WTF? Didnt realise these existed
15 August 2008, 03:55 PM
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V-ltd WRX Type R (RA Spec) Version 4 (1998/R)???????
V-ltd WRX Type R (RA Spec) Version 4 (1998/R)???????
15 August 2008, 04:17 PM
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It looks like a WRX Type R to me. The advert isnt explained as clearly as it might be, but compared to some of the rubbish posted on SN I think that its reasonably clear!
Its a two door bodyshell with standard WRX running gear. They have an applied model number which suggests that they are actually a Type-RA, but Subaru didnt market them as such. The only real way to tell would be to establish what the engine and transmission number were and compare them to those of the equivalent 4ED and 47D models.
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Its a two door bodyshell with standard WRX running gear. They have an applied model number which suggests that they are actually a Type-RA, but Subaru didnt market them as such. The only real way to tell would be to establish what the engine and transmission number were and compare them to those of the equivalent 4ED and 47D models.
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15 August 2008, 05:07 PM
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One of our members on Type-RA.co.uk - Subaru Impreza WRX Type RA, Impreza WRX STi Type RA, Impreza Type RA V Limited, Scooby V. Ltd, visit the WRX forum & Subaru forum lives in Japan and he went direct to subaru Japan to find out about the 2 door ra........
Its fair to say it has an ra chassis code but Subaru only ever marketed it as a type r v ltd......never a type r ra or 2 door ra...
Taken from our site....
Went to the local Subaru (as in Subaru's own) local tuning shop and got them to check the FAST computer. They checked the car in questions VIN number on the computer (unique to that car so the info on the page is about that car and only that car: GC8-066177) and.....
...the applied model code for that exact car is GC8E27D so on that he is OK. But, the car is listed by Subaru as a WRX Type R V LTD. That is how it was sold and what it should be sold on as.
The guy at the shop also checked the parts that that car was given at the factory and it left the factory with a standard Type R box, not a type RA close ratio box. He then phoned someone in the know who explained that that model code is explained by the fact it has a Type RA chassis with a Type R shell and all the rest of the Type R stuff stuck on. The reason for this was that the V Ltd's that were loaded with all the optional extras (as RichB's car is) ended up weighing an awful lot so the chassis was switched to balance this out. Now this does tally with what the guy selling the car has said, but it still isn't an RA. Suabru are adamant that the car is nothing more or less than the VIN number indicates: A WRX Type R V Ltd.
I was always under the impression that the Type R had a stiffer chassis and that was what made them special. Why take away the major advantage of a Type R???
There you have it. I f anyone wants to see it, the guy at Subaru printed the page for this car off of the computer so there can be no dispute over this.
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Its fair to say it has an ra chassis code but Subaru only ever marketed it as a type r v ltd......never a type r ra or 2 door ra...
Taken from our site....
Went to the local Subaru (as in Subaru's own) local tuning shop and got them to check the FAST computer. They checked the car in questions VIN number on the computer (unique to that car so the info on the page is about that car and only that car: GC8-066177) and.....
...the applied model code for that exact car is GC8E27D so on that he is OK. But, the car is listed by Subaru as a WRX Type R V LTD. That is how it was sold and what it should be sold on as.
The guy at the shop also checked the parts that that car was given at the factory and it left the factory with a standard Type R box, not a type RA close ratio box. He then phoned someone in the know who explained that that model code is explained by the fact it has a Type RA chassis with a Type R shell and all the rest of the Type R stuff stuck on. The reason for this was that the V Ltd's that were loaded with all the optional extras (as RichB's car is) ended up weighing an awful lot so the chassis was switched to balance this out. Now this does tally with what the guy selling the car has said, but it still isn't an RA. Suabru are adamant that the car is nothing more or less than the VIN number indicates: A WRX Type R V Ltd.
I was always under the impression that the Type R had a stiffer chassis and that was what made them special. Why take away the major advantage of a Type R???
There you have it. I f anyone wants to see it, the guy at Subaru printed the page for this car off of the computer so there can be no dispute over this.
