Originally Posted by RoyPinhey (Post 11275017)

7 pages?!?!?

Originally Posted by RS_Matt (Post 11274898)

I would have thought the long engine friendly ratios on the WRX would mean the engine can take in excess of the 350bhp max STI owners usually quote.

I've read several accounts of WRX's running 400 now without issues, I think in the notorious mapper thread a mapper was saying he'd reluctantly mapped a few to 400 too, I'd like to know if they are still running.

I'd also like to know if saving 300lb of weight puts more, negligable or less strain on an engine/gearbox.

Originally Posted by jayallen (Post 11275022)

Very observant but your post made it 8........;)

Originally Posted by Donnie Brasco 46 (Post 11274978)

I'd like to see how fast a CTR is vs a impreza on a motorway, flooring it in top gear at 70 mph. Though I doubt that I will as I, like most impreza owners, will be long gone by the time the vtec comes in....

Originally Posted by Kwik (Post 11275058)

There's a lot of WRX envy on this thread.

Originally Posted by tubbytommy (Post 11275044)

lol do you actually have any idea wtf you are talking about?? so if i get long gear ratios i can run 2000bhp through my engine:freak3:

its not sti owners that quote that figure its engine builders etc.


where are these 400bhp wrxs on standard internals and a wrx is nowhere near 300lb lighter than an sti.

are you just making up stuff to convince yourself you havent bought the inferior model?

i heard the wrx can go back in time if it hits 88mph and the sti cant, its true i tell yah i read it somewhere, probably the same place that quoted you that weight saving and the strength
of the internals

you fckuing halfwit.

Originally Posted by stuart148 (Post 11275005)

F1fan , cotton wool for brains ?? me

mmm made about £3500 profit , so hardly cotton wool inside my head mate

Originally Posted by tubbytommy (Post 11275060)

there is a lot of made up stuff from wrx owners, 300lb lighter and 400bhp on standard internals. even you know thats not true being an engine building expert. oh did you work out how to plumb in an oil pressure gauge :lol1:

Originally Posted by tubbytommy (Post 11275044)

lol do you actually have any idea wtf you are talking about?? so if i get long gear ratios i can run 2000bhp through my engine:freak3:

its not sti owners that quote that figure its engine builders etc.


where are these 400bhp wrxs on standard internals and a wrx is nowhere near 300lb lighter than an sti.

are you just making up stuff to convince yourself you havent bought the inferior model?

i heard the wrx can go back in time if it hits 88mph and the sti cant, its true i tell yah i read it somewhere, probably the same place that quoted you that weight saving and the strength
of the internals

you fckuing halfwit.

Originally Posted by tubbytommy (Post 11275060)

there is a lot of made up stuff from wrx owners, 300lb lighter and 400bhp on standard internals.

even you know thats not true being an engine building expert.

oh did you work out how to plumb in an oil pressure gauge :lol1:

Originally Posted by f1_fan (Post 11275065)

Sorry, thought you bought it as a car for you, didn't realise you were a trader. No worries :thumb:

Originally Posted by f1_fan (Post 11274865)

I never get this hang up Scooby owners have with VTEC cars. That is how they are suppsoed to be driven, it's how they are designed, you rev them... how hard is that to understand?

If you don't like thrashing an engine don't buy a Honda VTEC. Only a subnormal gibbon with cotton wool for brains would ever buy a car without test driving it so it's hardly a fair criticism saying you have to rev it as you know that within 5 minutes of the test drive FFS!

P.S. Honda S2000 - best car I ever owned :thumb:

Originally Posted by Peedee (Post 11275119)

And I bet you didn't look at all gay driving around with the roof down during the summer? Or maybe your one of those middle-age guys that drives around in the winter with the roof down, wearing a scarf??!! :thumb:

Just your shade this one....

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...psb6ec17a2.jpg

Originally Posted by daveyj (Post 11275057)

That would be an utterly pointless race for that very reason and that's not what owning a CTR is all about.

Originally Posted by stuart148 (Post 11275111)

not a trader mate , just like to try different cars
the price on the civic was too good to turn down and I knew i could make a few k if I didn't like it
and I didn't so took the good bits off to make £££

take a look how many cars iv had sold trying to find one I like , but all them bought my r1 and payed for 3 holidays last year ;-)

I'll tell you what though iv never bought a wrx
as I only believe in buying the best , so that's why I tend to go for sti's ;-)

;-)

Originally Posted by ditchmyster (Post 11275133)

You have such a wonderful turn of phrase. :lol1:

Originally Posted by ditchmyster (Post 11275133)

+1 on the S2000, fantastic drivers car.:thumb:

Originally Posted by stuart148 (Post 11275147)

ffs was that really your car , I thought he was taking the piss
ffs I can't stop looking at it 😎🙈🙉🙊

Originally Posted by stuart148 (Post 11275156)

going out and getting laid every night is that been a hooker too

our lass had 4 cars last year , is she a trader too

Originally Posted by Donnie Brasco 46 (Post 11275137)

Sounds like a big chink in the CTR armour then. You have to be in the right gear at the right time for any useful progress.