How do I join Esoc, I am 35 and own a 2006 black hawkeye and i am from braintree essex many thanks Alex

 

post a thread with a little infor about yourself, your car including pictures. Then get along to some meets....it's that easy

 

and welcome

 

As above mate and welcome along. We have a monthly pub meet so keep a look out for the thread when it goes up, it's just outside Chelmsford. Also keep your eyes out for a quick green classic in Braintree, it belongs to Matt on here.

 

Welcome along Alex, get those pics up mayey!

 

Probably between my house and Black Notley Shell garage.
Can't say as I've seen a black hawk knocking about, I'll pay more attention

 

This is my 06 black hawkeye totally standard apart from exhaust which I don't know the make of
I am looking to do some engine mods but don't really know where to start any pointers

 

Lol How'sthe motor going ? Take it your pleased? Are you going on the tunnel run or next pub meet mate ?

 

Looks nice mate. Get yourself a photo bucket account set up, then you can copy the IMG code. Copy and paste into the thread box and you get bigger pictures like this.

 

Still not had the inclination to run it on high boost, new windscreen coming Friday, then some interior tidy. Was thinking of the tunnel run then my parents decided they were coming down again, I don't believe it, they came down on the last tunnel run date, when is the June pub meet

 

All pub meets are now going to be the last Saturday of every month so everyone knows when they are.
Haha thats typical with your parents mate. Are youy pleased with the car though?

 

Welcome along bud,

Good to see another hawk in the club

As for modding, be very careful it may not end well.

 

The voice of wisdom

 

Or stupidity

In all seriousness Alex, an up rated panel filter, fuel pump and exhaust options of your choice and a remap should boost your power level up. The trouble is the headbolts tend to stretch and the gaskets pop on these engines. If you are lucky you may get away with it. The odds, are unfortunately against us with the 2.5s

 

And Dan is speaking from experience unfortunately.

 

I have heard that the 2.5 is a bit week. What panel filter would you recommend I was thinking about a Roger Clark fuel pump or would I be better off getting a walbro 255. And who is local to me that is good to do a remap pls and how much will a remap cost me

 

Alex,

Welcome along.

May I suggest driving the car for a while before making ANY changes whatsoever. Your car will benefit far more from sensible structured upgrades and alterations to the chassis and dynamics than any additional power.
Decide what you like and dislike about the car most and then enhance on that basis.

The right mods you will enhance the car under all conditions and situations. Not just when you stamp on the gas pedal.

 

I have driven it for a bout a month now and the only thing I would change is the brakes for maybe sti ones. The car feels just too safe if you know what I mean and i really feel it could benefit from some more power

 

The subaru is an immensely capable chassis as thus will feel very safe. Even at the 400bhp mark the newage chassis will cope with ease. I too had this issue that the car never felt exciting as it handled its power too well.
Engine wise I'd suggest a sports cat/decat, uprated fuel pump an remap. Panel filter if you really want, but no huge gains to be made till its mapped.
For mapping I recommend Simon Roe, aka Jolly Green Monster.
These upgrades should see you around the 300bhp mark with a decent hike in torque too. The torque is what will really make the difference on the road.
Additionally to that I'd add a stiffer rear anti roll bar, droplinks and some camber bolts. These will stiffen the rear of the car and help her get her nose tucked in on turn in.
Geometry setup is also a huge game changer, as are tyres.
I think the newage brembo setup is a must as minimum on the heavy newage vehicles so a swap to those would be a good upgrade at some point.
A well chosen set of pads an brake fluid change would certainly make a big difference if budget allows.
Also recommend swapping the gear linkage bushes for some solid items. This adds a huge amount of feel during shifting.

Hope that helps.

 

Frayz I remember you mentioning them before, where did you get them from and were they easy to fit?

 

he speaks much sense

 

As Simon said above Frayz speaks a lot of sense he is very clued up on new age cars especially mate.

 

Irritating isn't it

 

Has my newage not got brembos then, I thought it did but might be wrong

 

As far as I know, the wrx has subaru calipers (red in colour?) And the sti has brembos that are gold

 

Handy.... as when I get mine back he might get bombarded with questions

 

Wrx has red 4 piston calipers with SUBARU written on them.
The STI has much larger gold coloured calipers made by brembo. They will have Brembos logo written on them. They're unmistakeable if you have them.
The 4 pots can be made to work well on a road car, but if you really start pushing on then they show their flaws, as do the Brembos when big stops are required.
Personally I'd get some decent pads in the WRX calipers with some fresh fluid and that will make the world I difference.
I'd recommend either the PF z rated, PF 01 or maybe a Ferodo DS2500.
Personally I like the Performance friction compounds best.
The 01s in my Clio were astonishing on the road, but aggressive on discs and painted wheels. Lol.