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welcome

it rusts from the inside out so need to do the inner arch structure as well.

The secondary air system is pish, put simply. It on;ly works for 30 seconds when the car is cold, so it gets a nice amount of condensation in it, which then builds up and corrodes the insides of it and over time theres your issue. when mine was taken off water litteraly poured out of it. Water + time = issues.

So brake saga continues. Disks were returned to godspeed but no refund arrived. When i rang to chase they said that they were damaged during road test (well not reallyt damaged, more marked)so couldnt be resold so didnt want to refund me. While i could have demanded a refund as they didnt fit they offer to machine the bells to suit and then send them back. which i have no issue with, although a bit cheesed off as its gonna cost me labour to get them swapped again. It's highlighted a couple of things, 1. what initialy caused the issue was the disks are just under 0.9mm less offset than standard disks. Godspeed are actualy gonna change their machining to amend that. 2. the brembo calipers have a pad guide plate on them. Over time rust gets underneath and lifts the plate and pushes it slighty outwards (1mm approx). add the 1mm and the 0.9mm and the 2mm means they bind, personaly i didnt realise 2mm made that much difference. Shall get some pics up next week when the disks are refitted. I'll try and get some pics to show the guide plate issue as well.

bolt obns wise you can fit later classic rear calipers to it, although you wont notice much of a difference if any/ most of the braking is done at the front end

is it private or from a trader? if trader you can get a specialist to inspect it and if find issues return it for a refund. make sure they start it from cold when you first get there, look for oily smoke, look for any bubbles in the paint on the rear wings, full service history. Might be worht getting it inspected first?

welcome afraid i cant really help with the alarm fault, buyt might be worth speaking to the deal and see what they say.

it needs to be turned off in the map, however you want to have the butterflies removed otherwise there is a risk of them getting stuck in the wrong position which afects afr's

So had a rather anoying day on friday. Bought a set of godspeed j hooked floating bell disks and KL rc+ pads and went to have them fitted and after all in (amazingly none of the bolts snapped or anything 😮 ) and once on, they were binding. bit of investigation and found the offset appeared to be 1mm out, which was enough to push the disk far enough back for the pad to not clear the disk when the brakes are off. Few phone calls to Godspeed and they are being returned for a refund (can't fault their customer service so far, not had refund yet as they are on the way back). Ended up with some blueprint disks and the KL, which i was warned squeek like a ******, and they do, so need to decid what to do about the disks now :S

1- what did they say was going on? how did they diagnose it? often the engine becomes noisey/rattly at around 2k rpm when the bottom end starts to go. 2-given the age and reason for failure (assuming accurate) i would budget for at least 5k+ for a proper job. I expect alot of parts will be heavily worn and need replacing which bumps up the price, prob worth looking at internal upgrades as well. I would also expect to need the heads to be workd, valve seats redone, new valves etc etc etc. It will need stripping and assessing before you will truley know what condition its in. 3- Engine go boom, makes the whole engine scrap, takes out the turbo etc

Luckily for me i have a second car i use as a daily and i dont do huge milage so not really affected me. is getting pretty daft though, £2 a L here

opinions on tuners are like **** holes,,,,,,,,, hahahaha

I use scoobyclinic up at Chesterfield, bit of a trek but worth it imo

Welcome. Im not sure if it still has the stock audio unit in it, i dont think they came with Alpine units unless someone can correct me? It does have the bluetooth symbol on it so i would guess it does. That said changing the stereo isnt a major job tbh and can get one that has as many or as little features as you want.

Always done my work and ive used them for about 20 years now, have a look at my build thread for a few ideas 😄

not always, but its a reasonable guide. it can refer to different specification, eg ball bearing core or journal bearing core. eg VF30 is journal bearing, so slower spool VF34, roller bearing using VF30 housings, so gives best spool and top, however it is typicly the most expensive of them (and tbh an sc36 will outperform it in both spool and top end and as above be cheaper) VF35, Journal bearing, uses a smaller housing to improve spool, but reduces top end, VF turbo's are gettng a tad long in the tooth nowadays as technology has moved on and alot of tuners have developed thier own turbos. SC series are scoobyclinic spec made by blouch in the US for example.

Tbh it wont have much value unfortunatly, alot of the valuable parts you find on wrx's and sti's wernt on the non turbo versions :(. could try a few local specialists to see if they are interested in having it for parts.

Sounds good, but beware of charges for other parts damaged during the works.

TBH i'm not a fan of the UK300's, there a typical subaru uk special edition where they change some cosmetics and add a badge. However its gonna be yoru car so its totaly what you want. Have you got a budget in mind?

Tbh before you spend any more money i would have it sniff tested to check to see if the HG has gone or not. If its overheated damage could already be done and your just chasing deads ends. Assuming the sniff test comes back ok i would be tempted to get a proper fitment rad, sounds like the ECP is a generic fitment one, the standard ones arnt mega money (around £100 from somewhere like import car parts, or if your feeling flush a upgraded ally rad will be about £300 ish). After that its a case of going through the system and checking replacing parts. Also just note they can be a ball ache to bleed at times

I would say it depends on budget and if you want to go new or second hand. May be worth looking at resonated decats rather than sports cat systems, sports cats tend to be mega money and a resonated decat wont be too loud (i have a resonated decat on mine). Beware of cheap turbos as they tend to be copys and, well you get a chinese knock off. Cheapest option will be a second hand vf35 from an sti. Will go on and give a nice increase, finding a decent, none cracked, second hand one is getting harder now though. A VF34 is a step up oon the 35, similar spool but tends to give 5% more power than the vf35. Again getting harder to find now as they are less common and pron wont get much change from £1400 ish + fitting https://scoobyworld.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=47_218&products_id=1520 Arguably IMO the best upgrade is a SC36 (although you'll get many different opinions on whats 'better'), its rated to 360bhp and spool like a stabbbed rat http://shop.scoobyclinic.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59_93&product_id=127 Alot of tuners have their own prefered brand of turbos, but my advice would be to go to your prefered tuner and tell them you want a sportygs catted system, turbo upgrade and a map and then let them do it all, saves any risk of argument if something goes wrong. They also typicly do 'performance packages' that will be all the bits you need inc fitting so saves the hassel of collecting the different bits.

Tbh i think your gonna struggle to find a decent full system for under £500. Avoid ones that have flexi couplings in them. Cat back should be achieveable though. WRX has a cat in the downpipe. You can get direct fitment cat back systems, https://www.haywardandscott.com/subaru/impreza-turbo-06-07.html https://scoobyworld.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=24_156 Bear in mind you may well need to have it mapped to cope with the decat, although if you keep the downpipe cat you may get away with it, would need to go on a RR to check AFR's to be sure.

if its still running the standard headers with the system then it will be a stock fitment, so any that are stock fitment will go on. as far as brands its very country dependant so not sure what there is over there.

New discs and pads ordered, some godspeed j hook floating discs and CL rc5+ pads. will be a couple of weeks tilll i can get it in to have them fitted though 😞

Cool, you'll get lots of different opinions on mods. Whiteline stuff is good, but it looks (only visualy) tatty pretty quickly