Hi people, I'm in to minds at the moment as to what to do and would value some thought and opinions on this.

I currently own a WRX 95 prefacelift it is running the standard 250/260 bhp depending on the dyno, owned it since October last year for £2k and have had no problems at all with it. The car is in great condition, only on 50k, pretty standard apart from the decat, exhaust, panel filter etc etc.

The only thing that is nagging me is tuning it, there are so many horror stories on scoobynet that always seem to involve a prefacelift and an expensive rebuild, or the pathetic ty752 gearbox ****s its self when upping the power.

I previously owned a UK Turbo 2000 and it just felt more solid espsh the gearbox, so do I keep a great nic WRX and just be happy with what it is, or just so for a later classic STI?

 

If you want more power without the hassle of tuning just sell up and buy a better spec Impreza.

If it's legit low mileage and in good condition with documented servicing you shouldn't have a problem getting most if not all your money back on your current wrx.

 

sell n buy the sti to start with, i made the mistake of tuning 2 uk2ooo's to not much more than what im running in my sti lol. and i paid less for my sti than i did for the uk with the mods needed...
oh and did i see u in braintree friday night lol looked like urs

 

If you want to minimise the chances of the engine/box going bang when tuning then forget the classic all together and buy a newage sti.....Going from a 95wrx to a classic sti isnt really going to cut it.

In saying that tho, it really depends how far you want to take tuning.....Plenty of classics of all years running over 300 ponies with no issues....Had a few myself.

 

95% of the time bad modding or not getting it looked at when it has a fault is what cases the rebuild requirements

 

Cheers martin, Nah that wasnt me. You going to the jap show on the 17th?

 

Yea that is what I'm kinda thinking, seen a few bug Stis for under £4k on piston heads, I wouldnt really want to take it much further than 300 tbh.

 

Iv got a classic running 450 BHP fully forged Simtec RCM turbo 6 speed box & a load more mods. I love the car & won't get rid of it now & other members with similar or more powerfull classics will tell you the same. However you need really deep pockets to build a Classic like this. A better starting point is a newage STI early bug eyes go for peanuts now & youv already got the 6 speed & Brembos.

 

Never bothered me and there's **** all difference between a 95 WRX and STI mate

Gearboxes are cheap tbh breaking my wagon soon and the whole drivetrain will probably go for £300. Just chill and worry about it when it happens.

 

Thought that car was your pride and joy stu?

 

Cheers mate, I know by the time you buy the 6 speed and Brembos + the cost of the WRX its pushing bugeye area.

Like the look of this one

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3851393.htm

 

That's pretty much a blanc canvas ready for tuning. Looks ideal to me.

 

It is mate but makes more sense to lose it than keep it atm... means I can do more to the other two

 

Well having a Newage and Classic, what else does a man need lol

What gearbox set up are you running in the Wagon atm?

 

Surely the gearbox depends on your driving style, if you launch it everywhere its not going to last, if your fairly conservative they will last pretty well no matter what bhp/torque. And as said gearboxes are always for sale on here

 

Mostly just plodding about in the car really, can't be doing with silly launch's anymore too worried about something going bang

 

Just a TY52 STi box mate...good for 300bhp/ftlbs but anything more and they just eat themselves over time till one day they just die doing seemingly nothing.

True to a certain extent Matt, but as soon as you start putting 1.4 bar through a box that`s used to .8 it doesn`t take too much hard driving to weaken and eventually destroy it. Driving style can only do so much, boost is boost

 

My WRX max boost is about 1.2 bar according to the dials that is.

 

Yeah your boost cut will be 1.2, mine boost higher due to the mods normal boost is .8 to 1 bar depending on the car and the purely bolt on non ECU mods

 

Don't bother with the above mate it's a dog. A guy on here I think kas spec c his called went to see it and it had accident damage.

 

Does look a bit to good tbh

 

I see, cheers. Well the ecu is untouched, like you say just the bolt on bits and bobs.