It took along time, but i finally got a canary

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:00 pm

hopefully not for a while... just out of curiosity, how much you asking???

and whats the advantage of twin syncro?

waggaclint · Post by **waggaclint** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:01 pm

yeah he probably will its there biggest down fall.

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:05 pm

given that its only 1000kms old, i should get some good life out of it

waggaclint · Post by **waggaclint** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:11 pm

as long as you dont drop the clutch and do hard launches it will last for eva. if ya go racing it etc they tend to break. otherwise there a bloody horn car. and yours has all the good gear in it to so it shouldnt let ya down.

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:37 pm

With that much power I wouldn't bother with the twin synchro if yours fails, I'd go the whole hog and get a straight cut gearset. Still synchromesh, not dog gears. The twin synchro won't give much if any longer life behind that motor.

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:09 pm

yes get a straight cut gear set if you have the bucks
you will need a gear box as it will fail on you .Give me a bell when you need on as I have a few here

subanator · Post by **subanator** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:31 pm

Nice one Jay, goes as fast standing still with them stripes!

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:27 pm

u got me too...
i was thinking come join the club...i wish i could join this club tho lol
so many mods, someone must have spent lots of time and $ on that ride - dont screw it up!!
if u dont mind me asking what kind of price bracket did u pay?

ps stripes r good - its more original

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:28 pm

u got me too...
i was thinking come join the club...i wish i could join this club tho lol
so many mods, someone must have spent lots of time and $ on that ride - dont screw it up!!
if u dont mind me asking what kind of price bracket did u pay?

ps stripes r good - its more original

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:15 pm

got it for 24k. Was in the auto trader for $29000 and on ebay for $27500. i msg'd them and said i have 23500 to spend and asked what was the best price they could do... to which they said 25, and i said nah too much...

couple of days later they called me and said they could do 24....

after that, they were getting about 10 calls a day, some people were offering them around 27k in cash and the night before i picked it up someone offered them 29 cash and they also wanted to pay me 1k so they could get it.

fortunately, they held their word (i hadnt even given them a deposit or seen the car) and held it for me... so i picked up a pretty good bargain...

it also came with all the old stereo gear... which is a boss 1000w amp, pioneer 6 stacker, pioneer deck, focal splits and crossovers etc and some other random bits

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:18 pm

nice, welcome to the my99 club :P
have to tell us if ya eva up for going down the plex and we can have some fun with the commo's and ricers

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:19 pm

seagull wrote:yes get a straight cut gear set if you have the bucks
you will need a gear box as it will fail on you .Give me a bell when you need on as I have a few here

2nd hand boxes in wrx's dont work. brand new is the only way.

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:24 pm

i may have already had a go with an EL xr8 and a mitsubishi GTO, and i may have smoked em both...

im going to go over the intercooler piping this wknd coz in my eyes the welds are dodgy and ill be looking for leaks. But when the plex is open, i think ill be up for it... i got 3 other mates that would be keen to come in their cars too.

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:25 pm

Wow Jay way to go!

I'll have to line you up in my Suby when its running

Might even crank up the Rotary for a run with ya too

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:26 pm

Sweet. Ill have my new straight cuts for the next event

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:43 pm

how much they settin ya back?

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:54 pm

best quote so far is a couple of grand for the gearsets. just lookn at all options. but i wanna get it done soon, love this wet weather

Willie · Post by **Willie** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:04 am

B E A U tiful ............... I love it

Nothing like having a modified L series for playing in the dirt, and a new high tech toy for the road.

We looked at a new WRX (and a few second hand ones) before we decided on the XT Forester. When they put the same 2.5l turbo from the new WRX in the Forester, that clinched it for us.

Not quite as many kw as yours, but 170 for the wife's car to take the kids to daycare / school and do the shopping - then for me to play with on weekends - will do us just fine .... for now

I think yours looks great - the stripes are fine - it adds to the individuality and breaks it up a bit.

With all these great cars in WA, I'll have to look you guys up when we visit. We plan to get to Perth sometime in the next 18 months, as one of my best mates lives there now.

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:17 pm

his name wouldn't be russel would it???

BlackMale · Post by **BlackMale** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:51 am

vidler wrote:ai bought it coz ive always wanted one and they are so nice to drive, not to thrash,...

Good to see another WRX that gets putted around and not used :P

Congrats on the new ride Vid she looks great in the pix.