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Old 14 May 2011, 09:18 PM
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I went for a ride in a JDM Bugeye STI wagon tonight , all I gotta say is that car makes my Blobeye sti type uk ppp feel extremely slow . Now I know what the JDM fuss is all about!
Old 14 May 2011, 09:23 PM
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But a bug-eye should be almost identical from the factory... VF 30 in place of a VF35 IIRC

Apart from the top two gears being lower...

Be aware that if it has been mapped it will seem way quicker, as they pull to the limiter with far more enthusiasm.

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It's all about the twin-scroll baby!
Old 14 May 2011, 09:37 PM
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Not on a bug-eye I thought ?

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P.S. Where's Tony B. when you need him ?
Old 14 May 2011, 09:40 PM
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I also heard that bugeye's don't come with twinscroll, it was blobeye's where it started from.
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Oh, is that right? I'd assumed Bugeye / Blobeye were the same in that respect - I stand corrected!

Was the Bugeye wagon running some cheeky engine mods perhaps then?
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I'm not an expert like tony but its was a JDM Bugeye wagon on a 51 plate with redline at 8200 equal length headers and clocks are in KM not MPH , whether its mapped or standard I don't know just pulls so much harder than my car.
Old 14 May 2011, 09:49 PM
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I have a bugeye sti wagon too. Never ceases to suprise me how well it goes to be honest and mine's standard.
Old 14 May 2011, 11:01 PM
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heads are better aswell bigger valves
and i think theres a few differances as above geabox is not the same either
Old 14 May 2011, 11:22 PM
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You need to try a twinscroll then as they are superb but I am biased as I own one and the power delivery puts a STD uk car to shame. Don't think I will have a uk car again. The sound is also awesome once you get used to it.
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I remember driving a bugeye spec c type ra and it was quicker than my fq300 which was mapped to 330bhp
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jdm supposed to be awesome, but i gotta say so is my spec uk, but thats prob mainly due to duncan at race dynamics. they amazing cars when mapped correct
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Yup, twinscroll only on the blobeye and later models.

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