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Cruising, they are almost imperceptible, I have to downshift to 4th to hear them clearly. I downloaded a sound meter app and will see what my readings are on my way home. Sitting in the car with engine off is around 35 to 40 db, engine on 55 to 57 db. So they aren't loud per se. I think I need sound deadening in the trunk and back seat area.

 

And for anyone wondering, my peak boost is up a bit over half a psi. Usually peak is around 20.8 psi ish in this weather, today 21.31psi. I'll log the trip hom and do a 3rd gear pull.

 

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adding sound deadening to the rear shelf helped me more than anything, spare tire too but there was already a fare amount of factory deadening in there if i remember correctly

It has held up great so far. Definitely noisier than the factory trans, but an awesome improvement. Unfortunately the only way to give you dimensions would be to pull the mounts. I may be doing that soon. If I do I will be sure to,post pics and details of the mounts. I really should have done it earlier, but I was just too excited to get it all together.

 

yea i totally understand that, glad to hear the swap is holding up nicely. pics and details would be great if you ever end up pulling them out, but I'm just gland some pulled this off.

just read through this whole thread, not sure how i missed it before, but awesome job both on the project and the write up. how has it held up so far? if you want to share the dimensions of the engine mounts i could work something together in CAD that might be a little prettier

It's getting absurd in the Schaumburg area near me too. Every where around is becoming like a rally track. Some of the bumpers on the highway are impossible dangerous at highway speeds, and stuff like the circle drives around Woodfield Mall and Stratford Square Mall are becoming like the rough road testing facilities that car makers use. It's horrendous, like bad enough I feel like even the cushiest factory car would feel it at this point.

 

my GF's parents got a brand new Q7 about a month ago or so and i can say we certainly still felt the bumps, although it made much less noise than in my LGT.

Curious, why the OEM springs and not Eibach's?

 

Likely to keep factory ride height.

 

Humble's on the money, as much as i would love to lower it for the look and "track" handling, i hammer this thing on some truly terrible roads. if you ever saw the "road" (read pothole ridden suspension destroying masterpiece) that runs through my condo community you'd probably recommend i raise it. there used to be an ALRIGHT line you could take to get around it but after this winter half the "road" is sitting next to my garage where they push the snow when plowing.

paid for another healthy oil report from Blackstone Labs @93.2k miles. there is quite the growing list of parts i want to get for a spring refresh tho, Konis (& KYB fronts strut for them to go in), KYB strut mounts front & rear(who thinks this isn't necessary?), 13-14 oem springs, Mevotech FLCA's (mostly for the pancake bushings), turbo coolant lines (god knows they are about to fall apart), probably should replace the clutch before getting cryo tuned... also a tubosmart kompact 34mm plumback BPV, and AVO TMIC or process west khanacooler(anybody have feelings one way or the other?). and of course I felt a small vibration under braking this morning so hopefully that pans out to be nothing... JEEZ what else should i throw on top of there?

saw a ruby 5th gen LGT on rt 7 in Burlington, VT 2 days ago, was separated by 2 cars in traffic so i couldn't get up to you to give a wave... your left brake light is out bud

Hears a pic of one of my "teeth" they found pulling the trans. Comes from 3rd gear.

 

note to self don't chase islandborn's power figures

I could be in for a set as well, anybody know how involved the install is?

You are right, it is very different. WRX left, Legacy right.

 

do you have a pic of the standard legacy shifter?

I think you and I are the only ones with the WRX shifter and all the Perrin goodies.

 

i have a factory STI STS and all the perrin goodies... does that count? it's gotta 10X more predictable now, almost as good as my friends wrx w/ a STS & a mechanical linkage

The milkshake is aerated power steering fluid.

 

Just keep the reservoir full and turn lock to lock so the fluid circulates and it will eventually clear.

 

At least in my case.

 

The power steering fluid demulsified over night and i did the bleed procedure properly this time. at first the wheel shook pretty badly when turning it back and forth so i let it sit for a while and did it again... felt pretty much fine. on a quick test drive the wheel felt a little funny when turning while stopped, but this morning on the way to work i didn't notice any abnormalities so hopefully all is good.

just changed my power steering fluid... instant milk shake and screeching power steering pump when i started it. to flush it i removed the return line and turned the wheel lock to lock while keeping the reservoir topped off, so all with the car off. what have i done wrong and how do i fix it? thanks

I bought 2 new exhaust donut gaskets (one 3", one 2.5") to fix the exhaust leak i've been too lazy to fix all winter, 5 quarts of castrol edge 5w-30, and a 15208AA2A Subaru oil filter. im thinking about switching to the 15A if not only to use the entire jug rather than having a pretty useless amount left over.

Helped truck to get back on road:

 

man that wagon is mean

I clipped the driver's side mirror on the garage a couple months ago. Still need to fix that. Didn't do the damage like yours though.

 

somebody clipped my passenger side mirror in traffic about a week ago, i thought it was unscathed but a piece of the black plastic fell off yesterday, not entirely sure if i'll fix it or not at the moment, if i do it won't be for some time.

Welcome to the club, what took you so long? In case you haven’t heard about it:

 

https://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/anyone-seen-tsb-12-136-12-automatic-headlight-sensor-repair-195473.html?t=195473

 

I've had this done and went through 2 more sensors while still under warranty. the 4th one went out about a year ago and i haven't bothered to fix it.

Yup, looks like it!

 

What kinda throws me off is that it's a 2010, but it has the facelift cluster with the temp gauge. But maybe the diesels had that from the beginning?

 

did we even get a temp gauge in the US? that spot is where the stupid little eco gauge is. i would love to have an actual temp gauge to free up a spot on my AP

FL is Facelift, MY is Model Year.

Facelift is MY12-MY14, my car is MY10.

 

 

My MY12 doesn't have that parking brake... do you have part numbers?

Happened last Tuesday but honestly nothing happened to me at all. Didn't feel any after effects. Slightly embarrassing to get into an accident where I lost control because of snow/ice.

 

http://i.imgur.com/phHTwPq.jpg

 

rough... how much do you want for your yellow hellas?

So the tube was popped open. The top end of the where the housing screws into the strut itself popped out the thread. Where the whole strut came apart. Leaked all the oil and all

 

dang mang

I would rather run or bike on a 95 degree day.

 

jesus you're insane, I'll be hiding in a heavily air conditioned room thanks

if it's 80+ I'm either swimming or couch surfing.

Why exercise? I burn calories other ways. My wife seems to enjoy it too.

 

haha i don't exercise. i GET exercise while chasing POW and avoiding Jerry's.

It looks to be middle, but yeah I think you are right. Ok, lets revise. You cali costal people are wimps...

 

i see people running in 30s all the time. In fact it helps your workout because your body struggles when it gets super cold. When I was in college i loved to bike in the 10s -30s because when it became 50+ it was so easy to go anywhere

 

They're not wimps they've just never experienced what i like to call whether. as in, whether or not its nice out I've got to go outside either way. to be fair the majority of my bipedal travel in the winter is on a splitboard which sort of requires a lower temp. anything under 5 F starts to get difficult on the lungs for me, but if its over 30 I'm going to drenched in sweat by the time I'm at the top, and around 45 I'm in a t shirt on the way up... granted its a slower moving, calorie intensive activity

under 70? whats that?

 

that's the reason i live in Vermont is what that is