Thomistopheles' 06 Outback XT Limited - Baller Husky Hauler 3.0

[Thomistopheles]

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Interior:
Weathertech digital fit mats
Cubbypod
Ortiz driver defrost vent pod
Prosport Evo boost gauge
Prosport Evo oil pressure
Prosport Evo wideband o2
OEM pet gate/cargo separator
Diode Dynamics interior LEDs

Exterior:
Rally Armor UR flaps
Grimmspeed plate relocation bracket
Tinted windows
Maxima D2S + Legacy hybrid projector retrofit with clear lens upgrade, tuned for a fat color band
Morimoto XB55 HID kit, ~5500k color temp
Yellow tinted fog lights
JDM Corazon grille
Aluminum non-turbo Legacy hood

Engine:
Cobb AP V2 - pro tune by Bruno at Topshelf
New case halves
Manley pistons
Eagle H beam rods + ARP bolts
King XPG bearings
11mm oil pump
Killer B oil pickup
Killer B baffle/windage tray
ARP CA625+ head studs
Supertech valves
GSC Beehive springs + Ti retainers
BC 272/272 cams
Blouch Dominator 1.5XTR turbo
Injector Dynamics 1300cc injectors
Deatschwerks DW300C fuel pump
Radium fuel rails
Aeromotive adjustable fuel pressure regulator
Parallel fuel line setup
Grimmspeed EBCS
Perrin inlet
KStech CAI
FMS front mount intercooler
Go Fast Bits Respons bypass valve
Dual catch cans
Grimmspeed alternator cover
Grimmspeed radiator shroud
Mishimoto radiator + hoses
HKS equal length header
Grimmspeed EWG uppipe
Tial MVS wastegate
Invidia catless downpipe
AVO mid + Y pipe
HKS ES axle back


Drivetrain:
08 STI 6MT trans
R180 rear diff
Legacy 4EAT driveshaft
Driveshaft Shop Stage 5 rear axle + hub kit
ACT Xtreme Duty 6 puck clutch
ACT Streetlite flywheel
STI pitch mount
Cobb Stage 1+ drivetrain (short throw)


Wheels/suspension/brakes:
18x8.5+35 XXR 531, 225/40r18 tires
Whiteline front LCA inner bushings
Avo front sway bar bushings
Moog end links
ISC N1 coilovers 8/6k
Whiteline rear upper control arm outer camber bushings
Legacy rear upper control arms
FHI 4 pot front calipers
Stoptech drilled rotors
Hawk HPS pads
Goodridge braided brake lines
Legacy ABS module (corrects speedometer)

Pile of parts waiting to be installed:

[foohfooh]

Congratz! Can't wait to see how this goes

[Thomistopheles]

I picked this thing up from Minneapolis MN a week ago. I put out a feeler to see if anybody was selling a 4th gen, and one of my customers messaged me. She told me her boyfriend was considering selling his 06 OBXT and gave me his contact info. After a barrage of text messages, photos, etc I made arrangements to look at it. My buddy Connor and I piled into his Forester and set off for MN. Four hours later, I took it for a test drive. 119K miles, meticulously dealer maintained with records for everything. Exterior and interior were in excellent shape, it became clear that this was babied by the previous owner. Heated leather, giant sun roof, manual trans... oh yes, it was coming home with me. Came back, handed the man $6800 cash, and we were on our merry way.

Minneapolis is home to many things... a few rally teams Connor knew, MA Performance, Grimmspeed, god awful fucking traffic... many things. We decided to stop by at Grimmspeed and grab a plate relocation kit, popping the car's mod cherry on the first date. After that, more of Minneapolis' terrible traffic followed by a long, dark, incredibly boring drive home on I-94. We stopped for food at Taco John's on the way back, something Connor had not experienced yet. We later regretted this decision, driving 3 more hours in the midst of a food coma.

My plans for the car are pretty simple. Coils, sway bars, some bushings, wheels, axle back exhaust, headlights that don't suck ass.

[98legwag]

Any pics of said wheels yet?

[admiral snackbar]

Congrats! Red is even sweeter. I've done lots of business with MA Performance and always been impressed.

[iampetro]

Congrats!

Start with checking those turbo banjo bolt filters and get an access port so you can get off the stock tune which is known to cause cylinder 4 problems.

I love the colour and can't wait to see pics of your BD and BP together

[Thomistopheles]

Congrats!

Start with checking those turbo banjo bolt filters and get an access port so you can get off the stock tune which is known to cause cylinder 4 problems.

