StudentScooby

Or would you need over 300bhp to achieve this speed? Wouldnt mind having a go if i could find all these private roads people use...

TonyBurns

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You will probably blow it up
Classics dont like sustained high speed, especially 160mph sustained with the tmic (acutally above 120mph sustained).
Then there is the question of stopping the car at that speed, id not like to do it on the standard 2/4 pot subaru brakes but with 280bhp you should be able to reach 160mph as long as you have the correct gearing.

Tony

ryn004

I only managed to 140mph in my wrx.

StudentScooby

Is that an RA

bobsabuilder

Someone I know VERY well used to do 160mph+ almost every day in an '02 WRX with a Full (all 3 cats removed) de-cat
Whereas before the car would be pushed to hit 145 as the cats seriously restricted it.
And it got to that 160 quicker than a mates standard '02 WRX would get to 120!

Ah the good old days

Leeroy

My old 280 classic (with TMIC/knocklink/AFRgauge) did this speed (indicated) once. It was for a short period though...

Mo

UK MY94 with decat and ebc would regularly go off the clock (160mph) on the continent and was still going at 180000miles

paulburks

my93 wrx running at 297bhp well go upto 155mph with more to go but when i get to that sort of speed it comes up with 'check engine'

ADY 555

Mine does but i wouldn't recommend holding it at that speed, also don't believe what your speedo says you need a gps system to be accurate.
Ady.

MickWrx

A classic JDM WRX certainly won't regardles of HP unless its had a gearbox change or mod.

Only way they will is if you bat it too 150 let it go to 154, then hold the throttle down till you eventually scrape 160, if it does indeed reach it, never have done it never will...

IMO, 0-110 is whre the fun is at, and the Impreza at its best

Ben v7

I worked out a 2001 WRX is geared for 178mph at 7000 rpm in 5th.

Would expect it to pull through to at least peak power, 270bhp, at just under 6000 rpm in top gear. Should be 155mph plus top speed for a remapped car.

Ben v7

Agreed. The aerodynamics of the car hardly lend themselves to a high top speed.

jamesbWRXRA

In MyWRX RA i 'd probably be lucky to reach 112mph . Haven't had it long but reached 95mph and i was in 5th with only about 1500 revs to go. All above done on private roads of course.

TonyBurns

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Actually its about 167mph at 7k in 5th

Tony

Petem95

I would say no. A P1 will similar power only manages 149mph max.

You might get a speedo reading of 160, but not a genuine speed of 160.

And it certainly wont do it with an sti-5 spoiler!

chris25uk

only one way to know mate. get out there and do it! try at night, no chance in this heat..long strip of empty road and buckle up

Scuuby_wrx

unlikely i reckon, in a standard wrx iv only seen about 140 on mine and there wasint much left more to give

misty

Yeah of course you do!!!!!!
dave

Maz

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Dave1980

in my my93 wrx i have a 280bhp sti ecu. fastest i have ever got is 150 (on the road angel). wont say where though. didnt like to keep it there just curious to see what it could do.

StickyMicky

mine sits at 160 on the clock quite well TBH and did it while standard (97 import, pretty much a sti with a few parts missing )

FWIW its at the redline in 5th gear when it does this (classic jdm wrx)

i think i once worked it all out via gear ratios and it was supposed to be a true 158 mph???

my clocks were re-calibrated when they entered this country by the importer, i assumed he got them pretty much bang on TBH

it has always been a bit "nippy"
its fun when the cabin preasure goes up and the tops of the windows blow outwards

StickyMicky

i have to say tbh, the last time i "tried" this was last year when i nailed my mates new evo8 fq thing from 20 mph onwards (***** would do it from a standing start inclase his diffs blew up )
i have changed the rear spoiler from the mid level one, would be intresting to see if it has made much difference tbh

kingofturds

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Got 150mph today isnt speeding at over twice the speed limiit fun

Smilbertilgy

My Standard JDM WRX even with full decat, filter etc has managed 150 down hill A1079(belive it or not) before the cameras were installed, but it was maxed at that, theres no way it can go any faster with the JDM box, will reach 130 easy then there a wait to get to 140 but it will do it with no problem, generally have to keep an eye on the bonnet at this speed tho, has a tendency of poping onto the safety, lol

chocolate_o_brian

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how fast would a scoob go downhill though gentlemen?? i was doing 140+ with many many revs left one night but it was a little public so i left it at that and the mrs nearly cried!!! i was a little frightened too though

RedScoob

Yup, Classic WRXs are 0-130 cars (for those of us lucky enough to own a test track....). I think standard gearing will let you do around 147mph, but my windows start to leak above 100 and I get alot of wind noise, so I don't bother. I was going to fix them, but I see it as a safety feature now...... ;-)

StickyMicky

diff wrx`s have diff gearboxes and for that matter turbos

mine comes with the sti version as standard

cozzie_man

0-100 is where the fun is in scooby and evos i reckon, leave 100+ to skylines+supras

wrc350

my old 04sti car was doing 150 in 6th and piston number 3 decided to "pick up" wont be doing that speed in new car on standard internals again, too risky

Fuzz

Knock link tends to get a bit agitated at a gps recorded 174 mph on mine.
clocks were showing well past the end of the speedo which is 160.
In fact I had the bollocks to take a picture while doing it.
Obviously I wasn't on the public highway at the time.

but then mine isn't 280bhp anymore either.

Andy