Hi there,

Relatively new to scoobys, had mine now for 4 months, seems really really slow, has fits and starts, good days and bad, mostly bad found a print out which was with the docs, saying 145bhp at wheels@ 5900 rpm. it is a 1998 s reg, later one,, apparently ive been told i bought i bad year, as there is not much you can do with them without spening serious money for little gain.

i was diving it the other day when all of a sudden she let rip and fu@:> was she quick and now back to driving normaly, i feel like i should be driving a mondeo!!! i run it on 99 ron tesco,
as i said im new to scooby's so any feedback would be appreciated

cheers

jase

 

take it to a specialist such as scoobyclinic, thats all I can suggest sorry Scooby Clinic | The UK's Largest Independent Subaru Specialists | 01246 590 807 - Chesterfield S42 6QX

welcome to scoobynet by the way, I hope you enjoy your stay

james

 

Sounds like its not running the boost it should (or any!) could be lots of reasons, a cheap boost guage and do some checking, or if your not confident get it to a specialist as James said...

145 at the wheels is on the low side but not far off right, depends what Dyno its on!

And Welcome

Simon

 

cheers simon,

will do, not sure what dyno it wason, but would that make a difference?

jase

 

Everyone is going to stand up and say NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO to this as it is pretty dangerous but what you can do is try running the car with the pipe to the actuator on the turbo disconnected, you should only have a really quick "blip" up the road and keep the revs pretty low.. If you feel the car pull like train you'll probably find the ECU is keeping the boost low or the pipe from your turbo to the t-piece that goes to the actuator and boost solenoid has been replaced and someone didnt realise there is a tiny little restrictor in there (I did the same thing recently).. If its still slow with the actuator pipe off the turbo its self might not be spooling.

 

A 98 isn't a "bad" year particularly. It's just that the ECU cannot be remapped - And there are few alterntaive - Typically an Apexi Power FC jobbie, which, with a remap, will set you back the best part of £800 odd.

 

think 145hp at the wheels on a 4wheel dyno is just about right for a stock scooby

 

Are you guaging this against another one that you have owned? Have you ever been in one before. A lot of people assume they are super quick but in reality most are fast and only the tuned and STI's are very quick.
And I'll add before someone else does JDM's are quicker.
Hope you get it sorted if their is a fault.

 

Hope your Scooby gets better soon. Sorry I can't be of much help what with being a girl and all that.

xxx xxx