Remember when Top Gear ....
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.... bought some old Supercars and tested them on a rolling road?
I cannot remember the exact numbers, but, a 300 BHP car was now standing at about 150 BHP ... just because it was old and worn.
I have a MY00 Impreza Turbo Wagon - started out at 215 BHP, but I believe that the Wagons had slightly more than the stated figure, it 'seems' like it still has those 215 'Official' Horses pulling it .......
I wonder what it really has left?![Ponder2](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/ponder2.gif)
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I cannot remember the exact numbers, but, a 300 BHP car was now standing at about 150 BHP ... just because it was old and worn.
I have a MY00 Impreza Turbo Wagon - started out at 215 BHP, but I believe that the Wagons had slightly more than the stated figure, it 'seems' like it still has those 215 'Official' Horses pulling it .......
I wonder what it really has left?
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.... bought some old Supercars and tested them on a rolling road?
I cannot remember the exact numbers, but, a 300 BHP car was now standing at about 150 BHP ... just because it was old and worn.
I have a MY00 Impreza Turbo Wagon - started out at 215 BHP, but I believe that the Wagons had slightly more than the stated figure, it 'seems' like it still has those 215 'Official' Horses pulling it .......
I wonder what it really has left?![Ponder2](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/ponder2.gif)
No silly answers - this is serious!
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I cannot remember the exact numbers, but, a 300 BHP car was now standing at about 150 BHP ... just because it was old and worn.
I have a MY00 Impreza Turbo Wagon - started out at 215 BHP, but I believe that the Wagons had slightly more than the stated figure, it 'seems' like it still has those 215 'Official' Horses pulling it .......
I wonder what it really has left?
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No silly answers - this is serious!
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When mine had the full-decat, Green panel filter, and AE801 ECU it was making nearly 240bhp on the rolling road and that was heading up for 100k miles on the engine so no loss of power for me.
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The cars on Top Gear were probably on carburetors and they certainly had distributors so there is a lot to be lost if the timing is out and the fuelling is wrong. Cars like that needed a regular tune up to ensure that everything is spot on. Modern cars with their fuel injection systems, ecu's and coil packs shouldn't lose power, the only real place you will lose power is with dirty or worn injectors.
I'd expect an Impreza to be pretty much bang on the power
I'd expect an Impreza to be pretty much bang on the power
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i just bought a 95 wrx import wagon about a month ago, think they were about 210bhp when new and it went on the rolling road at scoobyclinic last week and produced 203.3 bhp which i dont think is too bad for a 14 year old car.
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