[QUOTE=dnbosiris;829298]the only time i've ever seen a wrx push a decent amount of coolant into the overflow is when there's been a HG leak. i'm not saying they don't do it normally, just sayin'....

EJ207 ftw :D[/QUOTE]

Define decent?

I'm talking circa half a litre in this instance (quick 15 min run around the block with a some boost) to overflow from "normal levels", which gets pulled back into the motor during cooldown it seems, and returns back to the normal level. Taking into account total capacity with a bigger radiator of approx ~8 litres.

Concern would be how much would it continue to dump into the o/flow given some abuse on the track, which would be indicative of a bigger issue, which is what I suppose I will find out in due course one way or another.

[QUOTE=RichX;829302]Define decent?

I'm talking circa half a litre in this instance (quick 15 min run around the block with a some boost) to overflow from "normal levels", which gets pulled back into the motor during cooldown it seems, and returns back to the normal level. Taking into account total capacity with a bigger radiator of approx ~8 litres.

Concern would be how much would it continue to dump into the o/flow given some abuse on the track, which would be indicative of a bigger issue, which is what I suppose I will find out in due course one way or another.[/QUOTE]

my feeling is that that ain't normal. quick 15 min round the block with some boost shouldn't be pushing half a litre of coolant into the overflow. 5 laps of barbs maybe, but not 15 mins round the block.

Just an update on this. All is well - I think it was just the cooling system sorting itself out after the flush recently. Done a few K's this week and no issues.

Been monitoring the overflow bottle, has stayed consistent, no temperature or performance issues.

This EJ lives on!

Good news the mighty 205's are still going your's and mine happy days

New nickname... Gordon... ;-)


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Do you need a bigger spoon?

Tiny non performance rice mod. But came out alright? Quite ricey, but not too bad I think. Have been progressively getting heat/burn marks on the rear bar above the exhaust. Not sure as to why? :rolleyes: Looks kinda cool and came out OK I guess.

Not real CF, plastic dipped I guess. From HT Auto's in the UK.

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Got the OE WRX engine mounts out today. They were both farked. LHS was old and crappy, and the mounts were very soft, way past their used by date.

RHS was torn and fell apart when it came out. Platinum's slipped the Group N's in and did a service.

As soon as I got back in and started the motor I could tell immediately the difference! Hard to explain, but the engine wobble and associated slack is gone entirely. On and off throttle feels 100% better too.

NVH is very marginal from this change, but not tried that with the rotational idle running yet, which i suspect would be quite full on as it was so with the broken mounts (that probably helped to break them)

Highly recommended.

Vibration is one thing. Wait until you take a corner! Did you do gearbox mount as well?

Gearbox was done already. Tried it with the rotational idle today, the new mounts hold it together so much better than the flogged out ones. All going well.

Next on list:

- Tyres after summer, or a few more track days. (Looking at something streetable), Federal RS-RR's on the cheap or ad08rs if I feel rich at the time. Anyone tried the new Federals yet, pictured below.

- Clutch, low priority (Comp Clutch)

- [I]Maybe[/I] an engine build into 2016 to get up to 300-320hp and re-fresh the heart of it all.

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Need some stuff, so have ordered & installed some stuff.

- 4x AD08R 235/40/18 from John
- 1x STi 6 Speed F/Wheel & Clutch sent to Jim Berry to touch in his back shed
- 1x Genuine STi Titanium Strut Brace, to replace the cheap china spec pink bits one
- 1x JDM Intercooler Splitter setup (didn't have one before)
- 1x Cusco LSD Oil
- 4x Quarts of Royal Purple Max Gear

That's about 3g right there, without dropping the box and doing the clutch. Earning and burning.

I have a fancy pants photo of the 6 speed OE clutch setup on my kitchen bench which came out of a JDM Forester STi. Interested to see what it looks like once returned, and of course how it goes in the car.

Cheers

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Jesus christ it's odd reading this thread, and many others after such a long time. The WRX is gone now, it drove out the driveway a few weeks back and it was sad to see it go after what's been such an enjoyable time with a lot of great memories.

I got some reasonable coin for it though, so all in all, it was an awesome 10 years (!) and I took the most from it and thoroughly enjoyed every day I had the privelege of taking it for a drive.

Now for the new one.

I toyed around with the idea of Golf R's, I30Ns, etc and can definitely appreciate what they have to offer. They're a decent new age car. The problem for me is they are just too common. I also don't like FWD. I feel to some extent it's the default 'level-up', to modernise and retain some of that WRC/WRX 4WD turbo heritage.

