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Whats the difference in the WRX and the other models?
blacknovagsi
20-05-10, 08:56 PM
cams i think but not 100% sure
djshaggeh
20-05-10, 08:57 PM
I can't remember if its import or entry level turbo model. This help? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Impreza_WRX
No, lol
I had a read of it earlier and ****ed if I can make sense of it.
I know theres a few former or even current Subaru owners, any help please?
djshaggeh
20-05-10, 09:10 PM
No, lol
I had a read of it earlier and ****ed if I can make sense of it.
lol I thought as much, it looks like it was written for americans
Saloony
20-05-10, 09:36 PM
Spirited
Quick
Quickish
and
Quicker.
There in a nut shell lol
Saloony
20-05-10, 10:02 PM
lol.. thats there line up really. WRX.. i currently have the WRX STi (redtop more power). You also got UK spec RB5, 2dr P1 which are the daddy impreza's.
Have a read of this (http://www.scoobypedia.co.uk/index.php/SidcFaq/ModelHistory)
Buy and Evo, better handling car and the newer ones look nicer. Only one good looking Subaru in my opinion and that's the old one with the oblong lights. I haven't a clue what its model name is.
evos are **** as well :D
Dod... first thing what is the year and model/shape.
Classic or newage.
WRX has always been the lesser spec of the varients kinda like a Entry level stuff.
Saloony
20-05-10, 10:49 PM
WRX STayyyyeeee
Just sold it. Clutch is bloody easy to replace unlike the evo. That would be the only reason why id have one over the other lol
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b204/Keiranova/011-7.jpg
If it's wrx it's pish if it's wrx with a sti badge it's all good lol
oh and the P1 ain't the daddy that honour goes to the 22B!
Ok, it seems to be the earlier model which would make it a non WRX so? Reasons for buying it are the fact I can get it for €500 running but with a large Pole shaped dent spanning the rear passenger side door, the roof and that only the drivers door will open sucessfully. Ideal for: http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=147587
TBH, I'm really just wanting to know if it'd take a days abuse and still start the following day. Also, is it worth anything if broken?
jimbonov4
20-05-10, 11:00 PM
WRX is i think entry level model producing about 210 -220 hp, decent car but top end power, jap spec STi's produce more power around 270-280hp, they have lower comp pistons, revised cam profiles, numerous valvetrain setups, and different gear ratios, some STi's had fancy rear arms coloured pink.
End of the day very tunable car, remember the 2 door coupe in white from CRD done 10 sec quarters, that was built by me, produced 597bhp@1.9 bar boost, with 125bhp nos on top of that.Awesome car to drive!!
**** yeah it's worth a punt!
16v Nova Kev
20-05-10, 11:07 PM
this is the only one i would have and its rapid.
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/09032010102.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/09032010103.jpg
I do so love the amount of pish people spout on here pretending they know what they're talking about lol
Dod, very much depends on the year, basically up until c.2002 the WRX was import only and was a fair bit more powerful and better specced than the uk cars. Although as already said the STI has always been the top model apart from the special editions.
Power is anything from 240-280bhp (officially, up to 320 in reality) depending on year, earlier ones were less. Stick 99ron in it and it'll take very hard driving all day long and keep begging for more. Stay over a ton for any length of time though and inlet temps creep up unless it has a bigger scoop or front mount and then you're looking at leaning out which they very much dont like.
For comparison UK cars are around the 220 brake mark and are quite happy with 97ron. Still plenty quick and fun compared to a lot of things (bear in mind thats 20bhp more than an integrale and less weight) just not if you take on an import in a race!
I had a P1 for a while and still very much regret getting rid of it. A lot more of a drivers car than the Evo as there's no computer trickery. And for the misguided bazil, the P1 will leave a 22b for dead on our delightfully crap roads, although the look and go fantastically, they're set up for perfectly smooth tarmac. Majority of the car magazines still rate the P1 as one of the best point to point cars on the road
Chris, thats all I needed to know mate, thank you very much.
puntogtbax
20-05-10, 11:27 PM
lol.. thats there line up really. WRX.. i currently have the WRX STi (redtop more power). You also got UK spec RB5, 2dr P1 which are the daddy impreza's.
what about the daddy 22B
i remeber the storey of a bloke down here, saved up for a good 6 months to buy this p1 he had seen. buys it, goes off to work up country and his dad borrows it...and totals it!
Saloony
20-05-10, 11:29 PM
what about the daddy 22B
One doesnt really care :thumb:
NovaLad
20-05-10, 11:31 PM
I've been in a UK spec 1 (STi) and it blew me away!
Was only running about 450 - 500bhp i think...
They can get up to top 500's though IIRC... :S
what about the daddy 22B
See my previous post :)
Dod, you're very welcome :thumb:
lol the p1 with it's fancy front struts are pish! Look at the price difference mate, the 22b will always be the daddy, Subaru will never build a car that will be better than it, the RB320 comes close but the B had a purpose, it's a homoligation special the p1 was prodrives toy.
Oh on a side note about the smooth Tarmac I have seen a 22b go round knockhill in time that would have knocked a btcc touring car off pole at knockhill and it was a road car!
16v Nova Kev
20-05-10, 11:38 PM
I've been in a UK spec 1 (STi) and it blew me away!
Was only running about 450 - 500bhp i think...
They can get up to top 500's though IIRC... :S
only 450:roll:
NovaLad
20-05-10, 11:41 PM
only 450:roll:
I don't know anything about them mate so i don't know what they do go to lol...
The 1 i went in was quick though so if they get alot more quicker then i can't wait to get in 1 someday!
SR-Rally
20-05-10, 11:47 PM
Their are 2 22B's in Newtown. One is just parked on a driveways in a housing estate. Random. Def my favourite subaru
go buy a legacy b4 blitzen. far better.
Saloony
21-05-10, 06:00 PM
Ahh.. just looked at the pics, Was a 22B i had a ding dong with on the M-way. Can see the diff now.
oh and the P1 ain't the daddy that honour goes to the 22B!
only a few made werent they ? a lad round here had one a few years ago and got car-jacked for it :(
Bloody subarpoooooos init.
lol the p1 with it's fancy front struts are pish! Look at the price difference mate, the 22b will always be the daddy, Subaru will never build a car that will be better than it, the RB320 comes close but the B had a purpose, it's a homoligation special the p1 was prodrives toy.
What fancy front struts? It's STi struts with different spring rates and different anti-roll bars!
Price difference could be down to the exclusiveness of the 22B and all the trick parts dont ya think? I never said it wasn't a better car, I said the P1's the one more suited to British roads. Hence why it wasn't so much Prodrive's toy, it was their example of the ultimate point to point production car for the UK market.
As for knockhill, yes, that would be smooth tarmac. And a 2.2 turbo with 4wd and track biased suspension was quick round there??? Never! :roll:
Just a difference of opinion, did you get it Dod?
The difference of opinion or the Scoob? lol
Not yet, but its there and going nowhere so its mine whenever I want it.
nitrousnova
23-05-10, 11:01 AM
i own i jap wrx classic v limited edition and there alot of fun and car for the money, handle well and fast, the only big down side is there really bad on fuel even when driven normally, great cars you won't be disapionted.
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