[Congrats to Matt Locke and his team. 9.98sec @142 with a 1.63 60' Good work ev]

Wow now thats quick, well done.

[Drunk driving]

Wont touch a drop then drive, had a family friend vegetable himself into a concrete wall and collect some poor bastard with him on the way when I was a kid.

Been absolutely unmovable about it since.

[Which Subaru Are you?]

Im on my second WRX, had a non turbo Legacy Sedan before those two.

[Cruise Ideas Thread]

I like it as it is now, toursists go in, drive for 5 minutes, think its a farm track and turn back lol.

[Cruise Ideas Thread]

Are they? Damn them to hell.

I cant say I have been through further than Artini in a while. I used to live just past there so I often cruise up to see how things are.

[Cruise Ideas Thread]

 DRFVDR said:

I have an Idea as well

it pretty far though

and maybe not suitable for all vehicles

but

a loop

wanganui,new plymouth,forgotten highway,taumaranui,raetihi,para's (or river road) wanganui(Whanganui)

Oh god now theres my happy place.

I grew up on the river road, if you want a nice tight twisty road to ge the blood pumping thats a great one.

Paras are a bloody nice drive too, I quite often get the urge for a light boost and just fill up and drive through for shits and giggles.

I dont think I have done the forgotten highway though. Im not to well traveled under my own power really so i dont know a lot of routes that can be taken.

[Are Sti's limited to 180km/h by their ecu?]

 boostcut said:

what are ou tryn to say?????

Someone did the number crunching on the old forum but if i remmeber right a stock (or near stock) STI isnt mathimaticaly capable of doing 255.

I may be wrong but im pretty sure I saw a thread to that affect.

All that aside I would be damn impressed to see it, I have seen some closed road runs of a couple of stock WRXs STIs a couple of years back and they were topping out at mid to low 240s, not even counting how innacurate the speedo is at that speed.

[Blow off valves - venting to atmo]

As said above put the money spent implementing this waste of time law into practice on drink driving blitzes or something usefull.

Dont get me wrong the whole "Boyracer" scene is an embarrasment to us all but the tag is grossly innaccurate and the measures being taken to stamp it out are more extreme than actions being taken to stop recognised gangs in NZ.

All there doing is pushing more moderate owners in the community to consider breaking the law because the god damn hoops keep getting harder to jump through.

Makes me want to go stick a great big atmo venting BOV on the work Rav for shits and giggles.

[BP SUX]

Saw a lot of BP trucks o nthe road in the last two days actualy, probably somewhere between 10 and 15 in two days.

Someone lit a fire under someones ass for this one I bet.

[WHATS YOUR FAVOURITE/DREAM CAR]

Audi RS6

22B STI/Genuine Prodrive Rally car GC8 model.

Porsche 911 GT3

Holden SS "Maloo" Ute 2008 model (go figure)

Mercedes SLK I think it is, there a little four door sports Merc with a 6.3 Litre V8, the boss just got one and its a god damn beast.

Aston Martin DB9

V8 WRX STI

Or lastly an R33 GTR Skyline.

The Skyline, V8 STI or Maloo Ute will probably be my next car.

[BP SUX]

I have been using Gull 98 in my WRX since my rebuild (almot 10,000 Ks now) had no issues at all.

[Post Your Impreza/WRX/STI Photos Here!]

A few from when I first got my Rex...

And a few after having a few dings taken out and some slight body mods...

When I got that done I had all the dings removed and she was pretty much straight as a dye, for about two weeks until some clod opened a door into her. Not to mention a few battle scars from some play time on a mates farm roads now.

Ah well, no point wrapping a WRX in cotton wool, there made to be driven.

[Whats your FAV Old Skool or Odd Ball Subbie]

Cant go past the Gen 2 Brumby for me.

[What does your car mean to you?]

Car: 1998 WRX Sedan

Mods: Cheap arse lowering springs, BOV, exhaust, downpipe, fully forged engine build, V8 STI scoop, V6 STI spoiler.

Things u like: I love the presence of a WRX in general, everything about them from the aggresive styling to the noise is so all enveloping.

What you dislike: Stupid ****ing questions "How many pounds you boosting G." Stock answer, none bro non turbo.

Why you brought it:Always wanted a Rex, brought a 93 which I wrote off and this was the replacement. It was tidy, low Ks and cheap.

What your future plans are: In order: New Extractors and exhaust set up so its a bit quieter, Bigger injectors, Link G4, Flipped manifold and a FMIC with some nice short piping like Tony (ronin) has and hopefully a twisted turbo setup sometime next year to go along with it all. Need to talk to my favourtie mechanic about that one.