katalyst

haha wow, I'm surprised that some of the members are still around.

I haven't been that active lately and admittedly probably didn't visit the forum for a period of like 2 yrs but been lurking again recently.

I do still have the Legacy surprisingly but it's seen better days

^ that doesn't sound like the spec B dream i'd like to have...

congrats on the GTO though.

definitely research all your options.

it's a free market and whatnot but i might consider alternative products aside from megan racing.

^ bolt-ons will net you very little gains, in terms of power at least.

generally you'll get more value for upgrades to the suspension.

came across this today http://www.wimp.com/incrediblelap/

unbelievable riding and racing skills

usually i'm around 350 when i fill up

400 is a stretch

506 miles?!!?!

i get like 400 at best

edit: lol @ N.sane's post

Looks fantastic Capn - nice work. My wife and I also spent vacations, weekends, every spare dollar and many we didn't have to fix up our last house. Built in 1909 - it had some beautiful hardwood floors buried under a **glued** carpet pad & two layers of carpet (god people are lazy!). We stripped all the floors, put in tile, etc. We never did finish ripping out the fake bricks in the living room. Biggest job though was ripping the kitchen down to the studs and starting over w/new window, recessed lighting (they had a drop ceiling before w/fluorescents - ick) - and my personal favorite touch - hand made wood cabinets (I built them myself - not bad for my first try I think).

 

We have 2 or 3 before photos somewhere, but mostly only these after photos we took the day we moved out:

https://picasaweb.google.com/nathan.crum/OurOldHouse#

i just took a look at these, really have to say i was impressed, particularly with the kitchen. were all the renovations DIY?

nice, looks like it's turning out pretty good

i had the same situation, my house is from the 60s, was a complete pile of crap when i picked it up.

kinda hard to tell with the colors since i'm just getting a glimpse in each photo but fwiw, my main floor bathroom is about that shade of blue and my kitchen is a similar shade of green.

so absolutely none? right? I mean, based on what I observe daily on the forum this place is just short of NASIOC in the member to member treatment department.

i disagree with this statement, this forum is far from degenerating into what nasioc has become.

staff and members here have been pretty good for the most part in keeping this forum one of the better ones out there.

"If you stay in the garage any accident is avoidable. Any serious questions?"

-Martin Whitmarsh, Mclaren F1 team principle; on aggressive overtaking maneuvers

2011 post Singapore Grand Prix

man that's awesome

i thought your car was RBP ??

i don't doubt that with a lot of monetary and time investment that sort of powerplant could be build with the current block. the tuner/shop would really have their work cut out for them and there would probably be a long period of teething issues to sort that engine out with the myriad of changes occurring.

the biggest issue however though, is even if you could build a defacto sti engine swapping all parts in, the transmission you have isn't rated for that kind of power output, so.......you'd probably be looking at swapping in the sti trans too, so you might as well just grab the entire drivetrain from an sti and put it into the shell of the legacy, probably save you a ton of headache with the turbo, pistons and troubleshooting a new engine etc.

i mean if you're willing to go that far, you'd be way better off selling the 2.5i and purchasing a legacy spec b, already having the STi trans from the factory and then just go stage 2 off that. save you an incredible amount of headache and money.

essentially, you're starting with the incorrect foundation/platform if 300+whp is where you want to go with your mod direction.

if turbocharging is still something your interested in for modest gains, i'd definitely suggest checking out paul hansen's turbo install on the avo outback, the link is on the sticky under the power section, otherwise it's prob not too far down on the first page of the normally aspirated section.

hmm

that'd prob be a question for a tuner, they would probably have to evaluate the definitions and see if the injectors are a limiting factor in the fuel tables. but to be honest this is an area i'm not too familiar with.

has to do with the design of the top hat

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/creaking-popping-during-turns-145574p2.html

also on page 3 of that thread there is another photo showing the tophats side by side

damn, this looks awesome !!

i wish i could get this done to my car

it actaully sounds really good, reminds me of the prodrive

i just kinda wish the avo axelbacks didn't have such cannon sized exhaust tips