ScoobEvo

Out for a blast last night, having some fun.....in a well sorted spec C

Met a 340 on a dual carriage way......couldn't live with it in a straight line.....and it cornered like you woudn't believe........and before you start, I can drive a bit and going at full chat

Are these things that quick?? (Previously had Evo6.....great car too)

Beastie

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might have been dentist tuned 400Bhp for about 1700 quid.

lightning101

Yes they are that quick, just watch any video of a PPP newage trying to take one on and it gets beat hands down from standing start, around a track, depreciation, you name it.

The subaru just isn't as raw and is a better 'day to day car' for a normal working man who enjoys a blast every now and then IMHO.

ozzy

LOL Don't you mean £30 with a Dawes Device on it

Tripple'O G

Nothin that special....posted up how i've beaten my mate in his numerous times......however mine's tuned, his is standard.....once he starts modding it'll be a lot more interesting.....

lightning101

I'm sure if you throw enough money at anything it will be faster and better handling, but then its no longer the same car

Tripple'O G

Exactly......

However beating them does bring a smile to my face

alloy

I had a quick 30 min test drive spin in a Evo VIII MR340 and it is a fast motor. Not keen on the interior but it's exterior is gorgeous IMO , this one was red with black wheels . However i like some other Scooby drivers found the whole driving experience to be shy on any level of driver involvement, all personal preference and all, not to my liking though.

ozzy

You've got to compare the costs too. What price is a new FQ-340 and what is a Spec C? If they are roughly the same and the FQ still beats it then, for the money, the FQ is the better performer.

Servicing is a nightmare, it guzzles even more petrol and the suspension can be a little skippy on bumpy roads.

Would still love one though

365

Even if you say so yourself. Modest aren't you.

john banks

VIII MR or IX suspension is ace on bumpy roads.

FQ300 or GSR with exhaust and remap will prob do about 400 BHP on stock fuel pump and induction.

365

The MR's and IX's are a different kettle of fish, not bumpy at all and in fact if anything feel a little soft at first. My Impreza had a Prodrive spring kit on it and the ride was harsher than my FQ340. The FQ was easier to live with daily than the Impreza with the springs, it felt more refined.

ozzy

Good news John The Dealers haven't let me anywhere near a bumpy road on a test drive Just from what I've heard from previous Evo owners.

Tripple'O G

How did a iron norvern mooonkey get to test drive one of these?
Did you turn up heavy handed in your pink shell-suit?
you did didn't you....

john banks

I can get 27mpg in daily commuting ozzy

AYC change is every 9000 miles now. Oil change every 4500.

ozzy

John stop it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even the girlfriend likes 'em. I can see a slippery slope looming ....

lightning101

I'm looking at one as well

alloy

What constitutes a well sorted spec c?

TOG: it's not hard to blag a test drive of an Evo when you're turning up in a scoob . Know your stuff so you can ask some decent questions then deploy lines about how you find your scoob and then soon enough you're out for a test drive .

I can see your difficulty, turning up all chaved up, essex boy (racer), how your life must suck

john banks

The attraction to an Evo for me was that I like everything about the car as standard and it is very easy to tune to 400 BHP. That way I don't throw money at excessive mods. I have a short twin scroll manifold, a 400 BHP capable turbo out the box, front mounted intercooler on sensible pipe lengths, fuel injectors that are about 10% bigger than the Subaru - and needed and a very nice steering rack. Also being a UK car it is cheap to insure/easier to buy/sell. I'm sure the T25 would be nice, but the power band of a tuned Spec C on its stock turbo doesn't appear to match that of an Evo IX. Comparing my plots to webbie's dyno plots it appears identical to about 4500 then the Evo just holds the torque a lot longer and this is with just fuel pump, exhaust and remap. The fuel pump is uprated on the IX already and possibly not necessary.

Both are very nice cars, and I don't think there is really much difference between them all these days. What the Subaru gains on one hand the Evo does on the other. Personal preference.

Rabid

Sounds to me as if you are making it all up if you need to keep repeating it. Post a video of one of the "numerous" times, your inability to do this will do as proof that you are nothing more than a liar.

alloy

Hows it going rabid

I have seen his mates phone video clip of it and the EVO launches before our man tripple, but he does then pass him and maintain an edge in front of the evo. Obviously with AWD turbo cars the launch is crucial and with first being gone so quickly, the driver is a crucial factor

Rabid

We need to see the clip here or we have to assume it's lies. After all cripple isn't averse to telling a few porkies.

New_scooby_04

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Nice try newbie (first post, I note)

Either
a) You're winding us up because there is no way you'd be embarassed in a spec C in terms of straight line speed by a FQ340
b) You must know full well it's been tuned and I'd also suggest you it'd need to be be tuned beyond 400bhp to embarass you.

Honestly, these scooby baiters aren't even original these days!

Ns04

Spec'c'57

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mildly tuned spec'C' with 360ish here so hopefully unless 400bhp i would keep with an MR340.... very tempted with the prices falling now tho....

Moley

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Can get a MR320 up to 390-400 very easy nowadays, WRC Tech have a superb package for them

phelpsa

My dad kept up with an Evo FQ300 along a very twisty back road between our house and the nearest town (Newbury). Every straight it pulled away, every corner we got back. My dad knows every braking point i think, having driven it every day for the past 14 years! When we got to Newbury he gave us the thumbs up and thundered off down the dual carriageway.

Bugeye WRX btw, thats the slow one

alloy

Fair play, he did say he would put it up and hasn't

john banks

The map that WRC had put on my car did 380 BHP with safe fuelling and no detonation at low boost on conservative rollers even if they read a bit lower than their own. Having said that it didn't have all the kit on it that they say you need for 400 BHP, so it did what it was advertised as doing and did it safely. I can only say from this that I think their work is sound from this (single) example I've assessed carefully.

Martin2005

This is a bullsh#t thread from Evoland. How sad

davedipster

Out for a blast yesterday in a well sorted Evo

Saw a scooby on a dual carriage way and I couldn't keep up with it in a straight line.....and it stuck to the road like you woudn't believe........I'm a driving god BTW

Are these Subarus that quick?