looking to run the engine as much as poss before wednesday when i go on holiday. i'm still working monday and tuesday, but was hoping to get 300 miles done at least, this weekend.....if all goes well tomorrow and it goes in without a problem

was thinking of a trip to inverness?? is there any shell garages up this way and what sort of mileage we talking about to there from balloch, back down to perth/stirling and back to balloch? or would i be better going a bit further north? gotta be mostly b roads as i have to do between 2.5 and 3k revs!!!! for the first 300 miles


any ideas peeps?

 

DAVE,
that route will be ample, but can u handle caravans passing you???
what power u lookin at when u have run in?????

andy

 

lol. if i'm having to keep the revs at certain level, the caravans will be struggling with ME!!!

should be close to 350 bud......SHOULD be

 

bugger!! seriously lookin into upgrading my turbo to a vf34.
not too sure at the mo. still need to get rid of the front cat.


andy

 

IIRC the vf will not give as high a power output as the td05fe

 

faster spool though
Spooks

 

 

where can i get one of those from? was told i could get a vf34 roller bearing for about £700. not very clued up on this vf/td etc etc.
all i know is that the same vf is used on a group n rally impreza
have looked into the chip route but don't think i will gain much over my ppp, especially if the gets replaced altogether i.e not a piggy back.

andy

 

Dave glad to see you back on the road again so quickly
Hope it didnt sting too much, did you do the work yourself or did you have an engine rebuilder do the dirty work for ya?
Spooks

 

I did mine last week on the M74 - plenty of shell garages along the way

 

Hi Dave

Inverness will give you 400 miles under your belt.

Was up there on wedensday so there you go, therr are a few road works on the A9 but nothing reallt bad to worry about.

Cheers Dougie

 

cheers dougie just hope all goes well today

spooks. i've got a local mechanic to do it, who is also sort of a freind. it was rather expensive in the end, but it didn't HAVE to be! in other words i bought "all the right stuff"

marky-san. you mean to say, you ran your engine in on the m74 or something?

andy. it all depends on how much power your wanting to head for bud. vf is more off the mark stuff, but 05 will give a better kick. you can get a td05 from www.gradea-subaru.co.uk, but you then have to convert it to front entry. andyf does this, very quickly and very well done too

 

Hi Dave

Lot's of smile's now that good to see.

Cheers Dougie

 

pmsl

 

Turn Off to the Hospital as you come into inverness from perth, follow signs for hospital, go staight past traffic lights for hospital turn off........ 1 optimax station, Only one in inverness as far as i know!

Have fun Mate, A9 is a b*gger at 50mph, did it in a camper van not too long ago....... If ever again it will be too soon

Dave

 

Hi Dave

It took me 3 hour's in the van doing 70-80 mph.

Best o luck and hope all is well.

Yee ha

Cheers Dougie

 

Yes, ran in the last of them on the M74 - was taking too long to get to my oil change at 1000. Just offered the M74 route direction as an easy mile munching alternative, otherwise its a long long way to Inverness going the wrong direction

 

Good Luck with the Motor Dave.
Hope to see you soon.

 

guess what peoples? I'M ALL GO, GO, GO!!!!!!!!!!

how f*ckin relieved am i??!

i'm off out now

 

600 miles gone and a big hello to dougie and alan today!!! whats the chances eh peeps?

 

Excellent Dave.

Nice to here!

Keep it together Mate!

Steve

 

Whenya Commin' comin' oor Dave.

Wanta see this "beastie" of yours.

Great to hear. All is well!

TD 05/06/20G?(Andy is just along the road).

 

u pi55ed steve???





pmsl i'll be along when it's finished bein run in and finally finished mapped!!!

the 20g would be awesome, but i'd then need (at least) an fmic, injectors, headers and so on in order to get to the next stage......well... to me it's the next stage. in other words, i look at it all in stages. i've taken the ic and injectors to max, so if i was getting them upgraded, then i'd go the full hog. but i can't see me going for that till me g-box is fecked.

 

dougie


get them wheels sorted

some nice original ones would be awesome....like the blitz technospeeds

 

Hi Dave

Watch it you remember they are original wheeks M8. Just need to get them in gold now to make the car look cleaner.

It was really dirty today after some good fun.

But yes you never know where you will be seen.

HA HA HA

Think i need bigger brake's and a clutch now HE HE HE

Cheers Dougie :0

 

dont push your luck m8. first it was me brakes, then i spoke about a clutch, then the bearings went



what were you guys up to anyways?......if ya dont mind me bein nosey

 

You got back home yet from runnin' it in?

 

yup. and i'm just about to go back out again

gettin to 700, then the oil and filter are getting done again. then on up to 1400 and do them again

stroll on 1600 when(round about then) i'll be going to see bob again