hi guys,

finally picked up my 95' sti this evening. its great but theres a couple of niggles,

theres a churpy noise from the engine bay, to dark to have a look now, any ideas?

alarm wont set whilst the turbo timer is doing its thing, anyway around this?

and the clutch pedal sticks, then pings back up, quite annoying!

there are no set belt clips in the back, theres the belt but nothing to plug it into! where could i get replacements?

as you can probaly tell i'm not exactly the most technical person in the world!


ps. the car is f**king quick!

Cheers in advance!

 

Wez.

Congrats on purchase! I'm not technical either so I'll leave a formal reply to others!

X.

 

Hi mate,
Chirpy noises in the engine bay tend to be from cracked heatshields, simple to sort once worked out which one. Depending which it is you can sometimes just bin it completely.
Sorry if this is teaching you to suck eggs a bit but on the seatbelt front you have stuck your hand down the back of the seat and tried to find em stuffed down ther haven't you? Can't imagine for the life of me why anyone would remove them?

Don't know bout the rest though, enjoy!!

cheers
Ritchie.

 

aint got a clue about any of em but im interested to know what you paid for it

Steppers

 

might have lost a bolt on the exhaust and its 2 pieces of metal rubbing....happened to me...had a chirping noises

 

Check theres not a budgie been sucked through the bonnet vent mate ...lol

same prob with mine ...told it was my clifford alarm ...


Welcome to sn mate....

 

Cam belt tensioner ? can rattle a bit around the right hand side front of the engine IIRC

 

Just bought a UK terzo and found exactly the same mate, suggested theres a spring retainer underneath the IC if u wanna check thats there? it only happens to me when Im viciously changing gears


Wouldnt suprise me if some1 has used your car for track days in the past, thus taking the seats and the clips out stripping it down for weight saving. maybe a trip up the scrap yard u might find a scoob (even if its a sport or GX etc should all be the same I'd expect

Great aint they

 

Clutch Pedal sticking is a prob I had on my 95 STi RA and 97 STi, it is just a spring replacement, can;t remember where, but someone will. I got it done for nothing at a service IIRC

Take out the back seat and you will find the seat belt brackets I would think. There is a couple on bolts where your calfs would be if sitting on the back seat, remove these and it will slide out.

enjoy

 

But you may find, as I did years ago when trying for some new ones for an Escort, that Scrap dealers aren't allowed to sell any seat belt parts:

Alcazar

 

Wouldnt suprise me if some1 has used your car for track days in the past, thus taking the seats and the clips out stripping it down for weight saving. maybe a trip up the scrap yard u might find a scoob (even if its a sport or GX etc should all be the same I'd expect

Dont say that! car seems in v.good nick other than those niggles... i see your logic though. trying to figure out if my car has traction control, got it sideways on way home for lunch so i'm thinking not??? anyone no what the diff is betwen a normal sti and a sti v ltd other than the roof vent?

excuse my ignorance but whats IIRC mean

probaly obvious i know!

just wanna drive it all day, dont wanna go to work!

 

IIRC = If I Remember/Recall Correctly

PS. Welcome to the wonderful world of Scoobs

 

Scoobs don't have traction control, other than the 4wd, so no, you don't have it.

 

Oh oh! Didnt know that.... i'm going from 90bhp to 300bhp and now have no abs or traction control

was tempted to floor it on exiting a damp roundabout, but wasnt sure what to expect, the backs not gonna fly out like rwd would is it? bit of understeer then drift was what i thought....?

 

Who cares? ABS and traction control does little but help insulate drivers from their own stupidity or carelessness. If you've got your eye on the ball you won't need either. '95MY STi's don't have 300bhp unless they're modified, btw, so poss not as much of a power jump as you were thinking.

Depends on tyres, suspension setup and so-on. Back may move around a bit initially, but front should keep with it to prevent an unwanted pirouette, provided of course you keep your foot in.

Try it and find out. See if you can find an empty car park or something to play in first, less to hit if you do f*ck up.

 

[QUOTE=greasemonkey]Who cares? ABS and traction control does little but help insulate drivers from their own stupidity or carelessness. If you've got your eye on the ball you won't need either. '95MY STi's don't have 300bhp unless they're modified, btw, so poss not as much of a power jump as you were thinking.

dont reckon 20bhp would make too much odds! its 280bhp at the wheels according to rolling road so prob well into the 300's at the fly whell i'd imagine...

Know where your coming from with abs, but its always nice to have it incase of emergency, esp in the wet. also my mate with an S3 can go into corners at a ridiculas speed relying on his ESP, probaly relys too much on it thats why i beat him at karting

 

I thought that if seatbelts were installed they had to be working to pass the MOT.

 

Just a tip Wez,

You will need to run your car on Optimax, and octane booster as it is not designed to run on UK fuel.

Bit of a gamble buying an STi without knowing a thing or 2 about them

The amount of people I see buying them, running them on unleaded, and watching them go bang after ignoring fuelling advice

Had a few people laugh at me like I was stupid after explaining that

MB

 

Who was the one with the STi from down your neck who blew it up on the way home from collecting it Mark?

 

nice one matey, 95 sti

don't forget to put octane booster in the optimax

 

Not sure on that one GM, I know of a few blow ups. Can you remember if it was someone from here?

MB

 

Yeah, someone from here, started a rash of threads on his blow-up

 

Very good advice this Wez

 

Hmm, rings a bell.... PM'd you on another techie Q

MB

 

Lol, was just gonna reply, your vac readings are in the zone!

Mad Gypsy wasn't it?

 

That's the one, all becomes clear. Not sure if he still has it, but it was a black one.

Ta for the reply on the vac

Might wander over to gen tech. Not been in for a while

MB

 

Didnt know you had to put a booster in with the optimax, thought they could set it up to run on opti?

 

They can be *set up* for just optimax, but it would require a Scoobyecu or LINK, GEMS etc, to be mapped for it.

Some people do run on optimax alone, but you wouldn't catch me doing it!

MB

 

Chirp: aftermarket DV?

 

Yep, or blocked / stuck DV.

You'll only hear it when letting the foot off after being on boost.

MB