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the only hard part about removing the dash is keeping track of all the hardware, but the FSM has pretty decent instructions on dash removal. Here are the pictures. I cut the plastic dash for room to put the gauge pod in then trimmed the foam so the pod sits as flush as possible. then I used fiberglass Bondo to fill in the gaps and glue the pod down. sanded it smoothed primed and painted the pod section. then flocked it. if i had to do it again i would use a spray gun to apply the glue instead of a paint roller because you only have 15 minutes to get the glue and flock on Ill post a picture tomorrow of what it looks like in the car.

That's exactly what happened to me, My engine blew sat for a couple of months in the shade in California and it got all chalky. I took it as an opportunity to install a wrx gauge pod and flock the dash, looks much better than stock dash

Still, I must ask.

Not to hijack the thread but, I'm curious to see what the mold for this looks like if you could post a picture. Im having a hard time comprehending how this is laid up

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I'm aiming for 450 whp, all I have left is a CAI and a big turbo. But I want to do the CAI now because I'm going to be renting a dyno soon and I want to get it dialed with this setup, because it's going to be awhile until I do the big turbo Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

Ok, the only thing I haven't done to it is a turbo and I'm no where near making out the maf right now but that's probably because I'm on the stock intake box. I imagine if a new maf was required they would state that on the website, but I just wanted to clarify Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

I'm looking into getting a KS Tech CAI for my 2005 Outback XT. Here the link: http://www.kstech.biz/legacy-gt-megamaf-73mm-big-maf-cold-air-intake-type-2/ I'm wondering if I'm going to need to get a bigger MAF sensor since the housing is so much larger than the factory housing. I do my own tunning so I got that part covered I'm just wondering if it will max at my stock MAF sensor. Thanks

So the samco hose will be able to reach the bov without an extension? Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

So I got a little pin hole in my stock BOV hose so I bought a samco silicon one. I'm wondering if anyone has used this hose with a grimmspeed TMIC. I'm not sure if the adapter that comes with the grimmspeed intercooler will slide over the samco hose. I may have to rig something up to work, but I'm curious to see if anyone else has done something with this combo. Thanks. Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

Do you have a code to display ethanol content to the lcd yet, or are you just trying to get the arduino wired up at this point. I made another post on the arduino forum to see if someone can point me in the right direction of a simple way to display these functions cause I can't figure it out and other people's codes don't seem to be working Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

I also got an i2c, and the code not loading I think comes down to me not having the correct library's installed Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

My main hang up as been getting a code that will actually load to the arduino. I got the fuel pressure sensor part of the code done, I just need to figure out the flex fuel sensor part. In pretty sure that you can just use a 3.3 ohm resistor to drop the voltage to the display Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

I got the whiteline bumpsteer correction kit installed the other day. I'm going to save the diff bushings for when the car is down for the widebody kit. I haven't put much time behind the wheel yet, but I'm going to be going to a canyon to test it out next week hopefully. So far the car feels like the spring rate up front is closer to what it actually is. Before if I took a hard turn the outside front wheel would dig in. Now it is handling alot flater which feels alot better, and more predictable. Until I get to put the suspension through its passes I can say so far it seems to be worth the money. Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

So below you will see a picture of the car in its current state, as well as a sketch I did of the widebody kit I planed. So the parts in black are obviously the body kit parts and I'm going to be making them out of carbon fiber. The spliter, side skirts, and diffuser will be made of alumilite with carbon fiber end pieces. My initial plan was to basically use the stock fender as a mold to create my new fenders and then cut all the fender out of the inside giving me lots of room for activities. The plan is to put some 285 tires on it and upon further research I will need to actually make the fenders wider to fit that size tire in there. According to the calculator below it will need to be approximately 1.5 inches wider. I like the way the stock outback fenders look, so I want to keep it similar to that style while making it wider. How I plan on doing this is to get some 1.5 inch wheel spacers for my stock wheels for testing fitment and geting the widebody kit made. I still want to use the stock fenders as my mold so I need to modify them to look like I want it to and then do the carbon fiber lay up on top. I haven quite figured out how yet, but I'm thinking of using either foam or some thin sheet metal which is the rout ill probably go with. That's the current plan for the widebody, im going to try and make some little carbon fiber parts first to get a feel for it before I move onto the fenders. Any ideas or suggestions are welcome, hopefully we can all learn something from this process. Other projects I'll probably get done before the widebody kit : Whiteline bump steer correction kit Whiteline diff bushings E85 conversion Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

