polarbearit

Never said it had to cost £30k to get 3?0bhp that steve has, but I remember reading elsewhere that it cost Steve this...

Type_RA

Polarbear nope mate I am up in the midlands I would love to meet up one day though. Maybe on a national day or a trackday sometime and talk scoobs and skylines. I am into performance cars of all sorts, in fact I am going a Porsche owners club meet next week with a mate with a porker, to be convinced to buy a 911 . Who knows I have an open mind on cars if I like 'em I buy 'em (if I can afford 'em ). I am under no illusions that the scoob is the perfect car cause it isnt but it floats my boat at the moment . Next week could be different .

polarbearit

Well type RA's and skylines are very different cars, think of the acceleration of a type RA but with much longer gears!!!

Happy to give you a demo next time I'm heading up to lancashire though!

I don't think the skyline is perfect either - ideally I'd have a Pagani Zonda C12S - Sound awesome, look spectacular, light weight, amazing interior, 220mph, but £300k

Type_RA

Agreed I could just about "live" with a Zonda

Nevetas

Pound for Pound I'd rather spend it on a SKyline, there's to many damn scoobies around at the moment, and the skyline would stick out more

Blow Dog

The problem with Scoobynet X v Y arguements is that most people engaged in the debate have never even driven the opposition they are so determined to belittle.

380 BHP Skyline:



Puff,
Skyline slayer?
Why I oughtta!

Cem

Nevetas

Well said Blow Dog, unless you've got a serious scooby (e.g an Mark R19Ket clone) your ganna get a hard slap down by a preped skyline. Anyone remember the Clarkson video? I've been in LOADS of imprezas over the years. the skyline I went in on Saturday slapped them all down. Just coz you all drive a scooby, give a little respect to the other monsters out there.

steve McCulloch

Polarbearit

I have spent a lot to date, but a lot of this was on failed stereo gear..... this is more of a minefield than engine performance it seems

For 360bhp I spent

Link (firstly mapped terribly by anonymous (twice) then mapped properly by Bob Rawle... including Q chip then revised chip - about £2k spent here...
Lamba
Knocklink (£200 for both say?)
Intercooler temp gauge (about £70)
Boost Gauge (£300 including the pod)
3 port boost solenoid (£100)
Blitz then HKS then APS AIR FILTER (£600 ish)
VF22 turbo then VF22 Hybrid (about £1500)
Nismo 740cc Injectors (£600?)

BPM full system , then modified by Longlife Exhausts - then Scoobysport downpipe and hks mid and rear (£1500)
Then there was an AP paddle clutch swiftly changed for an organic as the paddle was undriveable (shame I want told this in the first place) - (£650)
APS front mounted intercooler... (£1000)
Antilift kit (£150)
Front strut brace (£350)
Rear strut brace (£350 sti's)
Front MRT arb (£100)
Bump steer mod (£100)
Various suspension geometry (£100)
Rear MRT arb (£100)
rear drop links (£40)
Brake support bracket (£50 - totally useless heap of sh*t)
AP 4 pot brakes, braded hoses (£1600)
18 inch alloys (£1200)

Costs to fit, etc above and plenty of remaps say £1000

About £7k spent on stereo gear

So really not that much spent on performance mods - I'm sure IU've missed something

Then of course theres the cost of recent mods of circa £5k+

I should have power comfortably around 400bhp at around 1.6/1.7 bar of boost.......

The turbo can take more - so should be slightly over 400bhp....

Yep it aint cheap.. at the end of the day there is no substitute for Cubic capacity - the Skylines are very bulky.

Having swapped my car for a Friends Ferrari 550 Maranello (sp) for a week I decided that the cars with the capacity just arent fun at all - the car was no good at all on country roads - you had to concentrate more on making sure you were driving fully on your side of the road, handling was nothing special and I didnt feel any particular power - sure the top speed was higher.. but how often can you use it - we did 190mph for a short while in France - the Scoob will accelerate quickly to 150mph - thats good enough for me

polarbearit

Steve - it sounds like an awesome spec, I would love a ride sometime! I'm sure 400 bhp in a scooby will be very impressive...

I wish skyline 18's were available for £1200... New wheels are 600+Vat each for NISMO 18's

Bajie

There is no comparison. The Skyline is simply the better car. No ifs, buts or maybe's.
Get in one and drive it, you'll see what I mean.
My prodrive modified scoob against a Skyline with breathing mods only, Skyline quicker with less effort.
Get out of the Skyline and back in my scoob. Scoob feels faster but only gets the pull for a few seconds then ... seeya ...
I find there is no comparison between the two cars, but maybe I have a different viewpoint.

ChristianR

iTrader: (1)

Costs to fit, etc above and plenty of remaps say £1000

steve I am sure it cost a lot more than £1000 to fit the above items!!

Damaja

My power to weight ratio divided by my life sized scoobydoo doll minus the blinkers that have been put on my eyes state I love myself and therefore my **** subaru with spray can tinted rear lights mod can beat a skyline.

I have a huge pen1s too, much bigger than all of yours.

Imawankerr(stevemcbulox)

STEVE BULOX Listen to me for the last time, first of all:

1)I'm not whoever you think iam
2)You are a big tosser
3)My english are perfect you Little tosser
4)You are racist and racism in this country is a big issue YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE YOU LOW LIFE PIECE OF **** WHO CANT STAND FOREIGNERS
GET THIS RIGHT
UK IS FULL OF THEM AND IF U DONT LIKE THEM GET THE **** OUT OF HERE AND GO AND LIVE ON A MOUNTAIN ******** COWS YOU ****ER
5) I dont have to pretend being someone else because simply i can meet up with you anytime anywhere and show you who i really IM
Steve MCbullock get a life and stop spending your money to get 1bhp more.If you can sort out fuel(including ECU) for 1K what can i say? you are really clever
But personally i reckon you are crap like your knowledge about cars

Imawankerr(stevemcbulox)

So you think a Ferrari 550 is worst than a subaru because is bigger? what the **** are u talking about? Stop bull****ing You wish your friend has a ferrari

Spudgun VI

can someone lock this ****** thread? i dont know steve and i dont know the thread starter, but no-one on this bbs should have this kind of offensive **** posted about 'em. the references to steves mom in the user name was bad enough, but this is way over the top

no offence to anyone, but i cant believe the moderators have allowed this to continue[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Shaun

Keep this kind of rubbish off Scoobynet.....it's pathetic!!!!!