my new car

[Ritchy]

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[M17TT180]

Porn is not allowed!

[Maxfly]

Very nice mate, is it as good as it looks then. :)

[Ritchy]

Thanks, yeah its great, few creaks that need sorted, and will be needing new front discs shortly, but all seems good:) touch screen dvd sat nav unit fitted with phone, climate control ect, better than the windy windows and no aircon in the zs:P

[BUCKYDEVIL]

Fantastic motor Ritchy, looks like you got yourself a belter.

[Nor]

Looks great Ritchy.

[bowthruster]

Very nice.What bhp is it putting out?

[Ritchy]

Dont know haha

[bowthruster]

Well mate im jealous!lovely looking car,and i know it will go well!!ENJOY:wave:

[ian zs180]

Looks great mate bet it goes well aswell :thumbsup:

[Dan1971]

Very nice mate. You stuck with a lower powered car for a long time and have served your driving apprenticeship.

Do the same with this one - feed the speed in gradually and learn how to handle the huge power difference or you'll get caught out.

Enjoy it pal - but be careful.

[fastmike]

Nice Scooby Ritchy

[Steven11]

Did you trade in the Zed mate or has your good lady Inherited it ?

[Ritchy]

Its in the garden at the moment, shes got a new fiesta already

[grimmy]

Nice Ritchy. very nice.

[Steven11]

Surely she would prefer the Zed ?

[peterzs]

Great looking car, have fun!!

:yes::yes::yes:

[andys1981]

as sayed on facebook mate,nice one,car looks great,but as dan sayed,its a bit of a jump in power,be carefull,im sure you will be fine though,look forward to see what else you do with it,any other plans?

[Smokey]

Very nice!

[Ritchy]

Cheers, yeah i am wary of it but i do get to drive plenty of big hp motors at work, all be it not in anger. It is pretty quick, plus no wheelspin just oomph away, it does potter about too luckily, nice amount of torque so you can drive it about off the turbo, sits at 70 at 2500revs.

[Yampiedog]

Very nice, enjoy!

[Quadcam24]

looks in good nic.

[Ritchy]

So thats me had the car a week now, pretty settled in already, zs hasn't turned a wheel all week. Few more things despite not having it up on a ramp yet, it has bistein shocks fitted i.e. RB320 suspension. Also found a receipt for a sports cat and "snake head" downpipe at £420.

[BUCKYDEVIL]

Nice to find upgrade goodies, poor we ZS kicked to the curb.
You enjoying all the mod cons now ?

[Dan1971]

Poor ZS ..... :cry:


Great to find these little surprises. Like a fiver in a pair of jeans on the floor for washing, only a lot better ! Good for you.

[Maxxed_Ross]

it has bistein shocks fitted i.e. RB320 suspension

told you it was a 320 wannabe :thumbsup:

[Ritchy]

Well broke it already, started it up yesterday after driving it to work, number 3 big end bearing has spun. So engine is coming out for an overhaul.subaru reliability eh, so zs had been wheeled back out ti save the day. Also got towed home by a ZT haha

[BUCKYDEVIL]

Why is the place you got it from not covering it under warranty ? or was it a private sale Ritchy.
Pretty sure you know stuff anyhow but wish you best of luck getting it sorted pal.

[Ritchy]

Hes paying for all the parts/ regrind and im doing the labour which suite me tbh. Its a wee ti y place that sold it

[Dan1971]

Thats gutting mate .... no doubt you'll put it back together better than it was from the factory anyway ... ;)

[Ritchy]

I'm actually not too bothered about it all tbh, as peter said on facebook. Its a chance to upgrade

[Maxfly]

Improve an upgrade, hope your back on the road soon bud:)

[stamford]

That's bad luck buddy, makes HGF look like a walk in the park!

[Ritchy]

It does indeed haha!

[Ritchy]

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[stamford]

Quite a lump when it's out.

[Ritchy]

Very wide but very short, came out pretty easy suprisingly, looks an intresting strip, you leave the pistons in the bores and split the block with the conrods left on the crank. Theres allan bolts on the side of the block which lets you remove the gudgeon pins in position

[tcb 180]

Yes my lads is just back from mot and investigation work. We bought a duff closed deck replacement engine so here we are 6 months later and a total of £2,900 invested in a car that has come home minus engine and boxes full of parts, nuts & bolts. Guess who's about to do his first scooby rebuild?

Get on scooby net fella on there just done a big spec rebuild. Apparently you leave two pistons and rods in one side and remove gudgeon pins from the other two via inspection holes so when you part the blocks two halves, the crank comes out with two attached to their rods and the other two stay in the bores with the rods just dangling.

Be warned, huge costs for gaskets. We got them all in our prices as above and hopefully can sell on the closed deck block.

[Cally180]

Kv6 conversion haha!! :D

[Ritchy]

A while since the last update, to cut a long story short, the guys fucked me over and i've been left to sort it myself. So a few months on and the last bits are being ordered tomorrow:)
What's getting done I hear you ask? Well not messing about, getting new crank, acl bearings, new con rod, cosworth head gaskets, uprated 12mm super duper oil pump, new modine, stainless exhaust manifold and up pipe, new timing belt kit and a few other bits, magnetic sump plug and shiney bits:) pics to follow shortly

[Dan1971]

That's uncanny ... was wondering today what you were up to as hadn't heard.