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16 August 2008, 09:47 AM
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Info was sourced by Rikimaru......our resident expert in Japan.
People will always list these cars as the 2 door ra or type r ra,which is easy to assume as the chassis no. indicates an ra......
Was nice to get to the bottom of the 2 door ra myth....
People will always list these cars as the 2 door ra or type r ra,which is easy to assume as the chassis no. indicates an ra......
Was nice to get to the bottom of the 2 door ra myth....
16 August 2008, 11:43 AM
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Ive always maintained that they werent, because the engine numbers that Ive seen have been straight WRX. I hadnt seen enough to be sure though.
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19 August 2008, 08:19 AM
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Ok, so its not called a type r-ra or whatever, BUT
theres is a wrx coupe type R V-limited
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and
a wrx STi coupe type R V-limited
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They all appear to have the Roof Scoop and the antenna above the drivers window as per RA. With the Sti having dccd and the wrx not having it......
So these cars definitely exist.....at least in Japan they do
theres is a wrx coupe type R V-limited
’†ŒÃŽÔ’T‚µ | ƒNƒ‹ƒ}Eƒ|[ƒ^ƒ‹ƒTƒCƒg Goo-net
and
a wrx STi coupe type R V-limited
’†ŒÃŽÔ’T‚µ | ƒNƒ‹ƒ}Eƒ|[ƒ^ƒ‹ƒTƒCƒg Goo-net
They all appear to have the Roof Scoop and the antenna above the drivers window as per RA. With the Sti having dccd and the wrx not having it......
So these cars definitely exist.....at least in Japan they do
19 August 2008, 09:16 AM
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Ok, so its not called a type r-ra or whatever, BUT
theres is a wrx coupe type R V-limited
’†ŒÃŽÔ’T‚µ | ƒNƒ‹ƒ}Eƒ|[ƒ^ƒ‹ƒTƒCƒg Goo-net
and
a wrx STi coupe type R V-limited
’†ŒÃŽÔ’T‚µ | ƒNƒ‹ƒ}Eƒ|[ƒ^ƒ‹ƒTƒCƒg Goo-net
They all appear to have the Roof Scoop and the antenna above the drivers window as per RA. With the Sti having dccd and the wrx not having it......
So these cars definitely exist.....at least in Japan they do
theres is a wrx coupe type R V-limited
’†ŒÃŽÔ’T‚µ | ƒNƒ‹ƒ}Eƒ|[ƒ^ƒ‹ƒTƒCƒg Goo-net
and
a wrx STi coupe type R V-limited
’†ŒÃŽÔ’T‚µ | ƒNƒ‹ƒ}Eƒ|[ƒ^ƒ‹ƒTƒCƒg Goo-net
They all appear to have the Roof Scoop and the antenna above the drivers window as per RA. With the Sti having dccd and the wrx not having it......
So these cars definitely exist.....at least in Japan they do
The second car is a version 5 wrx sti type r limited.......has chassis code and applied model code for a type r limited...
They both exist in the uk ....ie fatmanscoobs version 5 limited....and the car Richie B had for sale.....
19 August 2008, 09:20 AM
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The first car is the wrx type r v limited.......which is the confuser with the ra chassis code...
The second car is a version 5 wrx sti type r limited.......has chassis code and applied model code for a type r limited...
They both exist in the uk ....ie fatmanscoobs version 5 limited....and the car Richie B had for sale.....
The second car is a version 5 wrx sti type r limited.......has chassis code and applied model code for a type r limited...
They both exist in the uk ....ie fatmanscoobs version 5 limited....and the car Richie B had for sale.....
So do these 2 cars actually have the same chassis as the type RA? what ard the similarities between the above 2, and the normal 4door RA's?
19 August 2008, 11:08 AM
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The press release for the Type R V-Limited & the 2 others is here:
http://www.type-ra.co.uk/pdf/1998_v_limited.pdf
They were, as stated by Rooferman based on the RA , but marketed as a WRX Type R V-Limited.
Sorry for the poor translation - 5/10 for Google & 1/10 for my bits.
