jamesthecat

hi guys,need a bit of help,i have a 1997 wrx wagon import had it now for about a month and I'm well pleased with it paid a grand for it and just using it as a track car but i have to drive to and from the track.now my problem is the lads that i go with have gone to the dark side and gone from there sti to Clio's 172 sports now i know these are quick but are they as quick on the track as my wrx and if they are what can i do to get mine quicker i have sorted the suspension with bilsteins any other ideas? carl if your reading this I'm not cheating I'm gathering knowledge

alcazar

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Clios are well known to out-handle an un-modded Impreza. (mind, most things do)

Power to weight ratio won't be far short, either, and no 4-wd losses.

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

i was watching some rally races on motors TV the other day,think it was in scotland, each time the race that included the impreza, it came last out of 8 cars competing, out of clio`s,escorts,focus,evo`s and a mini !!

jamesthecat

yep i guessed that as there mostly made of plastic,I'm after cheap go fast mods,I'm already starting to strip mine,can i just whip the air con motor out with the belt or dus the belt run something else ?

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

Air con removal is a popular "mod" the belt only drives the air con unit

jamesthecat

cheers the rig,any other tips ?anyone

bigsinky

where do you want to start. suspension weighs a ton, interior, door cards, electric windows, carpeting, soundproofing weighs alot (trust its a bastid of a job removing it), front seats weight a good lot, air con you know about, changing the glass to plexiglass, fibreglass doors front and rear. do you have a steel or ali bonnet, changing that to fibreglass save a load too.

Its all a major PITA but does make some gains.

scooby L

Impreza's have never been a capable track car... they're more A & B road kings (where the not so smooth tarmac trips up these stiffly sprung hot hatches)

My advice..buy Lee's R26 in the for sale section..

B4D HK

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strip the wagon and get a rear strut brace

jamesthecat

stripping starts in the morning,as for doors bonnet well they cost abit of money for a car that i will prob crash in the first hour,so trying to keep as cheap as poss,if any one spots a cheap rear an front strut then let me know and as for buying lees r26 i already have 4 cars rs6,golf gt tdi a rover 214 (for me dog) and the wrx im running out of places to park them

Deano1565

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Really? I was under the impresion that the Impreza was one of the best handling cars around!! I have never done a track day and am far from the best driver around so am still only going on here say.

topshot

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depends on the track, mates 172 was no quicker than my old GTi-6 and my impreza is definatly faster than that. Although on twisty track/roads i still think im quicker in the pug as i havnt got totally use to the impreza.

As said, ditch some weight, sort the brakes, arbs etc or wait for his electrics to fail

jamesthecat

now this is the kinda talk i like,anyone know what kind of pads i need,i know the back are rather thin but do the back really come into it ?

B4D HK

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i would go for a decent set of tyres too

jamesthecat

the car has pilot sports on,im thinking of getting some slicks aswell