I love the colour and can't wait to see pics of your BD and BP togetherI knew about the banjo bolt filters, didn't know about the stock tune causing issues. I wasn't planning on buying an AP since I was going to leave things stock, but if that's a problem I'll look into picking one up. Thanks for the heads up! Do the OBXTs have catted up pipes? Haven't really had a chance to look, I've heard that can cause problems too.


Any pics of said wheels yet?Yup. Went out by lake mendota today for some updated photos. I picked up a new camera body and a couple better lenses to replace my old 50D, so you guys can expect a ton of photos as I do stuff with the new car.
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[foohfooh]

Back in a red outback :scratch:

[Thomistopheles]

Back in a red outback :scratch:Going in circles, man... goin' in circles.

I picked up a set of OEM headlights for $80 tonight, got them split + prepped + painted in between working on customers' lights. Instead of the usual matte black, I went with a metallic black base/clear. Retrofit parts should be here tomorrow, they're getting XB55 HIDs and Maxima D2S projectors, solid performers with a bit of tuning.

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[98legwag]

I like the wheels. Something I have been wonder is why some of the trim on the outside is black? I thought the Limiteds had the trim body matched.

[Thomistopheles]

Limited added the dual sunroof, leather interior, power passenger seat over the normal XT

Decided to run the amber reflectors, just finished up building the projectors for it. Going to write up a DIY on them in a bit. I also picked up some Prosport Evo gauges to run in a cubbypod, and a replacement passenger A pillar cover to replace the stained one. That A pillar was driving me nuts since it was the only interior piece that wasn't mint.

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[98legwag]

Yeah its weird. According to cars.com the 2.5i Limited got the body matched trim but the XT Limited did not. Subaru is so smart....

[Thomistopheles]

Yeeeeessss, yeeeeessss... everything is going according to plan.

Parts ordered and on their way as of today:
Cobb Accessport
Rear weathertech mats
AVO front sway bar bushings
AVO rear sway bar bushings
Moog front and rear end links
ISC N1 coilovers
Whiteline front lower control arm inner front and inner rear bushings
Whiteline adj. rear camber upper control arm bushings
Cubbypod

Avo mid/Y pipe and an axle back are in the works, just ironing out scheduling issues.

Drove the BD around the block. Just isn't the same anymore... :smt009

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Gauges are in, my buddy Grey and I made a DIY cubbypod while I wait for the one I ordered to come. Hell I might just sell the cubbypod and keep this, fits great and the door still works.
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Not a great output shot since it's so close to a wall, but the Maxima hybrid D2S projectors with XB55s make factory CTS-V headlights looks like a flashlight with dying batteries. Pretty damn wide output, great color band, and it doesn't have the obnoxious foreground that the BD's FX-Rs have.

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[Dead91silvia]

This is a nice rig! I like it! Killer deal on it also!

[98legwag]

Nice. I am sure you already know but the rsb mounting points are weak. If you upgrade the rsb you should get the Avo reinforcement brackets.

[Thomistopheles]

Installed Diode Dynamics LEDs for the rear plate, cargo light, dome light, map lights.

I went to go pick up that Avo 3" midpipe tonight... wound up getting that, a damaged Nameless axle back that I can salvage the mufflers and flanges from for the new axle back, a brand new in box AEM wideband, Perrin intake tube, and a complete FMS FMIC kit for a grand total of $560.

[Thomistopheles]

Installed the Perrin Aftamaf and wiped some of the crap off the engine, looks much better.

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Accessport showed up, gave the stage 1 93 octane map a try but logs show a bit of fine knock learn at 4500-5500rpm WOT. I'm going to back down to the 91 map and see how it does. Other updates... Ordered a KStech intake and heatshield that will work with the turboXS style FMIC. A friend will be selling me his catted DP in a few weeks when he gets a new setup. Bought a catless uppipe. Coils arrived. Other stuff should be here Friday. Won a Domo from a claw game. He is now my copilot. The pile of parts grows greater with every passing day.

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[Merc6]

Congrats, yeah do banjo bolts, one behind the passenger head is the most important one to grab, you will love stage 2 tune, and almost told you to bullet proof the stock TMIC but you going FMIC. Is this FMIC kit that deletes the fogs?

[Thomistopheles]

It clears the fogs on LGTs, we'll see if there are any fitment issues with the large OB fogs.

Speaking of the FMIC... started cleaning up the piping. Had a bunch of stickers and silly shit covering up this nice metallic red, those got shitcanned and I polished them with M105 on a light cutting pad, then applied some sealant to keep 'em shiny.

