mwg
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Got taken out for a drive in one last night. First time I've ever been in one. Owner reckoned it was close to 400bhp but still had a top mounted intercooler. Dont get me wrong it was quick but the Nova Turbos I've been in are much quicker! They just dont go round corners aswell the Impreza! Not sure whether it was as tuned up as much as he said as I would of expected nigh on 400bhp to be quicker than it was.
Very nice car though and still enough to lose your license! 
Do other people that have been in them reckon a Corsa or Nova LET is quicker... in this case I do...
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Brett
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no...it just the corsa & nova especially aren't designed for that kind of power and it really feels like you're gonna die because they're so rickety and shite. Hence the greater sense of speed.
I don't feel the speed half as much as I did in my R5GTT now I have the impreza.
Yet the impreza is a hell of a lot faster, it's just more comfortable!
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mwg
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Yeah that will play a part in it! But the other lad I was with that comes on here occasionally said it didn't seem that quick and hes owned Nova and Corsa LETs and driven other Impreza Turbos before!
I'd have to see them head to head to see which was really the fastest 
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local corsa turbo had ago on the local by pass and i just creaped away from him and im running 340bhp
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Brett
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I'll have a go with a corsa turbo anytime!
Can't wait for the first bend so I can watch the corsa spin off and kill the driver 
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Nic Barnes
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me corsa turbo left an evo 6 standing, several imprezzas including beating one down the 1/4 mile, so, in my opinion, an imprezza isnt as fast as a nova or corsa turbo, no
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Originally posted by muppetsport
me corsa turbo left an evo 6 standing, several imprezzas including beating one down the 1/4 mile, so, in my opinion, an imprezza isnt as fast as a nova or corsa turbo, no
straight line maybe...but OVERALL performance (i.e. handline) evo/scooby everytime. 
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Nic Barnes
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i still think i could out do an imprezza on twisty roads no bothers. these quaiffe atb's are designed for hard conrnering, so, bring it on, lol.
i raced a 911 porsche and that couldnt match the corsa round a round-a-bout, or pretty much keep up.
but, its still down to the driver and the performance of each vehicle. an imprezza would have to be 360 odd bhp plus to be as quick as a std let'd corsa, power to weight, simple maths.
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mwg
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Originally posted by loafofbrett
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Originally posted by muppetsport
me corsa turbo left an evo 6 standing, several imprezzas including beating one down the 1/4 mile, so, in my opinion, an imprezza isnt as fast as a nova or corsa turbo, no
straight line maybe...but OVERALL performance (i.e. handline) evo/scooby everytime.
I agree with the handling but straight line I think a LET would beat an Impreza. Obviously depends on the spec of both cars though cos once you start tuning the scooby it would be a different story
If I earnt more money than I do then I would get an Impreza for the overall package and tune it but seen as though I dont earn that much I'd probably end up going down the route of a LET in a Corsa as its cheap power
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tis funny how the impreza drivers say 'impreza' and the corsa/nova drivers say 'corsa/nova'.
wonder why that is 
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mwg
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I agree with both sides! All depends on spec of the cars I suppose!
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Tim
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Originally posted by Matty G
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Originally posted by loafofbrett
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Originally posted by muppetsport
me corsa turbo left an evo 6 standing, several imprezzas including beating one down the 1/4 mile, so, in my opinion, an imprezza isnt as fast as a nova or corsa turbo, no
straight line maybe...but OVERALL performance (i.e. handline) evo/scooby everytime.
I agree with the handling but straight line I think a LET would beat an Impreza. Obviously depends on the spec of both cars though cos once you start tuning the scooby it would be a different story
If I earnt more money than I do then I would get an Impreza for the overall package and tune it but seen as though I dont earn that much I'd probably end up going down the route of a LET in a Corsa as its cheap power
You could buy an older Impreza for less money than a LET conversion, and you'd probably spend less fixing it than you would some of the LETs floating around 
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my comments are based upon beating a wrx on the 1/4 mile
http://www.crailraceway.co.uk/select_run.asp?CarNumber=30&RunDate=20051002
scroll down to wrx.
and also that ive beaten a friends brothers p1 and several other imprezza's on the open roads.
i wont deny it for one minute that id rather have an imprezza, as i would, i think theyre a very good car.
