What did you do to your subaru today?

Dang How dark is the front tint strip? Does it cover the entire windshield? What is the law for them?

 

I want a strip, but I do believe none is allowed for cars on the front w/s in MN, at least that was what I was told.
Edit: here is a link to the stature;
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=169.71

 

Correct. No tint allowed on the front windshield anywhere. That aside I love my 5% windshield brow and couldn't live without it after now having it for the past couple years.

 

simple but changed oil and tranny fluid in the 2002 WRX

 

^I'm thinking I'll be doing my tranny fluid sooner or later. How's the build coming ?

 

ugh...pulled my rotated kit apart tonight to heat wrap the up pipe and replace the turbo oil return line which melted at the track. What a bear to work on...

 

Thought about kicking it a few times, and then just decided to swear at it instead.

 

Hmmm....do I dare ask for details?

 

My HP pads squeked for a while when I installed them, eventually it went away.

 

We kissed and made up tonight, just a little issue with a fuel line. Life is good once again!!!

 

Went to dinner/bingo with a couple friends, and came out to a nasty old rust bucket of a bronco parked with our front tires less than a foot from each other and a nice ding right in the door handle. And I didn't win a bingo. FTL.

 

I drove mine somewhat agressively - it loves freeway onramps.

 

I would have certainly left him a little present of my own. I.E wad of chew on his windshield. I've done it before.

 

My first reflex was to leave a note, then I thought, why a note when I could deflate a wheel (not causing any permanent damage), and then finally I just left.

 

I drove mine to Ramsey just in time to see BroCo kiss and make-up with his STI.

Thanks for the beer!

 

No problem, thanks for helping me out! You know what they say, if there is no pic. it didn't happen

 

Wow dude I look like I smoked 10 lbs of grass in that picture.... too bad that is just how i look on a normal day. Way to capture my full retardedness!

 

That's just how I roll!

 

Changed plugs last night and got my wastegate fitting in the mail. Hope to get everything back together tonight and take a torque wrench to my suspension.

Looking at going back to BIR Monday!

 

did clutch install the past few days waiting for parts and finding time with school and work, but finally mated the trans back to the block, bolted up everything up last night - attempted to start it up, but had a dead battery. Bought a new battery and still no start up.

Fixed my grounding mistake - still no start up until my mom comes and says maybe my battery connection is bad?! It was. Cleaned it up and hooked it up - started right up.

It is up and running again. YAY!! New clutch break in time.

In a few days - fixing the rusted out exhaust. LOUD!!!

 

Tuesday: attempted a tune w/ Bullwinkle, did a baseline run and found out the last owner didn't install the GS ebcs anywhere near correctly (it was operating at waste gate pressures)
Edit: the previous owner had removed the stock bcs and had just plugged in the Grimm Speed unit and left the 3rd port open WTF?

Wednesday: Fixed the ebcs (with help from Bullwinkle by way of a link to an install vid) drove it straight home like a criple with a limp, fortunately i live 5 min away from work and taken all back roads. (found out later Bullwinkle tossed a different map after the baseline run.)

Tonight I was able to squeeze in another attempt at a tune w/Bullwinkle, this time it went smoothly except my being taken off guard by the awesome power of a subie on the second pull. I accidentally let off the gas mid way through the pull. oops! but he said the run was salvageable. Thanks again Nate, it was truely an awesome experience!!!!

 

took off my cracked windshield. awaiting the new one coming in. nice way to save myself $100.

 

i thought free glass repair was mandatory by the state of Minnesota for all insurance companys to have...maybe thats just under full coverage.

 

i believe it's only under full coverage.

 

wash my car and went to the JMP Annual Car Event Show in Newport

 

i have it. but i wanted to take care of the major rust under the urethane adhesive since im repainting it, i want to take care of all the rust.

 

Found it's replacement (for the winter) adding +8 to my cylinder index which is still lacking. Odd how the 2.5 and 5.3 liter engines make the same power.

 

Got another alignment done at Jeff.

 

Swapped out transmission, rear diff and installed a new clutch on Saturday. Old 5MT was frozen so car was undriveable. Switched from a 2002 with 200k on it (3.90 final drive ratio) to a 2004 Legacy L trans with 40k (4.11 final drive ratio). Car received new exhaust gaskets as well. Whole process took about 10+ hrs with the help of MN Subaru memeber OCB. Car drives like it never has before and has a much smoother sound! I'm very happy with the outcome. That being said...

I have a 2002 5MT out of an Outback Limited. It has 200k on it and is frozen. I also have the matching rear diff. I would like to get rid of them but not for free. I'm not sure what to charge for the parts since someone could potentially buy the trans, crack it open and rebuild it. The rear diff is in good shape. What should I ask for the parts? $250???

Thanks!

 

Replaced inner boot on 01 RS cv axle...hate that roll pin!

 

Fixed the intermittent starting issue. Flushed the cooling system, washed it for the fisrt time ever, wired in a kill switch, and drove the derp out of it. I might drive it to work tomorrow before i get ready to sell it.

 

put about 200 miles on the scoob to pick up its new (to me) winter shoes/rims

 

Downpipe installed last night, NFPerformance Stage 2 tune tonight. Hopefully everything goes smoothly...

 

Sold it.
Started looking for my next project.

 

Installed carbon fiber prodrive mirrors today! I gotta say these are sweet!

 

+1 for GL
And I'm lacking too. 9 engines, but they only total 12 cylinders...

 

oh? have something in mind?

passed my inspection yesterday, took all of 10 minutes. yea for procrastination...

also determined my oil is leaking slightly from from lower camshaft pulley on the driver-side head. I'll have to pull the radiator again and do the timing belt. it's a shame, there's only 20k on it since new heads were put on. theres a bit oil on the bottom of the timing belt cover. i might leave it until spring before doing it.

 

Check the valve cover gasket on that side. They sometimes leak up behind the cam gear.

No set plans on the next project. Ive been kicking around a few ideas but need to do more research and set a budget...

Turbo 302 in something small and light
S or m 50/52 in an e30
Maybe another eg33 this time rwd in a coupe

 

Got clearbra installed

 

Took out the dash hood and both A pillar covers and put down a bunch of soft adhesive velcro in an attempt to eliminate some rattles. I was about 90 % successful.

 

I guess I've got 8=25 but 1/3 of that is from the recent addition. Nowhere near AWDimprezaL but I drove mine for the first time in about a week......it's still noisy, stiff, and rattly but thats what so great about it.

 

modded it, tuned it, drove it.

 

^^nice! Btw, I'll actually be staying in Hibbing on Monday night, 10/11. We should grab a beer....and you might have to take me for a ride in this thing!

 

Nice work, I need to do something like this pretty soon. There are two annoying noises that I need to get rid of before I punch a whole through the top of my dash

 

Now that I've quieted down some of the dash stuff I need to focus on the doors. There are some great writeups on 3GWRX.com for places to start.

Which noises are you getting? To pull the A pillar covers you just need to take off the "SRS Airbag" logo (A small flathead will pop it off, a 10mm socket will take care of the bolt) and pull back gently and it'll come right out. I was getting popping and clicking noises and now they're mostly gone. I have a feeling it's going to be a fair amount of work to eliminate them all, but it's something I'm going to work towards.