Looking good as always buddy :ok:

Think I saw you coming down the A26 from Five Ash Down this morning, every time I see you in the morning you're going in a different direction. Wasn't driving so couldn't flash you.

I do seem to drive to work in many directions, mainly to make sure the car gets properly warmed up before I arrive, as my journey isn't that long! I'm pretty oblivious to most people and cars at that time of day!

Tutt Tutt. A wasted opportunity to get those arches undersealed and painted out black.......slacker !!!!

Nice shocks though and we need to talk about plated fastenings ;)

I'd love to spend some time on the arches, especially with winter approaching. If I'm honest I wouldn't know where to start and quite how to go about it...

As for plated fastenings, I could be your man.

It's been nearly 6 months since anything exciting has happened to the Scoob, other then being endlessly covered in road grime and then washed every other weekend! As it is my Birthday on Saturday (nudge) I thought I would treat myself a little early and take it to see Rich at FB Tuning for some tweakage.

Rich wrapped and fitted a full length de-cat downpipe, installed a 3 port boost solenoid and spent an hour or so behind the wheel mapping it and freeing it from its standard tune. Unfortunately the neutral position switch on the gearbox wasn't in the greatest of health and has meant the car is at around 90% of what it can achieve, so I need to replace that and have the map tweaked at some point to unleash the cars full potential.

A pretty pants journey home on the M25 (thanks power lines over the M23!) meant I spent most of my first journey in the now gruntier Scoob at a pretty slow pace, but it certainly feels a lot more punchier and noisier compared to how it did.

Another bonus was being able to test out the seats in Rich's S203 whilst he was busy spannering, tasty car and far too good to see the salty UK roads in winter so he wisely keeps it tucked away.

Rich offered plenty of advice and was happy to assist with anything that needed looking at on the car, top man!

Next job, source and fit the NPS...

Great little update mate :ok:

NPS is easy to source - mine was the same after he who shall not be named mapped it the first time :ok:

Glad the car feels better and can't wait to hear it now...

Should be called black beasty now!

Importcarparts stock them and can deliver next day or speak to alyn at asp .

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Beauty and the beast you mean :grin:

Rome wasn't built in a day enjoy 90% for now :)

Wise words C.J! :doubleup:

Glad you're happy :) , looking forward to hearing it with its new noise!

Neutral position switch has been replaced, map tweaked and a happy me and happy car. Nice of Rich at FB to do it all for me Saturday morning as the roads were quiet and no time off work was needed so suited me perfectly.

Looking forward to the blast down to Goodwood this coming Saturday.

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Glad it's all worked out matey :ok:

:doubleup: :) Glad you're pleased.

Happy she is getting well looked after .

Took possession of some fancy parts today, think Christmas has moved to the 13th May. The man who supplied them was certainly as generous as the bearded man in red.

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I have also purchased a resonated centre section from Miltek after being a bit too noisy on drive by at a recent track day. I am hoping it might help quieten things down a little however looking at the 'baffled' design I am not too sure it's going to make much difference...

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I guess at least a map tweak probably isn't necessary but I can't see it solving any noise levels.

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As round as santa too! :lol: :lol: prob all that KFC :ok:

Shame about the zorst, but it may offer 1-2dB reduction you never know.

We will keep looking for a solution my
Friend :five:

It'll do more than you think:)

Surprised the miltek is loud ? Mine was sooooo quiet . Parts look great tho ,
I can not say it enough a baffled sump is a must on scoob so deffo right parts there!!!

Black Beauty
 

Think Rob is Full decat in the miltek - hence tripped drive by noise tester :ok:

Noise testing grrrrr don't start me on this! It is very hard to find free flowing systems that are close to static testing

I also got black flagged for noise at Brands last Oct, wasnt nice watching everyone else play. I ended up replacing the middle and back box with cobra's track system. I must say, it ended up with a much nicer tone and its given more scope to be able to go on tracks with lower db limits. It went from 105db down to 96db and surprisingly measured 92db at Bedford. Good luck Rob. =)

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They have got a lot tighter at Brands, I ran a screamer on my Evo 3 years ago and didn't even get told off

Anti-lift kit fitted over the last couple of weekends, not driving the car for work means I can spread things out a bit. I had intended to complete everything last weekend but things got a bit tricky.

I removed the bolts holding the 'C/U' frame in place under the car only to shear two captive nuts, no issue as access to the nuts was easy and once again the angle grinder was my friend.

