subie-roo Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Let me reintroduce myself. I’m a wagon obsessed lady and picked up an absolute legend of a wagon from @boxkita back in 2022. This past winter it moved into our shop garage and got the motor from momwagon after it got a refresh. My husband pulled so many late nights to get it track worthy again, and touched every single item in the car. Last weekend we shook it down at Mid-Ohio and apart from a new tune and replacing a coolant hose it performed flawlessly. We had our friend and pro-driver Tom take it out for a session too and he was surprised, with his only two comments being “how much power does it make!?” and “it did everything I asked it to”. At Ozarks International Raceway this weekend and the wagon is asking a lot of me. It has zero chill, and is just so god damn fast with the combination of the high compression and the “snake oil” vf52 makes it a rocket. It is so different than my full interior track car, I’m learning that I need much less input in every way to get the same result as before. As the season, and 20+ days on progresses I will continue to update the thread. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoobyDoobyDoo Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Welcome to the forum, thank you for introducing yourself and posting! Love it that such an incredible wagon will live on and we can follow its progress. What sort of program are you running in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shralp Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Keep an eye on your front control arms, my driver side failed at the track yesterday and sent me home Guess 15 seasons was enough to give up the ghost… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subie-roo Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 I have the aluminum fronts. With 2 years and 50 track days on my previous wagon the only suspension issues I had were worn bushings and a cracked upright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Febreze Mee Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Ecstatic to see new life brought back to this car! And even more so for the regular updates on it. Thanks for starting this thread, and welcome to the forum, formally! MILKRUN - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shralp Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 (edited) 2 hours ago, subie-roo said: I have the aluminum fronts. With 2 years and 50 track days on my previous wagon the only suspension issues I had were worn bushings and a cracked upright. Glad to hear they are holding up, kicking myself for not putting in the aluminum Spec B units earlier, especially since I have a pair sitting in my garage just waiting to be put in. First time I've ever seen the OEM steel units fail... Edited April 21 by shralp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoozeRS05 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Great to see the wagon out there again! @shralp If it makes you feel better weirdly my front left control arm snapped about 6 years ago, turning around in a parking lot. Pulled the axle out of the trans drained most of the fluid right there. EB's Subaru journal - 2005 LegacyGT Wagon & 2014 Forester FB25 (2008 specB - RIP) IG@legacygtliving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shralp Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 7 minutes ago, BoozeRS05 said: Oh wow thats worse than mine for sure! Was able to get in on the trailer in the paddock but its definitely got to stay straight once I pull it off to to get it on the lift. Great to see the wagon out there again! @shralp If it makes you feel better weirdly my front left control arm snapped about 6 years ago, turning around in a parking lot. Pulled the axle out of the trans drained most of the fluid right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojak Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Fantastic to see this phoenix rise again. Congrats on the find and the effort to see it through. And welcome to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 I'm bummed I never got to drive it. I drove Kip's after he put in the cage. Can only imagine how much more rigid it would be with the grand-am cage. Suspension should be all new with the full whiteline setup @SgtGator arranged and the specb aluminum parts. @subie-roo do you have video you can share? 1 Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subie-roo Posted April 22 Author Share Posted April 22 12 minutes ago, boxkita said: I'm bummed I never got to drive it. I drove Kip's after he put in the cage. Can only imagine how much more rigid it would be with the grand-am cage. Suspension should be all new with the full whiteline setup @SgtGator arranged and the specb aluminum parts. @subie-roo do you have video you can share? My husband did a reference lap on my Garmin, I will upload it and post later. It is an absolute handful and a rocket out of the corners with the power recipe we used from my other wagon. It will take me some time to get acclimated, and I will continue to post progress through the season. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subie-roo Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 (edited) Here is my husband doing a reference lap. It's pretty dang quick. Edited April 23 by subie-roo 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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