After lurking for a while i'm now the proud owner of an 06 hawkeye sti with PPP 66k so slightly more than I was looking for but I love it, needs a bit of TLC to get it to my standard but i'm loving it. I need a front splitter...can anybody recommend one that fits well ?

 

soon to have a 3k bill for hg failing.............good luck

 

Already got 3k put aside ready smart ****. Nice to see you having positive input on somebodies thread instead of trying to p!ss on their chips...oh wait. Congrats, you're the first person on my ignore list , enjoy your stay.

 

Love my hawk ,, bet you love that torque

 

Get some pics up mate.SJ.

 

As above mate get some pics up..
these are good splitters..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hawkeye-Im...item483356765a

 

Got mine to 90K before HG, Now running SC38 at 370 BHP forged rebuild by API.
Good torquey lump - pulls pretty good from 2500 rpm and strong from 3000.
Mild upgrade on the brakes plus Type 25 suspension makes it fun on the road and track.
130K since new and still get a buzz driving it.
Bit juicy as a daily driver, but luckily I like driving every day!
Enjoy

 

Il keep an eye on it. Only do about 4k a year. Money is here ready to fix it when it does go but for now I'm gonna enjoy it. Will take a look at the ebay link cheers buddy.

 

HT Autos are on here. They did a group buy on these a little while ago, check the group buy section to see if they will still do one for the group buy price.

 

What spec was it when it went, and was it gradual or all of a sudden?
Thanks

 

Congrats, I got mine yesterday as well.
Should have bought one years ago, put such a big smile on my face on the way back!

 

Keyboard warrior! What's the need?

Get some pics up mate, and enjoy!!!!

 

Many congrats - the Hawk is the best looking Subaru IMHO, love mine to bits.

Have fun

 

Get some pics up!!

Love my Hawk STi, its in the bodyshop at the moment getting some work done, and im already missing it!!

 

You only ever hear about headgaskets failing, you never hear about the ones that go on forever!

I don't think it's as bad as people make out the problem to be, just mud sticks unfortunately.

Great cars, had mine for 4 years now and only just had to do the gaskets. And I drove it hard. They finally went on the M1 doing 130 for about 2 junctions at 5 am lol.

As for the splitter, I only put a cheap fibre glass one on mine. Looks ok and fits fine. Given how often I catch it on a speed hump, the nicer carbon fibre ones are too expensive to risk.

 

Thing is, How many P1's blew up and needed a engine re-build when around 40-50k miles, must be the ever so popular strong 2 litre Most have had engine builds now and very rare you hear about P1's blowing up, but I remember being on here 10 years ago and people saying stay away from P1's unless they had a build etc etc.

Infact Subaru engines have always had a bad stigma, even the early classics, years ago where all going bang, and you would hear people joking about the chocolate subaru engines, and there dodgy cranks etc!!! But give it a few more years and most 2.5's will be forged, and to be honest a forged 2.5 makes a great roadcar with loads of torque!!!

 

Congrats on your purchase
Don't sustain high speed & prolonged engine temps , keep it off the redline & it's all fun

 

Congrats on your purchase
Don't sustain high speed & prolonged engine temps , keep it off the redline & it's all fun

 

Welcome mate
Don't fret about a rebuild, just budget for one like you have said and just see it as an opportunity to improve when the time comes.

Siv

Ht autos for your splitter

 

MY06 STI PPP remapped by JGM and regularly tracked.
On the helpful side, generally warmed up before WOT, 5K fully synthetic oil changes and generally don't go above 5000 rpm when tracking or 6000 on the road. After all, what is the point?
I think the HGs went quite some time before I got the rebuild, just didn't get around to it. Eventually the bearings on no 4 and ringland failure on same cylinder made me go down the rebuild route. But that was probably caused by a fractured oil pipe in the end.
From my experience, when the HGs went, I should have got a rebuild, but I just got the HGs done by Extreme Scoobies in Essex at 90 K. They also replaced the clutch with an Exedy pink, so the OE clutch lasted 90K.
API did the forged rebuild at 103K for me and also put in a Competition Stage 2 clutch, as the "Exedy" clutch was faulty.
Done 30K and half a dozen track days in the mean time, so as far as I am concerned, the car doesn't really owe me anything.

 

Enjoy.... I think that the 2.5sti is a great road car...... And with the PPP just makes it better

What colour you had?
Get some pics up!

 

Welcome to hawk ownership mate look fwd to seeing some pics

 

 

Welcome to Hawk STi ownership - my Spec D did it's HG at 66k but like you, I had half expected it and have done another 30k very happy miles since getting it fixed. Mine has always used a fair amount of oil - you'll find some do and some don'
t but until you get to know your car I would check on a regular basis

 

Cheers, mine's an MY06 WRX with approx 80k on the clock. I was thinking about going down the route of an Andy Forest Hybrid TD04 turbo in a year or so, and saving up for the rebuild at 100k miles. I think I am right in saying there is no difference between the WRX and STi internal engine components (?), so hopefully I should be good for 310 bhp without forging!?!

 

Welcome and enjoy your Hawk STI ownership. However you picked the wrong one and really should of gone for the better looking Blob. Only joking enjoy!!

 

efa

 

Hi I have just brought a 2006 hawk WRX it's done 50k and is completely standard apart from window tints lol, will it have the same head gasket problems or is it just the STI models with more power that suffer?

 

Early Hawk STis appear to have a higher failure rate than the later ones, but the failure rate does not appear to be as alarming as it seemed in the early hatch models.

WRX failures are uncommon but have been reported on here, the rate seems anecdotally to be quite a lot lower.

Just enjoy your car mate and don't worry about it.

 

Yeah I will mate, and thanks!
I have had wrx's in the past but not to concerned with Hugh bhp, if I'm honest it's fast enough as it is! My last blob felt absolutely bomb proof hoping the hawk lives up to that!!