Humble Rumble

^^Yup, that's essentially it. I have tracked the car previously while on the H&R springs (which I paired with Koni Yellow adjustable shocks) and while it did handle well, I definitely felt the limits of their capabilities while on track. Aesthetically as well, I found myself wanting more of a drop and adjustability than any set of struts/springs could offer. It also opened up the inner side of my wheels and eliminated any wheel clearance issues that might be caused by the larger spring perches of a strut assembly, so I can run much wider wheels now headache free (this is a wholly unique issue to my car and my car alone, check the link to my build thread in my signature if you want to read about that kerfuffle resulting from swapping to the JDM tS front aluminum control arm. Long story short, I lost 10mm wheel offset ONLY in the front, which gave me rub on the front struts that previously clear). To be clear, the H&R's are *phenomenal* springs for this car, and way more than adequate, comfortable, and well performing for a daily driver or even light autocross. My needs just exceeded what the setup could offer.

Would genuinely be easier and likely cheaper to just sell your 2.5i and buy a GT. There's no huge real difference between the JDM GT and USDM GT as far as engine and trans is concerned. They have a few tertiary difference like power steering type and a bit of different tuning, but other than that they're the same.

KCA326 is the incorrect part if you are looking to address the rear camber. Those are only the BUSHINGS for the UPPER rear control arm. What you need is a full replacement LOWER rear control arm. KTA216A is the part number of what you need for that. Front does not need additional camber support, factory allows enough adjustment, stick with stock for that. As for a 3.6R on H&R springs, here's mine back before I swapped to Fortune Auto 500 coilovers. Wheels are 18x9 +38 on 255/40 tires.

Ironically, the same week I blew my engine, Getadom tune streamed for 1.5 hours working on developing an EZ36 crankshaft. His initial design eliminates 3lbs over factory, rev ceiling of 10.2k, and destroke to 3.1L, basically enough to eliminate the need for the asymmetrical rods, and essentially opening the EZ36 to all the available symmetrical rod options, which all but removes the ceiling made by the original rod design. Would be massive for both turbo and NA builds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlCPFClXr0c

Also quick note: SHOPPING list - $20k. Bank account? Considerably less. I'll get there when I get there.

Hell no. You couldn't pay me enough to change motor platform. EZ36 till I die.

Short answer: yes. Entirely depends on how quickly I can get my money up. My shopping list BEFORE this incident was just shy of $20k more in parts alone.

Sploded. Horrid noises upon upshifting to 3rd, fully shut down on me by the end of the straight and had to wrestle it into the grass without power-steering. Haven't torn it down but 99% positive it oil-starved and lost pressure. Track has multiple long, high-g turns back to back, pretty sure I just have too much grip now for my oiling system. Planning on pulling the pan off one of my now two blown engines this winter and sending it off to NAS to have a baffled and possibly billet EZ36 oilpan developed to hopefully avoid this in the future and provide a new aftermarket option for any future idiots like me that feel like tracking this platform is a good idea. Little by little I'm eliminating issues so I can just track in peace. Sadly this happened on only my second session out and a broken lug key caused me to miss all my morning sessions, so I barely even got to learn the track. Including my full first session. Nothing special but it's pretty much all I got from the event.

I'm already running Btssm on a tablet, but unfortunately that only has the capability to display oil and coolant temps, not trans, so I'm planning on running a gauge in the future. Thermostat is a good idea too, and the layout I'm going with should let me be able to add that as well. As for fluid, I've been running Amsoil Signature Series ATF since my first fluid change in 2018. Only fluid I'll run until something comes along that is categorically better in every way. And I have also done the Prothane press-in bushing inserts on the rear diff mount and the middle carrier mount, but I want to swap out the carrier mount for a proper stiffened one like Kein next year. Also want to do my subframe bushings and the Prova inserts next year as well, should make the car feel brand new.

