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covertrussian

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    '05 LGT, '12 OBP, '00 G20+T

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  1. It's been some time since I last posted related to this car. It's been a great and reliable daily driver so no reason to do much. With that said I did try to change out the ugly stock grill with the Legacy one since some people mentioned it worked. Stock Grill: The goal is to go for the Crosstrek Sport style look: Here's an example of another outback owner using the legacy grill Ordered the Legacy recessed grill similar to the Sports one: Drum roll.... Yeah no go on this sadly, would basically have to get the Legacy bumper to make this look right. Maybe could do some kind of a dark surround to hid the bumper guts, but not sure it's worth the effort.
  2. Glad to help, this was one of my favorite cars to build AND DRIVE, so had to share the love :). Now I will also say that having the fuel filter so close to the fuel rail might have doubled as a damper. Also tune has a lot to do with it too, this car's tune is some of the worst factory tunes I've ever dealt with.
  3. Updated the first post and clarified that the Dorman connectors are optional. Also fixed the image embedding
  4. Hey there.  Quick question.  You mentioned in a thread (STI fuel pressure regulator) that you used the vacuum line from the intake manifold to feed your boost gauge.  Can you tell me which gauge you ended up using?  And do you recommend any vacuum port plugs that don't suck?  I'd like to cap off the one on the manifold and use the BPV one for the new FPR.  Thanks!

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      I ended up using the Innovative one, but honestly there's better out there.  As for source, under the manifold there is a port that gets input from manifold body instead of individual runners, maybe it is the BOV one, it's been a minute :).

  5. My recommendation would be to go with on of the loop mufflers, they are the closest to OEM design without having the sharp 180's that OEM mufflers have. Just weld it into your existing Y pipe and no need to hunt for new catback :).
  6. Big part of it is the muffler it self, straight through designs are just too inefficient at reducing sound. I had a 3" setup, 5" Borla resonator, to an modified 04-07 STI muffler (bored out to 3", modified baffles for straighter path). The car was TOO quiet, would barely register on DB meter auto-crossing, it has a really deep idle though and sounded good free revving. I think removing the resonator would have helped make it a tee webit louder but at that point it was already in place and I didn't want to fight with it :).
  7. Thanks for the kind words, it was fun digging in and then sharing the experience with the community. In some ways I wish I did Youtube videos too, would have perhaps provided an income . Well that's partly why I've been so absent, all my spare time has been going digging and building the house addition along with other house related projects. I haven't even been auto-crossing in 3 years because my weekends are so busy. With that said, I wont lie I've been really eyeballing a 2018-2021 WRX. To the point that I might even ditch my G20 project/race car and just have the WRX for that duty too (they do really well auto-crossing stock!)
  8. Yeah I peaked at about 30-31mpg, though last couple years I was getting 28mpg on the LGT, dunno if it was tune or gas related, or just age of the car, still better then EPA's 24mpg. I doubt I'll mess with the Ascent tune, especially when CVT is so prone to failure. Cobb tune 93 tune sounds great, but car has enough power for it's purpose.
  9. Pretty bad, 16ish city 21-24 hwy (winter blends), but at the same time LGT would get that bone stock too. At least Ascent is 2x the car/weight
  10. The power is pretty decent for the car it's size, it's quick but no WRX or LGT (especially modded LGT). But it's miles ahead of the Outback! My biggest frustration is the CVT, it's laggy and constantly downshifting on slightest hills and then it feels gutless going up that hill still, which is so weird. It just doesn't feel fine tuned or refined at all and feels like the transmission has no consistency, which makes it really hard for me to predict, especially as a stick driver only. While I miss the Legacy it was just sitting and rotting like my G20 is too. I use the Ascent/Outback all the time, between extra space and ground clearance it's just hard to justify regular cars. In fact I could use a truck instead...
  11. I am, just been too busy with house projects to care about cars. I just posted an updated in my build thread with the replacement car.., can continue the conversation there.
  12. It's been a long while since last update, but this car moved on to a new owner, we really wanted a bigger car then then even the Outback. What makes it worse is I get to look at it daily and will probably be the primary mechanic for it still . Keeping the Ascent as stock as possible, because finicky CVT, but I did do some cosmetic changes already (door guards and front bumper cover).
  13. That's an impressive amount of miles, but you did rebuild it a few times! I too ended up selling my 05 LGT and I miss it, the NA Outback or Ascent just doesn't scratch the itch.
  14. Year, Make and Model: 2005 Subaru Legacy GT Limited Color: Red Miles: 160k Transmission: 5MT Title: Clean Lien: None Location: Harrisonburg, VA VIN: SOLD Seller's email address: SOLD Asking Price: $5,500 SOLD Time for me to part ways with the LGT, I simply don't drive it enough anymore and we need a 7 seat SUV instead. When I drove it all the time I got 20mpg city and up to 30mpg highway. Mods: Open Source ProTuned - 250whp on only 13psi Big 16G Turbo 8CM GrimmSpeed Header, Cross Pipe, Up Pipe, Downpipe Custom 3" exhaust TGV Deletes WRX Radiator - Koyo WRX Simple Mass Flywheel & Exedy Stage 1 Clutch GrimmSpeed CrankPulley STI FPR & Z32 Fuel Filter All Bushings replaced with Poly (Whiteline) & Whiteline LCA ALK Kit Whiteline Rear Swaybar Kartboy Short Shifter 2007 Folding Seat Mod JDM HVAC Controls Sony Head Unit AEM Wideband & Innovative Boost Gauge Stainless Steel Turbo an AVCS oil line (Banjo Filters removed) Replaced Wheel bearings, Ball Joints, Radiator and Hoses, AVCS Valves, Oil Seals Problems: - Clear coat is painting from Bumpers and headlights (were refinished at Subaru a couple years back) - Slight oil consumption, could be from using Full Synthetic 5w30 (Valvoline) or Fumoto valve is slowly dripping - Interior has wear and tear of a 15yo vehicle (but I do have spare parts that I can throw in) - Rear Right tire deflates over time
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