Hi,

just wondering what the maximum boost and bhp my car is capable of with the td05h? I'm looking at fuel pumps, injectors and piggyback from Scooby clinic in the next 2 months.

Cheers

 

Uk = British. Wrx= Japanese import. Can't be both. There are differences in the cars so power will vary a lot. What injectors have you fitted?

 

Oh I didn't know that mate thanks for the info. I haven't fitted injectors yet i'm just looking at my options but I want to learn about the car first. How do i tell if it's an import or uk? I don't know a lot about them to be honest and the guy who I bought it from 2 weeks ago told me it is a wrx but he lied to me about a few things aswell like having a piggyback ecu which it hasn't, it has a z4 ecu with janex internals. It has electric folding mirror switch on the dash but doesn't work lol and the indicator stalk is on the right, is that standard with all impreza's uk or import? The logbook only says impreza turbo 2000 first redistered in may 1997.

 

Have a look on the VIN plate

Import will have a 9 digit VIN starting with GC8,UK VIN is 17 digits long.

My old 93 WRX interior






The UK cars had a very nasty (imo) quality interior.

Turbo 2000 is a UK impreza.

If you're going to Scoobyclinic they will sort you out with everything you need to know.

 

I'd say it's a UK car as the logbook says Turbo 2000. Turbo 2000 is what Subaru called their UK turbo imprezas, plenty of people refer to them as a 'UK WRX' which isn't right as the WRX and STI are Japanese only models.

So given the guy's history I'm sorry but it sounds like you've been sold a UK car pretending to be a WRX. A 1997 WRX would have the full 276 BHP whereas a Turbo 2000 only has 208 BHP so quite a difference. This isn't definitive though as plenty of imported WRXs and STIs were registered as Sports and GLs when they were imported, so there's a very slim chance your car is a Japanese import that's been registered as a UK car for cheaper insurance. That'll be the case if you're lucky but as said you need to check the VIN plate to see if it has a UK or JDM number, that'll tell you for sure.

 

Thanks for the info and pucs guys i'll check the vin in the morning. Ps my interior is the same as those pics except the colour is black and creamy white instead of black and red. Also has a nardi wheel on it.

 

Black and white is the UK interior, and the steering wheels are easy to swap so Nardi or Momo ones find their way into early UK Classics quite a lot as the UK wheel up to about 1998 was a horrendously ugly thing!



That's the interior of my 1997 Turbo 2000 back when I first got the car and it was all still standard, probably the same as in yours if you've got a UK car.

 

Yes mines exactly the same as that picture mate. Is the TD05H turbo standard on a 1997 uk then because mine has 1? Also it has a dawes device, toyo sport fmic and toyo sport cat back exhaust all originally fitted by tritan motorsport, I spoke to them last week to try and gain some knowledge and history on my car and they told me that as long as the dawes device hasn't been played with since they installed it then my car should be running around the 280bhp mark, does that sound about right to you guys? sorry for so many questions lol but I don't have any Subaru specialists anywhere near me so just trying to learn through here. Ps on my dash to the left of the steering wheel there is a switch which has 3 connections-1 live, 1 earth and 1 going to my apexi turbo timer but I can't figure out what it does. Thanks again in advance guys.

 

Your car should have had a TD04 as standard so the TD05 has been added afterwards. I don't know much about Dawes controllers or if they're any good or not, the intercooler and exhaust side of things you can just about get away without having it remapped but changing the turbo without getting it mapped is a definite no no. If it were my car I'd want a mapper to look at it but that's because I don't have a clue if the Dawes device is going to be running it safely or not!

 

Ok mate thanks for that, any idea what that switch on the dash could be?

 

What do we think to this guys?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1211342593...84.m1423.l2649

I am tempted, it looks like it seriously needs some love and might not go for a lot of cash. I thought I'd post it here as it definitely looks like a V3 WRX, got the front entry turbo and centre coil pack, and the wheel, clocks, aerial and grille all point to it being a Jap import. But it's also got the same seats and doorcards as a Turbo 2000 so it might be my earlier advice was wrong and the WRXs had the same interior as UK cars?

 

Why the hell do people say Baileys Dump valve when it is clearly Bailey. That is my one pet hate.

 

I agree with the bailey thing funkmaster, grinds my gears too lol.

PS I checked my vin plate and it has 2 plates, 1 on passenger side and 1 on drivers side. 17 digit vin but does have GC8 and EJ20 on both sides, what does the GC8 mean? I now know from this site that the engines are EJ20.

 

The bailey thing does me in too!! The GC8 refers to the chassis style/model I believe.

 

Lol.

Our chassis code is GC8 for classic saloon, and GF8 for wagon.


EJ20 is the engine code.

J.

 

imports have the indicator stalk on the right.

Where it should be.

 

My car is a UK Turbo 2000. As with most of my cars that have JDM counterparts, I have fitted a V6 indicator/wiper stalk assembly. It's very easy to do and cost me £15 or so.

It's quite irritating getting into my civic and having the indicator on the right where ot should be, then putting on my wipers in the Impreza by mistake ha ha.

Enjoy your car.

Ps Dawes device was a simple mechanical boost controller that was used in the early days.

Set it up on tge rollers though to cap the boost safely.

J