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Hi, new to forum
Hi everyone,
I've been on here for a couple months and thought I'd introduce myself and my new ride. About a month ago I was looking up carsales and spotted a mint version 6 sti from Victoria that was being sold by a car collector, with just over 17000kms (you read that right). As I've always loved the original gc8 imprezas, I immediately bought a plane ticket and long story short I bought this beautiful example: ba652ef451a696d53c119efbbdd43a4f.jpg Photo by soroush999 | Photobucket d1034af33da7e41ad54518926d67fdfa.jpg Photo by soroush999 | Photobucket The above was the original carsales picture, and the one before was one I took today. It is #314 (hence my license plate) 958b0209bffb29e4397af2a371ff6075.jpg Photo by soroush999 | Photobucket It also has a set of really nice 18" BBS rims which complement the colour of the car nicely. Before the sti I had a MY09 golf R32 which was a really nice car that I sold just a couple weeks ago: f28453357ec891789d317e3131efb633.jpg Photo by soroush999 | Photobucket I only (famous last words) lightly want to mod the car as it's completely STOCK, with a tune and an exhaust only at this stage (from what I searched on this forum it seems I need to buy an aftermarket ecu). Any advice on safe mods will be appreciated. I did call MMS and the guy said that even with a tune and exhaust the transmission will not be able to handle the power, and I will end up needing to rebuild the engine and a new transmission which doesn't seem correct to me. I may have to call ASG for a second opinion. So I will ask you guys firstly will the stock engine and gearbox handle a tune and exhaust reliably? Will I need to upgrade the fuel pump? I am not planning on modding the car too much, just a few bang for your buck mods to give it a bit more bite. I am not planning on tracking the car at all, mostly interested in a bit more straight line acceleration. What would you guys recommend? Happy to be a part of this forum and meeting some of you guys at meets and cruises... Sam |
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welcome aboard
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Pretty impressive pick up. Welcome!
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Wow beautiful!
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It's a very low ks example of original gear.. they prob want to take your good bits off ya hence engine gearbox replacement. Is ask around too.
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tune and exhaust will be fine,
definitely do a fuel pump at the same time |
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G'day Sam! Sensible performance mods aside, keep her body pure and don't bolt any silly bits and pieces onto such a rare, immaculate example. GC8 ftw
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Thanks for the replies guys, feeling the love. I love the car to bits, won't be doing any exterior mods at all (looks perfect as it is). As for internal mods- tune & exhaust only at this stage...
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Welcome aboard!
Exhaust and tune will be fine...like Drewgong said they probably need a few original GC8 parts which are hard to find LOL...take good care of this rare find |
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