Febreze Mee

Wow! Tons of activity in here last weekend. It's nice to see all the updates, and activity increase from some of the older members. Ye lads be needin' to hold fast. Ay! Indeed, the storm of [electric] Currents draws nigh. T'would be a shame to not own a classic well into it's 30's. Curious to see how yours turn out. I really wanted to do this last year, but did not have the time, and completely FUBAR'd my spare.

Black interior? Do you have the extending armrest? Is the condition of the armrest cover perfect/near perfect? Pics?

*Eyes closed *Hands on ears* *Murmurs* I don't need it. I don't need it. I do not need it. I. Do. Not. Need. It.

I love this for us!

Please post plenty of pictures when finished?

+1 for 425 Motorsports. Even giving Judson from 425 a call while trying on helmets can be very enlightening, very knowledgeable.

That was such a fun day! Here's @boxkita 's GR86 from that day.

@boxkita will be the best source. Though I'm sure calling any of the shops still standing in the PNW Shops thread, found in the PNW section, could be a good start too.

Going to be in the market for calipers soon, and will be holding out for a couple more months on an update here, before deciding for Cadillac Brembos.

I'll say!

I love this man!

I like going to the dealer too. And I imagine they're heads exploded bc they don't own any S402-anything, themselves. I'm very meticulous, and anal-retentive, and particular about the things I do, and the way I do them. I think one of my favorite things to do is enjoy my own things and accidentally discover that I'm incidentally spiting someone, bc I will lean into it.

Costs/Budget $3000-$4000 is a tight budget. Depending on how firm you are, you may have to forgo some items on the list. I picked up a "dressed" long block for my car from Sunwest Automotive for $3000. Sunwest has a "dressed" long block for you at about $4000. With reliability being my goal, and my car being a year-round, all conditions, all-terrain vehicle I had for similar performance goals. To be transparent, it costs me $5100 in parts alone (I did all the labor) for a brand new engine, Fluid Dampr, Killer B P/U & baffle, Defi Gauges (Water temp, Oil temp, Oil pressure), a complete oil cooler set up, new OCVs, new hoses, spark plugs/wires, and thermostat. Everything that's listed and isn't aftermarket, is OEM sourced from a very friendly Subaru dealer, or the wholesale Subaru sites. That $5100 does NOT include tax, fluids, gasket/o-ring kit, motor mounts, oil catch can(s) or the $10's of dollars I rounded down just to output a guaranteed minimum that I paid. I reused my injectors and throttle body. You have a turbo, and two extra cams, so add another $1000 for the long block. You also are rebuilding the turbo, add another $1000 (or whatever @JmP6889928 charges) for a rebuild and associated parts. Parts I'm not sure how the stock fuel pump holds to a factory engine with factory horsepower goals. If when cleaning up the factory map in tuning stresses the pump, I also ship the idea of the AVO drop-in @BoozeRS05 mentioned. ARP studs are a nice and proven drop-in unit. The factory oil pan (if 2006MY+) does the job you need it to. 2006MY+ have the STi pans with better baffling. Also as @BoozeRS05 said, it could be beneficial to throw a fuel pressure gauge, in line between the filter and rails. I'd recommend having a way to read out oil temp and oil pressure. If the Cobb AP doesn't output that info, plumb it so it does, or add your own gauge(s). It doesn't have to be a Defi single DIN triple gauge cluster, I'm just picky —and picky can add up. I'm excited for you!

Priced appropriately, and very informative. Wonderful FS thread. GLWS!!!

All those colors under there, you could make a color-coded display on "Components of a Car."

I haven't said anything yet, bc it's too early, but I'm actually going to be putting your old transmission in when I get back from vacation, in May. If this is still available then, I may take the opportunity to just throw it in your old trans at the same time. I guess I'm just letting you know that I'm watching, even after all these years.

I'll have to get back to you with a better answer. From memory, it held its own through its properties against some of the other leading full synthetics, and was available off the shelf, albeit, I seem to only find them at Advanced Autos locally. It was between this or an Amsoil subscription, but the PUP checks the boxes for me. For now, I have had about 5 samples of PUP taken by Blackstone Labs with roughly 1750mi on each sample. All samples were taken before the oil cooler was installed, and all samples have one AutoX per sample, and lots of spirited driving per sample. I'll post up the previous sample info after New Years. Unfortunately, since I have the oil cooler installed now, I feel as though I need to baseline the data again. I'll have just over 2500mi on the next sample, having used an oil cooler over all of those miles. I will post that data when I receive it.

I hope you enjoy the TS solid shifter linkage. It's been awhile since I've looked at the OG members build thread, but I don't think too many ppl on here have that linkage installed. I can tell you it will increase NVH, adding noise to the cabin due to harmonics under certain RPM. I think the trade-off was worth it. Please report your thoughts on the piece after some seat time with it.

Sick!

Oh no! Sorry to see the damage that's been done. Perhaps a blessing will come from this.

Did someone say NA Outback??

PM'd.

Ooh wee Rick! Those look super clean.

I love the attention to detail!

For $70 more, on the same site, I can have an objectively superior tire with a higher tread wear. https://simpletire.com/brands/michelin-tires/pilot-sport-4s#curationPos=none&curationSeq=none&curationSource=none&itemId=190452&mpn=38754&pageSource=PLP&productPos=none&region=r10&tireSize=235-40zrr18&userRegion=10&userZip=98499&zip=98499