anothernord's '97 OBW, 12/8 - Fab projects, rally wheels

[peugoby]

your wagon looks/ sounds great!

[anothernord]

I've been neglecting my member's ride. I shall change that.

MODS!

Here's the dirty-ass Cusco 22-24mm adjustable RSB, that doesn't fit correctly; it must be bolted on the inside of one endlink, and the outside of the other. It still feels great though.



Also, Perrin rear differential bushings. These come in their "Rear Subframe Lockdown Kit:, and must have two big washers used to hold the outer bushings in. (there's 4 total). I did notice that the differential can really be heard with those mod.



And, Perrin subframe lockdown bolts. These just stick in the rear subframe to hold it in place under hard cornering.

Edit: The bolts that came in the kit were too short for my Outback, which has body spacers for the lift, so I just went to the hardware store and picked up some that were 1" longer, and they work fine.

[anothernord]

[httrdd]

Looking beastly!

[chuckthefuk]

mint!

[TGX4776]

whats your lift? 2nd gen forester?

[anothernord]

whats your lift? 2nd gen forester?

Stock; Outbacks have taller struts and spacers for all the drivetrain components.

Next mod might include something involving a turbo.

[TGX4776]

lol.

Edited to remove stupidity.

[prodriver1]

does this car still work?

[xoSubieLegacyxo]

love the outback!

[anothernord]

does this car still work?

Yeah, I drive it every day.

[xoSubieLegacyxo]

thats amazing! Bet your neighbors really love you in the early mornings and late at night! hahahaha

[prodriver1]

does this car still work?

Yeah, I drive it every day.

so is it still supercharged? I just want to know how reliable a supercharged subaru engine is.

[Perkul8r]

Actually if you look in the FI section you will see that he is currently running a turbo setup on it and is gonna be going to a twin charge setup.

[anothernord]

does this car still work?

Yeah, I drive it every day.

so is it still supercharged? I just want to know how reliable a supercharged subaru engine is.

Like the above post says, it currently isn't, but that's just because I've been to busy with school to complete all of the twin-charge project. I had been running the SC for a whole year, and it never left me stranded. A supercharged setup on a Subaru, being custom in nature, means that's it's as reliable as you put it together.

[anothernord]

Ok, a much needed update. I grenaded the input shaft bearing on the transmission, soooo:

I spent about week reading forums, as well as my Haynes manual. Then I sourced a hoist and went to work.

Removed everything, disconnected all the hoses and junk:


Engine out:


A beautiful flywheel, freshly machined, torqued, and cleaned with brake cleaner.


Engine hanging happily with the new Exedy Stage 1 clutch:


And after wrestling with transmissions, you get this:


The Haynes manual came in handy:


Double, triple, quadruple check everything because I'm paranoid, then do this:


Everything worked the first time! The clutch feels awesome, similar pedal effort as the stocker, but with a more precise engagement point.

[anothernord]

Oh, and here's pictures of the twin-charger setup.





JDM tails, and exterior shots to come soon!

[deadend]

wow, too impressive

[bulldozer24]

I wish i had the money to do all of this.

[prodriver1]

[quote="anothernord"]Oh, and here's pictures of the twin-charger setup.





so whats the internals of that thing? and what the hell are you using to control all that? mega squirt? are both chargers running all the time or do you have a cheeky little setup like VW? my mind is reeling! :smt026

[anothernord]

Look at my thread in the Forced Induction section. That explains everything.

[prodriver1]

I did rite after I posted that. you got a beautiful thing going on

[anothernord]

A friend of mine is a professional photographer, and wanted to mess with his new lens. Off to Old Town Ft. Collins we went.











My favorite:

[httrdd]

I hate you!

[Cervantes]

man! thats a serious car! i wish i had the mechanical inclination for that type of work. i have parts sitting here because i'm too scared to do that work myself. great work, engine looks awesome.

[LiCelsior]

Very nice!!

[anothernord]

The supercharge/twincharger build was no longer practical for daily driving, so and I got a good deal on the turbo kit, so I switched.

[httrdd]

Wait where did I miss where you were no longer twin charging?

[TGX4776]

Wait where did I miss where you were no longer twin charging?

Umm yeah what happened to that?

[anothernord]

Whoops, I had explained everything on the RS2.5 thread a while back, I guess I forgot to update this thread, but it was pretty impractical for daily-driving, and I needed to just have something I wouldn't fiddle with (as much).