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[98legwag]

Your dog is thinking "mmmmm....boost."

[Thomistopheles]

Tonight! Whiteline front LCA inner f+r bushings, avo front sway bar bushings, moog end links were installed. Black friday sales got me without ever leaving my office, buddy and I made an order for a couple sets of wheels. 18x8.75+33 XXR 530s in matte bronze for his FR-S and 18x8.5+35 531s for my OBXT. It's going to suck having those show up and then get put right into storage, but they were a good deal.
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Sunday! Coils and rear bushings will be installed. Until then, they get to sit all warm and snuggled up in their covers.
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Monday! Exhaust day, going from sneaky quiet prius noises to Rumbletron 4000 sounds by repairing and installing an avo midpipe and nameless axleback.

[Thomistopheles]

Coilovers and whiteline rear camber bushing thingies were installed today. Stock height vs now:
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About a 3" drop. 225/55r17 tires on 17x8+35 wheels rubs pretty bad, going to have the fenders massaged to accommodate these and my summer wheels later this week.

[Thomistopheles]

Lots of rumbles, no rubs, I'm a happy dude.

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While my Avo mid + Y pipe were being repaired and mated with some custom directional rumble cannons (muffler deletes), I mentioned that I needed to get my fenders rolled. Shop's owner paused, made a quick call, and within an hour one of the best fender guys in the state was there to massage away all my rubbing problems and give me plenty of room for activities.

[geckoboy86]

And comparable shots from the side of the ride height difference.

[Thomistopheles]

Closest I have on hand right now.

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Oh, and a fresh family photo.
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[Go Mifune]

Full report on the coilovers please! How do you like them? Also your video camera works very well in low light. What is it?

[Thomistopheles]

Full report on the coilovers please! How do you like them? Also your video camera works very well in low light. What is it?Canon 1D mark IV body with 24-105 f/4 L IS lens. That video was pushing it, dark enough that I had to use one of the expanded ISO settings... 25600 if I remember right. Lots of detail loss and chroma noise when pushed that far. This in car video was shot at 6400, still fairly clean and usable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NQDhQFiPXA

I don't really know what to say about the coils, they work like they should lol. With the 8/6k springs and damping set at 16 clicks they're very comfortable on the street, rides nicer than the BC BR equipped cars I've driven and is even smoother than the tokico D specs and RCE black springs on my BD. Set them full hard and you're in for a very stiff ride. ISC is a bit of a lesser known brand, but as more and more people get them I think they'll become pretty popular. Haven't come across anyone that doesn't like their ISCs yet.

[Thomistopheles]

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I'm looking forward to getting these on the car when spring rolls around.

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Newer engine bay photo with the KStech intake and Grimmspeed alt cover + rad shroud.

[Thomistopheles]

Vf52, fmic, uppipe, invidia downpipe, comp stage 2 clutch and lw flywheel, grimmspeed ebcs, grimmspeed turbo heatshield, and pro tune are scheduled this upcoming weekend. The hype is real, I'm super excited.

[Navi271]

That's an awesome list of parts. It'll be a completely different car!

[Merc6]

Yeah I got a 52 waiting on me when Humpty Dumpty is back in one piece again.


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[Thomistopheles]

Bam. VF52, FMIC, comp clutch and flywheel, turbo inlet, heat shield, downpipe, uppipe, EBCS, all that good stuff is installed. About to send off some logs to my tuner to get the revision process going.https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2015/12/20151220_152618_zps6mc1dedv-1.jpg

[geckoboy86]

Bam. VF52, FMIC, comp clutch and flywheel, turbo inlet, heat shield, downpipe, uppipe, EBCS, all that good stuff is installed. About to send off some logs to my tuner to get the revision process going.https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2015/12/20151220_152618_zps6mc1dedv-1.jpg

And this picture makes it ok that I am losing to this in the ROTM....
Very nice ride...

[foohfooh]

Hm. Bam. Just like that? *poof.

[Merc6]

Hm. Bam. Just like that? *poof.

Totally wish that was the way it goes. I got a whole engine and parts shelf sitting here that needs the "I dream of Jeanie" head nod.

[Thomistopheles]

Gotta wiggle your nose, then do the head nod. That's the secret.

I ran into the typical VF52 boost creep problem that catless cars often have, so the car's getting a Grimmspeed EWG up pipe and 38mm vband Tial MVS. Also bought a replacement for the muffler deletes...they're too damn loud now that I'm catless. HKS ES Premium axle back will be taking their place.

