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Dr. Garbanzo posted:I posted in the aus thread so hopefully he appears soonish. I swear every butter colored rexie I see in the mountains I believe it’s you although I know that isn’t the truth There is at least one other that gets around regularly in the upper mountains. I swear I’m going through Subaru withdrawal now I’m south of the border. The last day I worked in Leura I saw the bloke who has the 22B getting around in a pristine 308. Car dealership boys, that’s what we need to get into!
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Hey y0 FO3, can you say hi? If you dont have plat there's a gift cert that has you name on it from Slothrop, want to ask you something Umm, hi?
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May 23, 2018 14:04
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Weird question, but it seems like you guys are starting to come up with a database of axles... do you have any good idea what the longest OEM axle that plugs into the standard STI driveline bits (5x114 hubs on one side, 6-speed/R180 on the other) is? Sketching a dumb idea.
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May 23, 2018 18:18
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slothrop posted:There is at least one other that gets around regularly in the upper mountains. I swear I’m going through Subaru withdrawal now I’m south of the border. There’s another that gets around lower down the mountains that I see semi regularly. If it’s the same guy I’m thinking of he has a pretty tidy mx5 that gets raced occasionally
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May 23, 2018 21:13
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Fo3 posted:Umm, hi? Edit.... talked so no need for dat now CAT INTERCEPTOR fucked around with this message at 12:36 on May 24, 2018 |
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May 24, 2018 00:56
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The unfathomable evil has Driveshaft’s!!!!!!! Now for a tailshaft.....
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May 24, 2018 03:18
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Are you making a backwards, STI powered, AWD Reliant Robin?
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May 24, 2018 03:29
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Kaptainballistik posted:The unfathomable evil has Driveshaft’s!!!!!!! If we have the length right, there is more than one.... wait didnt you take one already? iospace posted:Are you making a backwards, STI powered, AWD Reliant Robin? Hmmmm and here I was thinking a Barra powered WRX would be nuts.
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May 24, 2018 11:54
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:If we have the length right, there is more than one.... wait didnt you take one already? I only needed the inner off that shaft. It’s such fun mix and matching!
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May 25, 2018 22:40
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Awaiting CAMS to approve/reject a technical request and it’s 2 weeks to reveal...😁🤪
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May 28, 2018 23:57
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I get to move into my rental this weekend.... so instead of living in a spare bedroom and occasionally travelling the 70+kms where the cars are, you will get fresh new lovely Subaru and cat content starting next weekend  I will say last weekend I did have my head under a (**CENSORED**), remvoing wiring looms, getting deafened by grinders and hammers, putting out fires by stray welding sparks, critiqued a (**CENSORED**) front end and custom subframes,..... All that said, 10,000kms now done in the Levorg. The service seems to have changed it's crusing fuel economy to be 6.7l/100kms (The gently caress is that possible in a turbo AWD?)and when having fun to holy poo poo how the hell it drink so much when you are on the gas? One oddity I've only really now noticed is that when hammering it, there is no real use in using the accelerator pedal more than 50% - the car pretty much is at full acceleration anyway and there's no more to be had by decking it, the ECU has opened the throttle up fully. I've never really had this much of a disconnect between pedal and throttle body - but at the same time, never really been bothered as it mostly is what you want anyway. Anyway, lovely Subaru content coming and please shoot me if I buy another one, I cant afford to have this many loving projects as it is
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No idea you were that far away from the forge. OK more cats but have you thought of a barra, chrysler, bmw or jag Hows the rx7s going? Kaptainballistik posted:Awaiting CAMS to approve/reject a technical request and it’s 2 weeks to reveal...😁🤪 How do you think you went? Fo3 fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Jun 4, 2018 |
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Jun 4, 2018 15:39
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Still waiting.. ArCom meeting next week need to discuss request. It’s not slowing me down yet, I’m up to bonding on a rear 1/4 with body bond!
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quote:Hows the rx7s going?  So... where was i?  Oh right, moving out of the spare room I've been in for hte last 6 months  Amused me  Annnnd..... I have my kitties again too!!  Soooooo.... Hey I havent opened this door for a while   Annnnd there's the WReckX where I left it 7 months ago. What a sight for tired eyes  So getting a few boxes cleaned out I find this handbook.....  Oh and even better.... THIS one is for Windows NT 3.5.....  I found CommieGIR's version of porn  There's an engine in there  And starting to clear the 7 months worth of junk piled around it. I might even lay a spanner on the drat thing tomorrow. CAT INTERCEPTOR fucked around with this message at 13:33 on Jun 10, 2018 |
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Jun 10, 2018 13:30
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Still got the 'rx2' as well? I'm the catch can/charcoal canister vent line going to the hood release (don't want the latch sticking  )
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Jun 10, 2018 15:05
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Fo3 posted:Still got the 'rx2' as well? Don’t laugh... it’s there for Rego. Carbon canister is fully functional.....
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I thought I would have more car time being back out by myself. Well gently caress so far I have been wrong about that, finally home after an unexpected work trip. At least the Levorg is an amazing thing to do distance in - 6 hours no stop and under 9 hours door to door with only fuel, pick up house keys and piss stops. 8 hours Sydney to Melbourne? No problem. Annnyway so about cars once again then. Lets say hi to cats first   As can be imagined, my pile of spares is.... ummm... large. Fnally got to emptying storage unit.   And of course with having a good car, gotta keep it clean....  Might even be real car content tomorrow.
