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Fwiw, I ran Brotella T6 5w-40 in my WRX long term: track days, rally cross, autocross, trailered motorcycles with it, and beat the snot out of it on the regular. Had an uppipe, tbe, stock turbo, and basically a stage 2 pro tune.

It never burned oil. Spun a rod bearing at 185k miles at a trackday.

I figure this is as good a place as any: has anyone run 60wt for trackdays on a stock block? What kind of oil pressures do you see?

My mechanic told me to run 60wt., but that seems pretty unusual to me. I run a synthetic 40wt on the street -- is that too thin for a track weekend?

it's super tight, I have since lowered the car another 1/2in with very slight rubbing. It does take some camber to fit, I'm running -3.7 front and -3.2 rear

Wait, what are you doing to even get that much camber? Camber plates and bolts up front? Adjustable arms in the back?

Its nothing compared to the sedan widebody , that was way more of a nightmare. This is all about sourcing stuff that bolts up really.

My bug just went into the shop today and I noticed rust developing on the passenger side fender (driver's side already has it). The thought of a sedan fender conversion definitely crept into my mind...

Parts definitely cost more than Subaru parts, and you have to buy more parts OEM. I believe that he did get a warranty, but it might be third party.

My friend has an E55 wagon and he does most of the work himself. Maintenance seems reasonable enough for a high-powered German car (read: around the same as a modified Subaru), but the power more than makes up for it.

I also taught MSF courses for a few years and second that recommendation.

I'll also kick in this bit: keep your skills and training fresh. When shit hits the fan, few people 'rise to the occasion' to pull off some heroic feat or skill. Most people default to what they have practiced in training.

This was the state of my rear passenger side line.

Unfortunately it's not a signal at all. They don't need to cater to their enthusiast market as much as you'd think. Enthusiasts are a very small percentage of owners and in any manufacturer's eyes, the BRZ, WRX and STI is is enough. They sell a shitload of plain jane Outbacks and foresters, I bet the xt take rate is low enough to justify not bothering with a performance version of any other model.

I hear what you're saying.

But I wonder what the case was for not bringing any Levorg into the US market. I really like the looks of the new Outback, but it's too big a car for me and I like sleek cars over butch, plastic-clad cars.

Those and a wagon body, and I would put down a deposit tomorrow.

But what I really want is a turbo 6MT Levorg Spec.B.

I'm actually closer to buying a pre-'10 Legacy/Outback turbo than I am to any new Subaru today, which should probably be a pretty big signal to SoA.

Throw a snail in and give it rowing capability and it'd be my dd

Those and a wagon body, and I would put down a deposit tomorrow.

Michelin Primacy MXM4s on a fwd Fusion got me through the mountain passes in a pretty significant blizzard surrounding the I70 corridor in Colorado. They handle predictably in snow and ice, which is really all you can ask of an all-season, IMO.

If I had to run these, I would. But separate winter/summer rubber ftw.

I was thinking about this and wondered about the dual-diagonal brake line setup. When the brake failure happened, was it a total loss of braking power, or did the dual-diagonal system allow the system to work with much longer stopping distances?

Well, we found out that the braking system is redundant so long as you have brake fluid feeding into the master cylinder. Braking distances become very long (I think it only brakes the rears?) with tons of pedal travel. Of course, during all this time, you are leaking fluid.

What happened with us is that once the fluid reservoir is emptied, you don't get any brake pressure at all. The 'brake' idiot light will go on in the dash and this is your signal to add brake fluid. My girlfriend was able to maneuver the car in heavy traffic with engine braking and the parking brake, but the experience really shook her up.

Yikes dude. Something like that is the biggest thing that's holding me back from suggesting my girlfriend get into a legacy or an outback from this year range. Don't really want to think about what would happen if the car lost a brake line with just her, or just her and the kid in the car.

 

I'm gonna have to take a look at the brakes and lines on her Honda Fit next time I get a chance.

Yeah, it was definitely not cool and we had a pretty serious discussion about getting rid of the car afterwards. If anything like that ever happens again, we may stop buying Subaru for good.

Brakes failed on my 07 LGT on the highway a few weeks ago due to this issue. My girlfriend was driving alone at the time. Car was inspected earlier in the year by a dealer local to me.

Honestly, I think replacement should be mandatory and that 4g Legacy owners should plan for it around the 100k mark, especially in the Northeast.