha Your gonna need to source a closed deck block for it anyway so may as well look at what options are available with any different block. Spec in mine is a closed decked 2.5, nitride crank (can't remember what the stock 2.5 crank will take so may not need this and not 100% sure which is in mine but is speced for it so if stock is good enough thats what will be in it) mahle pistons, manley rods. ACL bearings, ARP headstuds. I'm running rebuilt v5 heads with supertech valve kit. Getting the block converted correctly is vital, seen some right shoody jobs with the inserts just hamered in rather than machined and pressed in for a tight fit :o Speak to Alyn at AS performance about the conversion, he's highly regarded for doing this.

Why is it every time Clinic gets mentioned people come out and say this and that etc etc without justifying it. I get a bashing as well for supporting them, when did it become and bad thing to show some loyalty? I keep hearing about supposed over charging and generating work and every time someone says it and puts their actual story down it turns out to be garbage and half the story missed out? which is why i get so vocal about it, people make mistakes, their only human, but to lie to generate some sort of sympathy or beef going is bang out of order. I have never ever seen or heard clinic refuse to sort out something they have genuinely got wrong. So lets say a car goes in for some new brake pads and the shock is found to be leaking fluid, what are they supposed to do ignore it? tell the customer?, so lets say they tell the customer and offer to do the work, work is agreed and work is done. Now if a shock has gone, it will more than likely due to age and wear and tear so other components will be worn. What are they supposed to do then? ignore it? tell the customer? etc etc, So you have two scenarios, and this goes for any garage, a fault is found, 1. they ignore it, part fails, car crash's and garage gets blamed. 2. they tell the customer, customer agrees the work, the bill is higher than expected. garage gets accused of over charging and generating work. so which is right? As far as Andy F mapping cost, he doesn't use a dyno so there's no cost in the price for that. Now the next point was about Duncan, now your correct i have never used him, so why is that any different? In reality it isn't, however i have been around a long time and seen good and bad companies come and go, get a good understanding of good and bad working practises. So why do i have an issue with him? Well first off his working practises are questionable, second i see thread after thread after thread of people complaining about him, i see various cars at RR days with map issues. Then you get piggy who found out himself what he's like, a friends of mine had major det high up the revs range. I've seen him argue with most of the recognised mappers out there and has been drummed off of alot of the major sites by arguing with them, was in fact Andy Forrest who called him Dung Khan on 22b after he'd questioned andy and wouldn't accept his answer. Ok so lets be fair, mistakes happen, people are only human, but that didn't help piggy get it sorted when something did go wrong did it? He doesn't take his time to map cars properly, maps rounds faults rather than fix them, he doesn't road test after he's dyno mapped a car and he doesn't stand on when things go wrong. So that's where it comes from, listen to or ignore what i have said if you like totaly up to you.

I keep forgetting my car is yours twin lol