[How much life can you get out of a 2000 WRX]

its all about how its been treated mate, my bugeye needed a rebuild at 126,000kms as it wasn't looked after by the previous owner. 

 

By any chance is it the blue bugeye in Wellington that you are looking at, was listed yesterday? If so I know them personally and the car is treated like a baby and looked after extremely well. 

[4 & Rotor Jamboree March 2019]

8 minutes ago, Joker said:

haha yeah I knew what it was but dont think Adam did

 

& no it doesnt (that is / what we did at the Playday in a safer / controlled environment)

 

and I tried to find pictures of that Supra that got smoked @ Taupo "Chrome"

 

 

that was bad ae  last year at chrome in march I entered to learn manfield before I raced in superlap the next day, was following a silvia that did not have a petrol cap and was trying to drift. I came up fast behind him hit his petrol patch and slid towards a new VE commodore, luckily he seen and swerved but there was a lot of careless people that is for sure! play day hold great events  

[4 & Rotor Jamboree March 2019]

6 minutes ago, Joker said:

chrome on Sat? Still learning about this thing & trying to find info on website is limited

 

Only ever been to spectator late in the day (never really interested me before LOL)

Chrome is just like a day of power cruise, passengers "speed limit" a ton of bad drivers haha!! it can be fun for grudge racing friends down the straights though. 

 

 

[What is your favourite feature of your 🚙]

1 minute ago, Outbacking said:

Mine is it has the 6 CD stacker and aux factory and md sterio lol. Who still buys cds lol

I still buy CD's haha!! my outlander has the stereo it was imported with and is all in Japanese so to save hassle I just use CD's

 

Mine would be the clutch switch to start the car, that way when my nephew who is car crazy and only 2 comes over and pretends to drive I dont have to worry that he is going to start the car 

[What have you done to your car today?]

thats the old setup of LOLGTR? nice mate cant wait to see the progress 

[4 & Rotor Jamboree March 2019]

Was keen to race super lap again but taking the Mrs to Homegrown which falls on the same weekend   

[Cleaning window / windscreen glass]

nice dude ! not sure where you are located but if you are in Wellington let me know if you want to borrow a buffer  

[ClubSUB MegaMEET/s 2019 Discussion & Ideas]

14 minutes ago, Andy_Mac said:

 

While I definitely agree, it is good having two separate events evenly spaced out like this to give those of us more ’local’ a chance to have a second Subaru day.

 

The MM trackday this year was disappointingly small I reckon and just turned into half a dozen of us driving with the general payday peeps, which is perfectly fine but having a few more Subaru’s out there would have been nice.

 

Plus I feel Manfield is in a middle position for people coming from from upper north & south. 

[ClubSUB MegaMEET/s 2019 Discussion & Ideas]

yeah lets invade the 11th may  

[ClubSUB MegaMEET/s 2019 Discussion & Ideas]

manfield again! everyone downloand RaceChrono and have a prizes for fastest lap time/most improved etc  get a bit of friendly competition going haha

 

but Manfield is such a good track to learn on I feel 

[ClubSUB MegaMEET/s 2019 Discussion & Ideas]

Super keen!

[Issue out on the track today]

My brakes did that also last track day I raced would shudder quite badly feel it in the pedal & steering and made a knocking noise when getting hot which I presume was something else shaking due to the warped discs. 

 

This track day I had no issues with the Znoelli discs and pads now I just got blow by from faster cornering 

[FlatNAT's 18 Pic's & Vid's POST EM HERE (links TOO)]

42 minutes ago, Andy_Mac said:

So what went down with the prizegiving? Still haven’t seen who won what

Yeah I am still waiting to hear that I won something 

[FlatNATs ClubSUB camera car offer < Joker]

I have my own mount and go pro if you want me to pass anyone any of the footage I get (unsure if anyone makes a Flatnats video) 

[Cleaning window / windscreen glass]

Clay bar should bring back the smoothness bro and you can polish your windows also haha. random I know buy I had bad water spots on the windows of my old car and buffed them with a electric buff and made them disappear. 

['04 Convoy to Flatnats 2018 24th Nov]

18 minutes ago, chulozumo said:

Hmmmmm, now the question is. How early do i want to wake up on Saturday

I really dont know what time to leave haha 

[Best Subaru mechanic in Wellington?]

I just let the guys at Llama / Prestige look after the car, top blokes, top service, good pricing and great mechanics

[Impreza EZ30 Swap]

ever seen the mighty car mod videos of them doing the work to theirs? pretty good plus on the skid factory they put one into another car also

[Wrx white smoke on start up]

bit of an update, took the car out this morning absolutely no smoke on start up & drive. it must of been from moving short distances in the workshop a few times. Thanks team! sorry for jumping the gun ha ha

[Rookie engine building mistakes.]

Never built an engine however rookie mistakes when I was about 16 - 17 I had a vtec prelude (ow lord) and replacing a front caliper, obviously forgot to tighten the top bolt and was driving to hawkes bay when it flew out the side and caliper had flopped against the wheel and was just grinding 

 

Also when I first painted a car I used a very heavy metallic grey and did not do a ' technique coat ' when you pretty much mist over the car to keep it all similar. rolled car into the sun and it looked like a fricken zebra with stripy metallic. 

[Wrx white smoke on start up]

@boon that is exactly what my mechanic said, he said that he had to move it around the shop 5-6 times so its probably a bit smokey because of that. 

 

I think I am jumping the gun just get the shivers when things like that happen haha Cheers @Loren once I took it for a drive it was not smoking at all and did not start again. I will start it once I am back with it in another day and go from there. 

[Wrx white smoke on start up]

@GC8E2DD it smelt a little oily? But was pure white. The oil smell could have been from doing the sump swap as there was a oil spill and I think a bit was burning off engine. 

 

@Loren it was more than normal, not like that thin condensation that evaporates it lingered. Wasn’t like a cloud but definitely smoke. Don’t know what’s happening with the tag below but I can’t remove it ha ha 

 

@Loren

[Wrx white smoke on start up]

Hey all, 

 

over the weekend I had my baffled sump put on as well as the oil and filter replaced with the Motul oil I always have used. 

 

I was surprised when I picked the car up from my mechanic I started it and it had some white smoke coming from the exhaust. I haven’t seen this before and by the time I backed out the driveway and drove a few metres it had stopped. 

 

I gave the car some boost on the way home and it didn’t smoke under load. I have parked the car up and will attempt to start it again in a day or so to see if it continues. 

 

Any ideas? Thought overfill potentially but it’s on the top dot. And it’s only done 4,000 kms so surely can’t be valve seals. I could be over reacting but who knows 

['04 Convoy to Flatnats 2018 24th Nov]

@IZichard if you not going on the track just chill out and take your time bro. Lucky for you haha wish you could turn up whenever and join the track if you entered but unfortunately not 😂

['04 Convoy to Flatnats 2018 24th Nov]

Hi All, 

 

Have spoken to the team at Playday and they mentioned that driver briefing is at 9.15am and we have a small form to fill in before this. They said if we are there by 8.30am would be helpful. 

 

I was thinking we could meet at Plimmerton Weigh station around 6.30am and leave no later than 7am. That way we are all ready to jump on the motorway and head straight up. 

 

Would this suit everyone and if so who is coming along?