What did you do to your Subie today?

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Re: What did you do to your Subie today?

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Oh nice - I was planning on attending but didnt get snow tires or chains yet.
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Re: What did you do to your Subie today?

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Sold my turbo Grille to CFK
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Re: What did you do to your Subie today?

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I spent about 12+ hours working on the car and prepping everything to get the 6spd in. I fixed & repinned the trans wiring harness, installed shifter bushings, 6spd lower flywheel cover, and the 6spd flywheel, pp, & clutch.

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I just have to grab a friend or two and another jack to muscle that monster in the car. I'm not looking forward to it.
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Re: What did you do to your Subie today?

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Yeah, those 6speeds look pretty beefy. I wonder what they weigh...
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Grabbed a heater core from a junkyard car. Picked a car that had 300k miles, cause hopefully that means it was replaced. Core itself does look new, but I suppose they don't get very dirty where they are located.

30 mins to pull dash, another 30 minutes to pull core, lol. Dash I pulled myself, Vica143 helped with the heater core.
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I think I blew my turbo today...
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cj91legss wrote:I think I blew my turbo today...
Oh Noes! what makes you think that? Check your spark plug wires, I had a couple that backed out that made me think it was the turbo.
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It's making a funny noise as soon as it starts to spool and it sounds like something is boiling inside the downpipe :(
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92 SS Prefaced, GD dash swapped, 22T/205 Hybrid 20 psi - BEAST!
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Yeah it blew, wont even build boost. video of sound coming soon

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91 L-TW Wagon with a full Swap -RIP
92 SS Prefaced, GD dash swapped, 22T/205 Hybrid 20 psi - BEAST!
93 SS Bone Stock Gone!
94 TW Bone Stock Gone!
91 SS 4EAT Sold!
98 LGT 4EAT
98 LGT Wagon 4EAT
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Re: What did you do to your Subie today?

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Kimo's got that td05... ;)
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yeah but it's not bolt of for my application. Unless you know where i can get a different compressor housing for it to fit my intake setup?
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Re: What did you do to your Subie today?

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I chopped up some blown RS struts and put koni inserts into them. When I get the rear bump stops I will put them together with my p1 springs and see how they compare to the AGXs.

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cj91legss wrote:yeah but it's not bolt of for my application. Unless you know where i can get a different compressor housing for it to fit my intake setup?
Prob not practical for you. But you can buy td05 housings on ebay, including a twinscroll type. If I ever get around to getting a twinscroll manifold that's what I'll do and reuse my td05.
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92 SS Prefaced, GD dash swapped, 22T/205 Hybrid 20 psi - BEAST!
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91 SS 4EAT Sold!
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Might have to buy a Chinese turbo :-(

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cj91legss wrote:Yeah, those 6speeds look pretty beefy. I wonder what they weigh...
Trans shipping weight was 215 lbs. So it's right around 200 lbs....definitely a beast!
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How much did the 5 speed weigh?
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Not sure. I'll have to throw it on the packaging scale I have and see how much it weighs.

I'll probably try and do that with both the 6spd & 5spd so I've got a direct comparison.
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Re: What did you do to your Subie today?

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Rented a uhaul and spent 10 hours transporting my auto TW to my driveway on sat. Wish i had the space to salvage it instead... But sadly i already own 3 cars not including my gfs... So 5 cars total... Need to stop this >.<
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Re: What did you do to your Subie today?

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Finished installing my accessory mount.

The top is a ball jointed universal mount. Once positioned, the joint can be tightened down so that the base can't move.

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The bottom is a boot made of fairly sturdy metal. It was straight, but to mount it using the chair rail bolts as suggested, the boot had to be bent quite a bit.

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The middle is an aluminum bar about the thickness of a sharpie that is 18 inches long. The cover is simply wire loom that has been sealed shut.

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Because of the gauge of the bar, there's not a lot of movement once the position is set, unless you put some real weight behind it. So it's not going to collapse or anything like that, which is really nice.
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Re: What did you do to your Subie today?

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should put it on the passenger side so its not in your way and also reach to your radio and 1/2 din pocket.
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Re: What did you do to your Subie today?

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Thought about it, but it basically is the interface for my music, so i like to have my hand on the wheel when i switch tracks, which i can do in it's current position.
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originalcyn wrote:Yeah no problem. I stole the idea from SiCkSTi04, but I wasn't sure if that cargo tray would fit in the sedan or not. So at 20 bucks...why not.
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The forester cargo tray fits our sedan trunk very well. The newer legacy tray also fits our wagons too.
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Have you tried the legacy tray in a sedan? I'm curious about that. I love the forester one, but i'm just too vain about it saying forester instead of subaru or legacy.
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Re: What did you do to your Subie today?

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Fixed a small fuel smell / leak. Just loose hose clamps at the fuel filter. I've got a wicked headache now though.
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