Are you guys getting sick of my mods? I got a goal and I want to get there lmao. Only got so long on this earth. About 10-12 minutes into each track session, my "AT OIL TEMP" light would come on, and I'd have to do a cool down lap for it to go back off. Without the car or my Btssm setup having a way to monitor trans temps, that was my only indiciation, but I've also never once seen that happen before while on track. Only other time I saw that come on was with a sustained top speed run, and it came on with a bunch of other lights that one by one went back off as I slowed down. Granted, this was my first track day with the new radiator setup, and also my first time at the specific track I was running, but I want to be able to go the entire session with no concerns. It's a possibility that the transmission portion of the new radiator is potentially not as efficient as stock for cooling ATF in track conditions, but it's kicking ass on the coolant temps so even if that is the case, I still consider it worthwhile. Coolant temps stayed below 210F the entire track day. Got a 2-day track event coming up this weekend, so we'll see how it does there. Hoping for no issues.

Picked up a brand new, 12-row, 2-pass, U-flow Setrab ProLine COM cooler for stupidly cheap recently from my local shop (they mis-ordered, had no other use for it, gave it to me at a steal). This is normally a $500+ cooler and I only paid $100. Turns out it's just about damn perfect size for the lower grille opening. I'm going to be running it as an in-line ATF cooler after the radiator-integrated ATF cooler and before the fluid return to the transmission. It fits almost perfectly with only some very minor modification. I needed to notch the bottom metal just a but for the sides of the cooler to set back to the desired location, and re-located my ambient air temp sensor to a different spot. I also swapped the two bottom bolts on the middle brace to Allen bolts from hex head bolts so that the heads were lower clearance and allowed the cooler to sit exactly where I wanted it to. Mounted the cooler directly to the bottom side of the crash bar with nutserts, and actually was able to perfectly reuse the two hex bolts I swapped out from behind the cooler to attach it lol. I did need to trim the bottom faring around the cooler obviously, but the way everything lines up, the faring leads RIGHT up to the bottom edge of the cooler, so no rows of the cooler are obstructed by the faring. Fits perfectly. Even better still: *NO* bumper modification needed at all with this size and layout cooler, and the placement i opted for. The bumper bucktooth clears the cooler perfectly and everything fits back together as if it was meant to be there. I could cut the bucktooth out, but this is a pretty high capacity cooler for the application, so I honestly think it will still do more than enough cooling with that small section blocked. I realized I didn't have a line union I needed to complete the plumbing, so I just capped the cooler holes back up for now and have the needed fittings delivering this afternoon to hopefully finish this up and get it running. As for the fittings I still needed, I'm using 2x -6AN hose barbs, one in the return line from the cooler and one in the return line to the transmission, joined together with a -6AN male-to-male union. This setup also allows me to very, very easily replace the union with a sensor port in the future when I want to set up a trans temp gauge.

Scored a Setrab 12-row 2-pass ProLine Cooler for $100, brand new. This is normally a $500+ cooler. Going to us it as an ATF cooler, since I'm not currently having any issues with oil temp. This was my local shop's display model that apparently got ordered wrong by a former employee and they would have never had an application for it, so they let me have it for a stupid good deal. It's perfect size for the lower grille opening.

If anyone is interested in a set of USDM LHD SAP Turn Signal Mirrors, I just posted a sale listing for a set I have.

Taken off a USDM 2013 Outback SAP , so the glass is angled correctly for LHD orientation. Glass is clear and intact, full pigtails and plugs included. 8.5/10 condition overall, typical usage wear, minor chips in painted covers. Passenger mirror has a small scuff on the cover that can easily be buffed out. Screws and gaskets included and in perfect condition. $400 picked up near Schaumburg, IL, can also ship at buyer's expense.

