Welcome along, and with one of the rarest colour hatches in the UK!

 

I'm keen to try the intake delete on my 2009 sti to try and get a few more sounds out of it , just wanting to know if it's a good idea and can it cause problems Thanks

 

we nearly bought this hatch in july of the first owner,told us was a uk sti to,anyway he traded it in at the garage just before we sold our bugeye so missed out on it,still a really good car you have there loads of extras and still gutted we missed out on it but we were going to get it for £14k but when he traded it in garage was asking £16995 shocking,we then bought a 2009/59 plate wr blue sti which also is a parellel import, we are currently insured with A plan and made no difference at all, but enjoy a very nice sti
lian

 

thinking of selling my hatch as i can now just about afford my dream car.
what do you guys think its worth?
sti 330s in grey with 19k miles owned from new so includes nav unit, keyless entry and start, recaros ect ext.
full history with last one 3 months ago including rear tyres and pads all round.
extras:
mapped 6 months ago by andy forrest running a very safe 360 bhp using race rom
cat back quad exhaust with sports cat down pipe
caik filter
sti front splitter
rally armour flaps
bluetooth phone kit through the nav unit
dual console arm rest box
exhaust surrounds
front fogs
and more....

the car is in excellent condition

what do you guys think?

 

What year Carl ?

 

Parts still up for grabs

https://www.scoobynet.com/subaru-par...-for-sale.html

 

sorry, 2009 59 plate

carl..

 

Late 2009 could be a MY10, what's the 10th character of the VIN?

9 - 2009
A - 2010

 

Don, you know way too much ;-)

 

Guys

I have a brand new in the packet (never opened) cargo net for the hatch, its the one that sits up against the back seats, kit contains net and fixings.

£25 delivered, pm me if you like.

Cheers
A

 

my 330s has a 8 as the tenth character, I bet most 330s have the same.

 

So Phil your MY08 is masquerading as a 2009 ??

 

Loveing the sti, playing around with the features today, sterio/speakers are good and found the subwoofer settings and adjusting the balance etc sound is impressive tbh.

Had a gd play with I, S and S# settings but dnt realy knw what im doing with the diff, there is auto, auto +/- then manual 1-> difflock, whats the +/- mean? As in is + mre front or rear etc?

 

Auto + increases lock in auto mode in the centre diff , auto - the opposite.

Manual lets you pick a lock rate from 1 to 6 ... not sure where auto sits in this range, no doubt Don or Rob or someone will educate us

Locking the diff more doesn't put more torque to the rear, it tightens up the connection from front to back. More lock means it is harder to turn, and in tighter turns, especially parking etc. it will make a noise and the car "jumps" as the diff overcomes the lock.

I find locking centre diff causes more understeer as the rear pushes the front onwards... try it in snow!
Great traction but can't steer on manual 6 !!

 

Read the 4 pages of the attached link. You should then have a better idea

http://driveperformance.subaru.com/dp51_blueprint.aspx

 

yep, well least it wasn't a 7 in the vin number lol

registered Jan 2009 on a 58 plate, so 2008 was the base car.
I bet most 330s are.

 

That they seem to be mate

 

Dude drop me a pm with your PayPal details if you still have it

 

Guys I need details of what's due for the 40k service PLEASE ?

Details are not on my service book as Euro import.

Thx

A

 

I've just had 4th year service, its all the oil drop and changes.. I paid £350 at Europa Subaru in Sheffield.

 

I've just bought an sti hatch, just wondering if this is the main thread regarding the hatchbacks or if there is specific threads talking about:

Mods
Wheels
Coilovers etc

Maybe even a hatch forum? Cheers

 

 

This is probably the most detailed thread on the Hatch. All the answers are spread over many pages so best just to pop your questions up.

 

Thank you very much. The Hatch thread answers all. Appreciated.
A

PS. Ordered a Blouch 2.5 XT-R Dominator 'Polka pickle' with 8cm hotside whilst in the States at Christmas. Sold here as the SC 46. Will save £300 + after tax. Am defo keeping my top mount and will post results once fitted. Currently I'm waiting for Blouch to actually produce this turbo - as even their shelves are bare ... Hopefully with me by the end of Jan.

 

HI all,

i have just fitted an oil pressure gauge and was wondering if the readings are ok, on cold start up 6 bar dropping to 1.0 bar on hot idle, when driving at normal speed 3 -4 bar and when on boost 5- 5.4 bar.

My engine has had ringland and spun a bearing on the same piston all rebuilt and then mapped by Andy forrest and in 2000 miles it hasnt used a drop of oil as i check every couple of days (paranoia) lol.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

First question, What weight oil are you using ??

when rebuilt I hope they used a new crank.

according to the service manual its 14.7psi on idle at 90c & 56psi at 2700 rpm

But i'd expect better than that to be honest, Mine runs at 30psi at idle and 90 psi at 2700 rpm & thats covered 40,000 since i rebuilt it..

 

all this engine fail talk, I've seen the other thread about this too, seems it happens a lot, can't help be a tad worried after just getting a hatch, how many have gone cuz seems a lot on that other thread, mre gone than haven't? certainly looked that way in the early days.

from what i can tell seems early cars mainly effected at low milage but is there a few newer or higher milage cars gone? and how much of a good fix was the mapping from subaru? i need to double check mines had this update in the last owners time. many of you seem to run 330-360 bhp fine so i am over worried already?

had spoke to scoobyclinic about a dyno run to make sure I'm running ok.

 

Im not sure what was replaced as it was a 3rd party warranty and they just said the engine was completley reconditiond and had to run it in for 1000 miles and then they checked it over and changed the oil, so i changed it again 3000 miles later with shell helix 5/30.

Then i ran it up to Andy Forrest for a remap, so far it has not missed abeat, but just curious to presures now i have the gauge fitted.

 

5w30 maybe a touch too thin for it to be honest, a good 10w40 would be ideal like miller cfs. you may also so an increase in pressures

 

Or Gulf Competition.

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-60120-gu...oil-10w40.aspx