peccy

what the spec on these? pros and cons? am looking at buying a MY95 one

just been reading that they are the model once used by the rally teams to build a group A / N rally car... the choice for serious tuners... closed deck block and 5th injector... and weighs just 1100kg!

http://www.iwoc.co.uk/jpstir.html#WRXRA

windy windows though

Iwan

My cousins got one, and i'm planning to get one (or an STI RA) for my next car when the P1 is sold.

Quicker steering rack, very low gearing (125mph ish at redline) so does 0-60 in just over 4 secs, big laggy turbo (), ally bonnet and boot, thinner roof (i think), no soundproofing, no carpets in boot, no e/w, c/l or aircon, no foglights (just the holes!), no boot spoiler on the early models. Doesn't have DCCD or roof vent though, they weren't fitted until the STI RA i believe.

Awesome fun and very affordable.

Pavlo

The early ones do NOT have the following as standard:

Quick steering rack
Plated rear diff
Forged pistons
Aluminium boot
Electric windows
Central locking
ABS

They DO have the following:
Aircon
Sound proofing
Boot lining
Waterspray
Td05 turbo (like a standard early 4 door)
Aluminium front wishbones (like any 4door WRX)
Stupid gear ratios
3.9 diffs
Steel bootlid

They do not weight 1100kg either, they are more like 1190, where a standard WRX of the same vintage is about 1235kg. Although there is aircon to come off that if removed.

Paul

peccy

Pavlo, is the My95 (260bhp) im looking at a 'early one' or do you mean the my93/94 ones with 240bhp?

Iwan

My cousins is an M reg (95?) and that deffo doesn't have aircon or boot lining, not sure about the other stuff. It's got a quicker steering rack than my P1 though...

Pavlo

Then those things are not standard.

Paul

Pavlo

Peccy,

There is little difference between the V1 and V2 RAs, although the V2 has a better ECU map with 260ps rather than 240ps.

Paul

Scooby125

Peccy,
What would your reason on going for the wrx ra and not the sti ra. I drove a v2 sti ra and its mental...

peccy

dont need the extra fancy bits the STi comes with so cant justify the extra cost, theres only 20bhp difference too, but not for long

Iwan

Whats your plan then?

When i've sold my P1 my next project plan is for a 93/94 RA (maybe stripped out) and with uprated suspension (fast road/forest), big brakes, group N exhaust, Motec/GEMS ECU with switchable anti-lag etc. But looking standard-ish from outside, no rear wing to give it away, decent ground clearance (i.e. no low splitters/skirts) and with full length under body protection (skid plate).

Thats what i've got in my head anyway...

peccy

similiar plan to yours!, although dont intend taking it off road.

Iwan

Well i don't really either, i'm more worried about speed humps all over Swindon and other places i go. There's a couple of areas which are no-go for the P1 as the splitter is too low.

It'll be handy for going to the rally too, with those bumpy gravel roads.

Steve vRS

This is my plan as well! I hope no one else plans this or the prices of RAs will hit the roof!

Steve

Iwan

Scoobynet stealth RA group-N club.

chrisp

If you get a limited version you get all the toys back

Iwan

That's plan B for me, an STI RA based Colin McRae replica.

My sensible head says i don't need toys, besides if i go for a cheaper RA i can afford to upgrade the exhaust/ecu/suspension all in one go.

scoobyboy1

iTrader: (16)

I thought the Type RA used the VF23 turbo, or is that the later versions.

chrisp

vf29 on mine running about 1.35bar

TheSquirrel

Already ahead of you lads

Looks bog standard from the outside

Spec is

6 point Roll-cage
Stripped out interior
Bucket seats and harnesses
Had GEMS fitted, mapped and Antilag setup but sold it for the PowerFC
Aircon and condensor removed
Stereo and ashtray, cigar lighter all removed
Central locking removed
Side exit zorst which was fitted to save the weight of the backbox
In total i managed to remove about 100 odd kilos over the standard car which is noticable in the accelaration dept but the downside is the road noise

Grant

Iwan

Sounds mate, have you got any pics of it (inside or out)?

How well did the turbo survive with anti-lag on, is it variable and switch off-able with the GEMS?

peccy

... yep thought you needed a maram shafted turbo or something to run antilag, or will the TD05 on the WRX RA cope ok? hope so POP POP POP

scooby_si

Peccy (danger will Robinson thread hijack alert) whats happened to yer RX7? RA's are quality mind
Si

peccy

swapped the RX7 back for a STi4 Type R, RX was fun for a few week, but couldnt keep the pace on the twisites up here, so had to go. the engine went pop in the STi4 Type R last week ...

scooby_si

bloody unreliable piston engines pmsl but seriously sorry to hear that & yeah the ellusive wet twisties scare the bejesus out me now.......
Si

P20SPD

iTrader: (1)

So, just how many engines have you killed peccy 4 or 5 now

peccy

only the 3 STis, hoping the WRX RA lump will be a bit stronger? or maybe i should go back to a UK - that one lasted me 50,000 HARD miles before i sold it.

and 2 gearboxes.

Iwan

The RA has a closed deck block so is apparently pretty strong. I asked Bob about my plan yesterday and he reckoned it sounded feasible, he did say and STI2 engine would be better than a WRX RA engine though he didn't elaborate as to why. Better pistons/conrods maybe?

flat4

yep, as far as i know RA engines were intended to be stripped and race prepped so are fairly standard inside

DazW

iTrader: (1)

B0ll0x! ...& i thought i was the only one planning on going down this route! ...ableit with a my97/98

Do RA's only come in white & errr ...blue???

King RA

Pretty much white, i've seen some red ones for sale too though.