hi there guys,just looking for some advice - i bought a wrx import about 1month ago,went out for a run last nite and decided to open it up a bit,i dropped it from 5th to 3rd and put the foot down,without realising i heard the limmiter come in and i looked at the speedo and it was showing round-about 87mph,i thot it might have done more than that in 3rd gear, is that speed rite enough or is there some problem with my wrx, all answer's would be appreciated regards andy

 

Might be a Type RA with short gearing.........post a couple of pics or the Applied model code

Shaun

 

Does about that in mine and mine is uk. I'd say it's pretty fast to be honest

 

engine type ej20gd running short shift gearing

i thot it mite have been a bit quicker than that due to runing the td05

 

The car will do the same speed in 3rd if it has 200bhp or 2000bhp

 

There are so many different versions of the impreza classic, post up the model code up of the car or the model no. Of the gearbox and from this we can tell you alot.

 

model code - gc8c48d
engine type - ej20gdw4he

 

 

Inports have short gearing, about 138 tops, I have a UK box and diff in mine, god for just over 150 now !!

 

http://www.scoobypedia.co.uk/index.p...ProductionRuns

WRX 4 door 260BHP

Shaun

 

what speed were you getting in 3rd before you changed box/diff??

 

thanks for that info and link,i just need to find out if that speed in 3rd is rite enough now so i can put my mind at rest

 

You really don`t want to be dinging off the limiter, thats what Corsa`s and the like do.
You want to be changing in the sweet spot, which is 5-600rpm before that.
But in all seriousness if you want to be flat out constantly then get a Corsa.

 

........the owners manual gives the speed you should change gear

Shaun

 

yeh i know.i didnt mean to hit the limiter,i was planting the foot cos my brother was sitting by my side in his fto v6 and i thot to myself i aint letting him past so i dropt it down 2 gears and put the foot down but then heard the limiter a few seconds after so changed straight into 4th,thats the only reason i knew that i was geting about 87mph in 3rd,surelly the 2.l v6 fto doesnt go faster in 3rd than a wrx,he says he gets near 100mph in 3rd

 

Yeah its all gearing, the Impreza is transferring the power down to get shifting and it does go through the gears quickly, but its because it needs to.

Don`t worry about speed to the gear unless your in 5th, but then your intercooler doesn`t work after 90/100mph as the air flows over the bonnet and up and over the scoop.