Still punting around in the zed then ?

[peterzs]

Good you got the skills Ritchy.

Ought to get the Boys to pay a visit.

:rambo::rambo::rambo:

[Ritchy]

ZS is still serving me well:) had another k series engine in the back of it Saturday, an engine crane, two boxes of various tools, a full size jack, axle stands, oil, coolant and my friend in the passenger seat, best car ever! haha

[andys1981]

thats unlucky mate,had that with my mk4 golf soon after i bought it,at least you can do the work yourself,so you know its done right aswell,hope you get it back on the road and working bud,fingers crossed for ya!

[Ritchy]

Wee sneak preview of the fresh painted manifold:)
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[petet16]

Already seen it :p

[BUCKYDEVIL]

Already seen it :p

So good he's shown us twice.

Good to hear the old faithfull ZS is the workhorse but Scooby is gonna be awesome when sorted, very jelious mate & had a look a couple just recently myself,,

[Ritchy]

Haha, didn't see that exact one:P
Was going to prep the block today but never got a chance

[tcb 180]

Apparently some of the newer scooby engines are reknowned for that fault. That would be just my luck too. Our rebuilders boss pulled the plug on the garage so he was out of work and our engine came back to us for 2nd time in bits. Thankfully, he just set up on his own and I took it all back to him last week for re building.

[Ritchy]

Yeah they are, i'm putting acl bearing and uprated pump ect, hasn't been cheap

[Ritchy]

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More arrivals

[Dan1971]

Shiney !

[peterzs]

awesome.

[big_wasa]

The standard mani is very good, even better when ported. With these on a standard car the turbo will spool latter.

[Ritchy]

Its the same bore, the old up pipe was a bodge job, plus all the heatshields where rotting off so decided to go for this instead

[Skillen]

If only there were room for this kind of Mani and up pipe on a 180 to turbo :)

[tcb 180]

It will also need remapping after the full mani is fitted or it will run like sh**e. Apparently an up pipe alone is ok but full blown jobbie like yours needs the remap.

Our guy seen today, mains & big ends knackered, crank ok though. We bought Roger Clark uprated oil pump, a sump baffle plate to prevent oil surge. Cosworth bearings going in and a set of new rings. Just bought uprated ecu too so she will be 300bhp at the end.

[Ritchy]

Yeah i'm getting it mapped after its built and ran in, hopefully by andy forrest. Its 300ish at the moment as far as i'm aware but not wanting to go crazy on the mods, if it ends up running crap on the manifold i'll just take it off put the old one back on roger clark wanted 189 for an up pipe plus postage, but prospeed did a manifold and uppipe for £230 including delivery, seemed a bit of a no brainer.
Theres a place in bishop auckland, japanese import car parts, they are considerably cheaper than rcm for the same stuff, got the full gasket kit for more than 100 cheaper(subaru set), really cant fault them, bought my crank from there too.
Considering rebuilding the turbo before I put it back together while its off as well

[tcb 180]

Cracking! Have you got a link to Bishop Auckland website. After an uprated fuel pump at the moment. Roger Clark £100 and one on ebay which supposed to be better for £52 delivered?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251347639109?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

[Ritchy]

Number is 01388 834204,, i spoke to luke, i take it its the walbro pump you are looking at?

[tcb 180]

Yea or similar. The above ebay link looks very good indeed though.

[Ritchy]

That jap import place seems to be the cheapest place for Subaru parts as far as I have found, for example roger clark had quoted over £400+vat for the engine gasket set, that was at "trade price" yet Bishop Auckland quoted £300ish including vat! Although they where slightly dearer for cosworth gaskets but i forgave them that

[Ritchy]

Quick update for anyone who isn't on Facebook, engine went in over a month ago, seems to be running okay at the moment, but due to poor weather and dark nights I haven't had a chance to stick the last new disc on it and get the MOT done yet, hopefully at some point next week. Shall try sort pictures out as well

[Maxfly]

Excellent work Ritchy, some good pics up on Facebook over the rebuild. Must be looking forward to having a good drive in it now:)

[Dan1971]

Was wondering how it was going... Been a while and a good job the Zed was there eh ..

[Ritchy]

Kind of keep forgetting about it tbh, yeah looking forward to having it back on the road, still on the back of my mind whether its going to be reliable or not, time will tell. Done everything possible to ensure its running as it should. But still something niggling, hoping its all going to be fine anyway. Keep the MG another month or so as a standby.

[Ritchy]

Welll, back on the road! Still on the bed in, thats 200 miles covered now. Went through the MOT fine with no advises. So a quick oil change this weekend. Then its booked in for a remap off Mr. Forrest on the 9th of April to ensure its running as well as it should be:)

[Dan1971]

Good man.

Probably better built now than when it left the factory .... ;)

[stamford]

Good news, a labour of love.

[BUCKYDEVIL]

Nice one Ritchy, was looking quite sorry for itself for a while
good to see you bring it back.

