Tidgy

welcome :)

Need to find out whats up, was doing funny things on the dyno.

So slight hicup, problem with the rear diff when it was loaded onto the dyno for mapping. Good bit of news was it flew through its MOT.

Stay well clear, typical cheap turbo.

welcome

Hawk wrx box is alot more capable that early 5 speeds, i ran one at 390/420 for 18 months/14k miles and know a couple running above 450 without issue.

hahahaha :D

haha :D

where would the fun in that be? intercooler for the win baby!!!! hahahaha yeah, didnt seem that big in the box pic,,, hahahaha

hmmm,

you wont like it by comparison i would expect, 2.5 drives very different to a 2.0

Prob wanna get a bit more detail up, who did the CD conversion, who built it (self or tuner) etc etc

Don't know the car personally, but owners on scoobynet so plenty of info on the car, http://www.scoobynet.com/subaru-444/1043230-2005-jdm-widetrack-hawkeye-for-sale-51e-white.html http://www.scoobynet.com/members-gallery-5/1022212-m2rtx-back-with-a-jdm.html If i was gonna buy then it ticks the right box's for sure, well looked after, when things have gone wrong (which all cars have thigns that do) they have been sorted properly, like the suspension etc etc could do alot worse thats for sure

lmao, lower the tone why not hahahahaha

that the Cat D one?

78k on an 11 year old car is low milage, as long as its been looked after (like that one) then will be fine.

Reality is either 1 or 2 is fine, 2 is better than 1. Problem comes when you give it large prior to letting it warm up properly. Bear in mind oil takes alot longer than water to warm up

Ah fair enough, if it was weekend toy a classic R or RA would be best, but daily def a new age. and 11k should get you a nice blob JDM or spec c. look for the later one 04/05 so has the widetrack and personaly think nicer interior. If you can stretch the budget a bit then this one would be the one to go for, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-SUBARU-IMPREZA-JDM-STI-DCCD-WIDETRACK-IMPORT-/192034363516?hash=item2cb623d87c:g:ekAAAOSwux5YNC4P

not the only one ;) Think its cos its a subject we are passionate about.

Drive it for a few miles steady (make sure its up to temp before giving it beans, may take longer than you think ;) ). Sitting idling doesn't allow all fluids to warm up evenly by circulating (gearbox, diff fluid).

Personally i'd look 04/05, updated interior so same as hawk. But lets go back a step, is it a daily or a weekend toy? o also whats your budget?

lmao :D

2.0 are fine on the main, 2.5 swapped to crappy pistons as well as some other shortcuts, such as head studs, map etc. but not everyone one fails. It's just a higher percentage than other engine types get I hear lots of reasons for failure sprouted on the 2.5's but simply put i don't think there is a single cause, some blow head gaskets, some blow ring lands. standard and moded 2.5's fail, block flexing etc etc but there doesn't seem to be a hard or fast rule. just case of your lucky or unlucky.

Allot of cash for what it is. Blob spec c would be my choice around that sort of money