hey guys,

picking up my new Rb320 soon, the whole scooby scene is new to me as norm a ford man lol. looking to get come coilies for the scoob and then put to around 350bhp but no idea where to go or where to look! any help would be awesome cheers guys

 

Welcome I wouldnt do anything until the warranty is up or your basically going to invalidate it, and you wont need to do anything to an RB320 to start with, its had all the suspension done with the prodrive springs etc, the car is pretty much very good as it is, if you want to do anything then replace the pads for something decent

Tony

 

yer i had thoguht that, will see what its like once picked up . was really only going to do subtle things like handling, engine and minor exterior features like the finned rally spoiler, de-chrome the headlights and a few interior mods involving suede

not too fussed about the warrenty there pretty reliable, was looking at the simple mods like new filter, full exhaust and remap, manifold if they do one?

 

I second that mate, the rb320 is already a good car as it is. My dad has 1. The only thing he has done to his is change the back box for something a little louder and had the windows tinted.

 

welcome buddy what fords did you have

 

with regards to the suspension,you will be wasting your hard earned swapping it,it as the bilstein eibach setup available from prodrive for a measly 1800 plus,all i've done to mine is panel filter,sports cat and nurspec r and a re-map by engine tuner shes now running 376bhp and 410 lb/ft and ive changed the brakes for ap 6 pots front and 4 pots rear..

 

cheers matey just had a multiple of fiestas lol was going for the enw RS but for the £££ this is my prefferd option. these were my prev cars..











then my st which im letting go for the RB, starting out standerd, this had alot of work done to it also had a 7 page feature in novembers Fast Ford mag (ino will be nothing of intrest to most of you but for a 19 year old was my pride and joy lol)


























Engine-

-Full milltek exhaust system
-Milltek 4-1 evo manifold
-Milltek de-cat
-Dreamscience re-map with custom map ontop
-Cosworth 200 cams
-Cosworth inlet manifold
-BMC CDA induction with custom piping
-Magnecor leads
-Denso sparks
-White samco hose kit coolant and anchillary
-All engine bling
-Parts under engine pay sprayed white
-M-sport gear box roll resistor mount
-Uprated gearbox with bigger bearings
-Quaiffe ATB differential
-Helix 4 paddle clutch

205bhp 157lbft top speed 153mph


Handling-

-KW V1 coilovers
-Poly bush kit all round
-Goodridge brake hose kit
-Mondeo 300mm brake setup
-Rear strut brace
-Front strut brace
-EBC pads all round
-Full front and back geometry setup
-Continental sport contact 2 tyres all round

Exterior-

-Escort cosworth alloys bran new sprayed aston martin grey with 195 stretchd tyres
-All exterior plastics sprayed aston martin grey
-Custom badges
-Custom rear diffuser
-Rear bulb changes
-HID's
-de-tang'd
-New fog bulbs
-Black side repeaters
-Colour coded jets
-de-locked
-Pressed plates
-New rear led No. plate bulbs
-Bonnet raisers
-Calipers sprayed white
-Custom shortend ariel
-Tinted sun visor
-LCR splitter
-Carbon fibre wing mirror caps


Interior-

-Focus st3 full leather heated front seats
-Sound system and full sounds deadoning
-Full leather fiesta st rear bench
-Suede rooflining
-Suede A pillars
-Focus st sun visors
-Focus st interior sub light
-B,C pillars sprayed matt black

:O u got alot from all that? from them mods people have said it norm goes to around 340-350? also anything over 350 is said to melt the pistons apparently? sounds awesome though fella i take u have the AP brake upgrade? where did you get all your engine mods from and how much? make much of a differance? cheers pal

 

the cost wasnt that bad,panel filter £40,3 inch sports cat 200 ish with heat wrap (group buy on here off japspeed)nurspec r exhaust 470 and remap 500(give enginetuner a ring in plymouth top blokes who know what they're doing) the AP brakes are around 2700 front and rear,you dont need them(if keeping costs down),just better pads imo as for the power martin wreckoned he could of got 400bhp out of her,then you would be looking at piston meltdown as she is shes running relatively low boost across the rev range so is pretty reliable

 

Kev,

Hiya mate, have a look on the RB320ocThe RB320 Owners Club :: Rally Hero Special Edition :: The Owners Club especially for the Subaru Impreza RB320 :: Richard Burns RIP

 

cheers for the info greg who done the re-map? was that a custom thing via them or is it a companys made device that did it? such as a dreamscience unit like fords use or bluefin.., ile probs leave the brakes and like you say jsut get decent pads.

plans atm are..

