What did you do to your subaru today?

did brakes on my dads out back....

mike wray did this to my car yesterday.

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what are you doing? forged pistons? :yumyum:


:eek4: this isnt a headgasket issue is it?

 

yes...

 

headgasket huh...that sucks.

 

I put some zip ties on it to hold crap together.

You know you got a real Subaru when some stuff is held on by zip ties!

 

That sucks man. Might as well get pistons and rings replaced for larger turbo:biggrin:

 

replaced an alternator belt, oil fill neck o-ring and a broken handle on the tailgate of the wagon.

cleaned some windows too.

 

andrew and i rode the failboat on everything today. well, really it was the parts fault mostly, this isn't going on (gussets too close on top and bottom)

 

That sure dosen't look like a fun ride at all. Bummer

 

the coilovers themselves are pretty nice, I'm just a bit frustrated with the fit on the fronts

(40mm bilstein, h&r springs, group n tophats, custom bodies)

 

Yeah, we managed to not do a lot of stuff today. :-/

 

They look great, but I bet they'll look (and work) even better ON the car!
Good luck guys!

 

Got new tires today from the Tire Rack -- Bridgestone Potenza G 019's!! No they're not summers, but they're supposed to be a hell of a lot better than RE-92's. Can't wait to slap 'em on.

Anyone want RE-92's with less than 4/32" tread remaining?

ALSO installed some Kartboy front endlinks today. Good gawd what a difference! :eek3: Of course, I installed rear aluminum endlinks two weeks ago so the car's been pretty off-balance since then. ...until now! :biggrin::biggrin:

 

got these back :yumyum:

 

finally got it running today

 

i installed my new to me bride ergo seat, then went and played to test her out, may need to go up a notch, but no more swaying in my seat, like a tree in a huricane

 

try a cobb nobb... the platic, or polymer, or what ever its made of is awesome, best feeling knob ive hand my hand on, woah, that didnt come out right...lolz.. any one wanna get their hands on my (shift) nob at locks meet thursday is welcome too... it will be the black dirty one

 

Paid for my Nitto NT05s that just came in.

 

JB Welded my radiator. Some stupid press fitting where the fans bolt to the radiator started to seperate making a tiny leak. Ended up JB welding all 4 of those fitings just to prevent any others from seperating and leaking. This will get me by until I buy a new radiator.

 

Smashed it into a Audi.

 

bought it.

 

Got the new tires mounted & balanced. Can't wait to break them in...

 

dual exhaust

 

Silent seat belt mod on both drivers & passenger sides. Easiest, quickest, and most effective mod I've ever done (aside from the shift knob). :eek3: Took me 30 minutes for both, and it was my first time. That was also with hand-sanding, not a dremel...

 

fyi- duct tape works wonders. installed in 30 seconds...last for years

 

Yeah, I considered that. This will last forever. :biggrin:

 

I found out the 04 sti has a speed limiter.

 

what was it?

 

Limited to 155

 

Ordered some rod & main bearings, Cams, Springs & Retainers, oil pump, water pump, gaskets, etc... to go with the stroker kit.

Starting to pull the old motor this weekend.

 

packed it for a 9 day trip to Florida!

 

o really?


my subaru activity was spend a 15 min Homework break touching up wheel paint.

 

Put on a JDM Bugeye STi hoodscoop!

 

Yup, this is a parameter in the stock ECU mapping. Very easily changed if you have access to a cable and laptop.

 

I don't need any more at this point. that was enough for me

 

Over the weekend I did some work on the 1998 Leggy Outback. The waterpump gasket was leaking and it had an internal headgasket leak and the front differential bearings were on the verge of exploding. The vehicle has 160k on the body and 60k on the "new" ej25.

I replaced the following:
Timing belt
Tbelt tensioner
2 idlerpullies
waterpump
Headgaskets
valve cover gaskets
cam seals
Intake manifold gaskets
spark plugs (NGK Iridium)
Genuine Subaru air filter/fuel filter

I cleaned the surfaces of the pistons, ALOT of carbon build up on them pistons. I also got the carbon off the combustion chamber/valves.

Installed a "new" 4eat with 104k on it. Replace all external seals, and replaced an inside cv boot.

I think thats abooooot it.

 

She runs like a new car now.....shifting is smooth and there is alittle more power :yumyum:

 

Tuesday I swore out load because I hit a pot hole a busted the sidewall on a tire that was less than a month old. So I'm driving the Leggy till the new one gets here Friday.

Amy

 

Gonna be de-stickering it soon

 

Put a DVD player in the dash. :yumyum: