SeanC
SeanC New Reader
2/24/14 9:01 p.m.

NMNA

wrx - $1800

Seems like it'd be a good project for somebody here.

Sean

CarKid1989
CarKid1989 SuperDork
2/24/14 10:11 p.m.

so it needs en engine? or if you got lucky heads/valves?

Mazdax605
Mazdax605 SuperDork
2/25/14 8:54 a.m.

That can't be a recent picture.

NGTD
NGTD SuperDork
2/25/14 11:33 a.m.
Mazdax605 wrote: That can't be a recent picture.

I am pretty sure that a ski hill in New Hampshire hasn't looked like that in 4-5 months. Much more white required.

44Dwarf
44Dwarf SuperDork
2/25/14 4:57 p.m.

slush box trany

petegossett
petegossett PowerDork
2/25/14 5:43 p.m.

Not an actual WRX?

SilverFleet
SilverFleet SuperDork
2/25/14 6:27 p.m.

I'm pretty sure that's not a pic of the actual car. And if it is, well, it's got lots of exterior mods:

-Morrette style headlights

-non-stock grille

-Body color painted side rocker panels (they are usually black plastic)

-What appears to be a 02-03 STI hood scoop

-A waist spoiler (that just sounds funny, I envision large women lumbering around Walmart with one strapped to their belts every time I say it)

-Badly Photoshopped stock wheels so they appear to be the 17" JDM and Euro market versions

-a second set of side marker lamps installed on the fenders

And YES, you could order an automatic WRX back then. They had the 4EAT Subaru transmission and a different torque split for the distribution of the AWD, I think it was biased more toward the front instead of the manual transmission's 50/50 split. When I had my 2002 WRX, there used to be a guy that went up to New England Dragway with a 2002 auto sedan with a beefed up transmission and some other mods. It was faster than my car, ran low 13's. He could load the thing up nice on the line.

SCARR
SCARR HalfDork
2/26/14 7:14 a.m.

the picture is a minimum of 3 years old:

http://www.fitfreak.net/forums/2nd-generation-ge-08-present/69858-trading-my-escape-fit-couple-questions.html#post1068311

and google shows it to be a commonly shared pic all across the web.

walk away from the scam....

ValuePack
ValuePack SuperDork
2/26/14 6:11 p.m.
SilverFleet wrote: And YES, you could order an automatic WRX back then. They had the 4EAT Subaru transmission and a different torque split for the distribution of the AWD, I think it was biased more toward the front instead of the manual transmission's 50/50 split. When I had my 2002 WRX, there used to be a guy that went up to New England Dragway with a 2002 auto sedan with a beefed up transmission and some other mods. It was faster than my car, ran low 13's. He could load the thing up nice on the line.

Are we talking about Kha0S/Andrew Hobgood here, with the WRB '02 slushbox sedan? All this sounds familiar...

SilverFleet
SilverFleet SuperDork
2/26/14 8:34 p.m.
ValuePack wrote:
SilverFleet wrote: And YES, you could order an automatic WRX back then. They had the 4EAT Subaru transmission and a different torque split for the distribution of the AWD, I think it was biased more toward the front instead of the manual transmission's 50/50 split. When I had my 2002 WRX, there used to be a guy that went up to New England Dragway with a 2002 auto sedan with a beefed up transmission and some other mods. It was faster than my car, ran low 13's. He could load the thing up nice on the line.
Are we talking about Kha0S/Andrew Hobgood here, with the WRB '02 slushbox sedan? All this sounds familiar...

I think that's the dude! The car was definitely WRB and it was a 2002. Last time I saw him racing it was the day when I learned what spun bearings in a EJ20 are like... in Pseudosport's WRX.

ValuePack
ValuePack SuperDork
2/27/14 12:40 a.m.

Sounds like we're thinking of the same dude. All stock car at the time save for axle-back, boost controller, and trans cooler. His drag days were done after the sun gear in the center diff exploded on the line at NED. Last I knew it later ate another automatic before he swapped in a Legacy SS 5 speed, and he still had the car as of a few years ago.

Small world!

edizzle89
edizzle89 New Reader
2/27/14 5:44 a.m.
cl seller wrote: Selling a 2002 Subaru Impreza with WRX motor with 179k. It's an Automatic with ZERO RUST. Has about 247 HP with the intake. $2800 b.o.

am i the only one that saw it says $2800 in the ad? i think the 1800 is a typo

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