Hello

[Gerry H]

Hi, I only heard about this site whilst at Honington yesterday and had a chat with one or two members. Great day BTW

I have a white Impreza wagon, MY97, STi3, which I've been gradually modifying over the three years I've owned it. For the first 2 years it was my daily driver but with fuel bills at <19mpg and 25K+ per year it now spends most of it's time in the garage. I now use it mainly for sprints and occassional track days. I thoroughly enjoy driving it and there's still plenty room for improvement. It's been a steep learning curve since I've had the car and I still know too little . I'm planning a few more enhancements over the winter, if it's not too cold!

I understand this site is operated pretty tightly and you don't suffer trolls and idiots lightly. Sounds good! I'm a member of a few car forums but some tend to get bogged down in cr@p. Looking forward to being a member of one of a few good sites.

Anything else you want to know about the car, just ask

Gerry

[duncan]

welcome to BigPower Gerry - did wander over to see you yesterday but you were deep in coversation.

hopefully see you at our our meet at Snetterton on the 11th October?

[goodap]

Hi Gerry, Glad you found the site ok nice talking to you yesterday. Sure the boys will be along soon to welcome you to the club. Enjoy

[boxy]

Hi geery welcome to the site, try and get some pictures and some stats up for the other members to peruse. There is also a garage facility at the top of the screen so you can catalog all your mods. Welcome!!

[Gerry H]

Well thanks for the welcomes (must remember not to use too many smileys eh Goodap :-D ).

Just had a quick browse before getting on with some work and noticed quite a few familiar names, so I'm in good company

I'll have to read through the threads on a couple of the events I've done recently:
Coltishall
MLR v Scoobycity sprint
and looking forward to reading one on yesterday at Honington too.

Gerry

[Stuart]

Hi Gerry

Glad you had a nice time yesterday, your car certainly seemed to go well enough. Welcome to the site. We certainly do take a very robust stance with muppets, a stance that has seen a very mature approach by most and the site is growing well in the direction that we want, i.e very active and very friendly in a no-nonsense way. BigPower is all about using your car hard, in the right place at the right time. You should fit right in :thumb:

Cheers

Stu

[Gerry H]

Dynamix, you should have butted in, would have been good to say hello. I found everyone so friendly and laidback at Honington, I spent most of the day chatting, about cars of course

Boxy, I'll do my best but it'll have to wait till I have a bit of time. I just looked at the garage section, bit daunting so I won't rush into that one just yet

Stu, good to know that I heard right about the site. I think we met briefly yesterday, round by the Skylines, talking about oil coolers? I was the one about 2 feet shorter than you, or so it seemed

[Stuart]

Yeah, that would be me. I think we both agreed to get them fitted asap, something to do with 110 degree oil temps

[Gerry H]

Yeah, that would be me. I think we both agreed to get them fitted asap, something to do with 110 degree oil temps

130 degrees in my case. Had the same problem at Coltishall. About 4 hard laps and the Defi's alarming. I used to get high EGTs so fitted water injection, which keeps that under control nicely. I have a low temp thermostat to fit for the water temp, which gets to ~105 but the oil temps the big worry.

That device you told me about sounds interesting, but I've forgotten what it's called :roll:

[Stuart]

http://www.accusump.com

They can explain it in much better detail than I can. I have an arrangement with a local supplier and fitter if you're interested. For around