The Impreza picture and discussion thread

[Daniel]

Black.

Looks nice that mate. Certainly doesn't look as old as it is!

 

[imprezaworks]

Yeah I thought black too, just need to find sonething.

 

[jay70]

Nice.....White classics look great..

 

[imprezaworks]

Cheers Jay.

 

[coleman]

Looking good Dan.

Started work on my friends V3 STI today, he bought it a short while ago with suspected head gasket failure, billowing out white smoke no matter where the revs are.

Was looking like this when i left them

 

[Mr R.]

Hmmm nice.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifi...-impreza-wrx-sti-version-5--huge-spec/1830903#

 

[imprezaworks]

That's on scoobynet. Lad bought it and a couple of days later its up for sale due to him being offered a p1 aparantly. The car is supposed to be nice and got snapped up quickly the first time round.

 

[bill]

Couple of quick pics, not bad for an old girl

done a good job there! i'd also be going for a black splitter

 

[imprezaworks]

Yep, on the hunt

 

[coleman]

http://bit.ly/14P1psL

Hunt over

 

[Daniel]

Hmmm nice.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifi...-impreza-wrx-sti-version-5--huge-spec/1830903#

The jdm rear end ruins that for me. pic car though, must go like a fcuking rocket!

 

[imprezaworks]

http://bit.ly/14P1psL

Hunt over

Id want one allready painted. I know I could get it done cheap but I've missed out on a couple, need to be quicker

 

[Daniel]

How easy is it to map these cars to run maf-less?

Will it affect the map that's already on it? Will I run the risk of damaging other components?

The more i'm looking at them, the more i'm noticing that lots are running without mafs.

 

[imprezaworks]

If mapped by the likes of Jgm, Duncan at race dynamix the car will run fine. I've spoken to Duncan a few times over stuff, very happy to advise.

 

[Daniel]

Got a link to him? I bet he's local to you isn't he.... 300 miles away from me! lol

 

[imprezaworks]

http://racedynamix.co.uk/remap/

interesting about the fuel, allways new that was the case but suprised by how much. The first impreza I had moons ago I put any old crap in lol. Looking back Im suprised it never went pop.

 

[jay70]

Duncan lives near me in Bournemouth but also travels for mapping. He mapped my last Impreza with a bloody good result for the turbo it was running.

For the stock ecu on Newage Imprezas he uses ECUtek sotfware but you need to pay a license or Open Source software(no license). If you know what you are doing then the OS software is free, a few quid for a VAG COM cable and off you go..

 

[imprezaworks]

Is Duncan good? I hear he sails close to the wind on 'safety'. Tbf my car goes like stink and hasn't blown up.

 

[yeecup]

Andy Forrest mapped 2 of my uk turbos, awesome results

 

[jay70]

I think the measure of a mapper is how busy they are, he is always busy! Maps his own time attack car which is circa of 750bhp.....Obviously there are many others, Simon Roe, Andy F, Paul Blamire just to name a few.

Duncan squeezed this out of my 20g, it doesn't set the world alight in and amongst the big power Imprezas but went well!

 

[imprezaworks]

Yeah I've heard he's a busy chap, it's just what I heard but think there was another motive involved

 

[jay70]

To be fair, I don't think there is any mapper out there that hasn't had an unhappy customer from time to time who is only to keen to post about their experience on an internet forum. I've had two other mappers map my cars, one mapped it so safe it never exploited the mods and the cold start was terrible, the other had it detting its tits off!

 

[coleman]

Who was it?

 

[crossy rs200]

Couple of pics of my others...
could only find 2 of ththem my first one when I was 19
Was a real minter and had the awesome prodrive bilsteins on

this was my totally standard v3 Sti was a great car, nice and useable

 

[imprezaworks]

I recognise the Black one, must have looked at it when it was advertised. Both look great

 

[yeecup]

both look great. i loved my white v3 sti. so much better than the uk turbo out of the box. much quicker too.

 

[Feates172]

People's thoughts on this? Local to me, is it worth a look? Have asked the seller for some more pictures.

Trying to understand what's what etc, can't get my head around it all. So will ask in here.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifi...reza-turbo-2000-awd--------------2000/1789566

Why a pink badge on the front? Girly mod or is that standard in this car?

It's only as a winter car, looking to get back on the company car scheme around April time.

 

[Mr R.]

I thought the pink badge ment it was a import, i could be wrong.

 

[coleman]

It's a UK2000, around 215BHP I think, looks very nice.

Pink badge has been out on, should be black std

 

[Ray Gin]

Girly mod. Looks ok, not great photos mind.

 

[bill]

i imagine if thats in good nick, it'll be easy enough to sell on when required.

 

[Feates172]

Yeah pictures are crap, it's a woman owner so thought it may of just been a girly touch but wanted to make sure.

Asked about rust too. Hopefully there isn't any

 

[coleman]

Rear arches are prone to rust

 

[Feates172]

Rear arches are prone to rust

Any other areas prone to it?

Haven't had a reply yet anyway, but hopefully it's not sold yet.

 

[Ray Gin]

Lift the boot carpet and check around the rear struts for rust also.

 

[imprezaworks]

Looks ok that

 

[coleman]

Only place I've seen them go is the rear arches on the UK's.

I've had 2 UK's and the only problem I've had are drivers window mech going and the std sigma alarm playing up and disabling the fuel pump.

Even at that mileage it will feel nice to drive, the gearbox and suspension will be nice and tight. If looked after they take the miles well.

 

[Feates172]

Got my mind set on it at the moment. Nothing else within that price range around me i think is worth a look.

I understand this model should have the twin tip exhaust as standard?

 

[coleman]

Yeah, hopefully it's been changed because they look gash.

 

[Feates172]

Yeah, hopefully it's been changed because they look gash.

Yeah I know, something I'm hoping she has ignored whilst typing no modifications.