Morning all

I'm going to the Fastshow at the Pod on 26th March and am thinking about taking my car up the strip.

My question is, have any Scoob owners here had or seen any breakages on an Impreza?

When there last year I saw a guy in a Crysler Neon (few engine mods) shear his engine mounts due to the stress going through his car on a freshly glued start line.

I have taken my old car up the strip (200 bhp Prelude 2.2 VTEC) but that was FWD.

Any comments would be appreciated.

Also, if anyone has any times they have run, I'd be interested to know what your running and what car you've got

 

I let a friend of mine run my car last year.

Was in June on a hot day, and they had also glued the track. He launched the car and killed the gearbox.

 

95 Impreza WRX run 11.57 @ 123 mph St Angelo Airport Enniskillen last June. Sheared a rear driveshaft at the Isle of Man last July.

 

Alex! its about time maybe you should coe along with us next weekend for a practice run eh?

 

oh and no havent had any problems doing the 1/4....
best of 12.44 @ 111.5mph

 

Hello mate

25th I'm in Southampton for a mates Birthday, coming back sometime on Sunday, so no can do. I presume your going on the 26th March!?!

Taking your car are you ?

 

Sorry to hear about both your problems (Especially with your mate driving your car!)

 

I will be there but its not being mapped until the 8th April so not running....ill get you on film though

 

Not 100% definately going to do it Probably decide on the morning.

Still interested to hear of anyone elses problems times

 

well if its raining mate, or looks like it might then i wouldnt bother....nothing more irritating than paying your cash only to find you cant run.

 

If you're running an OE clutch that is going to be the most likely to let go on a std or lightly modded car.

I fried an old OE clutch on a lightly modded uk classic (13.4s).

Gearbox broke when driven very hard on the road with 340/340, although ultimately the damage and wear was done on the strip.

The heavier the mods the greater the chance of something going wrong.

The vast majority of scoob owners dont have any issues on the day.


Bob

 

Yep only mods are centre decat & BB with a highflow panel filter. Car is a MY 2000 Classic (W).

One previous owner for 45k and he only ever had 2 sets of tyres on the car, with enough tread left for me to run on for a year!

It genuinely wasn't driven hard for the first 4 years and I have driven it with respect since I've had it.

As far as I know the clutch is still strong!

As long as I don't dump the clutch at 5k and feed it slightly then at worst I'll smell a little off the line.

Thanks for the info (pretty much what I thought / was hoping for)

 

You're welcome.

Check your levels before the day and drop tyre pressures if you struggle for grip. Make sure the I/C is cold before the off.

Let us know how you get on.

 

us three should get together for a little training session..... we all live close enough together

 

Yes but your volvo would stick out like a sore thumb

 

Especially as it's a dirty gold

 

ahh but tis a smoooooooth launcher the volvo

you just wait......

 

whats this dirty gold thing? its silver.....at least it was, i think now its more like silver with hint of mud....

i told myself i wouldnt wash it during the period i owned it.....

 

Once you've got your car mapped should allow me to save a bit of cash, last month or so of my student loan 5 years of payments done

 

So dirty I can't even tell what colour it is LOL

 

the plans working then

 

can we have some fun with it when you no longer need it?

see how much nitrous it can handle?

 

sadly the nitrous is still installed on the impreza.....

need to sell the volvo crate anyway asap

(it would have been fun though i agree!)

 

Can anyone help - my 98 STi Type R apparently has an AP Oraganics clutch or something - does that count as OE or is it a bit stronger?

 

its stronger mate, a fair bit so apparently perfect for a few drag runs