WR1 Owners Club

Now then people,
I wonder if you can all get together to help me to help you maybe in the future.
My WR1 was in a crash on the rear wheel which pushed the propshaft into the rear diff.
I have had a new diff put on the car but its a bag of sh*t...
When you take your car to garage for a service
ask them to check your diff size it can only be 1 of 2 types and will only take approx 5mins to manualy check.
I need to know if its a 3.545 or 3.900
My WR1 brochure says its a 3.900
but subarus data base says it should be a 3.545
I just need to know whats on your cars
as i think the garage i used may have chucked a 3.900 away and tryed to refit a 3.545
All i know is that my pride a joy drives like a bag of crap

Yes the Brochure does say its 3.900

Have you tried ringing Subaru Motors(IM Motors) 0121 5222000

Mike Wood from Prodrive visits us here from time to time, he'll know.

I'll PM you an email address.

or try Crossroads, they're the dealer I use and they are very good, they will probably know..

I've sent Mike wood an email at prodrive.
I think all the subaru dealers will have the same cd disk that has our partlists on it.
So they should all say that it should be a 3.545
But i have a strange feeling this is wrong going on my car now...
The euro cars have the 3.545
The auzzy cars have the 3.900
Problem is nobody knows were the stock of 500 cars we call the WR1 came from.
The light blue colour was never ment for the uk.
Only aus, usa and europe not including the uk.
Aus, usa & european cars are just normal STI's.
The uk cars are the only ones called the petter solberg WR1...

Ours is from Malta

i'll find the manual and let you know if they differ from uk


if they do differ would the speed/rev configuaration also be different
ie 60mph in 6th ? revs, I'll check this also

Gazman2054 wrote:I've sent Mike wood an email at prodrive.
I think all the subaru dealers will have the same cd disk that has our partlists on it.
So they should all say that it should be a 3.545
But i have a strange feeling this is wrong going on my car now...
The euro cars have the 3.545
The auzzy cars have the 3.900
Problem is nobody knows were the stock of 500 cars we call the WR1 came from.
The light blue colour was never ment for the uk.
Only aus, usa and europe not including the uk.
Aus, usa & european cars are just normal STI's.
The uk cars are the only ones called the petter solberg WR1...

Did you get a response from Mike Wood as mine is just about to be replaced?

Thanks

The reduction of the diff shouldn't make the car drive badly.

It will be a tad slower on acceleration.

Sure nothing else is broke ?

The diff is the right 1 (should be 3.545)
So you should be ok.
My car is still a bag of shit.
The guy at the garage were she was being fixed has left and he was the only subaru mechanic.
So now i have to find another garage and sort it all out again with my insureance company (this has been ongoing from sept last year).
Im now getting bored of trying to sort her out

hang in there, i'm sure you'll get it sorted eventually and it will all be worth it

Ta mate

Gazman2054 wrote:The diff is the right 1 (should be 3.545)
So you should be ok.
My car is still a bag of shit.
The guy at the garage were she was being fixed has left and he was the only subaru mechanic.
So now i have to find another garage and sort it all out again with my insureance company (this has been ongoing from sept last year).
Im now getting bored of trying to sort her out

Cheers for the reply and good luck getting it sorted, in what way is it a bag of shit?

Front and rear diffs dont seam to work as one.
In auto she drives as any WR1 i've been in.
But in manual as the diffs wind up they make some loud banging noises around 2500 - 3500revs.
Its that bad you can feel the car jolt when it makes the banging noise.
The steering is also like a guided missle in manual, all she wants to do is drive in a straight line.
I have to fight the car around the bends.
I took Mike c out and let him drive her and he could not belive how bad it was.

When you get yours fitted just ask them if the diff is a (suretrak diff) or a (manual diff)???
Brochure says we should have suretrak diffs back and front but i dont think this is right cos we have a rear diff temp gauge on the dash (which is for a manual rear diff apparently?)

Why are you having a new diff fitted???