Oh, and after a mostly 50°F and rainy December... we finally got some sky cocaine. Welcome to Wisconsin, where the weather is made up and the seasons don't matter.

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[Thomistopheles]

I went to Topshelf Performance & Fabrication in Portage for a set of 225/55r17 Blizzak WS80s and mocked up the HKS ES Premium axle back. My mid/y pipe is a bit long with the GS DP->CBE adapter, so the HKS axle back tips sit right where I want them despite being legacy sedan fitment. A little hanger modification, a quick adjustment of the driver's side Y pipe flange to put it where it's supposed to be, and on it'll go. Very excited to get those on there, was expecting them to require more work.

Should have the EWG on in a few days too. The Tial MVS showed up today, but UPS is holding the uppipe and dump tube hostage for the weekend.

[Merc6]

Boxer rumble is lovely. Not sure I could do a EWG setup if it doesn't dump back into the DP.


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[Thomistopheles]

Boxer rumble is lovely. Not sure I could do a EWG setup if it doesn't dump back into the DP.If it's too obnoxious, Topshelf can whip up a recirculation dump tube for me in no time. I like a good external dump as much as the next guy, but it has the potential to get old pretty quick on a daily driver.

[Merc6]

If it's too obnoxious, Topshelf can whip up a recirculation dump tube for me in no time. I like a good external dump as much as the next guy, but it has the potential to get old pretty quick on a daily driver.

Exactly. 100% VTA bov was cool for the 1st few months then it became a nuisance as people assumed I was doing BOV salutes when they heard it.


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[Thomistopheles]

Hauled four wagon loads of stuff into my new shop. I've missed having this kind of cargo space.

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Swapped out the red FMIC pipes for some brushed silver ones to match the KStech intake.

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Painted the grille black, ordered L7 badge overlays.

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EWG stuff is all here, so Ian and I will probably throw that on sometime this week.

[bmwpride]

love the look and progress. Keep it up!!

[foohfooh]

That shop is sooo clean! *drool

No lift though?

[Thomistopheles]

That shop is sooo clean! *drool

No lift though?I dont need one for the work I do, but we are putting a lift in Ian's corner. Should be picking it up in a week or two along with a large compressor and more workbenches.

[Thomistopheles]

Holy hell... I haven't updated this since before the wastegate?

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Let's see... put 245/45r18 rubber on my summer wheels, dropped it a little over 1" more up front and .5" rear, added more negative camber up front, wastegate's on there, swapped out the TurboXS hybrid valve for a GFB Respons, put on a HKS ES axle back, blast plates and group N trans mount are waiting to go on, have some ID1000 injectors + TGV deletes + DW300C pump sitting on a shelf for it.

[meepers]

Looks great. I would color match the door moldings and handles. Love the ride.

[98legwag]

Last night I was thinking there had not been an update on this beast in a while.

[Muse]

I kinda had reservations about this car at first, considering how sexy you made your 2nd gens.







I no longer question it. Daaaayum.

[Thomistopheles]

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Next up, the moment everyone's been waiting for...


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I'm getting rid of that fuckin' pinstripe today. :thefinger:

[foohfooh]

Haha! Great...

Ps that's a great looking little blue impreza in the photo. Details?

[Thomistopheles]

Haha! Great...

Ps that's a great looking little blue impreza in the photo. Details? Ej20K swap, jdm trans, gt35r, more fuel... it's only on 12psi and it will walk me like I'm standing still

[Dead91silvia]

I havent seen this for a while. Looks great Thom! I will say though, I did like the red pipes more then the brushed aluminum, but thats me. Do you still have the red ones? I might be interested in them. :)

[Thomistopheles]

Put some FHI 4 pot front brakes on, stainless lines, Hawk HPS pads and drilled Stoptech Sport rotors all around.

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Today a little more intense project will begin... remember that fuel pump? TGV deletes? ID1000s?