I dont know why I didn't make a build thread on here earlyer, since ive already done so much to the car but I want to gain some exposure for my newest endeavor that I plan on starting soon. Current Sponsors: Brian Crower Grimmspeed Mishimoto E Flex Fuel Technology Things I have already done to the car: Lowered on BC Coilovers Whiteline control arms Whiteline rear sway bar Energy suspension poly bushings front and rear Then I blew up the motor and went crazy with it: Subaru forged ad nitrated crankshaft Brian Crower H beam connecting rods JE forged pistons 99.75 mm King bearings 11mm oil pump Moroso oil pick up BC 272 cams BC intake and exhaust valves BC dual valve springs ARP head studs DW 1200 cc injectors with wrx fuel rails Aem 340lph fuel pump Aeromotive fpr Grimmspeed lightweight crank pulley Act lightweight flywheel Spec stage 2+ clutch and pressure plate Fully balanced rotating assembly Current bolt ons include: Grimmspeed tmic Mishimoto turbo inlet Megan racing 3 inch catless downpipe All engine and trans mounts are group n poly Probably some stuff I'm missing there but it's all of memory. All of these projects were documented on my YouTube channel @Sw Speed. All future projects will be documented here as well as YouTube. This post is just to get you all caught up on what has been done, next post I will get into my next projects details and other things. Hope you guys enjoy going on this journey with me. Cheers!! Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

My ecu doesn't have that patch yet, I have 2 step and flat foot shifting and thats it. Its mainly a money thing for me. Plus im almost done with my car engine wise, all I have left is a cai, twinscroll turbo, and catback exhaust. Then aero and brakes and ill move on to something with a v8 to make more than 500 hp Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

Do you have a thread on this? Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

I'm not sure if the accessport displays that or not. An yes I'm going to be running e70 blend so I want the display so I can keep an eye on things. The reason I went this route is because I can do all if my tuning stuff through open-source so there has been no need for an accessport and there flex fuel kit is also very expensive Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

So the arduino forum says it won't be possible to integrate the sensor into the factory cluster. So my plan now is to put a lcd screen where my ash tray is and modify the door for a bezel then I will relay the ethanol content as well as fuel pressure from my fuel pressure sensor. I think those two would be pretty useful info to have on one display Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

It most likely came on the new turbo. Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

Yeah thats the sound, just alot quieter. Glad its normal Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

Its not fluttering, I hear it when I'm going into boost not closing the throttle. Im 99% sure it is the wastegate that im hearing i just want to know if it is normal to hear my wastegate working like that. I've never heard of being able to hear an internal wastegate. Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

I'm wondering if it is normal to hear a internal wastegate. I've just noticed that I can slightly hear my internal wastegate when I ease into boost from 2500 rpm. Im pretty sure its not compressor surge because the car pulls the same and my boost graphs are rock solid. The only thing I changed with my tune recently is lower the boost and put a grimmspeed tmic on. Im thinking I am hearing it more now because it's working to bleed of pressure to keep boost at my new lower target. It sounds like an external wastegate just very quiet. I have to listen for it with radio off on a perfectly smooth road. Im just wondering if this is normal or if I should be looking into fixing something. Its got a catless 3 inch downpipe with stock catback by the way. Thanks Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk

I currently have all poly bushings except the rear diff bushings which I'm going to put in soon, and I can confirm that the group n trany bushings is very noisy and transfers alot of driveline noise into the cabin. Its a little annoying but you really only hear it when your off throttle engine breaking. But poly bushings are great if your primary interest is performance. Sent from my SM-G770U1 using Tapatalk