What sort of spec is your waggon boggissimo and how did it hold up on the the strain of a hill climb?

 

Here's my 1997 GF8 STI Wagon V-Limited, she's number 248/555 and the love of my life (hope the gf doesn't see this!). I've had it for just over a year now and done 10,000mi, been through three tires, an up-pipe, two turbo inlet pipes, an OEM recirc valve, water pump, a set of four pots, a set of front pads and discs, rear droplinks, various bushes, lots of hoses, a ton of rubbery bits but wouldn't have it any other way

I'll be posting lots over the coming months as I have done lots of documented DIY bits already and there is much more to come, although I plan to keep her standard in most places

 

Lovely wagon v-lim

 

First post here. Here's my 2006 Hawkeye Wagon. It's only an R Sport but still plenty of fun on the back roads around here. Got it almost exactly a year ago and put almost 12000 miles on it. Hasn't let me down once, except for the exhaust falling off but that doesn't count, right?

When I got it:


Wheels got a bit of a refurb:


New brakes last month:

 

It's a 110K mile WRX lump, with a VF35 and supporting mods, running about 320ish. On Brembos and MeisterR coilovers, and with a 20mm rear ARB to get rid of some understeer.

I've done a few sprints and things, with no problems so far (touch wood), realistically most events of that kind are a max of 2 minutes per run at full welly, so shouldn't cause too much trouble. I've also done a couple of events at Silverstone with 40 minutes lapping on the grand prix circuit, which is more of a strain, but I still drove it home with no issues

 

Nice thanks for the info. It's always good to hear from people with a similar age car and what their capable of.

New wheels went on today. Very pleased, love gold on dark blue.

 

Was too nice an evening not to take a few snaps last night.

 

First picture since I've had some work done. Paint is now a Jaguar 'Storm Grey', new wheels, rears done and tuned up thanks to Alan and Martyn down at ET - a smidge over 500 - thank you to ET for the work.

 

Makes you just want to jump in hoon

 

Some great roads up here in Northumberland - had an epic drive.

 

now that looks really fecking nice, whats the spec of it please?

 

Engine wise it's a Precision turbo, 2.1 CDB, AVCS heads and forged etc etc. 6 speed. Wheels are Rota Grids, nice and wide, with PS 4s. Rear saloon conversion too. Since the engine work (it was running 425 on an SC46) it's so much pokier and the AVCS is phenomenal, it doesn't redline until around 8750. But I must confess to not ragging then engine to that point. To be honest, I started out many moons ago with this exact spec in mind and have been doing it bit by bit. Just need to keep it running nice now as it remains my main car.

 

sounds great buddy, have you got a build thread? would like to see a graph of that as im considering a 2.1 stroker for my hawk sti

 

 

whats it feel like on the road buddy? laggy?

 

**** me when did you think you mention 500bhp?

 

No laggier than the SC46, due the AVCS. Once you are in gear, anything around 3,000 you take off and don't really stop. The rev range helps and I would really recommend heads.

 

Awesome wagon Sprigateer. Can we see some more pics of it? I do like the colour.

 

 

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Gave the V-limited a wash today

 

someone has a GF8 STI for sale?

 

love that

 

hi all,newbie here with a scooby wagon 1998
just bought over the weekend,its a GF8 2.0i automatic non-turbo,green,97901 miles on clock,paint code 64C and trim is 810
everything works,just need welding on drivers sill,brake pipe to replace and anti roll bar drop link drivers side

thanks for now.....nic

 

Here’s my baby

 

My 1997 uk turbo 2000 love this car used as my daily too

 

Figured it's about time I quit lurking and threw a picture of mine up. 2003 WRX wagon bought late last year for £1900 with some bearing noise and a few other bits needing doing, had a friend help me sort most things and had an engine rebuild done by Tim Farmer of SUBBUS using all genuine parts to pretty much factory spec. Paintwork a bit rough in places, scratches and stone chips etc., but fine by me as it means I'm not fussy about using it as a daily. Completely standard as far as I can tell, plan is to put some OEM+ bits like a retrofitted PPP on at some point, but for the time being happy running around in it as is. I've made a thread about it on another forum somewhere, may get around to putting one up here at some point if anyone's interested.

For now, here's a picture of it badly parked in some long grass after I got it MOT'd a couple of months ago.

 

Some great looking wagons everyone😀. I had an sti2 1996 red wagon back in 1999 great car.
I'm looking for one again if anyone hears of anything. 1998-2000 model car, i'm in the south of England.
Please drop me a PM if you know of one.👍
Ideally Blue, black or Red
Look forward to adding my own picture to the list

 

Been off the road for 13 years, gunna try start her today! After checking a few things first of course 😬

 

good luck!