Cannon Fodder

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https://www.scoobynet.com/full-cars-...l#post11145969

Rally fan 555

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Soo sad Ty, that it's come to this it's a real shame that what happened has had this result - Rich D too sent his pride n joy to SCOOBY Heaven :Whatever

Good Luck with sale - KEEP SMILING

KJD Mk1

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Always sad to see a car of this type being broken

duckdo

Sad times to break such a nice car

duckdo

Sad times to break such a nice car

Cannon Fodder

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You live and learn Simon, c'est la vie.

It was a close call Kev but you have to draw a line and go no further.

I had a firm plan in my head over which direction to go if certain problems arose and then just proved too expensive to justify, I wouldn't just put it back together similar to how it was before and neither would I try and do the repair on the cheap either.

As I learnt the first time around get the cylinder heads and block checked for distortion, no point in doing on the cheap really that's a fools paradise.

I am a little sad to see it broken up but it's only a lump of metal at the end of the day.

Nomad_72

A real shame that it's come to this Ty, but the line has to be drawn somewhere. The whole project has been a nightmare from start to finish and with hindsight I bet you wish you had kept the S202 and stayed in the fugly bug club
But as you said, when all is said and done, it's just a lump of metal. Although it can be very hard to think of it that way most of the time.
Any ideas on what direction you're going next?

IggyRB320

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Ty Gutted for you mate!!

I hope you don't mind, but as you've got some cracking parts up for sale, i've put a link on the RB320oc, as i'm a Moderator on there!

Any issues with this, let me know & i'll remove it.

All the best with what you decide to get!
I've done something similar, not had your bad luck after the re-build mind!
My RB320 suffered HG failure. Had it forged by Paul Finch & sold it, where it's now with it's new owner in France!
Took me an age to decide to sell up & still can't believe it myself, as i've only had Impreza's for the last 11 years!
Saving the pennies now for a R35 ;-)

Iggy

Cannon Fodder

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I've said it all along that I regretted selling the S202 within 30 seconds.

As for the next car - I am leaning towards an R32/33/34 Skyline GTR but also might consider a Porsche 911 or Boxster 3.2S.

Cannon Fodder

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I know where you are coming from Iggy, hard decision to make but I can understand totally where you are coming from.

Thanks for posting a link for me, I appreciate it.

R1CH D

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Sad times ty Hope you find the right car to replace it.

Cannon Fodder

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Thanks Rich, whatever replaces it will be staying standard.

The Sheep Worrier

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Yeah right...........


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evil.soup

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Sorry to hear you are breaking it Ty, i haven't been following your build thread daily but updated as much as i could when i have had a chance to get on here. You have had a run of bad luck mate and i feel sorry for you but once its gone you will feel much better, no more worrying about whats going to happen next!
Good luck with the next step mate.

Dan W

I echo what Ian says above, I have been following the thread on the build and the catastrophe that followed and hope you have better luck.

When I bought my first Impreza I bought a WRX and straight away had the 'power-bug'. But it was through watching and hearing about other peoples trials and tribulations that I got rid of the bug. Quite literally as my WRX was a Bug-eye. I went on to buy a blob STI PPP which -as some of you know- I drove off a bridge and into a dry river bed.

Now I have Andy Card's Hawk Eye STI which he made a few little mods to with a remap by Andy Forrest. it runs at 380BHP which is more than enough for me.

I want a balance between performance and reliability. And ultimately a car that is just a laugh to drive and not something that leaves me endlessly worried that it is about to blow up. If that happens to the car I presently have I will rebuild it with parts that can easily handle 400BHP and leave it at that.


Even though it is indeed sad to see such a good car like Ty's Spec C being broken up for parts, if the shell is up for sale perhaps we can expect a potential buyer to go on to rebuild the car with parts they acquire. Naturally that would mean that the car would go on to enjoy a new lease of life.

I my humble opinion the shell IS the car and everything else is just the bolt-on or bolt off bits. Perhaps we might see this car re-emerge like Steve Austin.
Just my humble thoughts.

I need to change my avatar pic - the car on the the left is my long dead STI -PPP.