HTH
http://www.type-ra.co.uk/pdf/1998_v_limited.pdf
They were, as stated by Rooferman based on the RA , but marketed as a WRX Type R V-Limited.
Sorry for the poor translation - 5/10 for Google & 1/10 for my bits.
HTH
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The first car is the wrx type r v limited.......which is the confuser with the ra chassis code...
The second car is a version 5 wrx sti type r limited.......has chassis code and applied model code for a type r limited...
They both exist in the uk ....ie fatmanscoobs version 5 limited....and the car Richie B had for sale.....
The second car is a version 5 wrx sti type r limited.......has chassis code and applied model code for a type r limited...
They both exist in the uk ....ie fatmanscoobs version 5 limited....and the car Richie B had for sale.....
19 August 2008, 02:51 PM
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The Type-RA was the cheapest car in the range: the 'chassis' to which you refer is identical to the equivalent WRX... If the engine codes are identical to the WRX models (as the two that I landed both were), then its a WRX.
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One of our members on Type-RA.co.uk - Subaru Impreza WRX Type RA, Impreza WRX STi Type RA, Impreza Type RA V Limited, Scooby V. Ltd, visit the WRX forum & Subaru forum lives in Japan and he went direct to subaru Japan to find out about the 2 door ra........
Its fair to say it has an ra chassis code but Subaru only ever marketed it as a type r v ltd......never a type r ra or 2 door ra...
Taken from our site....
Went to the local Subaru (as in Subaru's own) local tuning shop and got them to check the FAST computer. They checked the car in questions VIN number on the computer (unique to that car so the info on the page is about that car and only that car: GC8-066177) and.....
...the applied model code for that exact car is GC8E27D so on that he is OK. But, the car is listed by Subaru as a WRX Type R V LTD. That is how it was sold and what it should be sold on as.
The guy at the shop also checked the parts that that car was given at the factory and it left the factory with a standard Type R box, not a type RA close ratio box. He then phoned someone in the know who explained that that model code is explained by the fact it has a Type RA chassis with a Type R shell and all the rest of the Type R stuff stuck on. The reason for this was that the V Ltd's that were loaded with all the optional extras (as RichB's car is) ended up weighing an awful lot so the chassis was switched to balance this out. Now this does tally with what the guy selling the car has said, but it still isn't an RA. Suabru are adamant that the car is nothing more or less than the VIN number indicates: A WRX Type R V Ltd.
I was always under the impression that the Type R had a stiffer chassis and that was what made them special. Why take away the major advantage of a Type R???
There you have it. I f anyone wants to see it, the guy at Subaru printed the page for this car off of the computer so there can be no dispute over this.
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Its fair to say it has an ra chassis code but Subaru only ever marketed it as a type r v ltd......never a type r ra or 2 door ra...
Taken from our site....
Went to the local Subaru (as in Subaru's own) local tuning shop and got them to check the FAST computer. They checked the car in questions VIN number on the computer (unique to that car so the info on the page is about that car and only that car: GC8-066177) and.....
...the applied model code for that exact car is GC8E27D so on that he is OK. But, the car is listed by Subaru as a WRX Type R V LTD. That is how it was sold and what it should be sold on as.
The guy at the shop also checked the parts that that car was given at the factory and it left the factory with a standard Type R box, not a type RA close ratio box. He then phoned someone in the know who explained that that model code is explained by the fact it has a Type RA chassis with a Type R shell and all the rest of the Type R stuff stuck on. The reason for this was that the V Ltd's that were loaded with all the optional extras (as RichB's car is) ended up weighing an awful lot so the chassis was switched to balance this out. Now this does tally with what the guy selling the car has said, but it still isn't an RA. Suabru are adamant that the car is nothing more or less than the VIN number indicates: A WRX Type R V Ltd.
I was always under the impression that the Type R had a stiffer chassis and that was what made them special. Why take away the major advantage of a Type R???
There you have it. I f anyone wants to see it, the guy at Subaru printed the page for this car off of the computer so there can be no dispute over this.
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