mitsy19

had my hawk eye for 2 weeks now..and after a bit of getting to know its pros and cons...im impressed!!!the seats are crap,and the dash is a bit dull,but put your foot down and it takes off,ive had classics,bug-eyes ect..but that 2.5 is such a great engine,shame it dosnt pull much after 5200rpm....why?????

wrighty338

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because you need to change gear

subaru-impreza-2000

a16pse

they have sooooooooo much torque there is no need te rev the pants off it.

Geds

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I am 1 month into an upgrade from 02 bugeye to 07 hawkeye...

Agreed, the seats are crap compared to the bug eye. Why did they do this

Had to change the suspension to Prodrive springs to sort the ride.

Wheel alignment and 2 front tyres ...£1,000 additional expenses in the first month. Not a low cost hobby

But whats taking the longest to get used to is the extremely light electronic accelerator. I have another post on this topic... https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...ml#post9091729
however, how r u finding the accelerator weight / resistance compared to the 02 cable based system?

dunx

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I'll keep my bug-eye thanks..... a 2.5 lump can always be added later, ( 7-1/2 years so far !)

LOL

dunx

WRX_Rich

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because your little turbo can not deliver enough cold air at higher loads

DaveBeck

iTrader: (12)

Just added a nice 2.5 lump into my bug

WRX_Rich

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Ive had a RCM 2.5 for about a year now in my bug

addison

Had mine 2.5 years now and its always pulled to the rev/limiter
fit a panel filter may be that will help.

scixer6r

The RB320 pulls nicely in 5th gear from 80 to 145mphbut there are plenty of 2.5s with lots more

WRX_Rich

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mines running close to 500 bhp and it still dosn't pull hard to the limiter

allot depends on where the limiter is and what you mean by "pulled"

I doubt you will notice a panel filter but a decat and a remap would show good rewards

Rich

stealthy55

hi rich, have you had it on a dyno yet?

dynamix

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I accidentally went over my rev limit at Snetterton (didnt notice any slow down) - hit 8200 ... ooops

The reason the wrx seems to tail off after 5200 is that the TD04 is a very small turbo and it is trying to fill a 2.5 engine. It really cant cope that well.

Simple turbo swap (along with filter, decat and remap) is all that is needed to totally transform the car or filter, decat and map to give it a lot more mid range so that you dont need to cane it revs wise.

WRX_Rich

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not been near a dyno as i know i wont be happy with the figures
still can ony hold 1.6 bar top end which is going to cost me a turbo swap

on the road its great if i spent more time driving it than i do reading about it all would be fine

dynamix

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What turbo Rich ?

WRX_Rich

iTrader: (5)

turbo is a RCM 500, its one of the md555 variants - Im sure my cosworth cams don't help

i hope you realise you don't help my wallet flaunting your figures

stealthy55

that turbo is very good, what turbo would you replace it with?