Yours sounds a little scary, whereas mine seems to drive ok although there is a strange click and there seems to be some slack somewhere in the transmission when you change direction (forwards/reverse) or if you lift off and then accelerate again.

Having inspected the car the garage are propsing to replace the diff as opposed to stripping the existing one, which assuming they fit the right one will hopefully be an end to the issue.

I wish they has stripped mine, Then rebuilt it.
Then i would know the diff was ok.
Then i could start to find the real problem with the car.
I think its got some thing to do with the center diff myself...

surely if the ratios are different i.e. not matched one could wind itself up.

Surly you just have to put the car on a rolling road to check the diffs match..When I was at Scoobyclinic I had differant diffs fitted 4.44's but changed to 3.9 because of the 6 speed. They put it on the RR and checked the same drive was going to the back and front...They have two graphs with yellow bars you can see the speed going to front and rear these should be the same.

Thanks for that
That could the best idea yet.
We dont have a subaru dealer in hull now.
So im just wating to find out what the insurance company
want me to do.
I think the rear diffs ok but the RR should show up if the center diffs not working properly.
Just dont know if they would be willing to pay for a RR session.
What did it cost you
Thanks again

Most rolling roads are about

Gazman2054 wrote:Now then people,
I wonder if you can all get together to help me to help you maybe in the future.
My WR1 was in a crash on the rear wheel which pushed the propshaft into the rear diff.
I have had a new diff put on the car but its a bag of sh*t...
When you take your car to garage for a service
ask them to check your diff size it can only be 1 of 2 types and will only take approx 5mins to manualy check.
I need to know if its a 3.545 or 3.900
My WR1 brochure says its a 3.900
but subarus data base says it should be a 3.545
I just need to know whats on your cars
as i think the garage i used may have chucked a 3.900 away and tryed to refit a 3.545
All i know is that my pride a joy drives like a bag of crap

By the way, I'm Gaz and it is nice to meet you all???

WR1 Bro wrote:

Gazman2054 wrote:Now then people,
I wonder if you can all get together to help me to help you maybe in the future.
My WR1 was in a crash on the rear wheel which pushed the propshaft into the rear diff.
I have had a new diff put on the car but its a bag of sh*t...
When you take your car to garage for a service
ask them to check your diff size it can only be 1 of 2 types and will only take approx 5mins to manualy check.
I need to know if its a 3.545 or 3.900
My WR1 brochure says its a 3.900
but subarus data base says it should be a 3.545
I just need to know whats on your cars
as i think the garage i used may have chucked a 3.900 away and tryed to refit a 3.545
All i know is that my pride a joy drives like a bag of crap

By the way, I'm Gaz and it is nice to meet you all???

Ta Stu.
You must be bored if your looking though posts this old.

All the above was all rubbish to as it was all down to the corsa tyres on the front and not on the back.

Gazman2054 wrote:

WR1 Bro wrote:

Gazman2054 wrote:Now then people,
I wonder if you can all get together to help me to help you maybe in the future.
My WR1 was in a crash on the rear wheel which pushed the propshaft into the rear diff.
I have had a new diff put on the car but its a bag of sh*t...
When you take your car to garage for a service
ask them to check your diff size it can only be 1 of 2 types and will only take approx 5mins to manualy check.
I need to know if its a 3.545 or 3.900
My WR1 brochure says its a 3.900
but subarus data base says it should be a 3.545
I just need to know whats on your cars
as i think the garage i used may have chucked a 3.900 away and tryed to refit a 3.545
All i know is that my pride a joy drives like a bag of crap

By the way, I'm Gaz and it is nice to meet you all???

Ta Stu.
You must be bored if your looking though posts this old.

All the above was all rubbish to as it was all down to the corsa tyres on the front and not on the back.

Glad I brought this up... extra info now added

danr55 wrote:or try Crossroads, they're the dealer I use and they are very good, they will probably know..

