Does anyone know about Subarus??
05-10-2007, 07:30 AM
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Does anyone know about Subarus??
OK guys, I may be looking at going Jap for a bit, just to see how they are.
Obviously, there is a lot of hype about subarus being unreliable and that, but as I am sure you lot will agree, a car is only as unreliable as the tuner.
Now, I want a Mk1 type subaru, like this:
However, I aint too sure what types are what. WRX, STI, RA etc etc. Can someone give me some info please. What power outputs, what differences etc
Cheers guys
Obviously, there is a lot of hype about subarus being unreliable and that, but as I am sure you lot will agree, a car is only as unreliable as the tuner.
Now, I want a Mk1 type subaru, like this:
However, I aint too sure what types are what. WRX, STI, RA etc etc. Can someone give me some info please. What power outputs, what differences etc
Cheers guys
05-10-2007, 07:37 AM
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my friend has a 1996 N reg WRX.....supposed to be approx 265bhp
goes well.....been very reliable, although parts can get expensive!
cheap as chips now, he's looking to sell his soon and reckons he'll only get 3k for it....which IMO is a bargain!
goes well.....been very reliable, although parts can get expensive!
cheap as chips now, he's looking to sell his soon and reckons he'll only get 3k for it....which IMO is a bargain!
05-10-2007, 09:09 AM
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That one there is an early wrx and it looks like the 240ps one, that was produced from 1993-1995 and had the red tiger stripe seats. After that the impreza wrx had 260ps and they had the black/grey interior with alcantara inserts in the seats. The extra power was produced by a different ecu (Z4) but the ecu's are easy to swap on the early imprezas.
The sti's of that shape were built in limited numbers of 100 of each of the sti 1 & the sti 2. The sti had 276bhp as standard and a numbered build tag stating it's an sti on the nearside inner wing. Alot of people think that all sti engines have the red inlet manifold but on the sti 1 & 2 that isn't the case. The sti also came with a different interior with sti branded seats to beware of wrx's badged or advertised as sti's. Most classic impreza wrx's are advertised as being sti's.
The wrx RA didn't have a roof vent but the sti RA did. The only real other differences between the 2 RA's other than that are are the engines (power output)
Hopefully that covers what you need to know for now.
The sti's of that shape were built in limited numbers of 100 of each of the sti 1 & the sti 2. The sti had 276bhp as standard and a numbered build tag stating it's an sti on the nearside inner wing. Alot of people think that all sti engines have the red inlet manifold but on the sti 1 & 2 that isn't the case. The sti also came with a different interior with sti branded seats to beware of wrx's badged or advertised as sti's. Most classic impreza wrx's are advertised as being sti's.
The wrx RA didn't have a roof vent but the sti RA did. The only real other differences between the 2 RA's other than that are are the engines (power output)
Hopefully that covers what you need to know for now.
05-10-2007, 09:40 AM
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they loose money quicker than a prozzy on smack m8 stick to the blue oval
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05-10-2007, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by morto
why a scoob mate? every pole or road test thats ever done puts the evo miles ahead of just about everything and better reliability
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but a 1996 car, your looking at quite a price gap between a scoob and an evo
05-10-2007, 11:53 AM
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Yeah i reckon if you only have £3-£4k to spend, you'll get a better scooby than an evo imo. Plus im not a great fan of the older evo's in the looks department personally.
05-10-2007, 03:48 PM
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Which Jap car
Evo 4/5/6
75% [ 69 ]
Scooby
9% [ 9 ]
Pulsar
14% [ 13 ]
Total Votes : 91
spend a bit more money and buy a evo 5
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Which Jap car
Evo 4/5/6
75% [ 69 ]
Scooby
9% [ 9 ]
Pulsar
14% [ 13 ]
Total Votes : 91
spend a bit more money and buy a evo 5
andy
I own an Impreza (admittedly a newage) and its as reliable as any other car as long as its looked after. It can do 90% of what an equivalent Evo can, but its easier to drive on the road and cheaper to run. Sod having 4.5K service intervals.
Chocolate pistons and bubblegum crank.....yawn
05-10-2007, 03:54 PM
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Mate of mine has a black sport turbo wagon thing- looks nice for what it is on gold rims.. he wants £2500 ish for it.
He does a bit of trading and it certainly isn't a shitter... obv for the money it aint great... but he doesn't seem able to shift it and normally with that sort of thing at that money he gets rid quite quick.
He does a bit of trading and it certainly isn't a shitter... obv for the money it aint great... but he doesn't seem able to shift it and normally with that sort of thing at that money he gets rid quite quick.
