"Kim Jong - Healthy" (topaztouring)
01/05/2019 at 23:23 • Filed to: None
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"Kim Jong - Healthy" (topaztouring)
01/05/2019 at 23:23 • Filed to: None | 1
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I’ll own a mini-godzilla.
Until then, I’ll watch rewatch these old rally videos over and over and over...
PanchoVilleneuve ST
> Kim Jong - Healthy
01/05/2019 at 23:26 |
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The best hot hatch ever made.
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Kim Jong - Healthy
> PanchoVilleneuve ST
01/05/2019 at 23:32 |
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no doubt.
it embodies what it means to be a hot hatch. AWD, turbo charged inline 4, and an absurd power to weight ratio of 0.083.
Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
> PanchoVilleneuve ST
01/05/2019 at 23:39 |
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A-FUCKING-HEM?
AestheticsInMotion
> PanchoVilleneuve ST
01/05/2019 at 23:41 |
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These pop up locally from time to time at prices that seem more than fair. I wonder how much work it would be to keep them maintained...
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> Kim Jong - Healthy
01/05/2019 at 23:42 |
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Several years ago there were a couple of these for sale at an estate auction only about a 100 miles from me. One that worked, and one that needed work... I seriously considered bidding on them. But this was in... Uh, 2012? 2013? In any case, they were *not* legal yet at that time and I decided against it. I wouldn’t have been able to afford them anyway, the pair went for something like $ 12 k, which seems pretty reasonable these days, but my hard limit at that time was <$8k. And I wouldn’t have been able to legally drive the working one for another few years, I think it was a ‘94 actually, so not until THIS year.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> Kim Jong - Healthy
01/05/2019 at 23:42 |
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WRX STI - AWD, turbo boxer 4, and an even more absurd power to weight ratio of 0.0906 (stock). :)
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Kim Jong - Healthy
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
01/05/2019 at 23:45 |
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WOW that’s a kickass story.
I would have been sketched out about the 25 year ban too. but both for $12k? sheeeeit they’re going for $15k for decent examples nowadays.
seems like people are realizing these are just as fun as it’s cousin, the skyline.
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Kim Jong - Healthy
> TheRealBicycleBuck
01/05/2019 at 23:46 |
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yeah but more head gasket problems (;
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Kim Jong - Healthy
> AestheticsInMotion
01/05/2019 at 23:48 |
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I’ve pondered the very same thing.
I’ve read a lot that the hood scoop had a weird quirk that would actually let in water if it was raining hard enough , and flood the engine.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Kim Jong - Healthy
01/06/2019 at 00:01 |
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And you talk about WRX head gasket problems, which, by the way, haven’t been an issue for years. :D
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Kim Jong - Healthy
> TheRealBicycleBuck
01/06/2019 at 00:10 |
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yes but they were still an issue when the STi was a hot hatch, which is what I thought you were referencing haha
TA4K
> Kim Jong - Healthy
01/06/2019 at 01:46 |
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They can be picked up fairly cheap here in NZ, but its a pretty well known fact that the gearboxes do not like hard launches. i.e, they are made of glass. Apart from that, they are cooool cars.
Discerning
> Kim Jong - Healthy
01/06/2019 at 06:16 |
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There are a few importers that bring these in regularly. Japanese classics has one a modified one for 15k.
The sr20det is a fine motor but I’ve read that they eat drivetrain parts (including gear boxes) and there aren’t a lot of aftermarket solutions (if any).
But I agree that they are really cool.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Kim Jong - Healthy
01/06/2019 at 08:49 |
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Nah. 2014 was the last year of the WRX hot hatch. Head gaskets weren’t an issue any more or I wouldn’t have bought one!