The last thing I shared in this thread was the Brembo swap, so needless to say, have a fair amount to share. I'll try to keep it brief and to as few posts as the site will let me. 1. Tinted the Ganador turn signals yellow to match my headlights. Nice little touch, love how they came out, still need to wire the signals for power lol. 2. Rear bumper was replaced with brand new OEM through insurance. Car was hit in my own driveway, cosmetic damage to the bumper only thankfully. 3. Gialla Sportivo lip finally painted after 5 years of ownership. 4. Launched the 2nd large drop of my sticker shop Cool Select Auto Works (http://coolselectauto.works), and fully re-did my rear window stickers after many years. Sad to see some of my old favorites go, but love how the rear window turned out with the color scheme and now my car works as a rolling catalogue. 5. Participated in my first full track day of the year. Drove a new track: Blackhawk Farms. Had a great time, got a cool video I'll post later, and learned that I definitely need an ATF cooler for the future. 6. Set of Prova Rain Guards finally sourced after 5+ years of searching. Obtained via the assistance of Jesse Streeter Corp since MJB auto-bidding is no longer available. 7th or 8th set in the states, 9/10 condition. 7. Brand new bumper (very stressfully) cut to accommodate installation of the Gialla rear lip. 8. Gialla Sportivo lip finally installed. The paint match is a little off so I'm going to have it redone, but I *LOVE* how it looks. Honestly like it fully colored too instead of with the middle blacked out. Going to likely get some Chargespeed reflectors for the holes. Also drove to my favorite secret photo spot and got a couple glam shots. 9. Checked off the final item on my checklist for the year: set of SPL Billet Rear Control Arms. Best control arms on the market for this chassis. Full billet body, teflon-lined FK Heim joints, full titanium hardware. Didn't expect to buy these this year but found an open box sale for several hundred off retail, so snagged them. 10. Left side SPL arm installed. The old Whiteline arms fought like a mfer, and took us two nights and a combination of sawzall and angle grinder to literally cut and peel the inner bushing and sleeve like an onion to get the seized POS out. 11. Day 3: Right side SPL arm installed. Bit quicker than the other side, but still, F*** Whiteline's poor quality materials and construction. Fine for literally ONLY adding camber, and never having a hope of adjusting them again in the future. Never understood why the don't put the SPL logo on both sides of these. Alignment scheduled this afternoon (9/26). 12. Prova Rain Guards fully installed. Took me 3 full days to get the 10-year old existing 3M tape removed so I could add fresh. Love how they look, and happy to have this grail item checked off.

Expanding on what FL posted, you can use -any- front bumper from any model/trim or Legacy OR Outback from 2010 - 2014, you just have to make sure you have the matching version Grille (i.e., 10-12 Outback bumper needs 10-12 Outback grille, 13-14 Legacy bumper needs 13-14 Legacy grille). The face lift for both models happened in 2013, so they're split 2010-2012 and 2013-2014. Seatbelts are the across all models 2010-2014. Side mirrors are all interchangeable fitment wise, and from 2011 onward, they had the ability to fold. Also, if you're lucky and feel like tackling some wiring, you can find side mirrors from 2013-2014 Special Appearance Outbacks (known as "SAP" for short), which are the only USDM models to come with turn signal side mirrors. If you are interested, I have a complete good condition set for sale, feel free to DM me if you'd like.

Did a big thing Tuesday night. Installed the full braking system from STI Type RA #262/500. Silver Brembo 6pot/2pot, OEM Type RA pads, OEM Type RA drilled rotors re-drilled for 5x100 (I had Ultima Race Works do re-drilling for me, same shop that did my corner balancing and dyno runs). These are essentially identical to the 18+ STI 6pot/2pot but came silver from the factory. I got an absolutely ridiculous deal on this entire setup, it has roughly 31k miles on it, everything is in incredible condition, the pads and rotors still have tons of life left on them (which is why I opted for re-drilling them), and the setup came 100% fully complete: every single piece of hardware needed was included and all of it appeared to be very nearly brand new if not completely new. It even came with the brake lines but I didn't need them since I already have Goodridge lines. Believe it or not, this swap was one of the easiest, most hassle-free projects/upgrades I've ever done on this car. Literally everything is 100% direct bolt-up, with the only caveats being that you either need to trim your OEM dustshields back a bit, or take them off and replace them with the STI specific dustshields (which involves removing the wheel hubs), and of course 5x100 rotors in the correct size. I opted for re-drilling the OEM Type RA rotors and trimming my stock dustshields, and running them down until the rotors need to be replaced. After that, my plan is to replace the rotors with 18+ STI-specific Girodisc 2-piece rotors, and I'll swap to the STI dustshields when doing those rotors (mostly because my car is a 130k mile Chicago car and my hubs have NEVER been off, so I'm positive that is going to be a headache inducing, multi-day task to get them removed). As for the trimming of the OEM dustshields, the rears need essentially the entire circumference outer lip trimmed off for the rotors to fit, and a bit of material removed near both caliper mounting points for the caliper to fit. The fronts need very little if anything removed at all. We trimmed a bit near the mounting points again for clearance sake, but if your dust shield is a bit too close for your tastes, you can just bend it back away from the rotor and clear fine. Small note: the STI uses the identical e-brake size to the 5th gen, so you don't have to mess with the e-brake in any capacity for this swap. Hats of the rotors are identical diameters and the e-brake functions exactly as it did before. Final notes: after driving them for a bit, as expected, they're absolutely incredible compared to the OEM brakes. Of course, they bite and stop like a brick wall compared to the originals, but what I didn't expect was how completely linear they are with the pedal feedback. The pressure applied to the rotor feels directly proportional to the pressure applied to the pedal, which feels fantastic to drive. So far, I have had no issues with running the factory master cylinder, going to give it a bit longer to see if I need to swap to the STI one, but I suspect I'll be fine. Also, as far as pads, my preferred track pad brand Carbotech does in fact make both fronts and backs for the 18+ STI rotors, so I have a set of XP10 pads all around delivering today so that I'm covered to knock out 1 or 2 more track days this year. Honestly, this pretty much finishes my car for the year. I've done an absolutely insane transformation since getting my car back in November, and pretty much checked off just about every single thing I wanted to do this year. Brembos were not initially in my plans, but when this set came up at the price they did, I knew that I would never again find a factory silver set, that is this complete, in this good of condition, that is out-of-the-box runnable, for the price I got it for, ever again. So I jumped on it, and man am I glad I did.

