16vmarc

Whats the differance? Ecu, exhaust etc???

And how the differant 0-60 times?

208bhp 6.4sec???

215bhp 5.5sec???

Si of Sheff

I'm not particularly technically knowledgable but I remember when buying mine I looked into this; here goes for the memory test.....
208 has intercooler offset to left when looking at engine, 215 has it in centre of scoop
208 has a bigger turbo, giving a bigger 'kick' (so feeling faster?) but more lag, whereas 215's smaller turbo spools up quicker so is quicker on the 0-60
Loads of other differences, including mapping, but can't remember them

Sure someone will tell me this is b0*11*cks

Hope it helps

Si

Suresh

AFAIK the 208 model has a larger turbo. Spools up later in the rev range but with a real kick. 215 version has a much more linear delivery, but less violent when it hits full boost. That was my my experience from my95 and my99 ownership anyway.


Hopefully there'll be someone along who actually knows what he's talking about soon...

Aztec Performance Ltd

iTrader: (234)

Autocar have the 208bhp car @ 5.3secs from memory.

SIDC (208bhp model):

"tests were carried out on a standard 4 door saloons during November 1997. Firstly Top Gear magazine covered the 0-60 mph sprint in only 5.2 seconds! Then Performance Car (sadly no longer with us), as part of their 0-60 challenge timed the Impreza at a mind blowing 5.03 seconds for the 0-60 sprint, with the 1/4 mile being covered in 13.72 seconds at 100.6 mph. It should be noted though, that the Performance Car tests were carried out at Santa Pod drag strip (quality grippy tarmac), with only the driver, a near empty fuel tank and in one direction only."


Cant shed any further light on technical differences.

Bob

16vmarc

Autocar also say it weighs 1213kg though!!!!

Aztec Performance Ltd

iTrader: (234)

I thought they say 1235kg (from memory)

16vmarc

yeah so did i.

Bubba po

Autocar's first review of the 108 BHP model has it down as 5.8s 0-60.

john banks

92-96 were large turbo, 97-00 small turbo.

There is very little difference on 0-60, the 99 is probably ever so slightly quicker than the others.

andypugh2000

My intercooler on my 98 is not offset, it is the white dial version

chrisp

okay there are 3 types

my94-my96 they had the larger TD05 turbos and were 208bhp
my97-my98 (interior facelift model) they had the smaller TD04 turbo and were 208bhp but ran a bit more boost IIRC

my99- they had the TD04 turbo but had the phase two revised engine (thin wire maf) and had 215bhp

misty

Your my hero mate!!!!
dave

16vmarc

Interesting.

Was i right with the 0-60 times btw?

greasemonkey

Thanks for saving me some typing Chris, couldn't have put it better myself.

Marc - the UK Turbo 2000's official 0-60 time was 6.4 seconds from the very first TD05/EJ20G cars to the 2000MY TD04/EJ205, despite the fact that there are considerable minor variations in turbo, intercooler, engine and ECU spec through the years.

Thus, you're wrong to suggest that the 208 car does 0-60 in 6.4 and the 215 in 5.5. In reality they were all faster to 60 than the official figure once run in. As to what, exactly, the performance is, it's impossible to say. If you look at magazine reviews through the years you'll see different figures quoted all the time, some as low as 5.1 IIRC. I'm afraid there's no one (or two) single right answers here, apart from the official 6.4 second one, which we all know is conservative.

chrisp

most mags got around 5 seconds for a classic ppp and around 5.5 for a standard uk turbo

chrisp

but as GM says its very difficult to give precise times for MY and specs.

16vmarc

Ah right, i always thought 5.5 was an official figure!

IN THE STICKS

The silver ones are faster though

Dave

bartmanuk

no DAVE,silver is the most common one m8 i think you'll find that red is the fastest colour

BM

misty

Your both incorrect! Blue is by far the fastest colour!!
dave