he is only the third person to ever drive it so I was a bit nervous at first ,, but I know warren well so wasn't as bad as a complete stranger

 

Nice car mate

 

Great films, thank you

 

Hi All,

My research is inconclusive and now reaching out for some experiences and opinions. A friend of mine has a UK hatch and after driving mine he wants his to go a little quicker.

I'm trying to work out if the UK 2.5 Hatch lump suffers with the similar problems that the classic UK and JDM 2.0 had?!

What gains are there for swapping them out for the OEM?

He's not planning a huge build, something less than 450 but spool is very important.

He's spoke to a few companies and been offered the RCM / GT Spec 2 setup and additionally offered a ported option on an exchange basis.

Looking forward to your replies.

Thanks in advance.

 

is his car currently running standard power ?

he won't get anywhere near 450 unless he has a forged build done ,, but saying that the torque will make it feel awesome at around 350-380 and that can be done on the standard 2.5 without many swaps as I ran my standard hawk to that without any problems ,, but this is done at the owners own risk as the 2.5 is weak at the best of times with gasket and ring land issues it could cause the engine to show any weak points and fail , but many don't fail and are fine at this power ,,, posted headers work best below 400 as anything bigger will just cause more lag

 

Thanks Domino.

P{pretty much what i've said to him.

He's settled on turbo back, panel filter and racerom. Hopefully enough to put a smile on the face and all things that needn't be binned if the engine goes pop

 

how was it who fitted the Cosworth AP 6pots to their Hatch.. bought off someone on here??


I've picked up these.. what do you think.. worth putting on my car?

 

what was the point of getting them if you aren't going to fit them to your car !!!

 

looks like my old set I took off the hatch lol , sold my set to cannon fodder from memory ,, if the pads and discs are good then get them on ,, I took mine off as I had my own set of AP's so sold them for good money and fitted my own set ,, exactly the same but one set has cosworth on the other didn't lol

 

are the discs 'special' being cosworth or no different than any other rotor and bell that are the same 355mm size?

 

I know AP discs are around £500 a set

 

Ap are dear for a reason
Serious stopping power with these

 

no diffrent to the one you get with normal AP's

 

Not according to Cosworth.....

They also have their unique cleaning groove pattern which is different to AP's

 

Which I guess means discs are expensive ???

 

Thought I would quickly say hello! New to Subaru, although have driven plenty. Just got my 2008 STI Hatch in blue - just clocked over 36K miles. LOVE IT!



and of course, upholding the rule!

 

mine must have already had a change then as when I had them side by side there was no diffrence that I could see

 

Cosworth discs


AP discs

 

hmmm they don't look the same

 

I believe your the man that can rearrange my back end

 

I believe you mate was just going by what iv seen as mine looked no different groove wise , but as I said they must of been changed already

 

Opinions please..

The small standard gravel rash vinyl over the back doors and lower arch are terrible, as is the paint, but I already know this as probably most of you do, however rather than have it repainted as the car will be seeing some track action, I was considering options, but I'm not convinced this looks good at all, so your opinion welcome please

Below is the passanger side I haven't yet tackled, soft road legal tyres are the culprit here! So I've ordered some mudflaps too!

 

hello and welcome

 

Anyone ever find a supplier for leather dye for recaro leather that is a good colour match?

 

I know a guy in Belfast does furniture repairs and also leather car seats is not a problem to do (JF furniture repairs ) let me know and i will dig out his number

 

that sounds perfect

this the guy you are on about?
www.facebook.com/JFFunitureRepairs/

 

Hi all.
What an eventful weekend. Tough mudder on Saturday and TOTB on Sunday.

I managed some reasonable times given that I was lacking power on the big guns and carrying full weight! The last I checked I was 17th out of 40 in class, I'm sure it didn't end like that, but I'm struggling to find any recent results.

I only managed 1 sighting lap and 3 sprints before I had to park up following two minor issues, but both had me out of action and it then wasn't worth me getting back in as the team were struggling anyway following their own problems.

I sprang an oil leak somewhere near the turbo offering quite a bit of panic smoke, but given the car was hot and it was everywhere it want easy to locate. However its proved to be a minor issue. Then the second issue was the clutch, we aren't sure as yet what it is but it seems minor, so this will be inspected this week, we suspect a heat shield has come loose and is tickling the flywheel.

Anyway the point to my post, a standard hatch with the only modifications being a few bolt ons and a remap with some poly bushes made for a reasonable experience, managed to keep up with likes of classics running decent power levels. Not bad for a Lardy Hatch with a jelly legged driver.

Robert

 

Yip that's the one

 

well done that man, flying the hatch flag