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Brett
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How much is a conversion to 2.0 turbo on a corsa these days?
Now spend that amount of money on an impreza....
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Originally posted by DarrenGSi
tis funny how the impreza drivers say 'impreza' and the corsa/nova drivers say 'corsa/nova'.
wonder why that is
strange eh?
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Nic Barnes
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i could do it for about 2 grand including buying the car, and the engine. mine, fair enough, has cost me a lot, but still. 300odd bhp its running now, their aint gonna be a lot that can keep up with it
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mwg
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Originally posted by Tim
You could buy an older Impreza for less money than a LET conversion, and you'd probably spend less fixing it than you would some of the LETs floating around
Would want a newer one with lowish miles if I was going to get one! Plus my mates know more about Vauxhall engines than they do Subarus. Mates have built a few Corsa/Nova XE/LETs so would feel more confident with one of them unless I had the money to buy an Impreza and have it garage maintained and upgraded
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Tim
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No offence loafofbrett, but your Impreza can't have cost you that much? It's not exactly a 22B is it...
Decent LET conversion will cost you £3-4k if you do it properly (i.e. rebuilt engine etc) and pay someone to fit it...
£4k gets you:
So I hardly think people aren't buying them because they can't afford them. I like the newer Imprezas, but the old ones are getting pretty naff now...
[Edited on 21-10-2005 by Tim]
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Brett
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Originally posted by Tim
No offence loafofbrett, but your Impreza can't have cost you that much? It's not exactly a 22B is it...
Decent LET conversion will cost you £3-4k if you do it properly (i.e. rebuilt engine etc) and pay someone to fit it...
what's that got to do with anything? 
I said if it costs £3-4k on a conversion for a corsa...throw that much at tuning an impreza and it'd eat any wank corsa...
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Originally posted by Tim
No offence loafofbrett, but your Impreza can't have cost you that much? It's not exactly a 22B is it...
Decent LET conversion will cost you £3-4k if you do it properly (i.e. rebuilt engine etc) and pay someone to fit it...
£4k gets you:
So I hardly think people aren't buying them because they can't afford them. I like the newer Imprezas, but the old ones are getting pretty naff now...
[Edited on 21-10-2005 by Tim]
not quite sure the point you're tryin to get at now? what's what you're saying got to do with performance? looking naff?
this is naff  (no offence, Tim)
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quote:
Originally posted by Tim
No offence loafofbrett, but your Impreza can't have cost you that much? It's not exactly a 22B is it...
Decent LET conversion will cost you £3-4k if you do it properly (i.e. rebuilt engine etc) and pay someone to fit it...
£4k gets you:
So I hardly think people aren't buying them because they can't afford them. I like the newer Imprezas, but the old ones are getting pretty naff now...
[Edited on 21-10-2005 by Tim]
agreed, you can hardly go out for hearing a chaved up scooby with a fat 4847473" jap slash cut exhauts going gug gug gug gug down the road.... granted corsas are common but id rather have a tund up corsa any day of the week......
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Nic Barnes
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i prefer the older imprezzas actually. my corsa xe can keep up with an imprezza, never mind an let corsa for that matter, lol.
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mwg
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Originally posted by loafofbrett
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Originally posted by Tim
No offence loafofbrett, but your Impreza can't have cost you that much? It's not exactly a 22B is it...
Decent LET conversion will cost you £3-4k if you do it properly (i.e. rebuilt engine etc) and pay someone to fit it...
what's that got to do with anything?
I said if it costs £3-4k on a conversion for a corsa...throw that much at tuning an impreza and it'd eat any wank corsa...
Again agree but you have the cost of buying the Impreza on top of that
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Originally posted by loafofbrett
what's that got to do with anything?
I said if it costs £3-4k on a conversion for a corsa...throw that much at tuning an impreza and it'd eat any wank corsa...
I'm not talking about performance, I just don't think an old impreza has any real class. I'd prefer to own a newer car that surprises a few people...
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Brett
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Originally posted by muppetsport
i prefer the older imprezzas actually. my corsa xe can keep up with an imprezza, never mind an let corsa for that matter, lol.
standard xe's can't keep up with imprezas.
Which model impreza are we talking about anyway? There are lots of different bhp models...the uk ones being the wankest
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