That turned into:
New case halves
Manley pistons
Eagle H beam rods w/ ARP bolts
King XPG bearings
New OEM nitrated crank
New oil cooler
OEM gaskets + seals
Killer B pickup + windage/baffle tray
ARP CA625+ head studs
ST valves
GSC beehive springs + Ti retainers
BC 272/272 cams
Blouch Dominator 1.5 XTR turbo
Radium fuel rails
Aeromotive AFPR
Braided lines, parallel configuration
Injector Dynamics 1300cc injectors
HKS equal length header
Mishimoto radiator
08 STI 6MT
R180 rear diff
4eat driveshaft
ACT Xtreme duty 6 puck clutch + streetlite flywheel
Driveshaft Shop Stage 5 Spec B rear axle + hub kit
Spec B shift linkage
Cobb stg 1 drivetrain package (short shifter)

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Front tires rub on the body of the car toward the rear of the wells, so I'm dropping down to a 225/40r18 with a Spec B ABS module to correct the speedometer (within 2%). The rear is very close to the bump stops as it is, so I'll be swapping out the rear upper control arms for Legacy ones. Tires and upper arms will let me go considerably lower.

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Debadged the rear and replaced the red/silver L7 overlays with black/silver.

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[Dead91silvia]

Boy this car has changed up a lot! I like it! :)

[98legwag]

Boy this car has changed up a lot! I like it! :)

Agreed. Maybe its time for you to join the BL/BP crowd too.

[Thomistopheles]

Visited the car today, motor's out and the heads are off to the machine shop. I'm stuck driving a 2016 F150 while it's down. Big ol' land yacht with a twin turbo direct injection 2.7L v6, so weird seeing that kind of power plant in a truck... but it works.

[Merc6]

I'm slow, 4EAT drive shaft?

[Thomistopheles]

I'm slow, 4EAT drive shaft?

The 4spd automatic driveshaft is the correct length for the 6spd manual, just have to put my old R160 flange on the R180 and it will bolt right up.

[Thomistopheles]

My project over the last couple days. Cutting out the center of the grille leaves large gaps on the sides, so I busted out the ol' fiberglass skills and filled those, then did a light coat of body filler to fill all the small imperfections. Laid down primer and the base coat later in the evening, hoping to get it finished tomorrow. Haven't decided if I'll use this diamond mesh or wait til the honeycomb mesh I ordered shows up. I had to find something to do while my car's away having surgery, lol. Legacy grilles won't work since they're 3/4" shorter... so no aftermarket goodies for me.

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I have a S204 lip coming via big brown truck, heard they can be rigged up to fit 4th gen legacy and OBs... figure I'll give it a try, and if it can't be made to work I'll dump it on the local subaru classifieds group.

[98legwag]

geckoboy86 found some JDM grills that fit the 06 OB pretty well.

[geckoboy86]

Your Outback is a Model A-C, The JDM Spec B (model A-C) grilles are an almost perfect fit.

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[Navi271]

Why the new block? Is it so you have more of a guarantee that it won't go boom with all the new parts?

[Thomistopheles]

Your Outback is a Model A-C, The JDM Spec B (model A-C) grilles are an almost perfect fit.Wait wait wait... does this mean I can use a delicious rev A-C spec B Corazon grille?! I want to hug you right now. :smt050 Now I have options if this one doesn't turn out.


Why the new block? Is it so you have more of a guarantee that it won't go boom with all the new parts?
I'll be making ~480whp, built block is a necessity if I want it to survive longer than one pull, lol. Using new case halves so we could have the short block assembled ahead of time and reduce the car's downtime, plus the old one's still good so we are putting that in my buddy Ian's GR WRX.

Honeycomb mesh showed up, definitely going with that instead of the diamond gutter guard mesh. Kinda tempted to body match the outer part with the black mesh in the center... I'll see how it looks black first I guess.

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[Thomistopheles]

It's aliiiiiive! Few things left to finish up, but it had its first start tonight.

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Grille is coming along too... as you can see I went a completely different direction and skinned it with carbon fiber instead of painting it. Painted it black, brushed on resin and waited for it to tack up, and then my buddy Connor laid down the cloth and the first top coat. He has 100% more experience than me with carbon fiber since he has done this once before lol. After curing 24 hours, I'll trim the excess material, sand down any high spots, and add another coat. Rinse and repeat 4-5 times, then sand and clear coat. A quick wetsand and polish, POOF it'll be like glass.

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[glo2228]

Grille looks good

[Thomistopheles]

More grille progress. I did another round of sanding today and laid down the third coat of epoxy. One or two more ought to do it, it's starting to level out

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[Oc7ane]

this makes my want for a obxt so much more than it was before looking at this haha. its so clean man, nice car.

[Thomistopheles]

Ahhhh let's see... I said fuggit and ordered a Corazon grille for the car, should come from japanland at the end of the month. Bought an aluminum non-turbo legacy hood, dropped it off for paint tonight. Ordered a dash vent pod for my oil pressure gauge, few weeks til I'll see that. Bought a Legacy ABS module since the Spec B one wasn't compatible with my OB pump/harness. Already broke the 1000 mile mark, should be getting some boost soon. Kill mode tune on e85 will happen at 2k miles... should be close to 500whp.

