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coldanconversions

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Registered: 26th Mar 08
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25th Oct 08 at 09:05

Do the sensible thing and buy a 98 spec JDM Integra Type R...

They're possibly the most fun FWD car ever made, and the VTEC kick and noise change at 6k is addictive (old school B18 C5 engine, instead of this moder nI-VTEC in the K20's and the like).

As much as I like evos & scoob's, if it's not new, then they can be absolute moneypits, with poor reliability, and the cost of replacement worn out parts.

The Honda's just take whatever you can throw at them.

Wrighty

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Registered: 28th Feb 04
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25th Oct 08 at 11:43

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21

Have never owned a scooby and would never own 1.

Scoobys do have strong bottom ends as standard,its when u get some1 who thinks they can just whack on an I/C,fit a bigger fuel pump and turn up the boost,and that makes them safe.WRONG.

1 point proven

2 wrong? i think it was the AFP website where i read they still run the stock subaru bottom end on their cars running like 900bhp?

Must just be p1's people in scotland fit i/c, fuel pumps etc to if theyre always going bang

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25th Oct 08 at 11:44

every thing iver ever read about the subaru boxer engine has stated about its chocolate pistons ?

Joe

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Registered: 20th Jun 04
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25th Oct 08 at 11:46

Subaru's are dead slow!

CorsAsh

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25th Oct 08 at 11:48

There's one in particular that's a bit chocolate - think it's number three at the back by the turbo. But as far as I know, they're one of the much more reliable performance cars.

[Edited on 25-10-2008 by CorsAsh]

allza

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25th Oct 08 at 11:51

Wouldn't say shocolate pistons. Some even come with foge pistons as standard. Its just people mod them and dont remap them properly. Also no.3 piston can run lean due to uneven fuel rails and so det can knacker the piston.

allza

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25th Oct 08 at 11:53

I think the rcm car shows how reliable they can be when done properly, even when highly tuned!

BarnshaW

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25th Oct 08 at 13:53

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Its threads like this that make CS more and more like the Gti-R owners club.Full of jumped up idiots that think they are better than every1 else.Yes i do drive a corsa,but b4 that ive had many a performance car and do know how to look after them and know what to look out for.If i fancy a car i do some research 1st.Have never owned a scooby and would never own 1.Not because i cant afford 1,purely for the reasons that they go bang.I personally dont trust them.Yous can say its just horror stories but youd be lying to yourselfs and you know it.
Its like folk who say Pulsar gearboxes are shite,even tho they have never owned 1.I have and will admit they are shite so things u hear on the net or from friends can be true.However i can say that i never had problems with mine,purely because it was looked after.Same goes with my mate who owns the fastest Pulsar
in Europe,(iirc)(which was previously owned and built by the above mentioned AWD)which runs app 500bhp on a standard box.Its lasted because it has been looked after.
Scoobys do have strong bottom ends as standard,its when u get some1 who thinks they can just whack on an I/C,fit a bigger fuel pump and turn up the boost,and that makes them safe.WRONG.

My mate had an early RA(yes the lightweight version with CR box,lightweight body panels,I/C spray,diff control etc) and he spent an absolute fortune getting it running right.

im sorry but the fastest pulsar in europe is more then 500 bhp.

WATSON

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Registered: 16th Jun 05
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25th Oct 08 at 14:14

DP Motorsports running 10s also rish's one will be the one to watch out for too

we aint had one problem with the scooby and that gets abuse like what all our cars get

its just like any other car you look after it and it will last, look at the silver one that runs about kirkcaldy with 160+ on the clock and still gets hammerd about

still on orig engine aswell.

[Edited on 25-10-2008 by WATSON]

Corsa_Sport21

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Registered: 13th Apr 08
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25th Oct 08 at 14:24

Im not 100% sure on what records the AWD pulsar has under its belt but i do know it has some.Was deffo in the 10s for the 1/4.Runs around 500 bhp with nitrous on top.Wont have the nitrous this time around but does have a higher spec than before.

Stu

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26th Oct 08 at 12:01

quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
There's one in particular that's a bit chocolate - think it's number three at the back by the turbo. But as far as I know, they're one of the much more reliable performance cars.

[Edited on 25-10-2008 by CorsAsh]

Yeah they use a different piston to the rest in cylinder 3.............a weaker one!

But yeah it is usually piston three that lets go, its right next to the turbo so runs hot and is the last to be fed with fuel so can suffer from running lean.

Has got nothing to do with the pistons being weak, its down to several design flaws in the engine, people not knowing enough to look after the car properly and poor maintenance and/or mods! Heavy detonation will destroy any piston, no matter how strong it is!!!