You might remember Steve Prior’s Prodrive edition WRX STi from a previous feature all the way back in April 2021. Those with fantastic memories will recall that we carried out a complete nut and bolt re-shell for Steve. However, the missing part of the jigsaw was a set of Active Valve Control System (AVCS) cylinder heads for Steve’s engine. …
Subaru EJ engines are like family members – there is always one that stands head and shoulders above the rest, and there is always at least one who likes to cause a bit of trouble (looking at you, standard EJ25)! As you may have guessed by the title of this post, the EJ22 takes centre stage amongst its fellow EJ …
Geoff bought his 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX back in 2016 with the aim of using the car purposefully at track days. Purchased as a near stock example with just a set of coilovers it wasn’t long before Geoff was racing around Castle Combe. After the first track day Geoff, had tonnes of fun but quickly realised that a stock WRX …
It’s 5.50am. It’s dark and cold and coffee is being consumed at ET Plymouth like it is going out of fashion and in a cacophony of turbocharged noises from the Impreza S10 WRC replica and Evo 8 MR (available via ET Classifieds), we leave to meet up with the rest of the Enginetuner crew. Sedgemoor services is reached and we …
Here at Enginetuner HQ we have seen a spike in the number of “VA chassis” cars through our doors for various degrees of work, ranging from servicing to suspension upgrades to full-blown, big power engine builds. In the case of the lovely car you see here, it was definitely the latter. This is Dan’s VA Impreza STi, or “Scoob DJ” …
With the winter months fast approaching and car events beginning to wind down, it provides us with the perfect opportunity at Enginetuner HQ to burn the midnight oil and refresh the engine on ET1. ET1 has served us incredibly well and could well be used for another season or two, however, Martyn has designs on hitting 4 digits with his …
Having owned his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 RS for seven years, you would think that Paul would have a plethora of stories to tell of adventurous times slaying his local B-roads in Wales, but sometimes things don’t quite go to plan. Let’s rewind seven years. Paul imported his RS as a standard car, albeit clad in some questionable graphics. Paul …
Kyle has owned his Impreza STi for ten years, originally purchased completely standard apart from a PPP kit (Prodrive Performance Pack). Watching WRC and playing Sega Rally, Kyle was determined to one day lay his hands on one of the best road-going rally cars out there. Kyle tells us his son Kayden (4 at the time) had also been hit …
Our first Cars & Coffee event of 2022 proved to be a great success with a diverse selection of cars descending on Enginetuner HQ. And we kept up our lucky streak with the weather – lots of sun and barely a cloud in the sky! This time the event was all about race cars and our good friends brought a …
Few collaborations in the car world are as iconic as the one between Ford and Cosworth. When the 3 door Sierra RS Cosworth was launched in the mid 1980s, it quickly came to dominate the world of touring cars, rallying and become an instant poster star for kids up and down the land. With the famous ‘whaletail’ spoiler, aggressive looks …