255/40/18 Conti DWS06.

Been kind of quiet about this but

I feel very similar. I find that if I zoom out to 80% on the page, the size of the text is much more similar to the old style, and my eyes find it easier to discern what I'm looking at. I will say, embedding images and video is significantly easier than the old forum, so once the growing pains wear off, it will actually work better.

Headed down to the Subaru production plant in Lafayette, IN for The Subaru Challenge autocross event this past weekend, which was held in the parking lot of the actual facility. This was my first long trip in the 3.6R since the new engine and new suspension setup, about 2.5 hours one way, and the car handled it without a single problem. I averaged around 24 mpg through the trip there, which is excellent considering I normally average under 16 driving around home. I must say, my alignment and corner balancing done by Ultima Race Works is absolutely -spectacular-. Despite being pretty darn low, with the way they set my car up, I have literally zero rubbing, scrapping, or bottoming out issues whatsoever. Granted I obviously have to angle into some driveways as one would expect at this height, but prior to them setting me up, I had rubbing and scrapping issues on large highway bumps that have completely disappeared since. They really got me set up millimeter perfect, and the car feels fantastic. Also did a small touch of sight-seeing on my way down and stopped at the last remaining over-road highway oasis in the Illinois highway system, about an hour from me in South Holland, IL. There used to be a spattering of these all over the place, and for some reason in the last 10 years they've decided to start demolishing them and just making them side-of-the-highway gas stations instead. It's a real shame because I genuinely loved going to these oases, and found them to be a truly therapeutic place to be. I found it fun and relaxing to just sit and watch the traffic from above, and would honestly sometimes drive out to one just to have lunch. They were truly something unique and special about Illinois highways and it saddens me greatly to see them all but extinct at this point. Onto the actual event itself. I don't have any pictures or videos from during the event yet (I didn't take any myself, a friend took some he is sending me later), but I drove really well and the car performed spectacularly! I entered into the Extreme Street A class and ended up taking 3rd place in the class, which earned me a medal! Beyond that, 1st and 2nd place in the class were actually driven by two drivers in the same car (who seemed very seasoned at SCCA autocross), so technically I had the 2nd fastest car in the class! I also ended up running good enough for 7th overall across all classes, which I'm really pleased with. On top of all that, every person that was at this event who also raced at SubieFest and ran faster times than me there, I ran faster times than at this event. I'm calling that a driver mod improvement. Checking off personal goals, really happy with where the car has progress to. Really starting to show its abilities. Had a really great time visiting the plant, been a bucketlist item to bring my car back to the place of its birth at some point. Overall was a really fun event, really well ran, I got a bunch of compliments on my runs, and even got a compliment from a Subaru employee stating I had the best sounding car of the whole event. I do wish we got to check out the inside of the facility, but hey, maybe another time. One last thing about the trip, my gf and I checked out a Disc Replay right near our hotel, which I was super excited to see since all of them in my area closed down a number of years ago, but while we were in the store, a bone stock 2012 Ice Silver 2.5i pulled up and parked right next to me. It looked virtually identical to how my car looked 6 years ago when I bought it, and it was really cool seeing a before and after comparison in the flesh. Even funnier still, an Ice Silver 6th gen pulled up while we were shopping, and if you look in the background, there's also a silver 3rd gen that heavily resembles my daily Legacy as well. Must have been Silver Legacy day at the Disc Replay or something.

