Hey guys,
I just spent a long time writing a nice lengthy post to introduce myself and I hit a key that deleted it so here we go again...
My name is Dan and I hail from Westchester County NY. I am an elementary school special educator and I love cars of all kinds, but over the past few years, Subarus have been my favorite by a long shot. I now own two of them which is why I am here.
3 years ago I bought my pride and joy (and joined CLUBWRX and NASIOC)...A brand new 2004 WRB WRX loaded with everything from the factory...Well, the modding bug bit me, and now it is a WRX that can outrun some STi's. Most of the work I have done myself, as it is nothing too extensive, but someday it will be well over 300 Wheel HP....(don't tell my fiance :-)
Over the Summer I took a job working in an area where I have to park on the street that is kind of far from home. We all know how that goes when we have nice cars, so I bought my second Subaru. It's a 1995 Legacy L Wagon in Dark Red, with a manual tranny and only had 100k on the clock when I bought it about 5k miles ago. It belonged to a guy who passed away about two years ago, and it just sat for quite a while until I bought it from his wife. I only paid 2 grand, and for a lower milage EJ22, I figured it was worth it. So, I spent about 11 hours detailing and cleaning the interior and another 12 or so on the exterior when I bought it, to make it look halfway presentable. I found a junker 1996 outback and replaced all the broken and missing plastic interior parts. (got them all for free) I then replaced a front axle/cv assembly, the timing belt, front ball joints, all the brakes, wipers, pcv, fuel filter,shifter bushings and spring, ran some seafoam through it, and put some chevron techron in to fix up the out of wack gas gauge a bit. All in all, and for far less then 1 grand more in parts and some labor, it's a freekin awesome daily driver. I need a new/used A/C compressor cause this one is shot, and I gotta change the trans fluid soon, but other than that she is good. I will worry about the A/C in the Summer...I am throwing on some meaty tires and 16" wrx rims for the winter as well.
Other plans include replacing the tape deck with an oem cd player of some kind as well as Outback Struts, Spings, and sways to raise it and stiffen it up a bit in the handling department. I'd also love to do an intake and an exhaust of some kind, but maybe I will save the rice (as I know that subarus don't really gain any power from intakes and exhausts unless they are tuned like my wrx) and make this more of an offroader. I will post pics once I put the new wheels on and I will post pics of the WRX as well because it's an incredible car.
Let me know of any other tips or tricks that you think I should consider for my wagon!!!! Thanks! - Dan