Topic: Subarus (Read 12927 times)

Teg2boo · « **Reply #1 on:** June 24, 2009, 12:34:12 AM »

Waiting for compl3x's 2 cents now

dvst8r · « **Reply #2 on:** June 24, 2009, 12:37:48 AM »

Watching Ken Block jump one over 150ft is pretty cool, but the only guy I know that is hardcore into them, spends more time working on it then driving it.

bryantaylor · « **Reply #3 on:** June 24, 2009, 01:53:13 AM »

i have drove a wrx and a sti and i loved the way both of them drove. they look like they can be a pita to work on though.

colt45 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 24, 2009, 02:13:50 AM »

i was in the market for one, and i couldn't find one of these bodystyles

there are none to be had. i looked on ebay motors when i was hunting, and only 2 four doors were available, but there were thrashed. people hold onto these like hype-r's. i wont be getting a wrx anytime soon either.

colt45 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 24, 2009, 02:27:57 AM »

yea i know, not for love or money. you can score awd legecy's pretty cheap. but they are heavy pigs and not 'sport'

LS1pwNzJ00 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 24, 2009, 04:42:27 AM »

I think they sound bad and are slow as fuck from a roll. No subarus ever want to race me on the freeway when I throw a rev at them. They know their position in the pecking order.

I know I would get owned by a subaru through some twistys though. But even with good tires they can still hardly out launch me, 315 drag radials pwnz

d-rail · « **Reply #7 on:** June 24, 2009, 04:44:30 AM »

The seats in those things suck for fat kids

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #8 on:** June 24, 2009, 06:44:23 AM »

I can't believe Unreliable is losing. Have you people never seen the retarded ass TSBs for these things?

junkyard racer · « **Reply #9 on:** June 24, 2009, 07:10:43 AM »

I have owned 2 subarus, both failed on me. My buddy puts a new motor in about twice a year in his subarus. I know of no subarus that can be drivin like many drive there hondas.

I do miss my subaru though. $:-\$ I had a 2.5RS

I wouldnt dare leave home without this in my trunk

rawr · « **Reply #10 on:** June 24, 2009, 07:52:44 AM »

Quote from: junkyard racer on June 24, 2009, 07:10:43 AM

I wouldnt dare leave home without this in my trunk

Ha. That's how my car is except I've got more "Oh shit" tools in the back, and a bicycle for the serious moments.

Lowerit · « **Reply #11 on:** June 24, 2009, 08:02:55 AM »

Worked for them for 5 years. One of the only (if not the only) auto maker that is actually up this year (3%) My old man drives a Legacy GT with an access port, cobb bars and a K&N intake...loves it

Clutch is heavy as hell for a stocker, but the car has been reliable.

older 4 cam N/A motors are prone to eating headgaskets, and the H6's used to eat tranny's... 1st year WRX's (02) have shitty first gear syncros and clutch chatter problems.

I took a 04 to the strip one night for a test and tune.. Dumped the clutch on the rev limiter about 20 times.. no issues. Best I could get out of it with a DP and air intake was a 14.3 @ 96 ..kinda weaksauce.

Sold the car 3 days later.

Favorite demo was a 05 Forest turbo 5spd... that thing ripped for a breadbox.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #12 on:** June 24, 2009, 08:10:13 AM »

I've never seen a make of car with such chronic defective injector problems aside from the last generation 300ZX. Oil flow problems throughout the engine causing repeated engine/turbo failures and ACVS codes. Weak rods prone to part across the beam when compression downshifting or snapping the throttle shut at high rpm. Oil burners by design. Weak gearboxes with a shitty feel to the shifter than people who don't know what a gearbox should feel like confuse for a good shifting unit. Any sensor/actuator fails, that'll be about a buck fifty.

SloS13 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 24, 2009, 08:48:00 AM »

I got my 2002 WRX a few weeks ago. Working on it is kinda a PITA IMHO.

changed the plugs ~2hrs
changed the motor mounts ~3hrs
changed the up-pipe ~4hrs

changing the clutch slave took my like 2hrs b/c I couldnt get the goddamn TMIC off and on.

couldnt do a comp test because I couldnt get the hose to thread into the head

gets 18mpg city and i'm getting about 16in vac at idle, gotta try and find a vac leak. It's got a new o2 sensor.

Since I put on the up-pipe and downpipe the turbo makes a lot of turbo noise. I'm not sure if it's b/c the downpipe is thin or if I've got an exhaust leak

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #14 on:** June 24, 2009, 08:55:07 AM »

Why did you sell reliable Toyota/Mazda ifferings to buy a piece of shit, Jesse?