[tcb 180]

Nice one !

We gave up on our wrx import and sold it for bits. Rolling shell went for £300 so not done too bad. Bought a 2000 uk spec genuine 87k for £1,700.

Just for a tinker about now and then as too expensive for a daily runner.

[Ritchy]

Quite expensive to run but still driveable...19.8mpg on the last tank :/ haha

[Ritchy]

Andy Forrest remap complete:) roughly 357bhp he recons now with the road run, obviosly not a dyno but comparing to equivelant cars. Also activated blip downshifts so the revs match the gearing on the downshifts...makes it a bit smoother/slicker. Could have had launch control activated as well but didn't see the point really

[stamford]

What will you do with it all! ;) I would have kept with the 1.6 :whistle:

[Ritchy]

Drive with about with a huge grin on my face:)

[stamford]

I bet! :D

[peterzs]

Glad its all worked out OK. Ritchy.

Nice little side line, fixing Scoobies and we thought the MG's were bad!!!

:bow::bow::bow:

[andys1981]

wow thats a fair bhp figure,should go well,all the best with it ritchy

[Maxfly]

Nice power Ritchy, time to really enjoy your work:)

[tcb 180]

We still enjoying ours and they are alright to work on too. No where near your power but still an awesome car in standard form too.

Once you've driven one it really does impress tbh.

Later 2.5's did have a lot of engine probs I see.

[Ritchy]

We still enjoying ours and they are alright to work on too. No where near your power but still an awesome car in standard form too.

Once you've driven one it really does impress tbh.

Later 2.5's did have a lot of engine probs I see.

It really imprezas me....sorry haha

Think the 2.0 is just as prone tbh for bottom end, think perhaps the 2.5 isn't as forgiving for poor mods.

[grimmy]

One of the lads in my work has the 2.5 and its currently in having a rebuild after the bottom end gave up after the oil pump failed.apparently Subaru know about an issue and blame it on bad mods.this car however is standard and has been serviced according to the schedule.

[peterzs]

Before Grimmy posted up, I know of 3 others that have gone from ZS's, all 3 have had engine problems.

Must admit I was tempted, but that put me off, plus the ones I could afford, around £5.000, all looked dogs!!!

[big_wasa]

No engine problems here.

[peterzs]

Good, long may it remain.

I always thought it was the way they were used before they come up for sale. Get a looked after one and you are OK.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Ritchy]

Tbh when you start pushing over 100 hp per litre, if you don't maintain it properly or don't let it get up to temp you can't be surprised if it goes wrong

[tcb 180]

Go for it Pete. We picked up 87k well presented one for £1,700 last of the classic shape when all little niggles had been pretty much sorted. Lad and I share costs, park it on mother in laws drive and go for a spin most weekends or I take it to work for my 3 days.

Lovely car for so little and brilliant drive.

[Ritchy]

A fairly standard wrx should be more reliable than an sti. All depends on the car and what mods ect it has

[peterzs]

got a 160 TF, instead. Fun little car for a quick blast, but like the ZS Derv better.

Think I'd wrap anything more powerful, up round a tree or something.

:happy2::happy2::happy2:

[BUCKYDEVIL]

It really imprezas me....sorry haha



:laugh:


Car is looking mint Ritchy, well played my friend well played

[Ritchy]

Wee update, nothing much has changed, up to 3800 miles since the rebuild and it's 4th oil change, running fuchs 15/50 ester synthetic oil in it now, seems to be doing the job so far anyway, sorted an annoying manifold blow and boost is much better now, properly fun car to drive, very good in the bends, suited to roads up here, zs felt a bit like it was on edge into some bends, but this even at 30 mph faster is still sticking like glue, never had anything that has felt like it on the roads, few niggles are the brakes still have a bit of a judder when they get hot, thinking either another disc has warped or the flange isn't quite right, and the rear shockers still knock at low speed, shall sort these at some point but just enjoying it as is at the koment, just about to go a trip up north with some steak pies on the turbo so touch wood we are okay

[talkingcars]

That's good news but you be careful on those 30mph faster bends, 4x4 sticks better but gives less warning (like none) before it lets go. When I worked for the local VAG dealer our sales director's brother in law rolled his S8 when it let go with no warning, smashed every window in the car and a salesman at the branch that sold imported scobbies and evos lost it, we don't know if he had any warning as he didn't survive to tell the tale but we do know the tree won.

Be careful out there.

[Ritchy]

Tbh it's not really getting driven in anger that much, although I had broke up with my missus last week and for anyone that knows the stockymuir....It was rather torn up after that, quite enjoy just cruising about in it, good on motorways with the torque,

[Dan1971]

Rule for bends -

If the vanishing point (the point where the nearside and offside kerbs meet) isn't moving, it's sharp. When the vanishing point is moving away from you as fast as you are moving, you're at the right speed.

All good. Enjoy, but be careful mate.

[Maxfly]

Glad your enjoying the scoob bud, cars wouldn't be our own cars if there was t a niggle somewhere we want to sort haha! Sorry to hear about you and your missus, all the best for the future.