mariocinq

its been proven time and time again that the gains from the higher ron isn't worth the expense lol. the gains are sooo small you wont notice the difference, but 97 does burn cleaner than 95, every now and then I will put a tank of 97 through the leggy as it will clean it out abit but will mainly run it on the cheap stuff, the stuff Subaru designed it to be run on lol.

nice looking motor, welcome along.

my car is the one on the left lol

lol I once intentionally parked so close to someone so they couldn't get in their car cos they parked over the line, wait I have a pic of it lol

I have just fitted a Bailey to my leggy and I believe its a chattering one, will find out when I take it out tomorrow lol.

I knew it was going to be a **** to do as its never been cleaned out for years lol, it was either let her do it or pay someone, she is free so I went with that option lol.

My partner very kindly cleaned and hovered the inside of the scoob today, looks rather nice now.

look at my thread in General chat, "Mario's legacy"

yeah I am just truing to keep off the boost as it only seems to be an issue if I really give it a beasting, abit upset really.

well I have been taking it steady over the last couple of days but the two times I really opened it up it has blown boost pipes off, the first one yesterday was my own fault for not securing it tight enough but todays was a bung out of a blanked off DV take off, the sooner I get some proper boost piping the better.

well that's debateable, blown 2 boost pipes off in 2 days lol, both times its when I have taken it to around 6k and then, POP, no power, pull over and a there it is, a boost pipe off, had to turn boost right down to 10psi at the mo until I can afford new piping.

oh dear, its looking like I have the oldest car here lol

yeah already looking to get some spare injectors and sending them off for a clean and the swapping them out, just had timing belt and plugs done along with oil and filters so injectors are the last thing i think. i was wondering, is there any difference between cams from these early engines and more modern 2.0's??? ie would a version3 2.0 turbo have better cams or are they the same for the full range???

i am going to take it to some guys in the know and see what they say. the reviews on this perticular are mixed but all the Negative point of view are from people that have not used them, every opinion i have read from people with them say that they have done tens of thousands of miles with no issues and they even get better MPG which i can believe as i really think this is better than my old Volvo S60 on fuel and that was returning 25-30mpg.

oh dear, just been out and had a dig around the ECU for this "Piggy Back" and to my dismay i have found it is fitted with a Superchips ABC unit, turns out this is just a FCD, what do you guys recon??? should i rip it out and go back to stock ecu and boost and get it tuned proffesionally or is it ok to run it like this??? i mean really its spent the last 4 years having its neck rung and never missed a beat, i was sooooo hoping it was a piggy-back and not just a stupid fcd. i really need some advice on this from guys in the know.

yeah the Re-Circ is still connected to the pipe Before the turbo so its only acting as a blank until i find a proper blank.

its a one i have had lying around for about 3 years, think its an eBay special, i want a forge one but funds wont allow at the mo. whats the best DV for these early closed deck engines????

funny thing is, it sounds like it has two DV's, when i let off at the full 13psi it makes two seperate pssshhhtttttssss, is one just feed back due to the cone filter??? also if i let off at around 5psi if i'm cruising i get turbo flutter, almost like the boost is coming back through the turbo, is this down to a **** DV????

mmmmmmmmmmm !Removed!, cosworth and boxer. well today i got to starting on sorting things out and the first on my list was bin the re-circ and fit a nice DV, re-did some of the piping and all is looking ok, its just temp as i want to replace it all over time with slightly smaller bore pipe, maybe 68mm instead of the 76mm it has now, anyway here are a couple of pics i have done. Before After And the much needed boost gauge.

its going to be a rolling project until my lass gets her licence and then i will have to buy her a small car which we will share and i will use this when i get the need for a buzz lol.

amen brother. well i have picked her up, things arent looking good, the misses hates her, she says she is scared of the way it goes and she feels abit like a giant in it lol. on the plus side i love her and have named her Kelly, as she is one kinky ****** who loves to be spanked, i have had 200+bhp cars before but this is insane, it just grips and goes once the turbo is spooled up and i hit about 3.5k, i took her and washed her but she needs doing properly and there is still marks where the muck has been so i wont be putting pics up until i have washed and polished her, also the rush is abit more than i thought but she is a 20yr old !Removed! thats done 212k and the engine is still as sweet as a nut with no smoke. i am currently 1 very very happy scooby owner.

lmao, was tempted but sine he had it ready on sat but i got caught out by stupid closing times by an hour lol. 2.5hrs left lol.

lol.