-rear wrc spoiler with the slats
-catback and decat
-induction
-re map
-(manifold?)
-uprated pads
-de-chrome the headlights
-custom carbon hood by Nur motorsport (looking into group buy if intrested)
-interior goodies
-also did they do them with privacy glass as standerd? or did non come with that even as an option?


ha iggy already signed up on there! just couldnt post as not full member and didnt seem very busy over there so kinda gave up lol cheers though dude

 

re-map done with ecutek software by enginetuner in plymouth Alan Jeffery - Engine Tuner high performance engine tuning and engine building

as for the privacy glass it was an expensive option not worth the money.
with the rb you're buying as it got the leather/ leather alcantara option doesnt look the same with the blue interior

 

yer but looked alot better with the Privacy glass i rekon. second hand so not worried wont bump the price up lol. yer am not getting one with the dreadfull sti interior, RB special alcantara and leather not keen on the full leather either. what sort of mpg you getting with the upgrades then? cheers greg

 

i dont bother looking at the mpg,id say at a push with steady driving 25mpg

with regards to the leather option,you're right with the leather alcantara option,slightly more as an option but worth it imo,are you going to fit the defi gauges in?the dash looks soooo much nicer with them fitted

 

ahh not too bad i bet when booting you see the single didget mpg's lol yer was somthing i was gona do if £££ left over but all depends, how much are they? easy to fit also? and they do look alot better ino lol, u got a pic of urs?

gona be taking mine to switzerland next march on a snowboarding road trip so that be fun..lol

 

the gauges aint cheap around 200 plus each gauge control unit 70 ish and anything from 100 upwards for a decent pod to house them



the pod im using is the zerosports carbon fibre hood which was around the 250 ish mark

 

yer it does look good! and know what u eman about the price which is why i was gona leave till last if had ££ left over lol. is this not ur one then? as urs is carbon?

 

yes the top and all the back is carbon,you cant see it in the photos,the good thing with this holder you keep the clock,where most others you dont

 

good old time! lol yer see you ''just'' keep it.

where did you get the guages and each control unit, and then the housing? cheers matey been a huge help . and are u ALWAYS on here haha always a reply within minutes lol

 

i had the stuff from edo performance in the states,it was a group buy on the rb320 oc

http://shop.edoperformance.com/defil...s-p-14899.html

 

legend thanks fella

 

no probs kev we're here to help mate

 

. do they do an aftermarket exhaust manifold for the 2.5?

 

Hi mate after looking at this myself I have come to the conclusion that ported headers (manifold) are the way to go, if you do a search for Harveys ported header's it will explain.
What sort of power are you after a simple decat ,panel filter and remap can see you around the 360 BHP mark.

 

Personally, if you intend on carrying out a series of modifications to the car, I would not bother with a 320 if I were you, as it will only devalue the car in the future. Most people who buy these sort of limited edition cars tend to frown on ones that have had extensive mods done to them.

I would save my money initially and buy an 06/07 STi and go from there.

By the way, FWIW, I don't rate the std suspension on the 320.

 

^^^^ i agree with going overboard with modifications,but how do you come to that conclusion with the suspension(its far in front of the 07 sti setup)

 

I personally found it really harsh and bumpy on the one that I drove, although I admit that it was on normal type roads.

Maybe when pushing it on B roads etc, it may come into its own.

I actualy found it worse than any coilover set up I have had on my own blobeye.

All IMO of course.

 

you dont buy an sti,rb320 or any impreza for comfort now do you mate ? if thats what you want then get an audi or bmw like the other brain dead sheep on the road.

 

The RB320 is a very special Scoob.If you re-map it when it's in Subaru Warranty, Subaru will not touch the car.

Leave it alone and respect what it is, don't drive it through Halfords and destroy it like the numpty on here selling the WR1

 

yer i was only really looking for around the 360-380 mark cheers for info dude

im not going ott with it...just subtle things, anyways i can put it back to standerd upon selling if prefferd that way.

trust me its not going to look like its been driven through halfrauds, getting a re-map im sure they will never no, not like there gona RR it if it has a problem