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How many B4's in this great land o dirt

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:30 am
by be4
Hi all,

I just wanted to check, as i have seen quite a few (and supposed to be rare)
How many B4's out there?
Add if you have one.

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:07 am
by AlpineRaven
No one knows but there is a fair bit if you look hard, last week saw 2 blue ones.
Cheers
AP

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:55 pm
by aekOne
yeah not sure exactly but i'm seeing them everywhere lately!

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:14 pm
by Fatz
b4s arent that rare as they are a ADM delivered car.
the GTBs, blitzen or RSKs however are quite rare

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:30 pm
by FROG
3 or 4 in Griffith atm ,always thought it was a pretty good idea having a primary and a secondary turbo , then I drove a couple and am now convinced that it's a great idea :-)

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:51 pm
by thatsgoodsquishy
Yeah there's a few getting around, i frickin love mine. They are not without probs, the aus tune was shit house so they ping in hot weather and a lot killed big ends cause of it. The twin set up can leave a big hole in the power curve where it changes from single to twin operation (know as VOD, valley of death). A retune can pretty well fix both these probs though.
Mine has a really good change over with little VOD but i get a bit of pinging, on a cool day though its a truckload of fun.

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:26 pm
by be4
Yea i love mine, but have seen many in Brisbane lately even with VOD it sill has quite an ezy job of smashing them at the lights if need be.
Recently broke my speed record on looooong quiet rd in middle of nowhere west NSW... This car just fits!

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:44 am
by Willie
There's one about 4 doors down from me, so I see one nearly every day. It has a small "MRT" sticker on the back and it sounds quite nice. I'll have to stop and have a chat to the owner about it one of these days ......

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:06 pm
by be4
I spoke with the guys at MRT about EKUTEK tune, most seem to get this done and upgrade muffler.However after speaking with John French Subaru (qld)
They have suggested i will be unimpressed with the retune for the $ spent.
Wont see much more power,but will smoothen VOD out a little.. will be quite costly.
Think i am happy to keep standard.

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:14 pm
by thatsgoodsquishy
EKUTEK is overpriced these days as there are plenty of people who can retune them for ya for less money and as much power (and inversely, reliability) as you want.

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:17 pm
by be4
Do you know any cheaper options in Bris squishy? have you had it done?
To tune or not to tune.... this is the question?
Mine Auto 02 b4

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:25 pm
by thatsgoodsquishy
In Melbourne you can get it retuned by Subaru at STI Docklands which i think is the ultimate admission of a crap standard tune. I havent had it done cause im happy enough with mine as is. Check out www.rslibertyclub.org perhaps for good Brisbane based tuners if no one on here knows of any.

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:30 pm
by be4
Mr Squishy, do you know any cheaper options in Bris?
Have you tuned yours? Is it worth it?how much bucks?
02 Auto B4.... to tune or not to tune.... this is the question!

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:31 pm
by be4
ok look at second page before thinking your post didnt..POST and you re post same info..
My bad! (me newb)