Who here owns a Subaru?

[L0rdMike]

All 2.5s are the same.

 

[Uncle_Gravy]

:’( why do this Subaru, I like your Foresters :’(

 

[L0rdMike]

You wanna see a pic of my destroyed ring?

 

[Uncle_Gravy]

You wanna see a pic of my destroyed ring?

Haha, now that's subjective

The more I hear these horror stories, the more i'm tempted to go with one of these Cross Sports, But no one after a google search seems to know much about them, and remapping them seems to be troublesome as well.

https://www.quayvehiclesolutions.co...ort-2-0l-turbo-manaul-cwmbran-201805156540318

 

[Biffa]

Nothing wrong with the 2.5 as long as you stick below 400bhp and service it correctly.

 

[L0rdMike]

Nothing wrong with the 2.5 as long as you stick below 400bhp and service it correctly.

That's not true though plenty of stock cars apparently died from it.

 

[ScoobyDoo69]

Lots and lots.

 

[L0rdMike]

Lots and lots.

prob used 95 ron the cheapskates

 

[L0rdMike]

living the intake temps from 33c ish to 45c+ in 40 secs while sat still.

lol 59c intake temps

 

[Nasher]

So all Subaru engines have a leaky cam plate?

It's doing my head in on my gt86. I just don't seem to be able to stop it, even with an aftermarket plate it manages to escape slightly :/

 

[L0rdMike]

Woo 62c intake temps today.

 

[agw_01]

How are you measuring inlet temps Mike?

I thought that the Scoob only measured air temperature pre turbo.

 

[L0rdMike]

obd

 

[pigeonguyuk]

Well ordered myself the Perrin Cold Air intake kit £200 from Scroobyclinic as they reduced 6 units down from £330. And also paid £210 for uprated Red Mishitmoto auxiliary/radiator hoses

Next on shopping list will be tein flex Z coilovers, perrin front strut brac and white line front and rear antirollbar kit

 

[pigeonguyuk]

Need opinions

Tein Flex Z Coilovers
Or
MeisterR ZetaCRD+ Coilovers

And

Also run commendations on best place for replacement front and rear suspension top mounts

 

[ScoobyDoo69]

Tein are hard.
Not a fan of MeisterRs either....

If you're getting coilovers shouldn't they have top mounts though? Whiteline used to do good top mounts, KCA335, don't know if they do rears.

Personally I'd say stick with anything rubber top mounts rather than solid to keep some compliance.

 

[pigeonguyuk]

The Tein reuse the top mounts for the WRX STi.

Origionally id considered the Blisten B14 Kit then i heard about the 2 mentioned above being height and damper adjustable. Open to suggestions but preferably looking to keep the cost below £1000 as ill also be buying front strut and full antirollbar kit at same time

 

[Brockoli]

Right i finally have collected the impreza from TorqueGT.

And it turns out whilst they forgot to reconnect the radiator fans after working on the car. I never realised until I got stuck in traffic and was watching the temps constantly increasing until the oil temp hit 130 and I bottled it to figure out what was wrong.

Now I have been constantly panicking about every temperature increase on the oil, water and engine. Whilst driving I am getting roughly 90 on both the oil and water, and engine temp is about 1/3rd of the gauge. Can someone confirm they sound correct or are those temps to hot?

Also only 1 of the fans are working, so if anyone has any ideas what the fault might or has experienced on this type of fault the help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[agw_01]

90 is perfect for both, and the gauge position sounds about right. Just under half way.

Are the fan connectors on snugly? They can be quite hard to get to with everything in situ so just make sure they're full home.

 

[L0rdMike]

My water temp is bit lower but think I got a colder stat fan kicks in around 97 98c