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That's awesome, dude. Sounds like you've made some good changes in the last few weeks.

Also, relevant: http://worth-it.blogspot.com/2006/01/ultim...ison-chart.html

Time to update.

Got the Technafit steel braided brake lines, Grimmspeed Master cylinder brace installed and flushed with ATE Super Blue fluid, Made quite the difference and am very pleased with the purchase.

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Finally felt like the car was ready for the track so I bought this:

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Out at Stratotech yesterday:

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I'll have to do some digging to see if anyone has any pictures of me on the track.

Scumbag track days, warps rotors and wears pads.

Stoptech pads and rotors ordered.

Ordered poly bushings for my front sway bar. hopefully that's the end of the clunks!

Hello there fellow Touring Wagon owner! I've got an ABP 5MT as my daily too. That's a nice find and low miles too. Hope you take good care of her and keep her for a long time. What year is yours? (just wondering since you're in Canada and I believe MT was still available in '06)

I've only looked through Page 1. I'll come back and go through all the pages once I have more time. All wheel drift FTW! Btw, are you on the Legacy forum?

thanks! its an 05.

I don't plan on getting rid of her anytime soon.

So I've been entertaining the idea of a turbo upgrade for a while and after getting a ride in a 9 second eagle talon yesterday I'm hooked.

Looking into a 16G which will only get me 300whp but that's still plenty of power to have fun and the stock engine will handle it easily.

I want to do fueling and oiling upgrades to keep things safe and reliable as this is my DD

This week has been cold and am having a fuel smell during start up.

I think I pinpointed the problem this morning and it seems to be underneath the IM where heat cycling will eventually loosen the hose clamps.

I have decided to remove the IM and replace all the clamps with new ones, while I'm under there I'll be doing TGV deletes, Parrallel fuel rail mod, ordered a AVO inlet and 4 new OEM injectors since I've been having a weird idle issue and all signs are pointing towards dirty injectors which seems to be a problem on 05 LGTs.

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No real new updates, and there wont be for a while since I'm throwing all my available funds onto my debt (time to be a grown up I guess)

So I thought maybe I should post some other fun things I do!!

Not sure if many people know but I used to be a mechanic by trade but the last couple years Ive been working in Autobody, specifically prep as I want to be a painter.

Here's a Volvo hood that I recently painted the inside of:

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Don't forget about that travel visa.

I got the card this week! But I may have to skip on proving grounds

I havent even got around to installing the last batch of parts that I ordered

I'm waiting for get a few more things to have a HUGE install day.

Well, keep me posted. Remember, there're two next year, and you can shoot for September if that would work better.

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Been having some hesitation issues this week and thought I had a bad tank of gas or water in it.

Turns out the A/C tensioner was broken and binding. the sound wasn't very apparent until today when it failed completely.

So just before Xmas I developed some weird problems with my car lurching or stumbling while cruising so I canceled my plans and decided it was time to fix the car:

Tapping threads to put in a bolt+JBweld for the TGV deletes

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Let's get down to buisness

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Intake Manifold off *note I highly suggest you don't do this drunk so you have a little bit of a clue when you go to reinstall all the Vacuum lines and such*

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IM off, Cleaned it out with brake clean as much as possible

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Torquing the TGV deletes

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All back together!
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New Turbo inlet takes a lot of room so MAP is just hanging there and had to reroute the PCV and Wastegate solenoids underneath the IM.

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Gave the wagon a good wash today.

Have some JDM Aero spats in the mail, need to order a front lip and I'm pretty much "done" for modding this year besides some suspension goodies if needed.

Im very content with the power and drivability of the car on the streets and am now in the market for a 2nd "fun" vehicle.

Took part in a Rallycross last Sunday, had a lot of fun and ended up getting 2nd place in Novice 4WD

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Yay for BECAUSE WAGON stuff!

I've never rallycrossed personally, but I've messed around on lakes before and it's a riot. Good times for sure.

Well I'm over 170,000KM now but the Wagon is still going strong! Took her for a good ride on the highway today, some Onramp blast, been running the Stage1 93Octane tune since I put in the new injectors and I'm loving it.

Been working lone hours lately cause I want to get a Stage2 setup going. Will need a new top mount, 3" downpipe, still debating on Catless or catted. And also a 3" Midpipe to mate up to the STi axlebacks.

And Most definetly going equal lenght header, but will need to make sure I order a proper skidplate before hand to protect them from water splashes.

EDIT: Just ordered some Suspension Goodies and exhaust gaskets instead, changed my mind so quickly

This post has been edited by Lonely_Driver on Mar 22 2014, 06:20 PM

Definitely go equal length headers. I don't miss the unequal rumble, or I should say the sound of inefficient exhaust pulses. Unfortunately, I can't give you a perspective of the difference in performance because I installed all my modifications at once. (I like to tell myself that I'm making more power because of it though )

I want too get them so bad but im going to hold off until I really need extra power. want to get my suspension dialed in first.

Good man, that's how it needs to be done. I did power first on my last Evo and it was fun but not very practical and wouldn't stay down in the corners. Just coilovers and good pads will go a long way in a supporting setup.

Thats exactly what I'm thinking.

Just ordered LED conversion bulbs for every interior light, flashers, reverse lights, license plate lights etc...

Have I gone crazy? Whats next? Body kit?

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All I got for right now, Cutoff looks decent with the squirell finders filled, try to grab a pic tonight.

Unfortunetly could not get the LED flashers working as I need a CK style 3157 otherwise it blows the park light fuse.

Got some more work done yesterday, have to say doing suspension work is the least favorite thing to do on my car since its spent most of its life in Ontario. Also picked up that new Low profile Michelin jack from CT while it was on sale.

A note for the front end links, only needed to use one spacer on the top to make the end link straight while the car is sitting on the wheels.

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Sway is set on soft setting until I get the AVO mounts for it.

Forgot to take pics of my BaysonR front lip, going to need a bit more tweaking, I imagine a heat gun and double sided tape will do the trick.

Hotlinking from Instagram cause I'm lazy




Just ordered the Mishimoto Slim fan kit which should help clean up the engine bay, the top rad hose is poorly cut and the bottom hose is leaking so this should fix everything.