joshnosh

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pics will come up shortly

its a 2004 WRX
71k miles and compleatly mint

standard apart from the alarm and a prodrive backbox

just looked through the paperwork and its actually from malta!
dose that mean its a diffrent spec?

bought form here and imported brand new (never driven or registered in Malta)


also
is it canbus?

what BHP is this moddel? is it the 225 stated?

its fast! but it dose have turbo lag a fair bit
is this normal as its got more lag than my mums yaris diesel and mates audi a3 diesel both SMIC cars. (as you can see i have no petrol turbo experience)


thanks
josh

blackvenom

Should have a td04 fitted so shouldn't be laggy, it's a smaller turbo but boost should come in about 2-2.5k rpm, I would have thought it was the European spec,

Kedlestone

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My td04 was pretty laggy when I first got MY04 WRX, better air filter and decat uppipe made things better but a remap sorted it out properly.

poolio74

It will feel laggy compared to 2 turbo diesels. They hit full boost way earlier than petrol turbo cars.

Having said that you should be pulling v strong by 3000rpm

joshnosh

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Yeah it dose pull strongly. I gess its more because there's such a big difrence between on and off boost. It seems slow without and then when it. Kicks in omg it shifts. Its my 21st today so. As you can imagin this is. A. Quick car for me.

joshnosh

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Also is the european. Spec the same as the uk spec?

Can I decat and fit a cold air intake without. Remap?

poolio74

Yes and no

joshnosh

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*****. I. Really. Want to get rid off the stupid cat.
I can't be dealing with 270 bhp yet though

joshnosh

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The extra full stops are my phones fault btw. It decideds to put them in when it wants lol

AndyBaker

I bought my STI9 from motorpoint in Derby and that was imported from Malta. Back in 2005 they were selling them for £19,995 instead of the £26,000 from a UK dealer. Chandlers in Grantham said they couldn't buy them that cheap.

joshnosh

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Ahh. Thease cars arnt that expensive new then.

joshnosh

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Iv got some 225 tires. I'm. Fairly confident thease will fit instead off the 215s?

Osimabu

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I'd check with your insurers before you change even the slightest thing from standard. Sorry to be a damp squib, but you may find they won't allow anything at your age I'm afraid.

I hope I'm wrong though.

BoozyDave

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my last blobeye was from cypress, exact same spec as UK, only difference i found was at MOT time, there are no 'official' figures for the emissions for the import, so full decat is fine

i fitted 225's, it's was lowered and never had a problem (just make sure the are a decent make, good tyres could save you, crap tyres might not)

XDevil666

I'm running a VF22 and mine is dead in the water untill 3k and then it just spools up like a dog that's just had its tail pulled!

joshnosh

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Yeah that sounds like mine. Hurts your neck lol

joshnosh

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Ahh yes! Definatly decatting then!

XDevil666

Haha, you will get used to it... That's when the mods start buddy

Just take it easy, AWD acts a bit different to FWD

I don't want to see no write off threads from you

joshnosh

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Yeah I'm very weary off it. Handles well though. Seems pritty easy to drive

Getting rainsport 2 xl on there soon so I don't think grip will be that much off an issue