I had a few minor problems with my diff and they sorted it out in no time with Subaru/Prodrive

How did you end up in a back end bump were you going across a roundabout

Gazman2054 wrote:Front and rear diffs dont seam to work as one.
In auto she drives as any WR1 i've been in.
But in manual as the diffs wind up they make some loud banging noises around 2500 - 3500revs.
Its that bad you can feel the car jolt when it makes the banging noise.
The steering is also like a guided missle in manual, all she wants to do is drive in a straight line.
I have to fight the car around the bends.
I took Mike c out and let him drive her and he could not belive how bad it was.

When you get yours fitted just ask them if the diff is a (suretrak diff) or a (manual diff)???
Brochure says we should have suretrak diffs back and front but i dont think this is right cos we have a rear diff temp gauge on the dash (which is for a manual rear diff apparently?)

Why are you having a new diff fitted???

Gazman,

Give me a call. I will send you a pm PM

Mac-1 wrote:

danr55 wrote:or try Crossroads, they're the dealer I use and they are very good, they will probably know..

I had a few minor problems with my diff and they sorted it out in no time with Subaru/Prodrive

How did you end up in a back end bump were you going across a roundabout

Round a roundabout and the woman coming on did'nt stop to give way she just drove on and in to my rear wheel.
She said she did'nt see me!
Not like the WR1 is in your face or anything.

Gazman2054 wrote:

Mac-1 wrote:

danr55 wrote:or try Crossroads, they're the dealer I use and they are very good, they will probably know..

I had a few minor problems with my diff and they sorted it out in no time with Subaru/Prodrive

How did you end up in a back end bump were you going across a roundabout

Round a roundabout and the woman coming on did'nt stop to give way she just drove on and in to my rear wheel.
She said she did'nt see me!
Not like the WR1 is in your face or anything.

I hope you gave her a good stiff talking too. Was she wearing thick glasses or was she aged 98, ether way keepum off the road

Mac-1 wrote:

Gazman2054 wrote:

Mac-1 wrote:

danr55 wrote:or try Crossroads, they're the dealer I use and they are very good, they will probably know..

I had a few minor problems with my diff and they sorted it out in no time with Subaru/Prodrive

How did you end up in a back end bump were you going across a roundabout

Round a roundabout and the woman coming on did'nt stop to give way she just drove on and in to my rear wheel.
She said she did'nt see me!
Not like the WR1 is in your face or anything.

I hope you gave her a good stiff talking too. Was she wearing thick glasses or was she aged 98, ether way keepum off the road

She was fifty ish with no glasses.
I use the roundabout every day and she just carnt of looked properly.
My only prob was nobody stopped and now she's saying it was my fault as i cut her up speeding.
This was feb 06 and it still aint sorted out yet.
Still waiting for a date to go to court and you know what there going to say without any witnesses its 50/50 and there goes my 4 yrs no claims...

Thought any damage to the rear quarter was deemed there fault

WR 1mpostor (aka number 1 moderator) wrote:Thought any damage to the rear quarter was deemed there fault

If your entering a roundabout or on a roundabout you are responsable for everybody around you as they are for you apparently and all crashes are deemed 50/50 so i've been told by a guy from an insurance company.
Which i think is a load of bollocks in my eyes.
Looking back i just wish someone had see her hit me and stopped...

Gazman2054 wrote:

WR 1mpostor (aka number 1 moderator) wrote:Thought any damage to the rear quarter was deemed there fault

If your entering a roundabout or on a roundabout you are responsable for everybody around you as they are for you apparently and all crashes are deemed 50/50 so i've been told by a guy from an insurance company.
Which i think is a load of bollocks in my eyes.
Looking back i just wish someone had see her hit me and stopped...

I was hit last year on a roudabout, by the rear door, the bloke said at the time it was his fault, but since insurance have been involved he has not responded to any of his own insurance's letters!
Hence our like for like "Bristol&London" who we used because of our non-fault are now taking him/them to court. At no time has anyone stated the above.....Are you sure your insurance are operating in your best interest, or just anything for a easy life for them, less paperwork etc !