I never took either for a testdrive for these reasons. So it came down to the M2 Competition and RS3. The Mrs has a A250 Merc and I couldn't fathom an A45S in the driveway next to each other and they are just to 'look at moii' despite how well they are engineered.


2020 RS3 Sportback 8V Facelift, 5200ks. Stock except:

APR FMIC
APR Downpipe
HyperTune Crashbar
EVenturi Intake / Carbon Pipe to Turbo
"Stage 2" Tune

To sum it up in one line, it's a point and shoot weapon. Not too bad around the corners, but needs a little work to get it as good as the Subaru was!

Looking forward to chucking on some better rubber and a few little tweaks here and there.

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Faaarken, gorgeous. Nice work.

Epic purchase Rich, that i my next plan once I sell my STI.

See Cade @ Racing Dynamics if you want some excellent quality Euro tuning/work done. :D

[QUOTE=Brett Allan;874388]Epic purchase Rich, that i my next plan once I sell my STI.

See Cade @ Racing Dynamics if you want some excellent quality Euro tuning/work done. :D[/QUOTE]

Cheers for that.

I went and had a chat to those boys a few weeks ago. Mainly as I reached out to Ollie at WestCar to do a ceramic coat/detail on it - so it was nice to see everything happening under one roof there!

Ollie did a magic job on it as well, so can't speak highly enough of his work. I had all the badges changed to the black RS ones, but other than that it's stock exterior wise.

Wheels are staggered OEM, 255/30s on the front, 235/35s's on the rear, with 5x112 fitment. So finding rims is not as easy, but the search is enjoyable enough. I noticed Weddsport TC105x is availble, in an 18". Whoopass Wednesday is back, so looking to see if I can get it into the low 11's on it's current tune in the next few weeks.

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Took it down the plex on Wednesday and it did an 11.3 @ 199kp/h with no prep. Might have another 10th or so in it as is, but will need e85 and a retune to get to 10s.

[QUOTE=RichX;875115]Took it down the plex on Wednesday and it did an 11.3 @ 199kp/h with no prep. Might have another 10th or so in it as is, but will need e85 and a retune to get to 10s.[/QUOTE]

In for a penny, in for a pound ;)

Throw a turbo, cooler injectors at it and do ~330kw @ wheels on 98

Spastic quick :D

I love the blue

[QUOTE=Brett Allan;875116]In for a penny, in for a pound ;)

Throw a turbo, cooler injectors at it and do ~330kw @ wheels on 98

Spastic quick :D[/QUOTE]

Planning to set it up on flex E85. Just add Dyno Spectrum DS1 Platform / SRM E85 Sensor. :cool:

[QUOTE=RichX;875119]Planning to set it up on flex E85. Just add Dyno Spectrum DS1 Platform / SRM E85 Sensor. :cool:[/QUOTE]

Got some time and help to setup the flex e85 side of things. Using DynoSpectrum software, flex 85 is fully supported and simple to do with a little wiring and an ethanol sensor.

The software is great in that it reports the ethanol content on the dash and takes care of everything with the ECU once it begins to see an ethanol blend.

Even at E60 below, it's insanely fast. It should do a high to mid 10 at next trip to the plex.

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Got a set of Weds delivered and prepping to fit them.

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Props to John Fowler as usual.

Many choose the trusted Michelen Pilot Sport's for these cars, but to keep the Japenese wheel theme going i've opted for the Advan AD09s, which according to John are even better than the outgoing AD08Rs, which I had on my WRX.

They were and still are a very impressive tyre, so difficult to believe the successor can be that much better again!

Spec is 5x112 18x8.5 +43 with 255/35/18 (square setup)

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Been back to the plex snce e85 tune?

[QUOTE=nick73;876227]Been back to the plex snce e85 tune?[/QUOTE]

That's next on the list. Will head down in the next few weeks. Got the wheels on though, this is on stock suspension, for now. :)

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Looks the goods Rich,

Begging for some Eibac lowering springs ;)

Keen to see the e85 results at the drags!

Went down on Wednesday straight from work, didn't change a thing. Couldn't quite get the 10. Mate was T54, 2018 RS3 full bolt ons running the same software but dropped his tyre pressures.

Need to pay a little more attention to that, but looks to have a ~10.7 in it.

DS1 does all the logging which is handy to review afterwards.

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