pretty sure the uk 2000's are the cheapest turbos to insure mate,

im 25 and 650 fully comp with 3 years no claims and no points.

 

Why don't you sell your sport, which would leave you with a bigger budget for starters?

 

Give me another £1500 on top of your £2000 and you can have this:

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...-thoughts.html

Have a look on eGay, done a search for you (WRX manual 2k)

Subaru Impreza wrx, Subaru, mitsubishi evo, subaru impreza p1 items at low prices on eBay.co.uk

 

Think it is...although the WRX has slightly more power standard. 240 ish over the UK's 208 or 214. Probably exactly the same engine, just with the ECU programmed differently; so for tuning potential you're probably just as well going for the Turbo 2000...since insurance will be a lot cheaper with it being a UK car.

 

my mate bought a 2001 bug WRX PPP, nice clean tidy car, FSH, 112,000 miles rebuilt engine less than 15,000 miles ago for £3200 yesterday

 

But how many times was it hit with the ugly stick? Also are those engines not made of marzipan? Only joking that's a cracking deal really is, still looks like a frog

 

They will know it's an import. Best off with a UK Turbo mate

 

Connor - It'll come up as an import on their computer. The insurance companies know all. Lol

At your age(and mine) you're probably looking at close to £1000 extra to insure an import; maybe slightly less for a WRX.

 

i got a UK turbo..

the main difference between the WRX and the UK turbo is the power. UK turbo being sightly lower.
But for cheaper insurance you can really argue.

Obviously im sure you are aware the interior is different.

Id go for a Turbo 2000 mate.. but when looking somepeople call UK turbos WRX's just to confuse the issue

 

think they are 220 ish standard

 

i found to get a proper quote from the insurance they will ask the reg i got a 1992 wrx import for 1700 quid and 600 quid insurance . they asked straight away it is was an import and as said above the first ones was 240 bhp but with a few mods most will be runing 260 bhp anyway

 

Standard bhp is 208 on a phase 1, and 214 on a phase 2(99 on). IIRC!

But then I think mine was a phase 1.5(98). Lol just to confuse things...not sure what bhp they were, probably 208.

View my scooby for the spec of mine which would be running 260-270bhp, and would be slightly quicker than a standard Sti I'd think...as it's not all about peak figures: if you get it mapped by Andy F you will not be disappointed.

The 98 cars ECU's can't be mapped though, so you'd need to buy a stand-alone ECU if you ended up with a 98 car - if you want to remap it that it - which aren't cheap.

 

only think with buying a uk one is u may wish u had gone for the import after having it abit due to u wanting more power .

boost is adictive u have been warned ha ha

 

A whole load of problems.

Dude, why do this to yourself?
You're going to buy a cheap 260bhp car on a shoe-string budget, struggle to insure it and then have to struggle along trying to afford it.

I'm not having a go, I was young once as well (I'm not so old now at 36) but it just sounds to me like a big headache. I had an Astra GTE at 18yrs old, when they were still cool and it was the worst thing I ever did, all my mates were out having a good time and I was always skint trying to pay for my car.

Why not buy something well within your budget and enjoy it until you have some decent money in the bank for something you won't be struggling to pay for. If it goes bang it will be stuck on the drive until you scrape the money together to fix it.

I've said this on another thread but I wouldn't think of owning a performance car unless I could throw a grand a month at it if it needed it. Thats probably OTT but its better looking at the money than for it if you have a problem.

 

That's exactly why I've just sold mine.

 

or, here's another crazy idea.
Why not bank the £2k and keep the sport?
You said yourself you love it.

 

Sorry to say but if you spend 2k you will most likely only end up with a dog.
Either borrow a couple of thousand more and buy a mint 99 or later uk turbo with a mappable ECU as it won't stay standard for long.

AS u may or may not remember im 25 bought my RB5 WR sport which has 240 bhp standard costs 400ish to insure. I have bought 1500 worth of parts including VF23, FMIC, 3 port boost solenoid, 3" de-cat exhaust and ECU with ECUTEK license. Fit all this plus mappers time and i will hopefully have 320ish BHP.

Basically spend a bit more and it will save u in the long run!!

 

Sounds like a bargain Conner

 

just remember mate insuring that wont be the same as insuring a standard uk turbo add £££'s

and with the clutch it depends what exedy it is they make quite a range if its a swap or a small upgrade will be fine feel like oem

 

I have an exedy clutch in the p1 and it is fine- wouldn't think you would notice the difference.
Dual plate clutch in the 22B is slightly more akward but like anything you get used to it and it's not a problem at all.

Not that you'll be doing much town-work up there (is it Elgin ur at??) I'm originally from Nairn and there are too many good roads up there to spend time driving about the town...lol

1st thing I'd do tho if you go go forward with the sale is get into a reputable mapper, get it on the rollers and have it checked over to make sure everything is tickety-boo....

I'd be running it on V-Power/Tesco 99- sure 95 is probably fine but with the mods on there it will benefit the engine to have a good fuel in it. Get it mapped on good fuel and you should be laughing.

Hope all goes to plan bud ;-)

 

I'm confused.

You said you've got more money to add to your original budget and you can easily afford to run it but you're still looking at shonkers that have done over 100k miles for £1800.
What do you really expect for £1800?

Why not do what everyone suggested and add more money if you can afford it...or wait if you can't.