my brother did a compresion test on his astra last night and got 40% on no2 so rather than fix it he's throwing in the towel and thinking of an evo4.

now we like to keep it competitive but i aint paying 4k upwards for an evo,will an early wrx scoob be a good match up for it? is an ra that much better?

i think the astra i have is great but i only realy had it to keep us matched up for fun on track so i have no problem letting it go.

 

I'd say an RA would be better to dirve on track than an EVO 4. Gearing is nice, the handling is nice, the power is alright but would really need more boost and a better intercooler.

Cheap too, can be bought for 4k easy

 

i want to spend about 2k-3 tops! he will use his on the road too i,i will mostly(if not only)be on the track with mine.

 

i see u lurking martinvrs,what do u think?davy in a scoob????

 

IN that case get one direct from the importers! Can be bought for 2 grand or less from the auctions!! If you're only use it on track then you don't need to SVA it or any of that pish. Much cheapness!!

 

LOL!! Spoke to your brother today, & when he told me what the plan was all I could think was What is davy going to buy now to keep up?

Didnt think you would be thinking about a subaru tho.

 

way i see it martin ,if i sell the astra and all the bits i have laying around i could buy a cheap subaru! thought about a 200sx but for grip on track it has to be a sub.

 

To be honest I never thought I would see the day you would be buying a scooby.

However it does make sence. You can pick up RA's relativley cheap. A couple of small mods & it'll be a crackin track car.

 

I think you'll get 1 pretty cheap!

John's brother paid 3k for his & it was in good nick.

The one thing I'll say is know when to stop!
I can just see it now, the nice reliable track car will turn into "I aint letting my wee brother beat me round the track"

"I'll just turn up the boost"

Hope you have money set aside for those chocolate subaru pistons!

 

What about a standard pulsar, with 1bar there quick too....
I know I had shit luck, but there are better cars out there than mine, and a few on the GTIROC have hardly no problems on track.

Theres one that floats about KH too, think its Euans friend.

 

This guy????

http://uk.youtube.com/user/Braveheartgtir

 

Na, don't think so.. the one I'm on about is on RL7's and the reg plate is H658 POH, Grey in colour.

 

scooby is a good way to be evo4 quick for sensible money.

lots of dogs out there though, so be careful!

 

i dont think i would go far for one due to the fact there are so many dogs about.

what are the main things to look out for on them?

there are k plate wrx's for Ł1700 upwards on pistonheads

 

something like

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/699403.htm

 

would make a good track car but if i wanted an n/a car i would stick to my astra with the redtop.

+if my bro lightly breathed on an evo 4 it would surely waste that??

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fB5WsqLvMc

 

Find a decent 95/96 WRX and add exhaust, panel filter and scoobyecu (peanuts on ebay now) and it'll give decent performance (around 280bhp)

There's still some nice ones about, lots of crap but the decent ones get dragged down pricewise too. You'd easily be able to get one for around Ł2k

 

how about a legacy?then tune it?for 2k youll get a LOT of car!

 

an sti ra is agreat quick car mate,go for it

 

hum,,,,,, scooby you say for the track ?

would i recomend it

HELL YES !!!

 

my mates dad had a quad cam turbo,great car but i feel there would be much more tuning stuff floating about on the bay.