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My "creation"

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Well...my Subaru Saga began April 15, 2005. I am a dyed-in-the-wool German car guy, so the whole Subaru thing was foreign to me, but because of my great interest in gravel performance rally, I thought a Sube would be a cool car to have.

I bought my 92 SS with factory 5mt from my friend Todd Krawczyk, a longtime member of this board (-K-), (although no longer active - will have to fix that). When I got it, Todd had already installed an AWIC, a T-Bird Inbred turbo, and a nice clutch setup. It was running around 15psi when I bought it, and really hauled ass; especially compared to my 1983 Mercedes-Benz 240D.

Along with the other mods, Todd did a very nice job with the instrument cluster:

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The first thing that had to be done was, of course, put loud exhaust on it. So the stock muffler disappeared, and a glasspack went in its place. While it sounded neat, it was kinda loud. So it got replaced with my current axleback; which is some random stainless muffler.

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The car came with these gawdy chrome rims on it...which I decided really had to go.

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They were replaced with these:

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I then decided that it needed more power, so I got a VF8 turbo:

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Along with that I decided to make a resonator delete:

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I then got some WRX struts and Eibach springs for a good deal:

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This is the car as of May 2007:

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I then wore the tires out on the 15" rims, so I decided to get 16s:

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Then I got a great deal on glass headlights and JDM corner lights:

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Just last week, the car got AGX struts:

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And I got a great deal on some 2.5RS wheels with Kumho Ecsta SPTs...since I ultimately want to run 4 pot brakes:

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Post by Laura »

Is the strut posing for the camera, or are you fixing a clunky sound?
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That was while it was waiting for its new shoes
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Post by 555BCTurbo »

So two things happened this past week that I have been wanting to do for ages:

1)

3 inch mandrel bent exhaust (built by yours truly)

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With HKS downpipe (that I scored for $80) :D

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2)

440cc injectors. I finally got the buggers in and got the car decently well tuned, that is until I installed the new downpipe and it threw some things off...


And something that had to happen, since it kept blowing up radiators, was the Koyo superJDMtyte radiator

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And here's a bonus pic of it sitting outside my place:

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And it really needs a wash :(
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Post by Laura »

The radiator looks so shiny!

You two have gone through a lot together.
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Post by asc_up »

Can we see pictures of the gauge cluster lit up?
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asc_up wrote:Can we see pictures of the gauge cluster lit up?


Ask and ye shall recieve:

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Post by asc_up »

Oh darn. Do the needles light up a different color?

Is that just a bad picture or does your gauge cluster have burnt out bulbs?
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Post by 555BCTurbo »

No, I realized that I didn't have the lights turned up all the way, as I drive with them pretty dim.

I fixed it...
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Post by asc_up »

Ah I see. You drive in 'stealth mode.' Haha.
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Post by BXSS »

The Koyo Looks nice!
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Post by Dynamic Entry »

did you paint your handles? why did a postlift have chromes?
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Dynamic Entry wrote:did you paint your handles? why did a postlift have chromes?
No, I swapped them out for some off of an LS...

And I always wondered why it had chrome handles too...
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Post by SubaruNation »

do you like the kumho ecsta's?

thats a bad ass DP for 80 pesos... :)
and does your boost gauge light up?
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Post by 555BCTurbo »

The Kumhos are awesome so far, best tire I have had on the car!!

the boost gauge isn't backlit, and it doesn't light up...

One day I will get off my ass and put a backlit one in there...
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Post by 93Subadan »

What are those 15" copper colored rims? Those are awesome :D
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Post by jake15 »

those 15" wheels are 98-99 outback rims that were painted with duplicolor wheel paint :-)
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