Impreza Sport queries
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Impreza Sport queries
Hi I have just bought an Impreza 2.0 Sport in Daytona yellow and absolutely love it! A couple of questions though:
1/ What is the recommended service interval?
2/ I have never been keen on fuel injection and automatic choke . I would therefore like to convert to carburettor and manual choke. Does anyone know if Weber do a conversion kit? I would prefer Stromberg carbs but I am not sure there would be enough clearance under the bonnet (though I suppose I could put a scoop on from the Turbo models to clear them).
3/ What mpg can I expect to get once converted? I would hope an increase of say 2 -3 mpg would be possible at the expense of a slight decrease in throttle response.
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Carb Uncle
1/ What is the recommended service interval?
2/ I have never been keen on fuel injection and automatic choke . I would therefore like to convert to carburettor and manual choke. Does anyone know if Weber do a conversion kit? I would prefer Stromberg carbs but I am not sure there would be enough clearance under the bonnet (though I suppose I could put a scoop on from the Turbo models to clear them).
3/ What mpg can I expect to get once converted? I would hope an increase of say 2 -3 mpg would be possible at the expense of a slight decrease in throttle response.
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Carb Uncle
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Thanks friend, but I have already tried there, they don't have the same number of knowledgable members this site seems to have. You are not suggesting that I am not welcome because my car isn't the Turbo model are you?
Should I be considering getting a turbo from ebay and bolting it on.
Should I be considering getting a turbo from ebay and bolting it on.
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Its a 2000 model in Lemon Yellow. I bought it from my usual secondhand cars sales place. I was after another Ford but the salesman recommended the Impreza when I said I wanted carburettors, he said Subaru's are highly "modifyable". My previous Ford Orion 1.4 Ghia had served me well for 20 years but failed its MOT. The Weber carbs were still going strong though
I had my eye on a Focus but the bloke said carbs were not an option.
Carb Uncle
I had my eye on a Focus but the bloke said carbs were not an option.
Carb Uncle
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No I haven't had chance to take any photographs yet and then i will have to get them developed at Boots and then get my nephew to scan them with his printer thingy, so it may be a few weeks. I am not into this digital camera thing I prefer to use my Minolta 35mm
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Anyway back onto the subject and I cannot bring myself to own a fuel injected car, far too complicated. I want to:
1/
a. Make the decision WHEN to pull the choke in, not a wait for a pig thick computer chip to make the decision
b. Regularly strip down the carb to clean it - very theraputic after a month of commuting in heavy traffic
2/ Carry out my own oil changes
3/ Do my own maintenance and repair. Quite difficult when the engine is managed by a computer chip. I want to make the decisions with my engine thanks.
Carb Uncle
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Anyway, looks like I am stuck with fuel injection
What would the cost be to transplant an engine from a spent WRX? I understand there are plenty at the breakers yards in the UK as they tend to get thrashed and crashed by yoofs (so I am told _ )
Carb Uncle
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