Gigs

Its growing on me , I will probably pull it off in early august so it does not damage the paint though Last weekend went to an Autoweek event in Downtown Detroit for a Lemans viewing party Ford GT 1998 Viper GTSR that won Le Mans C6R GRC Lite ? Today I wandered out to an Xceed BBQ out in Milford

Pictures from NVUS Images

Gridlife was pretty crazy. It rained for two days but was amazing for the other two. Car drove great and I would have broken my personal best but got stuck in traffic , My codriver however drove the car to a 1:45 which is faster than my 1:48 I did last year. Improvements that must be made are mostly cooling related as oil temps hit 250f in some sessions , We suspect that the thermostat is broken so I will be ordering another one and also inspecting the PCV system as it smokes on startup a little bit now and we probably pushed the PCV system too hard. I might also switch to some custom built Fortune Auto shocks or have my Ohlins rebuilt for more spring. Here are a bunch of pictures

Pads bedded and ready to roll tomorrow

Its been a really long week of prep work including an entire new livery. Car drives great now after an alignment , -3.1 Degrees camber front and -2.1 Degrees rear should be a great place to start. The car now has full interior and is 100% Street class legal for time attack. Just needs an oil change and coolant flush then its off to Gingerman Raceway this week ! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ8OowrwKQ4]EJ207 STi Wagon tunnel shakedown - YouTube[/ame] Oh and we did a little 2001 Tommi Makkinen throwback livery

Camber plates are on , first vinyl from the 2002 Tommi Makkinen livery is on as well. One week till race day !

Saturday I Fixed the brake caliper , bled the system and hit things with hammers. Sunday I went out to Waterford Hills raceway to spectate a track day and it was easily 92 degrees out and way too hot. Monday I cleaned all the wheels and swapped summer wheels over to the legacy. All that is left is a fluid flush , put interior back in , alignment and maybe corner balancing if I have time. My work is really busy right now which is not helping with preparing the car. Either way it will be at Gridlife turning laps

Been driving it to work a lot these last few weeks Also did a parts run to Oakos this morning as its 15 minutes from home , Picked up a Cusco master cylinder brace and some ATE brake fluid. When combined with these PFC 01 pads it should be excellent on the track.

I have found that 18x8.5 +53 RA-R wheels are perfect fitment wise with a 245/40/18 tire

I promised videos so time to deliver now

Installed a Spec C roof vent today with the help of friends

RA-R wheels showed up 5x114 18x8.5 +53 Clears 6 pot brembos Little curb rash but they will make excellent street wheels , picking up some tires for them in the next week. Probably should wax them and swap to a brake pad that dusts less than powerstop track day pads. Tomorrow is Spec C roof vent !

Six months later and Its back , Started on the first crank no issues. I forgot how good an EJ207 , 6mt and Ohlins makes a car feel. Even our horrible Michigan roads are not that bad when you have the correct suspension. Now time to begin Gridlife Prep and restoring the interior to match how nice the exterior looks.

I have two trains of thought Spec B billstein takeoffs from a jdm car Oem replacement KYB off rock auto Both will work as its not really being raced and my drive to work is under 5 miles now. Legacy will likely remain winter beater as I search for an E39 wagon in the next year to do an M5 or LS conversion on

So spring is kinda coming but not really , Michigan is still rather cold. Plan of attack is get the suspension setup , swap out the axle with the leaky boot then tackle the interior to make it enjoyable to drive. That all starts with cutting a hole in the roof in two weeks for my Spec C roof vent and taking the car out of storage. In other news Legacy hit 150,000 miles and the only thing I really want to do on it is a brake job and maybe struts.

I had TIC AST's that were the same way , KW , AST and Ohlins are just in another level of valving and QC This is interesting as I really don't want to build another financial suffering wagon but if I could have a 5x114 LGT Wagon to match my 5x114 Wrx wagon I would totally build one as a DD with an EJ20X.

Five years a bugeye

Group N WRC rom with flex fuel and map blending on the wrx , LGT stays stock and just gets general service this spring.

Christmas gift for the car finally arrived

Random pictures from the last two weeks , LGT got snowed on and ID1050X injectors showed up for flex fuel this spring.

Registered for Gridlife time attack and also ordered a livery kit from the UK for the event.

Five years a Bugeye [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4G1qyIQ7Kw]JN Garage Subaru Wrx Wagon - YouTube[/ame]

My car showed up in a video by Gears and Gasoline about Gridlife round 5

My favorite lunch spot

Three years ago I discovered the joy that is driving in the snow with a Nokian snow tire Also the legacy is starting to smell a little bit after longer drives so I think its time for valve cover gaskets to be done and anything else I see that needs it. Not bad for over 145,000 miles.