Hello people.

On my 5th scooby over the years but not a mechanic by any means, I had a my99 classic I had to replace a engine in last year, now on a 2001 wrx with 106k with fssh. Since I have had the car I have had the cambelt and tensioner done, Venturi decat uppipe, middle decat leaving downpipe in place, unknown make rear silencer fitted, recently mapped by dunc, on a dyno day it was found to be running lean so just had walbro and map tweak. Jobs that still need doing, rockers, some rear bushes and a stereo, standard in there at the moment!!! I run momentum, after my classic I am always worried about bottom end going, sensors are all reading ok etc. I know the scoop doesn't really work after 100mph and on a hot day be careful of standing idle or coming off the motorway then pushing it a bit. Question is I have recently read some posts of people not taking their scoobys past 5k due to big end failure worry, kind of defeats the object of owning a fast car? It gets warmed up and cooled down. Any other advice, my mrs has had enough of me saying every week my car needs this that etc, lol. Have I got most of it covered in terms of minimising engine failure? I do take it past 5k though.

Thanks in advance!!!

 

graham is it boosting ok now?

 

Did you have the oil pump uprated when you did the cambelt?

 

Hello buddy, yes dunc checked every sensor, feels quite strong now throughout the rev range, would really like to know what the bhp figure is now!!!

 

No that is the one thing I didn't do but didnt think about it at the time, the classic engine that went into the my99 did had a rcm in, if I keep the car that long I will get one.