3 years in eire and not mapped?

[eileen]

wanted to look at a car on wednesday but its in ireland 3 years from japland and not mapped. this is a bad thing right?

its a 00 scooby 2l

cheers for any advice on this

[Cooldrft]

Is it a turbo or non turbo ?
Do you know if the owner was using octane booster ?

[mick-skyline]

if its hardly been driven or even if its now been driven on then i dont see what it'd be an issue. but id have it looked over by someone who knows them inside out

[eileen]

its a turbo (type ra), no octane booster.
had a look over on dtd and they say they need mapping or they blow rings and bearings

[mick-skyline]

its a turbo (type ra), no octane booster.
had a look over on dtd and they say they need mapping or they blow rings and bearings

they blow rings and bearings even when mapped too though, its just the type of car they are, you never know whats going to happen with it till its too late.

so just get a scooby head to look over it and theyll know what its like, if still worried get a scope down to check the heads on the pistons for DET.

[2tonne]

they blow rings and bearings even when mapped too though, its just the type of car they are, you never know whats going to happen with it till its too late.

so just get a scooby head to look over it and theyll know what its like, if still worried get a scope down to check the heads on the pistons for DET.

X2 Few mates have had em, they do blow up mapped or not,
if you drive em hard problems are almost guaranteed, expensive to fix/parts too.
there's 3 different blocks in the 2l open/semi/closed deck, makes a big difference in reliability...

[Greg]

I wouldn't touch it anyway. I know the Sti's are supposed to be stronger than the WRX models, but I still wouldn't drive one unless it has been mapped. My brother put two engines into his Irish Impreza turbo after drving them without mapping and using octane booster.
Also if it has ever done any messing in it's life then expect it to be down on compression on piston number 3.

[eileen]

yeah im having serious thoughts too as i know that they need mapping and in my mind it was never an option not to map a jap import....
im NOT after another project. need a car that drives 100% and might do the odd track day end of story.

@mick; swapping this car private and dont kno anyone that could put a scope down there in short time... either i take the car and check it then or not do it lol.

i PM'd robbie @ tdp there. see what he thinks.
im having doubts tho and that aint good.

[Cooldrft]

Apparently scooby engines are more prone to damage from the low octane fuel than any other jap car.
As gem said ,I wouldn't go buying a scooby if I wanted a cheep,reliable car.