yeah it's a closed deck block i know that and i know the power as taken to rolling road and took it to a expert for the clutch and they said it was running spot on

 

LOL loads of fuel - circa 8mpg or so- but I also went through two roof strips as they blew off at around 150 odd. Just saw a tiny flicker in the corner of my eye and it was gone Duct tape on the leading edge down by the bonnet is the trick

The clock is hopelessly inaccurate - the needle on mine was pointing straight down and way off the end of the 160mph mark when I was doing a GPS 164mph.

Steven 191mph in 1km LOL - mad car

 

You need a bit more education
To start with, who was the expert you took the car to?
Your engine came out of a 1996 v2 STI, CDB's were lucky to be found in 1995 models, they were normally found in MY93/94 cars, they were discontinued after that with the exception of the original STI RA's in 1995.
The internals suck on that engine, really they do, they will let go and punch a nice hole in the side of your block ive seen it with well maintained classics running less power than yours, the rods are a BIG weak spot, they just let go without warning, they were updated in the new age cars, but 350bhp is deemed to be "top end" on a good classic engine, but they still fail before that
V3 STI's were the first proper red top engines, not all v2 STI's were red top, it was like a pick n mix, some did and some didnt, the version 3 has better pistons than the v2 and original STI, its also more agresssive as thats how the cams are on that model, the v5/v6 are deemed to be the best but they have a very agressive map.
It was also a version 4 4 door car that set the fastest (at the time) production saloon over 1/4 mile against an M5 which BMW were saying was the fastest

Now, tell me all I will point you in the direction of a proper speciallist and a decent mapper who can check your car over and not just say its running well when they change the clutch

Tony

 

they took the eninge out to do the clutch dont know what that says really but they did a good job just joined that forum that you said about and will be at a meet soon so people can see i cant knock the car never miss's a beat and get's driven hard every do i have turned the boost down to 1.2 bar from 1.5 mined since you brout this to my atention ............... planning on having the hole car wrapped in the next couple of week's as the paint job aint good

 

Good, though still get it checked by a pro/speciallist as they will be able to pick up any det etc
Is the paint job an after market jobbie or just a bit old/original? If it either you could always try Michael (he is Polishing Booth on the LADS site), he has done some wonders with cr@p paint work or just google the above name

Tony

 

it's been resprayed badly i have a buffer my self but it'd beond that the arche's need doing as well plus i wanr a color change to rs green with black roof and the center of the v5 spoiler black cant wait then going to look at building a over the top engine on a bentch well i say over the top i mean 400+bhp but in the past i've been into vw's and fords never modded a scooby but thought a sti was a good place to strart one other thing i put the car on a weight brigde the othere day and it only come in at 1100kg and i thought it was ment to be 1230kg for a v1 sti ???

 

1100kg ????

My car is stripped out. No carpets, no sound proofing, air con removed, spare wheel and tools gone, lightweight wheels, no spoiler, heavy old manifold replaced with lighter S/S, etc etc etc. Basically anything not needed is gone, even down to brackets in the engine bay.
When I weighed mine with 1/4 tank of fuel it came in at 1160KG. I do have some bits that are heavier than standard items, brakes for instance.

 

My UK2000 (classic) was corner weighted at 1231kg - 9kg saving for ally bonnet

TX.

 

sorry typo 1200kg and has manifold s/s and no air con and think all the sound proofing is out