Ere..........am currently lookin 2 buy a wrx,....but all this business about the imports going BANG scares da $hit outa me.I don't wanna spend all me savings gettin me dream moter and havin it go pop,...as soon as i get it.why the hell do i hear about this sorta stuff all 2 often???

Here we go again:D
Get a knocklink, run it on optimax and NF octane booster, dont drive it flat out in top, ie 130mph pluss for sustaind periods ,dont mod it with de-cats ect without a re-mapped ecu and itl be fine!
Having said all that theres people around who do/dont do the above and have no problems!

Its not a case of them all going bang, more that this site is full of alot of real enthusiasts so there isnt much crap chat around. the problems and the other opinions is what this site seems to be used for more...


I bet that there is just as many evos and cossies (definitly cossies) that are going bang, just that you dont here so much about them as they are a conventional engine and everyone knows about them to start with (the flat four raises many questions)

Also you only get bad stories noone ever says my car runs really well just my car has gone bang....

My car runs really well :D

Mine too ;)

Shall we start a my car runs well and I'm really pleased with it thread then ?

And list all our mods that we shouldnt do without remaps etc and get plenty of negative advice...:D

Good point with the cossie Jon :) My cousins on his 3rd or 4th engine in 80K (lost count :D) on his saphire and thats running with about 300bhp!

Oddly UK Scoobs can go bang too.

The only real thing you need to make sure is that the previous owner has taken good care of it (serviced every 6months etc) and knows what fuel it should be run on. Better still, get one thats been re-mapped for UK fuel

It's not just WRX's though is it; speak to a specialist; there are plenty of standard UK cars doing number four piston...

Simon

who is going to start the "my car goes really well" thread then??:D

GC8, thought it was No.3 piston that is normally the one to go? ;)

mine runs well now i have had a new engine.


standard uk turbo