SloS13 · « **Reply #15 on:** June 24, 2009, 09:16:05 AM »

Quote from: Joseph Davis on June 24, 2009, 08:55:07 AM

Why did you sell reliable Toyota/Mazda ifferings to buy a piece of shit, Jesse?

just wanted something different. I've had lots of cars, not a lot of Subarus. Well technically this is my 3rd Subaru but i've never modded one. This is my first factory turbo'ed car and my first AWD car. If it's anything like my other cars, I probably will get tired of it and sell it in 6mo-1yr.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #16 on:** June 24, 2009, 09:18:02 AM »

Quote from: SloS13 on June 24, 2009, 09:16:05 AM

Quote from: Joseph Davis on June 24, 2009, 08:55:07 AM
Why did you sell reliable Toyota/Mazda ifferings to buy a piece of shit, Jesse?

just wanted something different.

There are more respectable hobbies than Subarus, sir. I'd look down on you less if you went to gaybars, or bought a K-series.

1991civicsi · « **Reply #17 on:** June 24, 2009, 09:24:28 AM »

Wrx is ugly, sounds retarted, parts are costly, and difficult to work on.
I wouldn't even consider any car that took me more than 10min to change the plugs.
That being said the new Forester looks like a nice new car.

Robb · « **Reply #18 on:** June 24, 2009, 09:26:29 AM »

Id rather have a Galant VR4 with an HX35 and faded clear-coat that out-launches GTRs.

SloS13 · « **Reply #19 on:** June 24, 2009, 09:37:10 AM »

Quote from: Robb on June 24, 2009, 09:26:29 AM

Id rather have a Galant VR4 with an HX35 and faded clear-coat that out-launches GTRs.

i'd rather have lesbians

rawr · « **Reply #20 on:** June 24, 2009, 09:43:20 AM »

I'd rather have a mercury mystique.

SloS13 · « **Reply #21 on:** June 24, 2009, 10:12:59 AM »

Quote from: c0mpl3x on June 24, 2009, 10:00:00 AM

it's you hearing your wastegate

checked it. it's tight as hell. plenty of tension on it. Didn't look for cracks though, maybe that's the next step? Didnt have the noise until i installed up/down.

1991civicsi - I think they sound nice so fuck you mother fucker

reddevil · « **Reply #22 on:** June 24, 2009, 10:30:50 AM »

I only own Legacies. About 4 of them currently. ;D

Taking out the family wagon Friday, should be in the 12's? It probably weighs in (with me) at 3300lbs? if not more?

Yeah, I love my Legacies....

1991civicsi · « **Reply #23 on:** June 24, 2009, 10:53:07 AM »

What is above the electric tape in JYR's pic?

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #24 on:** June 24, 2009, 02:41:45 PM »

Quote from: reddevil on June 24, 2009, 10:30:50 AM

I only own Legacies. About 4 of them currently. ;D

Taking out the family wagon Friday, should be in the 12's? It probably weighs in (with me) at 3300lbs? if not more?

Yeah, I love my Legacies....

I'd rock a 90s naturally aspirated EJ22 legacy in a heartbeat, I've seen enough of those with 1.9 million miles on them to know they're good stuff. But the turbo cars... have some design issues.

junkyard racer · « **Reply #25 on:** June 25, 2009, 08:14:21 AM »

Quote from: 1991civicsi on June 24, 2009, 10:53:07 AM

What is above the electric tape in JYR's pic?

A little thing of epoxy/jb weld. comes in a little cup, you push it out and mix it together.

Anyways, yeah...subies. Piles of fail. Someone mentioned the forester. A turbo/5spd forester I would be interested in.

SloS13 · « **Reply #26 on:** June 25, 2009, 09:27:06 AM »

Quote from: c0mpl3x on June 25, 2009, 01:49:12 AM

no, you are physically hearing the wastegate through the exhaust. not it leaking

im saying as soon as there's any load on the motor. at 10" vac I can hear it loud and clear

Teg2boo · « **Reply #27 on:** June 25, 2009, 10:25:33 AM »

Subaru Loyale /thread

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #28 on:** June 25, 2009, 10:28:17 AM »

Quote from: Teg2boo on June 25, 2009, 10:25:33 AM

Subaru Loyale /thread

Fucking fail, dude. Those 1.8 leakers may run forever but you put more $$ in oil into them than a new car payment, and they're gutless.

I'd take a turbo carby pushrod brat from the super early 80s.

Robb · « **Reply #29 on:** June 25, 2009, 10:28:44 AM »

Quote from: Teg2boo on June 25, 2009, 10:25:33 AM

Subaru Loyale /thread

I'll see your loyale, and raise you a Justy.

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