tonight me and a friend of mine decided to test each others cars by racing to 70mph from a standing start on a motorway slip road..

he has the same car as me (2001 WRX) and i was way in front of him and i dont think its all down to the driver..

what i wanted to know is ... are there any scooby "experts" (loosly termed) in the Leeds/ West yorkshire area who would be willing to have a look under my bonnet and tell me if any mods apart from the obvious magnex & VTA dump valve that have been fitted (prior to me owning it)as both cars are s'posed to be factory UK issues .i've only had the car a week and dont really know much about these engines ????

any help appreciated

 

advice still wanted..and a boing

 

Is yours UK or Jap

 

both cars are uk 2001 wrx running on optimax

 

sorry guys.. got to put this BTTT again cos really need to know whats been done to my engine as the supplier of my car said it was standard apart from the Forge VTA D/V and the magnex box

 

Different Driver?

 

Forge wont make any difference, but Downpipe will

 

like I said as far as we know both WRX 2001's are standard...he bought from new so i know his is ok..i bought 2 years old so wanted someone local to have a look

 

Swap cars (if you dare),repeat the run.That will get rid of any driver influence.

Mark

 

Hi where bouts in leeds are you??

 

tried his car about a year b4 i got mine..thought it was an awesome peice of kit..so bought my own.. since getting it a week ago i always thought mine was quicker..just dunno why..hopefully someone will take a look

 

Why don't you just take it to your nearest Subaru garage and speak to a mechanic?

 

Madgrip

I guess the guy you bought the car from could let you know what's been done before you bought it Leeds..mmmmmm has he been to Well lane Turbo for a "tweak" ???

Midlife....

 

thx for the feedback..

i actually bought the car from well lane and it was them who told me it was virtually standard and there's no reciepts for mods..

White Scooby I'm in LS27

 

Madgrip

Does the V5 have the previous owner on it ?? Perhaps a 'phone call might clear things up

Midlife...

 

Still waiting for the V5 to arrive in the post ...will phone the guy when it turns up

 

yhm ... if not mail me .......chris

im in leeds

 

YHM..

Thx mate..

speak soon

 

Get it on the rollers at well lane, you should then know if its modded or not

Tony

 

WrrJones..

Still not heard from you mate..

anyone else local willing to give up an hour of their time to take a peek ???

 

still waiting to here from you wrr jones !!!

 

well.... heres an update:

I've tried to get some more info on my car and found that is has had a superchip fitted with bleed valve, was also told be another scoobyet member that although this will increase the power i should get a boost gauge fitted for safety. as said before i dont know enough about this car to start messing about under the bonnet, could this also be the cause of not very smooth boost ,as suggested by someone else ??

 

advice still needed

 

ecu reset both cars then swap drivers and retry