Scooby Pete

Looks great, but now needs new wheels :p

:) Tbh I think Salsa means which part of Leicester, there maybe a scooby specialist near to you we can put you in touch with.

Restrictor pill is in this pipe.

Bit beyond my techie skills tbh. Here's a link for the workshop manual. http://www.mediafire.com/?9n2v3u63cun2j

Average mileage for me with a 12-15 mile round trip to work is 21mpg, that's driving sensibly in i mode. Switch to S# and that will drop to about 18mpg even driving sensibly. Fuel cost for me are about £70 every 2 weeks that's using Optimax nitro I'm in greater London so petrol prices are not the best. You could use cheaper fuel but I would deff recommend getting the car remapped if you want to use 95ron. Most owners will recommend Optimax, some say BP or Tescos 99 is fine but the cars seem to run better on Optimax. As long as you keep an eye on the oil and don't redline it all the time the engine will be fine. It is worth having someone take a look at the mapping just to fine tune it to avoid any problems. A lot of it is bandwagon scaremongering, if the car has been looked after, not ragged and serviced properly FSH then I personally wouldn't have an issue. My mate had the same cars as me and his engine went bang, that was down to low oil and not ring land failure. The HB is just like a woman high maintenance and only the best will do. Brake pads, fluids and other servicing items are like any thing car related, you generally get what you pay for. I will always pay a bit extra for the proper oils and oem parts as using cheaper stuff and ebay pattern parts you are asking for trouble. If no warrenty due to age of car avoid main dealers for any work and use a recommend local Subaru specialists, they may be a bit dearer than the local garage, but they will still be a hell of a lot cheaper than main dealers. And you also have the option of sourcing your own parts. If you want to mod the car then be prepared for higher prices as you will have to get a some stuff from Japan/USA as the later cars don't have the market here for most suppliers to do more than the basic stuff especially of you want body kits or STI branded stuff. This may come across as a bit negative but it's best to have eyes wide open, the smile on your face when driving the car will more than make up for it.

Of anyone is got too both Japfest and NBO hopefully they will volunteer to take the bits with them :)

I've had lumpy running over the years and it's was down to maff 1st time coil packs the 2nd time.

Maff sensor, cam or crankshaft sensor although they should throw up error codes.

So what was spec C, cloaked?

Saw it, shame they didn't feature the car a bit more, would have thought it would have been an alternative for one of the autobahn estates rather than the sport Transit lol.

Welcome along, you could pop down to the Surrey Scoobies meet, it local to you and a good place to meet like minded enthusiasts. http://uk.subaruownersclub.com/forums/topic/5966-surrey-scoobies-monthly-meet-13th-april-2014/

It's Monthly Meet time again! As ever, it's at The Fairmile in Cobham. Full address for the pub is: The Fairmile Portsmouth Road Cobham Surrey KT11 1BW Kicks off from 13:00pm onwards! Eveyone with a Scoob is Welcome. Your welcome even if you don't have a Scoob, you just can't park on the grass :) As with the last couple of months, before adding your name to the list, please ensure that you read the following:Meet rules: 1. No idiotic driving on the roads surrounding the Fairmile 2. No damaging the Fairmile grass 3. No leaving litter/cans/pint glasses on the Fairmile grass 4. Do not partake in any other idiotic behaviour that gives Scoobies a bad name In addition we ask that only Japanese cars park on the grass please. Members are more than welcome to come down in non-Jap cars (or bring friends) but please, Japanese only parked on the grass (there is a second car park to the rear of the Fairmile if you don't want to park in the main area).

My routine is: Bilt Hamber snow foam. Rinse and dry. Clay with Meguiar's quick detailer. Twice a year. Rinse and dry Auto glum body work shampoo conditioner. 2 bucket method, microfibre glove. Rinse and dry Autoglym Super resin polish Microfibre cloth to polish off Autoglym extra gloss protection Microfibre cloth to polish off. Engine bay Warm engine cover electrical bits. Liberal amounts of R222 total wash. Various brushes to clean fiddly bits. Then when dry spray with 303 aerospace protectant. Before. After Wheels Bilt Hamber auto wheel cleaner. This stuff is amazing and non acid.

if I win the black I am open to selling my month old Silver :)

Slower struts, maybe get some from and estate car or hatch back as they will have more resistance thanks to the weight of the boots. Might take some experimentation to find the best, too strong and it won't open at all. Must admit I don't like classics with out a spoiler looks too much like the old Ford Frog faced Granada's.

I have 15 sets avaliable at £5.52 +pnp alrady ordered: Gambit £5.52 +pnp j4meswrx £5.52 collect Japfest Boots819 £5.52 collect Japfest JonnyB Wingnut. £5.52 +pnp I will sort pnp out through work to keep the cost down.

I can supply Show plates at a very reasonable cost.

It was only a case of I don't want to order loads and be stuck with unsold stock. I'll do an order of 15 so there will be a few spares.

Right the show plates are sorted so I will order a set of 10 for everyone else. They work out to £6.75 per set to me then it's just postage or collect at the show. So at most it will be £9 posted to you.

Picked it up from the body shop, then had to go and spend £70 replacing the stone protector stickers on the rear lower door and the wheel arch. Dealer prices are a rip off.

if you haven't changed anything boost wise then Spark plugs maybe the culprit.

Not sure if the missing gasket would cause it as its on the output side of the turbo. Sounds more like Overboost. The turbo builds up pressure, then it gets too much and dumps it, making the car lurch and the boost drops off then comes back up again. My classic had this issue. There's a small restrictor pill pipe no 2 and changing this cured the over boost. Have you changed anything on the car recently, that might increase the boost presuure? hopefully some one with moe knowledge can give a definative answer.

Personally I would have thought there would be a gasket. If it were me I'd go for the gasket and sealant, overkill never hurts.

this forum needs a thumbs up emoticon.

That's what the club scene is all about, thumb up to Tom.