scirocco dream (now subaru dream)

[geordy at hotmail.com (Geordy Rostad)]

The bottom end and tranny is supposedly rock solid in that car but only up to 200hp I suppose.  You can hit 200HP with NA bolt-ons without the complexity of adding a turbo with that inferior top-mount intercooler.  That's the problem with that car.  It's a fantastic car.  I've had it since new and now it has 105k on it with almost zero troubles.  Problem is every time I've looked into tuning it I've ran into a dead end.  And it also seems the tuners don't support it very well just for that reason.  If only they made a 2 door STI in that '99 body style, I'd be set.  The new styles went hideously wrong as if they were taking styling cues from the early dodge neons.  

That's why I had to buy the Scirocco.  It's endlessly tunable and customizable.  The Subaru is a kickass car but with a torque and HP curve as identicle as they are, the throttle is a little boring.  Predictable but boring.

The Scirocco is also a money pit though.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Roger 
  To: Geordy Rostad 
  Cc: Joe Mair ; Greg Pallett ; Scirocco list 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:18 AM
  Subject: Re: scirocco dream


  when I had a WRX ran into a couple of people that had kept the 2.5 just installed the WRX turbo and Intercooler


  On 10/23/07, Geordy Rostad <geordy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
    I've heard that is a needlessly complex swap.  Not like a VW :-(  My
    understanding is that it's easier to import a 22B. 

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Joe Mair" <jmair@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    To: "Geordy Rostad" <geordy@xxxxxxxxxxx >; "Greg Pallett"
    <greg.rocco@xxxxxxxxx>; "Scirocco list" <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:52 AM 
    Subject: RE: scirocco dream


    Ahh, you're just hoping someone will steal the 2.5 RS engine so you can
    drop the turbo boxer in from the STi...

    Joe

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Geordy Rostad [mailto: geordy@xxxxxxxxxxx]
    Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 11:02 AM
    To: Greg Pallett; Scirocco list
    Subject: Re: scirocco dream

    Don't feel bad.  I've had the same dream about my '99 Impreza RS... 

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Greg Pallett" <greg.rocco@xxxxxxxxx>
    To: "Scirocco list" <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx >
    Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:19 AM
    Subject: scirocco dream


    >I had a rather unsettling dream last night.  I went down to the parking
    > garage of the building I used to work in, to drive my Scirocco home. 
    It
    > wouldn't start!  What the hell?? I grab the emergency tools from the
    trunk
    > and pop the hood to see what's what.
    >
    > There was no engine.  It had been stolen while I was at work. 
    Raggedly
    > cut
    > coolant hoses, dripping brake and oil lines... what a mess!
    >
    > I think I may have spent too much time staring at the empty engine bay
    of
    > the project car last night. 
    >
    > Todays Scirocco content:  I'm gonna go drive the red car a lot, to
    > reinforce
    > to my subconscious mind that it does, in fact, have an engine.
    >
    > Cheers,
    >
    > GP
    >
    > --
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