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That's funny. I just watched the clip, and that person she was racing was one of her employees lol.
Actually the person I was racing in the video was my husband driving my 2015 STi
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I guess something happened to the car yesterday. Not good, but she's ok.
Yeah, sadly when the part failed it caused a LOT of damaged and the car caught fire. Fire wasn't too bad but it's bad enough that the car has no power what-so-ever now.
Just poking around yesterday I could only see one small wire to the coilpack that was completely destroyed by the fire, so hopefully it's just a "get a new harness and move on" kind of thing.
God I hope.
Not sure when I'll be able to pull it apart as we dont work on our own cars during business hours, so it's gonna be a slow process.
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Hey guys... Sorry I've been MIA recently from the forums because we've been doing a LOT of traveling and racing lately.
So to clear a few things up.
In September we traveled from Texas to Chicago to race at Subaru Nationals where I FINALLY broke into the 9's with a 9.9 @ 144mph pass in the 1/4 mile. Here is the video, I'll post the time slip when I get to work..
I have been to some local 1/4 mile tracks after that, but I haven't improved much due to limited runs and poor track conditions. (I ran a 10.0@ 145mph the weekend after Subaru Nationals, but the next pass I did that day was on an oiled down track and I almost went into the wall so I decided to pack it up and head home.)
As far as what happened to my car this weekend...
I was racing at the WannaGoFast 1/2 mile event (an event I look forward to every year) and sadly on the second pass something failed.
At this time I am 99% sure I know what failed and why, but I'm not posting details until I pull everything apart and I'm 100% sure. I also want to reach out to the manufacture and work with them before I post up.
I will say that I have seen this part fail on other high hp subaru recently so I wasnt too terribly surprised when it happened. (super disappointed but not surprised)
But the weekend wasnt a complete waste because our other shop car went 180mph in the 1/2 mile and broke the record for fastest subaru in the 1/2 mile. So that's pretty awesome!
-Mary
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Congrats to Grimlin for cracking the 10's -!
first post updated to reflect new fastest time.
1/2 mile record run here -
I'm so sorry. I dont know how I forgot to post this stuff on here. lol
My 1/2 mile run makes me the fastest (top speed) legacy in the world now
I believe I am the 3rd quickest in the world (maybe 4th) but quickest in the US.
Currently upgrading a few things in search of 9's. (upgrading my driver mod as well... Husband and I are going to split seat time this year)
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Loaction: San Antonio Raceway
Date: 12/14/2014
11.1029 @ 130.97 - Grimlin- 6mt
7.2432 @ 101.03 - Grimlin - 6MT
Ambient Temp: 68 F
Elevation: 625ft
Weather: Clear
Car: 2009 Subaru Legacy SpecB
Tuner: AWDTuning
Track info: San Antonio Raceway
Transmission: stock SpecB 6speed
Peak Horse Power at RPM: 600whp at 7400rpm
Peak Torque at RPM: 440wtq at 4800rpm
Fuel: E85 (pump)
Engine/Power Modifications: Built engine w/ Darton Sleeves, GSC S3 cams, Full Race twin scroll kit w/ Borg Warner EFR9180, ID 2000cc injectors, twin Bosch 044s, Process West Intake Manifold, Perrin FMIC, and a lot more stuff...
Driveline Modifications: QuarterMaster twin disk, Driveshaft Shop rear axles
Suspension Modifications: KW Varient 3 coilovers, Whiteline stuff, Cusco stuff, Perrin stuff... more than I can remember....
Other Modifications: no roll cage, stock interior weights in at 3700lbs
Car made 710whp on the dyno at 34psi, but I'm just learning how to drag race so I have no raced at anything over 600whp just yet.
The 11.1 pass was done at 600whp (27-28psi)
The Official: Fastest Legacy Thread (1/4 and 1/8)
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Nope. Here are the pictures of the car I took yesterday afternoon when we arrived back to the shop https://www.facebook.com/MarymFields/posts/10154806560639701