Most of the bolts removed had seen better days, extremely crusty and the shanks on each of them had rotten and worn so much 12mm bolts had 8-10mm diameter shanks.

Ryan was ordering some paste from ICP so he grabbed a new set of bolts for me at the same time. Whilst waiting for those I could at least fit the new bushes.

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The main bolts holding them to the chassis had to be torqued to 250nm, so a new tool was purchased.

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It felt somewhat displeasing having to put so much effort in to tightening a bolt, especially as me and fastenings on this car don't get on too well, thank heavens for ICP stocking so many genuine Subaru fastenings, must have purchased them all now!

Whilst the 'C/U' frame was off the car I gave it a very quick tart up.

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I had also had a chance to raid my work for suitable nut and bolt replacements for those I had damaged, fortunately finding some nice fine pitch M12 flanged bolts and matching self locking nuts.

The new ones had arrived in the week from ICP too and I had to organise their positions and match them to the necessary spacers that came with the anti-lift kit.

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Lined up the frame under the car to go back in to place

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And got to bolting it all back together, torquing to the specs advised by Subaru and everything went smoothly

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I had read quite a bit in to the necessity of the frame under the car as many it would seem leave this off, mainly for the 14kg weight saving. Apparently it's reason for being there is crash rigidity in an accident, as far as I'm concerned it ties everything together under the car nicely and should aid stiffness and support to the front subframe, so it stays!

Steering feels heavier as a result of the kit but nothing too drastic, now for an alignment to keep everything in check.

Next project has begun too...

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Could we have some bigger pics pls :-D, good work though :ok:

Whoops, I forget that despite the Tapatalk app making everything look neat and tidy with the pics it posts them up super big on a browser.

It's always good to see the detail, feel part of the build then.

It was as if i was there with you but without the dirty hands :lol:

Tell you what the c frame is in really good condition for its age ive seen some that have crumble after being removed are you going to do the painting yourself on the air intake fog light cover .

Some nice mods and parts. 😍

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Great work as always mate :ok:

C-frame came out really well and looking forward to the new project as well :ok:

What is this mystery new project i keep hearing of:???:

It's no mystery, last pic shows what's up next, brake cooling. They got very warm last track day so thought I would do something to give the Brembo's a chance, it's a bit of fun too.

Cracking stuff, the sump is a bit of a ****er to fit, is that a cork gasket? (its regulatory in group N I believe?) replace with loctite silicon sealant if your leaving it on permanently its worth getting pickup pipe o-rings spare if they didn't supply them with the kit, as sometimes necessary to move it slightly.

As I said before, shout if you want a hand with brakes (it's gona be interesting!)

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Look fantastic mate :ok:
Great job!!!

Spot the parallels...

Had a couple of bits sorted on the car Saturday with Ryan and his mechanic, been a few month's since I 'acquired' the baffled sump and timing belt kit (thanks Ryan :-D) and finally booked the car in to have them sorted.

I was tempted to do both myself, but didn't want to push my abilities beyond my comfort zone especially considering the importance of both these areas of the engine.

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Nothing beyond the norm to report with regards to timing belt and the sump (glad I wasn't the one wrestling it on to the car) however two issues elsewhere did crop up...

On the drive over after having a little blast with a motorbike the check engine light reared it's ugly head, fortunately my hand held reader confirmed a squiffy knock sensor so ordered one whilst the car was being fiddled with.

The bigger surprise was the radiator which, upon removal from the mounting brackets showed itself to be a little over weight, bulging out at the sides rather then being the traditional rectangular shape. I had never seen such a thing before but had been reassured it can be a common find if the radiator is getting on a bit and/or takes a battering from the elements (can't think why...). It's working fine, no leaks either but of course I am taking no chances so new one was delivered today from ICP to be fitted ASAP.

Car is running nicely and all being well should be back to Lydden Hill middle of September for another track day.

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Mmmmm the smell of that cosworth timing belt :lol:

Radiator sure was a surprise mate...

But glad everything is sound now and running as expected :ok:

Rad could possibly be a head gasket issue , stick a tube on the header tank and point up the screen and give it some boost to be sure otherwise the new rad may end up looking the same.
Not saying it is head gasket but worth checking:ok:

My BM one was fully convex when I took it out pretty sure they all do this (thin factory plastic capped rads from all the major manufacturers) I suspect the BM one was very old, I'd look at changing the standard scoob ones fairly regularly, I seem to remember my last standard one that was removed was the same.