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Jul 1, 2018 13:49
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Post more cats please  Catalytic convertors or actual cats, I don't care.
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Just to provide thread life Just ordered front end bits for the abominable...... And a question.... If the Cat converter is at the end of the exhaust... does that mean it can handle anti lag? Kaptainballistik fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Jul 4, 2018 |
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Jul 4, 2018 04:06
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Please please please do some sort of redneck pulse jet anti lag set up. Please.
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Jul 4, 2018 07:07
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Well that in all was a bitch of a job what I just did to the car that hasnt been revealed yet Now for the plasma cutter and a wiring loom
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Jul 20, 2018 07:01
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iospace posted:Post more cats please  Plenty more tomorrow
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Ooookay maybe plenty more cats tomorrow. Maybe will have more time then Annnnyway.... just as a small slice of the work I managed to get done..... all those months ago when I was not exactly doing well mentally I made a mistake which I only realised today when attempting to install steering.  Foooor a pick of the board, what did I do wrong and why was I swearing like a sailor fixing it?
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 Here's what dropped into my face removing something from something.  So the answer to the quiz in the previous post was -  I managed to install passenger side hub onto drivers side and visa versa -_- ... that Brembo setup is goddamn heavy. Sure it's going to give the WReckX big rear end brakes meant for a car 300kgs heavier but the increase in unsprung weight is very noticable. I've always been insistent the Brembo setup != track quality and this really is a good reminder that it might say Brembo buuuut it's a long way short of optimal. Really, about the only advantage over WRX four pots is the ability to absorb heat due to physical size - sure, a light car + big brakes is going to give me the ability to hammer the brakes for a good while but I would expect this setup to be heat hosed before a session is over still. A similar sized AP Racing setup is over half the weight just on the caliper alone - which also is far better at dealing with heat and has a better brake feel to boot. Let alone a two piece brake rotor is going to reduce weight even more and have even more heat handling properties which would mean on a GF8 you basically have a huge heat reserve to play with.  Yep, loving big. Barely fit under 17" wheels and need a different offset to work.  Dont get me wrong, they will be a good improvement over WRX four pots and as a street / occasional supersprint combo, perfectly fine that will handle a car with some more power than stock. What the difference here between this and a proper set of track brakes is say being able to whale on them for 5-6 laps before they begin to wilt vs surviving a full 30 minute session. A set of stock WRX four pot brakes in a GC/GF begin to go bye bye after 3-4 laps depending on power and commitment. Now yes I could say also use a two piece rotor and DS3000 pads on the front to give me a solid 6-7 laps at full tilt annnnd.... there's why I'm just doing a Brembo setup. In reality that's the most I will be doing just at this time and it WILL stop hard.
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I was gonna say you had it backwards but forgot to actually post that.
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Charles posted:I was gonna say you had it backwards but forgot to actually post that. I'm rather bemused I managed to do that. Also I was bemused a month ago when I finally got back to the WReckX annnd....  What the hell is a condom doing in that car???? I have no idea where that came from.     I really need to clean that phone camera. Too much grease on it.  FINALLY ready for things to happen on something  Fuel tanks are a bitch to remooooooove what the gently caress is hiding behind there???  There's fifty things in this picture that can kill you.       Yeah getting up early in this place can be quite something  So one of my tasks I wanted to do this weekend is to finally detach the MY95 rear hubs and handbrake cables, then install the cables for the rear Brembos  After how many months and they are finally in the parts pile? Oh man that felt good to finally make real progress.  Yes it's STI Brembo setup with a R160. From what I could find out, combined with a 4.444 final drive and a 02 JDM gearbox to match was an actual thing. It'll do for now and one of my jobs soon is to swap in the 4.444 JDM gearbox.  Rear end is done  Nothing special, MY99 WRX steering rack And the fuckup fixed, steering hooked up and everything tightened. Only got to hook up brake lines and ABS wiring and the front is ready to return to the ground Annnnd on a final note -  In the middle of a hard 73kms on a gorgeous winter's day CAT INTERCEPTOR fucked around with this message at 11:10 on Jul 23, 2018 |
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 Just a reminder this still exists. Saturday I need to post pics of what has happened to it. It's had quite a lot done in the last year.......
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:
I looks like it's missing a frosty cold beer and a broslogan
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Aug 1, 2018 13:52
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Several surfboards.
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Aug 1, 2018 13:59
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Needs a shocker decal too.
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Aug 1, 2018 14:01
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Needs the back cut off and turning into a dual cab mighty boy
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Aug 1, 2018 22:10
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Fo3 posted:Needs the back cut off and turning into a dual cab mighty boy The back was in fact cut off.
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The B-Pillar was also moved
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:The B-Pillar was also moved Don't get in an accident!?!
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Did you turn the wagon into a 22b
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Back removed and b pillar moved...did you turn it into a ute? You better have at least kept the paint. Because from that distance it's so bad it wrapped back around to rad.
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McTinkerson posted:You better have at least kept the paint.
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Ok, I’m throwing you a hint.... The final piece arrived today.. a Liberty Twin Turbo exhaust manifold. Currently Assembling Gearboxes and diffs.... Yes... Diffs..
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Please be what I think it is: 6x6
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