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

Power of tinterweb. Everyone is an instant expert. Or are they?

still over 200bhp is great from a 2.0l engine

my experience with scoobys are the tear your face off when the boost comes in...probably irelavent in this conversation but real quike cars

Ding ding.... Round 2..!

 

:lol::lol:

 

still over 200bhp is great from a 2.0l engine

my experience with scoobys are the tear your face off when the boost comes in...probably irelavent in this conversation but real quike cars

 

Yeah my mate had one for a year and half. stock uk spec and 0/60 about 6.4secs but it seemed epic lol!!!!!

Not wrong lol these are the figures I read any way lol, and been in the scooby scene for a while lol:biggrin:

 

Mark:biggrin:

both later ones were wrx and sti jap spec were both 280hp.(v5 to v6 )

 

 

0/60 uk (208 0r 215hp) is about 6.4/6.2, wrx 5.4 and sti about 4.8

Un less your talking about the new age ones? there loads of vairants lol!!!

ah your talking about the v1 was 240hp, v2 was 260 lol!!

lol yes mate v1 240 v2 260 but even the newer wrx were not the same power as the sti bud, or what would be the point of the sti also internals of the sti were stronger.

 

looking at wikipedia, and there say wrx/sti were rated the same due to japanese rule. but there are not lol

 

Cheers Mark

Edited November 15, 201015 yr by m_reed

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

 

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

 

lol yes mate v1 240 v2 260 but even the newer wrx were not the same power as the sti bud, or what would be the point of the sti also internals of the sti were stronger.

 

looking at wikipedia, and there say wrx/sti were rated the same due to japanese rule. but there are not lol

 

Cheers Mark

 

:shifty:

Its a sea of confusion.

 

Buy the one you want and keep it. That way, it doesn't matter what the others are!

Its a sea of confusion.

 

Buy the one you want and keep it. That way, it doesn't matter what the others are!

 

true. i think mine's great,