evening all, just thought i would fire up some pics of my uk scooby, got it yesterday after selling my 1994 m3, not been far with it but loving it so far, not as quick as the m3 but sounds amazing! done 115k miles, almost fsh (missed out 60k service) mostly done by andersons in aberdeen to start with and a few from AWD in perth then some from Dicksons Of Dunblane, have a folder full of reciepts including a replacement engine in 2003 by AWD, previous owner said it was a wrx engine fitted but i have no idea, anyway, enough waffling, lets get on with the pics

 

Nice fella, but take the daft stickers off the rear windscreen and side windows

 

As above

 

also got some questions i hope someone can help with

1) engine is seemingly from a wrx, how do i tell the diff between wrx and uk spec? have engine number on receipt if thats any help

2) it has defi gauges fitted but not wired up right, light up fine but needles dont move, have boost, rpm and water temp, boost i can fix but what wires do i attach the rpm and water temp to? just need the green wires wired up, am i right in thinking its b5 on the dash wiring for rpm and b14 for water temp?

 

was just about to say ignore the stickers as there comin off but was writing the questions first lol

 

looks pretty tidy, can't beat a white classic!!

 

Looks very clean fella. Scooby's in white are mint

 

Thats a really nice first scoob Enjoy it !!

 

That's beautiful. Very Nice. How much did u pay for it if you dont mind me asking?

 

Nice mate, big Mikey from Dalgety Bays old car I believe.

 

ingoring the stickers, very nice mate

 

No real difference between the WRX engine and UK turbo one, now as for the defi's, is the control unit 2 fitted?

Tony

 

Nice car mate. Very clean looking.

 

excellent looking motor enjoy it

 

nice looks good as new

 

was on pistonheads for £2500, paid £2250 tho

 

dont think they are defi ones, there autogauge ones from ebay, PH add said defi gauges but says autogauge on them, no control unit with them, just a few wires for illumination and a green wire still to be connected

 

looks in good condition ....white wheels would look

 

o-z wheels that are on it are too good to paint, car came with another set of 17s wi no tyres so may try them white or even pink, for some reason am lovin the look of this car

 

There is a difference Tony...if it's UK turbo engine then it's only around 208-220bhp and if it's a WRX (Japanese Domestic Market) engine anywhere from 260-280bhp. Sure I'm correct on that more or less.

Nice car, looks very clean.

 

other than getting it on the rollers is there anyway of telling what engine it is? m3 was around 280 and previous to that i had an evo 2 running around 260 but the scooby dont feel as quick as they did, maybe i just drove it like a ***** on the way home with it lol just doesnt seem to boost very hard, will need to get boost gauge plumbed in to see what its at, whats standard boost anyway?

 

Got to be honest Jamie...I don't know what's the standard boost but if you do a search on here I'm sure it's been covered a hundred times before. It can be hard to tell what engine you have especially if it has been changed from standard.
There are differences to look out for that can help you for starters...does it have a black slanty top mount intercooler or a silver straight top mount intercooler? Coil packs or one distributor block? what turbo is on the engine? It should be a TD05 I believe. Maybe some others will help out and suggest some more ways of spotting what engine you have.
Some Impreza owners have found that they actually have Legacy engine's in there Impreza's .

Edit: Also does it have a red manifold or silver?
Also found this on engine codes(not sure if these codes will be visible on the block though);
https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...-question.html

 

Subaru Impreza WRX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Car looks nice Jamie,get a set of black wheels on and it will look stunning
No visual differance bettween the wrx & uk engine just a little more power in the wrx.

 

Is that due to the turbo? Do they have different turbo's?

 

Think what Tony was saying was that they are the same engine, just the WRX ECU is programmed differently?

 

engine looks like this



individual coil packs, arc interwarmer, dunno what turbo is on it as the heat shield type thing covers it

 

looks nice mate but loose the stickers

 

Nice intercooler
If it's a 96 WRX engine (which it looks like to me anyway) then your looking at around 260bhp. Hope they didn't sell it to you as an STi .

 

stickers are gone

the pistonheads add said it was a uk turbo but had a wrx engine fitted in 2003, i have the reciept for it from AWD but all it says is ej20 engine fitted, nothing about its origins, will phone them up and see if they can help with it