ive heard the scoop theory,,,,,, though i have held my scooby flat out alot,,, with witnesses ( and others trying to keep up too) and i seem to have been fortunate though i have never had the standard bonnet,,,,,, but ive done 300ish miles flat out in the car with the old bonnet,,,, waving about which is freeky and most of that was 130 and 140,,,, i NEVER went below 120 apart from stoping for 2 fuel stops

infact the only issue ive had with my V3 STI is 1 radiator and now a shattered gearbox and it was used as a daily driver,,, even with a suspected fucked box for the last 10k miles