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celm · 10-10-2002, 06:52 PM

The car will be a LHD ,RHD cars are not allowed to be imported for steet legal use anymore,except the skyline.with those emmissions stuff all thats done to comfirm it with US spec is just a remapped ECU,

***MKIVSupra*** · 10-11-2002, 01:27 PM

Just a remapped ECU to make it emissions legal?!?! I doubt that. After all the trouble I heard Subaru having to make the STi meet US emissions in the first place. What about the octane(RON or whatever it is) the STi was made to run on in Japan compared to what we have available here? I would just get a US spec one and have a warranty to boot. It's up to you.

Agent Chobos · 10-11-2002, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by celm

The car will be a LHD ,RHD cars are not allowed to be imported for steet legal use anymore,except the skyline.with those emmissions stuff all thats done to comfirm it with US spec is just a remapped ECU,

That makes no sense at all. Does the Skyline have some kind of special deal with the government that no other cars have? Either RHD is allowed or it's not.

Besides, if the imported car is LHD, then it's not "J-spec". All cars made for the JDM are RHD. Now it could be done a couple of different ways: Either a JDM model was converted to LHD (a very expensive proposition), or a Euro model was tuned up to JDM specs. Either way you're not getting a factory STi.

Agent Chobos

alfredob1 · 10-14-2002, 04:57 PM

Pilfered this from i-club:

http://groups.msn.com/SubaruImpreza/...ng.msnw?Page=1

91TB78 · 11-15-2002, 03:17 PM

celm,
what gives? in order to make a car us-spec it is a lot more than ecu replacement. heck, i wish it were that easy!!!

10-10-2002, 06:52 PM	#46
celm Amateur STI Driver Car: 2002 Evo 7,1992 Nissan GTi-R Location: Long Island,New york Posts: 49 Join Date: Jun 2002 Trader Rating: (0)	The car will be a LHD ,RHD cars are not allowed to be imported for steet legal use anymore,except the skyline.with those emmissions stuff all thats done to comfirm it with US spec is just a remapped ECU, This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.

11-15-2002, 03:17 PM	#50
91TB78 S204 Racer Car: 06 IX MR Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 3,667 Join Date: Mar 2002 Trader Rating: (12)	celm, what gives? in order to make a car us-spec it is a lot more than ecu replacement. heck, i wish it were that easy!!! This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.

10-11-2002, 01:27 PM	#47
*MKIVSupra* Moderator Elite Car: 04 Subaru WRX STi, W Fav Mod: KartBoy SS & Bushings Location: Illinois Posts: 8,745 Join Date: Jan 2001 Trader Rating: (0)	Just a remapped ECU to make it emissions legal?!?! I doubt that. After all the trouble I heard Subaru having to make the STi meet US emissions in the first place. What about the octane(RON or whatever it is) the STi was made to run on in Japan compared to what we have available here? I would just get a US spec one and have a warranty to boot. It's up to you.

10-14-2002, 04:57 PM	#49
alfredob1 The Next Petter Solberg Car: 03 Evo VIII Fav Mod: Track days Location: Somewheres in CA Posts: 872 Join Date: Nov 2001 Trader Rating: (0)	Pilfered this from i-club: http://groups.msn.com/SubaruImpreza/...ng.msnw?Page=1