Wagon - GB270 or WRX?
22 February 2011, 04:42 PM
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Here i go,here is it
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25 February 2011, 03:48 AM
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Very nice job you've done there (not thinking of selling are you 
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The suspension work you've looks spot on too. I went through an excellent learning stage with a JDM a couple of years back. It had been lowered with Eibacks - and that was it. If you were on completely smooth tarmac it handled fine, but show it anything else and it was terrible. Here's a good reading thread on what I did with it
The Powerstation upgrade sounds just the job, and better than the PPP. My current wagon is 280 or perhaps a little more, but is 200Kg's lighter than a new age, so the extra from the Powerstation would mitigate somewhat
)The suspension work you've looks spot on too. I went through an excellent learning stage with a JDM a couple of years back. It had been lowered with Eibacks - and that was it. If you were on completely smooth tarmac it handled fine, but show it anything else and it was terrible. Here's a good reading thread on what I did with it
The Powerstation upgrade sounds just the job, and better than the PPP. My current wagon is 280 or perhaps a little more, but is 200Kg's lighter than a new age, so the extra from the Powerstation would mitigate somewhat
27 February 2011, 10:57 AM
#35
Ha, sorry, afraid not! After all that, think I'll have to keep it for a while. Although, if you saw all the dents from ******* kicking it you wouldn't want it anyway! I've got a VF35 turbo with harvey's uppipe and headers on as well now, it does go very nicely (330/340). But, I've hit a bit of a wall: much more power and I start risking melting the chocolate engine, and/or trashing the gearbox. Forging the engine and getting a 6 speed will get me past it, but at massive cost. The 2.0l STi is a much better base for further modifications, so that bugeye mentioned above is pretty tempting. If you *know* you're not going to want go above about 350/350 then the WRX would be fine, and the 5 speed makes a better daily driver IMHO. But, if there's a chance you'll want to go beyond that a hawkeye WRX isn't the best way to go
The JDM I recently sold was 6 speed and daily driving I found myself blockshifting. My current 5 speed Sti is better for the daily taskI think I will go 2.5 Hawkeye WRX and with sensible mods realise 350/400
That's if I can bear to part with my current Wagon for what seems like peanuts price
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