Hello people im new to this forum been into my toyota's for a while but stripped my 380 bhp mr2 turbo now and really fancy a wrx sti type r just looking for some buying advice on what to look out for when purchasing one. Im undercided what to do either buy one from uk or bring one in myself from japan got a budget of £6k could go up for the right car but would like to keep it at 6k whats everyones thoughts ?

thanks kris

 

hi fella welcome aboard... how about this... its not a type R but its bang on budget

https://www.scoobynet.com/private-fo...te-bugeye.html

 

sorry mate really looking for a type r

 

welcome along bud

 

Welcome
What do you want from your choice of subaru, modding etc?

Tony

 

Welcome to SN mate

 

Welcome ... Good luck with the car search

 

Welcome and good luck
Reminds me of me a few months ago when i was on the hunt
The more you look the more you find out about each model and year etc
I was only after a Turbo Uk Impreza but ended up with a sti Prodrive

 

I cant leave my cars alone so i will be modifiying it like i said my mr2 was 380 bhp so i suppose to make scooby feel as quick as that i would probably be looking for 450ish from it

also thanks for the welcome !!

 

welcome pal

 

Hello and welcome,enjoy staying here.......








Jura

 

Well you have picked the wrong model to start modding if you only have a 6k budget, it will cost you waaaaaay over 10k to achieve what your after, hence a new age is a better starting point for you

Tiny

 

budget is just for the car mate and it'll not be daily driver as im a scaffolder and driving to sites is a no no in a decent car

 

SVA imports in dover usually have a few.

I got a sti5 wagon from them last year and it was spotless.........till i crashed it that is.

 

Yes the last thing you want is things falling on your car

For 6k you should be able to pick up a decent version 4 car, you may be able to pick up a higher mileage version 5 (much higher mileage normally ) so its either a version 3 or 4 that will get you what you want for 6k.
Down sides are that the version 3/4 STI's (along with all the other MY97/98 cars) dont have a mappable ecu, so you have to add that to any costs (1200 quid), the gearboxes are weaker on the pre 99 models (though the 99/00 cars boxes still suck), so people do one of 2 things, upgrade the box internals (ppg/scoobyclinic gearsets) which will set you back anywhere between 4-5.5k for a build, or go for the 6 speed box that you get in the new age cars (circa 2.5k 2nd hand).
Then there is the engine issue, its not that strong, 350bhp is about as far as you want to go if you want reliability, so you have some options on a rebuild, either stick with the 2ltr, go 2.1ltr, 2.2 (if you can get a block) then up that to 2.33/2.35ltr, probably the most expensive option but also the best real world setup, or 2.5 (though you still have to build/liner the 2.5's as the blocks are weaker than any of the others).
The STI type R's dont have ABS, also something to watch for, these will need the brakes upgrading (4/6pots min), and a new clutch, so really if you want one your best either getting something as a project and building it up (go see Daz's cheap 450+bhp type R build in the projects area) or just go for a new age car and run 430bhp on the somewhat stronger engine/gearbox etc that these cars come with.

Tony

 

Cheers for all the info tony still reading and learning about scoobs at the minute