Hi all,
Ive recently sold my Bmw M3 and ive spotted a '96 Impreza STI version 3 that looks very clean.
I dont know much about these or what problems they suffer from,any advice would be appreciated ?

It has 77k miles,12 months mot and 6 months tax,standard apart from exhaust.The guy said he will let it go for £5k,is this is a fair price ?

Cheers,
Simon

 

Subaru : mint subaru sti v4 with fsh

stu

 

That doesnt answer any of my questions does it ??

 

no but it would get you a mint sti (mine) and its open to offers


stu

 

£5000 ??

 

come on mate you can do better than that

stu

 

Best bet is to have a look on autotrader and the like and see what the going rate is , at the end of the day a car is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, plus at this time of year people are sometimes more open to offers dependant on circumstance though.

Do you have a budget?

 

In my first post I said I was looking at an STI for £5000,you posted an advert for yours for sale which is over £2000 dearer,what did you expect ??

Can anyone answer my original questions ?

 

What with christmas so close my budget is £5500 ish !

 

wish i could let mine go for 5.5k mate,,,but i cant ,,no matter how close to xmas

good look with the hunt

stu

ps,,,but i am open to good offers

 

Would you take a '95 WRX in p/x ?

 

Problems - can suffer piston slap, not a huge problem if it's just a mild case, severe cases need a piston replaced at the very least. Worth checking if it has the 4 pot front calipers - some of the early V3's had 2 pots.
This is the big turbo wild cam model so expect a bit of turbo lag - on the plus side, mine is standard bar exhaust decat and k&n and managed 326bhp @ 7,500 rpm

 

Would you take a '95 WRX in p/x


yes mate i would

send some pics/info to stuart148@msn.com

stu

 

I spoke to the guy selling the Sti V3 and he says there is no piston slap at all. He said it has got standard 2-pot front brakes ?

What are the differences between a V3 and a V4 ?

 

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Engines same, Main difference is new shape dash change.

 

Do they have closed deck blocks ?

 

No

 

Oh ! The advert for this sti V3 says it does ! Is that good or bad ? As you can tell,I dont know much about these !

 

A closed deck block is about as important as the (****-poor quality) red paint finish on the induction manifold, for most people. It makes the block stiffer in some ways and more importantly, it gives a slightly better gasket sealing surface, neither of which are really relevant. The CDB was (principally) a feature of the A & B-Series Type-RAs and it was included for the purposes of motorsport homologation; it seems to have entered Impreza folk-lore though, along with red-tops, forged crankshafts & lightweight body panels...


Simon

 

there are lots of folk law knocking about and from i read if you aint got an import your car is slow

 

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...on-import.html