The 'look at what I did today' thread

damon · Post by **damon** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 11:03 pm

Sailor wrote:Excellent.
My lad's really pleased with his so far.

Do you know any hints and tips about them?? Like me he's always been a Honda nut and these are all new seen for him.

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 11:10 pm

damon wrote:
Sailor wrote:Excellent.
My lad's really pleased with his so far.
Do you know any hints and tips about them?? Like me he's always been a Honda nut and these are all new seen for him.

Only run it on 99 octane, warm it up before driving it hard and let it idle for 30 secs to a minute before turning it off. They don't like to sit at high revs for a long time either, those Scooby engines are built for sprinting. I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff but there is a fair amount of do's and don't on the Legacy forum - was really handy when I got mine. Subarus are really reliable if looked after properly, most of the ones that blow engines do so due to driving habits and poor maintenance more than anything.

damon · Post by **damon** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 11:19 pm

jjmartin349571 wrote:
damon wrote:
Sailor wrote:Excellent.
My lad's really pleased with his so far.
Do you know any hints and tips about them?? Like me he's always been a Honda nut and these are all new seen for him.
Only run it on 99 octane, warm it up before driving it hard and let it idle for 30 secs to a minute before turning it off. They don't like to sit at high revs for a long time either, those Scooby engines are built for sprinting. I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff but there is a fair amount of do's and don't on the Legacy forum - was really handy when I got mine. Subarus are really reliable if looked after properly, most of the ones that blow engines do so due to driving habits and poor maintenance more than anything.

Thanks mate i will pass the info over to him. Have you still got one? Did you do any mods? He wants to try and find a good place to get it mapped? Ment to be a bitch to get into the ecu's.

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 11:44 pm

If you don't want to let it idle at the end of your journey (eg: because of where you have to leave it!) you can always drive the last 2 or 3 miles on gentle throttle. The thing is to have the engine and turbo as cool as possible at switch-off.

Clutches can go if they're given too much of a hammering and we've just replaced the gearbox mount. As above, it's about driving style. Smooth can be fast, too.
The twin-turbo set up is often criticised for having a slight lag just before the larger blower kicks in. This can be from air leaks. It's a fiddle when reassembling them and the inter-cooler, and seems to be the main reason why owners go to the single-turbo conversion. Set up well, though, and I can't see anything wrong with the design.

We haven't tried to map Jan's, but have a look around for Impreza tuners.

Post by **Greg-SiR** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 12:29 pm

New rubber,Potenza's Re003 all round and refurbed wheels all done = me happy as a pig in $#@%

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 4:10 pm

very nice

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:30 am

Post by **Vtecmec** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:52 pm

Nice.

Post by **Donald** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:10 pm

I thought your text was about a running race

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:22 pm

Lisa, offered me the extra ticket but unfortunately I was at work