pistol

ok lads, i need some wheels soon so instead of having to wait until the guy's back from holiday he said i can take it now and is open to offers.

what do you think is a sensible offer?

needs cambelt and one arch sorting btw.

johngoulding

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if its the v2 sti , according to the haynes subaru impreza book it did not have a red inlet manifold on it for %100 sure , unless a haynes book is wrong lol

johngoulding

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whats stopping sum 1 putting the paint on it ????
regardless 2k seems not bad ? although i just paid 2250 for a v3 with good mods ?

g7prs

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Well the subaru book i have says other wise and so does the car i own

pistol

any ideas on what i should offer?

also could any sti owners give me some vin numbers and engine starting codes i need to look for?

steviecrump

My car is a 1996 V2 STI no red manifold?

johngoulding

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it talks in the book about the 94 model and says in the same chapter ON the 1994 impreza "TODAY " as in the current year the book was made which was 2005 btw it says "TODAY , EVERY STI VERSION IS ASSEMBLED AT PRODUCTION LINES ETC ETC MANUFACTURED TO HIGHER TOLERANCES ETC ETC CYLINDER BLOCK FINISHED IN CRACKLE RED ," if u note that the block is red on the newer sti's and states that there is no distinguishable differences from the ver2 than the ver1 apart from the vin numbers , do us a favour mate ask stevie whitson or andy forrest and they will tell u the same thing lol because i recieved this information from stevie who builds engines for andy btw the coil pack on top of the inlet manifold was the first engine to recieve the red inlet manifold which is a version 3 ,

johngoulding

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looks like the car u own has a phase 2 inlet manifold then , if it doesnt then its paint mate lol
im sure a lot of people will vouch for this

johngoulding

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you and your subaru impreza , haynes book
plus info from the man who builds engines for the man who drives one of the fastest imprezas ever ??? guess ur right mate ? sorry for doubting u lol

johngoulding

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i have seen 96/97 engines in ver1 and ver2's so u could have a red inlet manifold due to the fact that its a newer engine or heads as the phase 2 red inlet manifold doesnt fit the phase 1 heads , the phase 1 inlet manifold is the bulky square looking one with the three ports on the top and the throttle on the right hand side of the throttle body looking from the front and were NEVER painted red unless done by someone who couldnt afford the real deal ?

mbd sti2

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my sti2 wagon dec 95 came with a red manifold well 75% red manifold i sorced the car from a subaru dealer in japan was owned from new by the managers daughter i have all paper work from new and car was 100% factory had never had any mods done. i thought it was sti 1 cars and some of the ra cars that didnt have red inlets

johngoulding

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gc8c4ed is the sti ver 2
same vin for the 555 as above for the sti v2
type ra sti v2 is gc8c4dd
ra sti vlimited v2 is same as ra sti v2

johngoulding

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dont really have 110 percent of all the facts mate but id relly on a book plus a serious engine builder and subaru only mechanic than an average joe ?
as far as im aware D-series onwards were red only sti's and sti ra's which is the version 3 onwards ???

mbd sti2

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the day it arrived




this is 6 months after i got the car and my fmic went on you can see after a clean with an air line almost all red came off but this was factory sti paint i have since re-done it see

johngoulding

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sti version 2 with its original manifold ?

mbd sti2

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+ i aint average joe lol been a import specialist mechanic for 12 years now seen and done a bit

mbd sti2

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that may have been cleaned off at some time in its life looks like someone has done some work since that left the production line

mbd sti2

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also why is your idle control valve running through a catch can then plumbed into the inlet pipe again should be the oil breather going in there

johngoulding

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its not my car mate and the idle control valve does leak oil that is why u get oil in the resonator box after the air filter ?????? so it would be a good idea , but as i said not my car mate but i know its a v2

johngoulding

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dont know if this is clear enough for you mate if its not then i will write them down for u

johngoulding

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dont know y mate but you havent got an sti id plate either on the drivers side suspension strut , did the owners daughter take that off too ? even the version 1's had those as all sti's do ???

pistol

not really sorry, i saved it and tried to zoom in but it's a tad fuzzy.

johngoulding

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dont get me wrong mate for a v2 or whatever it is it seems a clean car , so i give u cred for that

johngoulding

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ok mate will write them down

johngoulding

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wrx type ra gc8c47d
wrx sti v2 gc8c4ed
wrx sti v2 555 gc8c4ed
wrx type ra sti v2 gc8c4dd
wrx type ra sti v2 v-limited gc8c4dd
sti v2 wagon gf8c58d
sti v2 wagon 555 gf8c58d

pistol

thanks very much, that'll help me out abit.

johngoulding

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those are chassis codes that will tell u that the original car was an sti and before u start saying MBD STI 2 apart from ur mising the sti id plate which is a must the only way to tell urs is an sti is from gearbox and engine codes as the wrx wagon v2 has the same chassis number as the sti wagon v2,

i had a wagon that LOOKSWISE was identical to urs had the ic water spray etc and it wasnt an sti as it had no id plate and the wrong gearbox code

johngoulding

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been an import mechanic for 12 years and doesnt know that under high boost pressure oil wheeps from the iacv ? even on standard imprezas it does this ? also claims to have an sti v2 when theres no id plate on his strut and has his oil breather pipes mastikated to his entry pipe lol no probs mate ive had subarus since i was 17 and have owned virtually no other car for the past 5-6 years and know what i know by listening and watching the best , i dont know everything and there are a lot more people in this site who know loads and loads more than me but thats besides the point as also that front splitter u have on ur car was colour coded on sti's from the factory , the rear lights u have are wrx ones as the clear lenses are the sti ones and u also cant see the ic water spray bottle next to ur air filter ???? missing a lot of genuine parts and plates mate , dont u wonder ???

u never posted a pic of the STI interior either , is it the blue one u have with no sti emblem lol also ur gauges with the sti emblem , black dash , black carpet , boost solenoid code , vin and gearbox codes , ic water spray and button , i could go on and on mate and i gaurantee u u are missing have the things i just mentioned ? but ur the 12 year mechanic and u know best , the funny thing is ur passenger wing with the sti emblem on it is a different paint code as u can see in the pic its a different shade , just like the wing i had on my wrx wagon that was supposed to be an sti , the silver colour codes for the wagon and sti are different silvers as i had on mine the wagon is very slightly darker than the sti which ur doors are slightly darker also , i could go on but i cant be arsed arguing with sum1 who clearly tries to defend his case by saying hes been a mechanic for 12 years etc etc u would never win so lets just call this the end of an argument mate lol coz its getting nowhere

johngoulding

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sorry pistol mate lol getting rilled up with this guy who knows some boys daughter in japan , reckon he was shagin her to know what he knows about the cars history 100's of miles away

johngoulding

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thats a very common use of context u could have at least made it original instead of the old " it was the bosses daughters cars " line lol