Calling Spec D owners
26 January 2009, 12:57 PM
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Calling Spec D owners
Guys,
My MD picks up a used spec D tomorrow, and is his first dive into Subaru ownership, although he has always had fast cars.
What are the benefits / downfalls to this model - he reckons it feels fairly quick, but not as quick as he expected - also very quiet. He is already talking about upgrades - any reccommendations / comments.
Cheers in advance,
Mart.
My MD picks up a used spec D tomorrow, and is his first dive into Subaru ownership, although he has always had fast cars.
What are the benefits / downfalls to this model - he reckons it feels fairly quick, but not as quick as he expected - also very quiet. He is already talking about upgrades - any reccommendations / comments.
Cheers in advance,
Mart.
26 January 2009, 01:02 PM
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No badges, spoilers, full leather interior, extra sound proofing, funky blue tooth stereo and a sat nav unit. Ltd edition model but nothing more special than those above things.
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Melly
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26 January 2009, 01:15 PM
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Add lower grill, silver wheels and fog lights to the above list and that's it. It is basically an STI in the guise of a WRX SL.
Change the centre pipe and it will get the sound/burble back.
Performance is as standard the same as the STi, which shouldn't feel slow. You can tweak it slightly as I have done, which transforms it for a couple of grand. If it's a motorway car for him though, not sure I would bother.
Change the centre pipe and it will get the sound/burble back.
Performance is as standard the same as the STi, which shouldn't feel slow. You can tweak it slightly as I have done, which transforms it for a couple of grand. If it's a motorway car for him though, not sure I would bother.
26 January 2009, 03:57 PM
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The Spec D makes a good starting point for a slightly different tuned STi, I am running approximately 400bhp and 420 lb/ft torque which makes for a very driveable every day road car.
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26 January 2009, 06:43 PM
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That is just an SUL map.
To give you an idea how driveable it is, my Spec D was the car that came 3rd in the Handling Competition at Scooby Shootout 08 and in the qualifying stage was only 0.7 of a second slower than the RCM Gobstopper around the handling course.
To give you an idea how driveable it is, my Spec D was the car that came 3rd in the Handling Competition at Scooby Shootout 08 and in the qualifying stage was only 0.7 of a second slower than the RCM Gobstopper around the handling course.
27 January 2009, 02:10 PM
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It was the handling competition we actually really went to take part in but we did do about four 1/4 mile runs and it did a 12.78
It is quite heavy with the leather interior, air con, extra sound proofing etc.,..
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Robin
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