Chins

Any prospective owners going to change their scoop ?

Anyone resarched it ?

Can you fit the Scoop from an STI 7

Yes I might be interested in an STI, but that Scoop is bigger than Jordans breasts

Jonathan

[Edited by Chins - 1/16/2003 9:50:29 PM]

R.B

I think the front end is a big improvement but i do agree it looks like something of Smokey And The Bandit

Tboner

Got to say having driven mine again today and looked at it parked up a few times it does not seem as big as last week
No it will not take the Sti 7 scoop i am told , the new one is quite a bit different width + Depth is diff..



[Edited by Tboner - 1/16/2003 10:11:06 PM]

ImpIII

Won't be changing mine unless it's the whole bonnet, seen pictures of the rally car at the Paris motor show and I must have it, has the scoop and a vent at front.......cooooolllll

midlife-crisis-scooby

More to the point can fugly's get the micra driver, granny scaring, small bird eating , STI 8 bonnet scoop ??

I have the bigger STI scoop on my MY02 WRX (Ok it's a tarty thing) but would like the vacuum cleaner looking STI 8 if possible.

Trouser (or is it paulo) at TSL...are you listening ??



Midlife...

Pete Croney

It is so ugly that even the STi sponsored World Rally Car does not have it fitted. It has the WRX scoop fitted.

What were they thinking?

Chins

So Pete. What are you doing about it ?

Jonathan

Nick Wadeson

Pete

The rally car has the smaller WRX scoop fitted as if offers no benefit to the car (with it having a FMIC). This also applies to last years 02MY WRC car.

In addition to this, the co-driver has to be able to see where he is going in order to call the notes to the driver, which as he sits so low in the car is very difficult with the STI scoop.

Nick.

pbee

I heard that petter only being 5'9 couldnt see over the scoop bulge of the sti so they used the smaller one off the wrx ?. ;-).

I think this one of those styling cues that "could" grow on you as time goes by, in a years time we could all be wanting to fit bigger scoops to previous models.

Rememeber what they said about the ford focus when that was first launched ??. and look at it now even the yanks like it.

that of course didnt really happen to the bug eye (except a few people). but I like it with morretes (each to their own).

BMWhere?

The bonet scoop may be OTT, but lets face it... bug eyes or bonet scoop - the scoop gets it every time!!!

I'll be leaving mine on

stanmo

iTrader: (1)

The design 'decision' was something to do with Sept 11. I read somewhere that the meeting about it co-incided with the terrorist attack and hence didn't get discussed much.

I'd personally get something smaller, as the stupid cat would end up sleeping in it.

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Oh, and I'm jealous that loads of you guys seem to be able to afford an STI8. With lousy market conditions, there's no way I'd trade in a car that I own, for either large credit risk on a car that could get repo'd, or a huge amount of depreciation on a new car over the short term.
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[Edited by stanmo - 1/17/2003 9:31:14 AM]

pbee

how could the design decision be affected by 9.11, do they think it will repel advancing aircraft or something !!!.

or where they to busy watching the news and had to make a rush decision at the end of the meeting.

Steve Breen

Before anyone goes changing their scoop for something smaller I would say think why it was made bigger. I have already read posts on this BBS mentioning the STi7 might have problems with heat soak of the intercooler. Check out the STi7 blowing up thread. Perhaps Subaru have made a conscious design decision to make it bigger. Change the scoop size for something smaller and you could void the warranty of your engine.

Steve

russell hayward

according to a well informed source, heat soak is not a problem

bugeye

what the hell its all part of the family,and we should love it like any other new born!!!!!!!!!!!!

KevMac

Russell, just been told different.

Scoop is NOT cosmetic ? the engine needs to gulp in much more air than before.