As my zed has a burst water pipe and ive been to lazy/busy to change it ive decided to clear out the garage and park it up over winter as i had a lot of other things ive wanted to do to it any way and though this would be a great time/excuse to do so.

 

So my daily driver now is a 1989 shogun, however its not the fastest thing in the world and i only bought it to tow trailers and go through snow when it inevitably comes, and to have some offroad fun from time to time,

 

But... when i went to look for a couple of cars to buy for selling, i came across a very good condition scooby turbo in green, with some engine mods but standard outside, it drove fantastic and sounds amazing!! its got tons of receipts and a 1800 quid receipt for an engine rebuild at 20,000 miles ago which is a good thing as its covered 141,000. its s reg, tax'd and tested and after some haggling picked it up for 1025. (he was asking 1750!!!) which i think is a bargain.

 

Anyway, what i need to know is, it has a STi badge on the boot, how can i tell if its actually an sti? i mean it goes well, but ive never been in one before so wouldn't know the difference anyway, ive got no subaru experience to compare it with, and the logbook just says impreza 2000 AWD turbo?

 

Im collecting it up on the weekend so will post some pics.

 

I just thought it was a brilliant inbetweener, its still a 4x4 so it will cope with icy roads and light snow pretty well, yet its still fast so i still get some enjoyment out of driving. However when the zed is finished in the spring i'll be selling it, and if it is a genuine STi, i should make a pretty penny. if not i should make a small profit, but to be honest, i'd be happy with just my money back after using it for 4-6 months.

 

so if anyone can give me some tell tale signs of an STi i would be very great-full.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Simon.

Edited November 8, 201015 yr by Mid-wales-zx

i had a import scooby for a while was a gr8 car and had a few mods i found it was quick but not not like a zed on full boost even so you you will be happy as an everyday driver as thay are quick enough to see off almost everything on the rd to be honest and with that gr8 noise when you put ya foot down you will love it

 

yeah, that is the idea, to use it everyday to work and whatnot, gota be better than the shogun anyday.

Its all on scooby.net and those were the offical figures for the Facelift classic :wink:

 

EH? I had a W reg 2000 uk that had 245 after a remap and decatThats because yours was a uk spec and there crap lol!!! WRX and STI are both 280hp from factory (99spec).

 

99 WRX and STI's were still imports. And the WRX wouldn't have had the same power as an STI, why would peopel buy the STI?

They didn't do them in the uk until the bug eye, which were 215bhp WRX, and 265BHP STI. Subaru would do you a PPP (prodrive performance pack) for around £2k, which took the WRX to 265bhp, and the STI to 305bhp.

Well thats what the figures say on scoobynet.com 280 for all and 250 for the wagon.

 

uk 208

 

Sti, had a differant gear box and diff or somthing like. making it quicker and more raw feel ;)

I give up...

 

Any joy with the spoiler mukka?

Here you go mate. has the years and chassi numbers etc

 

http://www.scoobypedia.co.uk/index.php/SidcFaq/JapaneseProductionRuns

My Import impreza experiance ran out in 1997 then!!

I know its mad isnt it. I thought the same as you. then i got well confused, so i put a post up on there. and found out that lol!!!!

I'll get my coat:oops:

confused.com :confused1: :confused1: :confused1: :confused1: :confused1:

well, here she is,

 

picked her up this moring,

 

It drives spot on, only thing ive noticed is theres a banging from the rear passanger side at slow speeds, hopefully just a poorly fitted exhaust and that i can just get it sorted easly. i mean it makes sense as the exhaust does come out of the passanger side. But other than that im very pleased with it.

 

What do you guys think???

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sorry about the poor pic quality (as usual) and for some reason a video of my zed on the rolling road but that wont hurt being there since were on a zed forum! :flowers:

Looks good for the money..

what did it acheive on the rolling road?

Super car for the money. defo uk spec and the 208hp.

Nice car for the price mate it is deffo a uk turbo like said standard 208bhp,

 

The import wrx early model had 240bhp the later one had 260bhp and the sti's al had 280 as standard, from what I beliveve the uk 0-60 is some were in the 5's the wrx is 4.9 the sti is 4.7 and the sti type r is 4.4 as standard.

 

There say you can get 30+ bhp from a decent exhaust filter a map so yes you probs around the 240 mark.

 

enjoy mate I enjoy mine and will enjoy my Z once I start bringing back to life lol.

 

Mark

iv got the workshop manual if you want it emailed or sumat

iv got the workshop manual if you want it emailed or sumat

 

with any luck i wont need it, but it may come in handy i suppose mate.

 

send it over, thanks pal.

 

145.edwards@googlemail.com

what did it acheive on the rolling road?

 

297hp pal.

Nice car for the price mate it is deffo a uk turbo like said standard 208bhp,

 

The import wrx early model had 240bhp the later one had 260bhp and the sti's al had 280 as standard, from what I beliveve the uk 0-60 is some were in the 5's the wrx is 4.9 the sti is 4.7 and the sti type r is 4.4 as standard.

 

There say you can get 30+ bhp from a decent exhaust filter a map so yes you probs around the 240 mark.

 

enjoy mate I enjoy mine and will enjoy my Z once I start bringing back to life lol.

 

Mark

 

yes well it certanly goes well and the boost must be alot as it really does pull like f*ck when the turbo comes in, theres no way its 208hp, it had the ecu chip, boost jet, rolling road and re-mapping all at the same time on one receipt, so i assume its setup ok for the higher boost,

the thing about sco0obys is there scary when the boost comes in

prety much tear you face off

good times

My mates WRX STi Type RA runing 385 bhp at the fly

very nice ^^^^

Nice car for the price mate it is deffo a uk turbo like said standard 208bhp,

 

The import wrx early model had 240bhp the later one had 260bhp and the sti's al had 280 as standard, from what I beliveve the uk 0-60 is some were in the 5's the wrx is 4.9 the sti is 4.7 and the sti type r is 4.4 as standard.

 

There say you can get 30+ bhp from a decent exhaust filter a map so yes you probs around the 240 mark.

 

enjoy mate I enjoy mine and will enjoy my Z once I start bringing back to life lol.

 

Mark

 

 

wrong :tt2:

wrong :tt2:

 

Ding ding.... Round 2..!

hey man the manual is 165mb to big to send over email is there any other way