05-10-2007, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by morto
why a scoob mate? every pole or road test thats ever done puts the evo miles ahead of just about everything and better reliability
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and some of the test they do they put up the best spec evo there is ie rs or mr against a normal sti and not a spec c or type ra etc.
and there still usually aint much in it.
and a poll on pf
may aswell have done the poll on scoobyslayers.com
05-10-2007, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiff
How realiable is a standard one then??????
Like anything...once you start tuning them they become less reliable.
Like anything...once you start tuning them they become less reliable.
Tiff if you're looking I can see what Pauls is actually like- the lad with the pick up truck
I imagine it will be ok for what it is....
05-10-2007, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Shings
Mate of mine has a black sport turbo wagon thing- looks nice for what it is on gold rims.. he wants £2500 ish for it.
He does a bit of trading and it certainly isn't a shitter... obv for the money it aint great... but he doesn't seem able to shift it and normally with that sort of thing at that money he gets rid quite quick.
He does a bit of trading and it certainly isn't a shitter... obv for the money it aint great... but he doesn't seem able to shift it and normally with that sort of thing at that money he gets rid quite quick.
05-10-2007, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by morto
last pole by pf
Which Jap car
Evo 4/5/6
75% [ 69 ]
Scooby
9% [ 9 ]
Pulsar
14% [ 13 ]
Total Votes : 91
spend a bit more money and buy a evo 5
andy
Which Jap car
Evo 4/5/6
75% [ 69 ]
Scooby
9% [ 9 ]
Pulsar
14% [ 13 ]
Total Votes : 91
spend a bit more money and buy a evo 5
andy
05-10-2007, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Shings
Originally Posted by Tiff
How realiable is a standard one then??????
Like anything...once you start tuning them they become less reliable.
Like anything...once you start tuning them they become less reliable.
Tiff if you're looking I can see what Pauls is actually like- the lad with the pick up truck
I imagine it will be ok for what it is....
If you could mate, may be interested in a little something
05-10-2007, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiff
Originally Posted by Shings
Mate of mine has a black sport turbo wagon thing- looks nice for what it is on gold rims.. he wants £2500 ish for it.
He does a bit of trading and it certainly isn't a shitter... obv for the money it aint great... but he doesn't seem able to shift it and normally with that sort of thing at that money he gets rid quite quick.
He does a bit of trading and it certainly isn't a shitter... obv for the money it aint great... but he doesn't seem able to shift it and normally with that sort of thing at that money he gets rid quite quick.
I've called him and got the low down..
Sounds alright to be fair- ring me!
05-10-2007, 04:19 PM
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[/quote]Does anyone know about Subarus??
ERRR....YES, this is passionford remember!...... Probably 99% of people on Passionford know about em, so thats more than any dedicated subaru forum
just joking before the subaru forum boys come to kill me
let me just clarify im part of the 1% so cant help
[/quote]Does anyone know about Subarus??
ERRR....YES, this is passionford remember!...... Probably 99% of people on Passionford know about em, so thats more than any dedicated subaru forum
just joking before the subaru forum boys come to kill me
let me just clarify im part of the 1% so cant help
05-10-2007, 04:56 PM
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TBH i have never really liked the impeza.....
BUT
They seems to be quite a good car now for cheap money
I like the styling on the mk1 classic
Just worried about how realiable they are
BUT
They seems to be quite a good car now for cheap money
I like the styling on the mk1 classic
Just worried about how realiable they are
05-10-2007, 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by st3v3
Mines reliable, but only has 29,000 mls on the clock, might part for the right amount of cash.
But i have the ugly bug eye one.
But i have the ugly bug eye one.
05-10-2007, 05:46 PM
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how much $$ you got to spend?
There's so many variations you need to start somewhere, and budget is a good place. Also is insurance a problem? as import STI will be a lot more than UK turbo etc.
There's so many variations you need to start somewhere, and budget is a good place. Also is insurance a problem? as import STI will be a lot more than UK turbo etc.
06-10-2007, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by 4x4
Originally Posted by st3v3
Mines reliable, but only has 29,000 mls on the clock, might part for the right amount of cash.
But i have the ugly bug eye one.
But i have the ugly bug eye one.
If that fails it will be a Mod it next.
06-10-2007, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by S1rst
Id be interested to know how reliable they are too. I mean a standard UK model.
06-10-2007, 11:18 AM
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sti 3 or 4 I'd say. I think that's the last of the sti's that you'll get for that money because the later classic sti's hold their money reasonably well.
06-10-2007, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by S1rst
Id be interested to know how reliable they are too. I mean a standard UK model.
Problems usually come from bad diy tuning,neglect on servicing,bad mapping,sometimes crap fuel.
The newage Scoobs are a bit more hardier than some of the older ones, things like MAF's are a bit better as some of the older models MAF's were "fragile" when they stop working it caused running problems which can lead to det, thus turning your engine in to a pile of poo.
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