Threw together a quick edit of my two best runs from SubieFest.

Less what I did TO my 5th gen and more what I did WITH my 5th gen. Participated in AutoX at SubieFest Midwest, and did really, really well. It was my first 'performance' driving outing with the essentially entirely new setup: coilovers, headers, new tune. I cheekily entered my 3.6R into the Turbo Stock class instead of the N/A class. The last time I entered AutoX at SubieFest 2018, I did the NA class and I walked 2nd place by over 6 seconds on a 50 second course, and after looking over the full time sheet, my times would've placed me dead middle in Turbo Stock. The course for this year was *really* bumpy, which made for an interesting challenge, but it was overall a really fun, fast track. As it turns out, registering in Turbo Stock ended up being a fantastic choice. My best time of the day was 36.324, which placed me 8th of 22 cars, which I'm *extremely* pleased with. The car performed fantastically and felt awesome, and the new exhaust not only sounded amazing, but literally echoed across the entire arena, and drew tons of attention and compliments to the car, which, while I build my car for me, is always gratifying to experience. Turbo Stock ended up being the largest class by far, and raced early in the day so I had plenty of time to enjoy the rest of the event worry-free. Aside from that, only 3 cars entered the N/A class, and ironically, one of them ended up running faster than me, so NA wouldn't have been an easy win anyways and I'm glad I had more fun in Turbo Stock. The NA car that ran better than me was an EZ30 swapped GC that ended up running 35.4xx. I chatted with the driver after the event and found out that his car weights roughly EIGHT HUNDRED pounds less than my Legacy, so taking that into account, only running .9xx slower than a car that much lighter is still very good. Here's a couple clips of full runs: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf477axOWsF/ A local S209 owner took what is one of my favorite short clips of my car ever. The action zoom in is sick, and the sound is perfect: https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cf4lzlrOwDA/ Also, where I ended up parking had a perfect little took shelf that I could put my toolbox on. Saw that spot when I was pulling in and snagged it immediately. Someone also happened by and got this perfect shot of me converted the car from street to track setup. I want to throw an old-timey filter on this and frame it lmao. (ya boi looking a bit thicc, think it's time for some weight reduction to get those times down ) This next pic in isolation almost looks like I'm doing an absolutely sick 4-wheel drift. After the event, I happened upon a drone photographer that took some REALLY high up shots of the entire event, so you can see me and all the autox entries sitting off in our little corner, the entire autox arena, and the rest of the show area. Overall, it was a really well ran, well organized autox and show event overall. Had a great time. Last and final thing, they had an exhaust competition that I was REALLY keen on entering with my new Inferno setup, and for some reason, they had this dumb rule that autox entrants weren't allowed to enter the exhaust competition. Something about "a dead zone that cars aren't allowed to drive through" even though in the aerial shots you can clearly see a safe, easy road around the perimeter of the event that would've allowed autox'ers to get over to the area where the exhaust comp was. But, either way, I wanted to do a few revs for fun. Here's a fun easter egg: normally, the 3.6R will only rev to 4k rpm in park or when stopped in neutral, but if you roll forward in neutral, it will give you the full 6500 rpm. Enjoy the flat-six symphony. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf5inM5OA92/

Yeah seriously, thank you for your dedication.

I agree with that, but I do hope that read-only status is not permanent. Also, the post above you I made, I could previous edit, but now I can't. Is there a time-limit on editing or something?