What did you do to your subaru today?

Front driver coil spring and front swaybar broke. A very used set of 2004 Forester XS take off struts (whole assemblies) were cheaper (and far more hilarious) than new springs. 08+ Impreza 2.5i sway bar fits, with a bit of force Also did a full brake system flush while i was in there. It pretty much doesn't drive any differently. Probably needs an alignment...

 

^^ Beast. ^^

 

installed a new cabin air filter and hardwired my old escort x50

 

I really need to hardwire my V1. Did you use the dome lights?

 

No I used a fuse tapper that I bought from advanced auto parts. http://www.midterminc.com/media/Fhm200.gif
I also bought a spst momentary switch for a mute button and a couple of eyelet connectors from radio shack. All and all it cost me 10 dollars ish.

IDK how the v1's wires are laid out but for the x50
yellow - mute
green- ground
red - 12v
black - LED

I highly recommend going with the fuse tap for the 12v and an eyelet connection on the chassis for the ground. It makes it totally reversible and does not mess with the factory wires.

edit: i tapped fuse 4 (the cig lighter fuse on MY02 - MY07 wrx's) so it turns on and off with the car

It looks super clean and no stupid wire dangling in the middle of my car

 

How did you wire in the mute switch? Any pics?

 

Here is my MSpaint rendition.

I didnt wire up a LED so the black wire is unused



I mounted it just right of my rear view mirror. Tucked the wire underneath the headliner and the driver side A pillar down to the fuse box/under steering wheel cover. Grounded to the frame after taking some sandpaper to it to get good contact.

 

Ah very nice, thanks. Did you just use a phone cable, or did you order a kit?

I've been meaning to do this as I get sick of switching the radar from car to car lol.

 

Tinted my tails yesterday.

 

Pics? What did you use?

 

There are the pics, phone was being difficult this morning, thanks Verizon.

 

Looks clean. Is it removable or is it like a spray paint that you'll have to touch up?

 

I just used a phone cable

 

Took a 138 mile trip and averaged 28.7 mpg! Car said 30.0mpg when I pulled into my garage, but my calculations were different ofcourse., still not bad for a 3.6

 

It's a spray, my brother did the same thing to his car and he hasn't had to touch anything up and his has been on for over a year.

 

My family and I just got back home from Chicago. After close to 1,000 miles of driving I consistently saw about 19-20MPG when cruising on the highway (70-75MPH @ 2,600-2,800RPM's with the Spec B gears), but during the time spent in Chicago traffic I only got around 10MPG! My normal mix of daily driving is usually somewhere in the middle of that.

In the photo the readout says 68MPG, but it got up over 70MPG at times! I think it's around 3.5x the actual MPG with my current injectors and base pressure. For a nearly 600WHP car, I think that highway cruising at 20MPG (on E85!) is pretty good. There are cars with half the power that do worse!

MPLS to Chicago and back on E85 wasn't an issue with a little planning. The car was on the full 30-31psi (close to 600WHP) tune the entire time. At a steady cruise I think it could get close to 300 miles before being empty. Here are some shots from after 3/4 tank (11.6 gallons). E85 @ $3.50/gal was pretty typical for the trip.

 

20mpg is great for what you have done to the car. I wanna say my 2.0 wasn't much more than that in the highway.

 

heck yeah! I was gettin 21mpg max in the winter, but now that its summer and im driving on the freeway more i've been getting 24/25 mpg. So happy!

 

Nice! But I must say that I'm not too terribly surprised - the trick is/was to keep it below 75 mph. When I picked up my STi in Vegas and drove it back I was only getting 19-20mpg...we were also going about 80-85 mph the whole time. If I keep it at 75 or below, I can get 23 mpg. I would imagine that your massive turbo doesn't spool much at low cruising rpm's either.

Nevertheless, that is still a very solid MPG for E85. Hope you had fun in Chicago too!

 

Autocrossed the derpwagon on Sunday.

Did better than I thought I would I am the destroyer of mustangs.

 

Oh, and yesterday I changed the oil and rear diff oil in the Saabaru
...and had to take apart and regrease the brakes on my sis's car . No near accidents after though

 

Really? You go to the one in Winona?...or Blaine?

 

Blaine.

Can't find photos of the event if you have leads please advise!

 

Yeah, keeping the speeds down helped. The Spec B 6th gear also gives me a little advantage.

 

Last night I rebuilt my front calipers. Then i drove home without dying! I guess i did an ok job!

Thanks Ben for driving me to Harbor Freight to get that air compressor part. Thanks to the shop for allowing me to take up the lift for the night.

 

Nice! Did put the HP+ back in?

 

StopTech Streets for DD
HP+ for track days only

 

Good deal, I've heard lots of good things about the StopTechs.
I'm tempted to step up from the HP+ to the Blues or something more for BIR

 

Well I had zero brake fad issues at BIR both times I went. Sessions were 18 - 35 mins. However, you may be a better driver then me... lol

Ben did get fade on his ST Streets, so I will swap them on track days.

 

You don't push real hard on the brakes though.

 

I'll push you on the brakes.

 

Don't feel too bad. He doesn't have Brembos either.

 

Ben over excells in every category when you match us up..... except for dashingly good looks. I win that sh*t hands down!

 

Kartboy short throw

Edit: Whoa that was bigger then expecting

 

Hands up is a different story though...have you seen ben with his hands up?

 

10/10 would bang

 

installed top feed composite tgv deletes, wrx top feed fuel rail, top feed injector clips, 1200cc top feed injectors PITFA! ready for a corn tune!

 

Lol

 

That's what she said.





I hauled my mower home from storage in mine (wagon FTW).

New passenger front axle comes in tomorrow, hope to have time to throw it in.

 

New shoes, DWS now my Spring, Fall, and Summer Tire

Snow in July, No problem

 

My new turbo was shipped to the wrong person..... Grrrrrr so today I'm figuring **** out

 

Drove it to work!

 

Removed a corroded/snapped bolt from the A/C condensor, installed new seals, put a vacuum on the system, and then filled the A/C system. I now have a car with working A/C after going 12 years without A/C

 

I did that too!

 

Made that front wheel bearing my bee-ich thanks to a couple of my friends...

Nutz off and air hammer you are my BFF

Sorry Snookie