Some photos of the car back in the wild:

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Alignment after putting in Legacy rear upper control arms and Whiteline LCAs:

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Where I keep the magical boost unicorns tied up:

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Once my driveshaft shop rear axles and hubs come in I will be able to install extended studs up front and run spacers all around. A little exhaust tuck in the rear, and I'll be able to spin the coils down a bit more... hoping I can get it to sit like this photoshopped photo:

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2016/06/A24E3052Edit_zpsuofmtrjp-1.jpg

[Thomistopheles]

2000 miles came and went. I got stuck in the hospital for a week and when I got out my car had boost. Got to enjoy that for a short while, but then a camshaft ate through a shim bucket + valve + spring + retainer. It sent metal through the oil pump, trashed it. Sent metal through the bearings, damaged them. Bottom end was rebuilt, heads fixed up, quick break in, and I'm back in boost. Topshelf took great care of me, even gave me a 2010 Legacy to drive while it was being fixed.

17 psi on 91 octane was enough to break into the 12s with a 12.95@105mph pass, and also enough to snap the shaft of a brand new spec B rear axle on the car's 6th launch. Temporarily ran a WRX r160 and my stock axles until tonight, when the R180 went back in with the delightfully massive Driveshaft Shop stage 5 axles and hubs. The axles are so huge, they interfere with the rear sway bar... so the sway bar's in my cargo area now. My tuner will be back next week, so Friday things are getting turned up. Dialing in more boost unicorns and powah on the pump gas map, then draining the tank and getting that kill mode E85 tune going.

I've been working at my buddy's high end detailing shop in addition to my own headlight shenanigans, finally got around to doing some much needed paint correction. Boss man coated my wheels with CQuartz Finest to help with ease of cleanup since my Hawk pads are on the dusty side, whole car will be coated after correcting more defects in the paint later. A one step removed around 90% of the defects this time around.

Anyway, here's some shiny things for y'all to look at.

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[foohfooh]

Amazing. Car looks beyond clean. I love the scoop less hood. Grill adds to the car a lot. No emblem. Paint is incredible

[peugoby]

Oh my lord that paint looks phenomenal! You've got skills to say the least. It must be a complete riot to drive with that kind of power and surprise people left and right. Awesome build!

[foohfooh]

Your car seems to be receiving quite a bit of love over on the "onlylegacys" Instagram page.

[foohfooh]

Is that a 05-07 spec debaged jdm corazon grill or the custom grill you made?

[HKC-speed.com]

The paint and texture of the ride feel soo smooth & great! :D

[MagXT]

Hands down the best looking OBXT I've seen!! Nice work!
Where did you get your aluminum scoopless hood?
And is that custom paint? Looks too good to believe it's stock, but i didn't see mention of paint in the thread.

[Thomistopheles]

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Ran a best of 11.86 at 118mph last racing season, just squeezed into the 500+ club on E85. Power is still climbing at 7k, and with my trap speeds I'm running out of gear at the end... so the plan is to spin it up to 8k rpm this year. Has wider tires, a beefy driveshaft since I exploded/twisted/shattered/broke my 4EAT shaft last year, and all new bushings in back so the differential isn't soaking up torque and flopping around.


Hands down the best looking OBXT I've seen!! Nice work!
Where did you get your aluminum scoopless hood?
And is that custom paint? Looks too good to believe it's stock, but i didn't see mention of paint in the thread.
Had a buddy order it for me through his shop, don't remember the manufacturer. There's a lot of aftermarket steel 05-07 non turbo legacy hoods out there, I pretty much threw my wallet at him when he said he could get an aluminum one. It's a factory color.

[Muse]

It may be a factory color, but you have laid hands on it, which means it is probably better than it was new.

[98legwag]

Its all wrong. You should give it to me.

[Somac]

Your Outback looks amazing with the performance to boot! Running high 11s is pretty awesome in that thing. Really love the way this all turned out. Sounds like you've unfortunately had quite a few issues with it, but it worked out in the end!

[Go Mifune]

Absolutely stunning wagon! I'm also running high 11s but in the 0 to 60.

[Muse]

Absolutely stunning wagon! I'm also running high 11s but in the 0 to 60.

Hahaha, sounds about right. "EJ22E. It'll get you there... eventually."