nsogiba Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 A brief intro first... I'm Norbert, engineer by trade, enjoy tinkering in the garage in my free time. My first Subaru ownership came in the form of a 2000 Outback Wagon. Fantastic car, very useful, and outstanding in our Buffalo winters. I owned it from October 2012 until August 2014 and used it as a daily while I worked on my "toy" car. No problems at all minus the typical headgasket failure - I replaced those myself and sold the car for a profit after putting 20k miles on it. 2000 Outback AWD. 109K 2.5L, 5 speed, heated mirrors, windshield and seats Snow tires http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8056/8134972280_8fcd983be9_c.jpg Entire BMW E39 subframe/rear end fit into 2000 Outback http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3145/13095080564_020cca5fdf_b.jpg I drove that car while working on the project, which started as a 2001 BMW 540i Sport - with BMW 4.4 DOHC V8 and Getrag 6 speed. Maintenance was too high and performance too low so I went all in... 2003 GM 6.0 LS iron block Intake, cam, mild exhaust T56 6 speed, 3.91 M5 LSD etc etc etc http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3689/9070786334_55547e5ede_b.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7448/9348706144_9c81f823ea_o.jpg Fall 2014 visit to local track the 2000 Outback body was starting to show terminal corrosion so I sold it while it was still in okay condition. Then the search started for something just as useful, but a bit more fun to drive! 2009 Outback XT Limited 79K, 2 owners before me 2.5 Turbo w/ SI Drive 5 speed, locking rear diff Heated and power everything, leather Tow hitch Cool full length sunroof I was searching all over the country for the super rare 5 speed OBXT and actually made an offer on a 2006 in Miami, but then this popped up in Hamburg, NY, about 15 mins from me. Seller was getting offers from people all over the country so I lucked out. The plan is maybe have it tuned at Innovative and just enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJMC Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Welcome! Nice BMW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmaresmk Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Welcome to the Outback Mafia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nightmaresmk Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 From the looks of the BMW i see him joining the 6spd outback mafia. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsogiba Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 I like the 5MT in the OBXT. It's a welcome departure from the notchy and high effort rifle bolt shifter in the BMW. So, no trans swaps unless something goes boom. I removed the intake silencer on the Outback to uncork some induction noise, although it didn't really give the result the I was expecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmaresmk Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Get a Forge Bypass valve and put your intake back together. Don't do a Atmospheric BOV or you will have an unhappy car. Stock intake is good to 350whp. The 6spd is even smoother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rester5350 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Welcome, the Bmw is nice! The Obxt won't stay stock long :lol:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsogiba Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 Get a Forge Bypass valve and put your intake back together. Don't do a Atmospheric BOV or you will have an unhappy car. Stock intake is good to 350whp. The 6spd is even smoother. All I want is turbo noises. I enjoy the venting sound and the spool as well. If I can achieve this without having to buy expensive intake, heatshield, and the necessary tune, I'd be ecstatic. I'm aware of the negatives of putting an atmospheric dump on a car that doesn't call for it. How much of a sound difference does the Forge BPV make? Is a tune required to run it? I installed a Forge BPV adapter on my wife's 2007 turbo A4 and it utilizes the factory BPV, while venting to atmosphere. I love the sound. Well built CNC'd part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewLegGT67 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 That Bimmer is I'm probably the only person that has Wu-Tang Clan and Paul McCartney on their mp3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmaresmk Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The Forge unit is a bolt on no tune required. A down pipe and a tune will increase turbo sound because more boost. Even stock get it tuned it is so much better with a tune. A free mod to hear the turbo more is remove the sound deaden-er on the hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsogiba Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 nah, no way I'm removing the deadener. I don't want to hear all the other clattering under the hood I also will not change anything at all in the exhaust stream since I already have a fully catless car that is smelly and unpleasant. good to know that the Forge BPV doesn't require a tune, but will it increase sound on its own since it's still recirculating boost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmaresmk Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Catless no. I have a ceramic coated Maddad V2 catted downpipe. I'm getting Tigwerks equal length header and ewg v-band up-pipe that is going to have the ewg routed back into my v2 downpipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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