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dgoodhue

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  • Birthday 05/15/1973

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    MA
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    '12 SWP GT, '09 SWP 2.5i OB
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  1. I have the Q300. The quiet down after a little bit after a couple thousand miles. In the car they are pretty quiet and around town at idle with a little bit of rumble. I they sound great on throttle, with a little burble between shifts. My only complaint would be is they are slightly louder than I would like on the highway. It am just being particular as I didn't;t want a loud exhaust. My car has the stock j-pipe and cat though. I have a friend who interested in buying my 2012 GT but he wants my stock exhaust. If he buys my car I will have my use Invidia Q300 exhaust, it has about 25k miles on it and never drive in the winter.
  2. Oh I wish I had known. I have a spare cat off a 75k mile GT. I bought it just incase I ever needs one.
  3. I know how rare the Celica All-Trac are. They have similar total production numbers as the 5th Gen GT has. You can also look a GT with Burnt Valve. I have bought two and I have seen other GT for sale with them as well.
  4. A 3.6R is not less than 1hp lower than a typical STI. A 3.6R manual was never made by Subaru only the 3.0 motor 6MT in the prior gen in non us markets. The JDM motor has different compression ratio than the USDM motor. If you want it to actually run right, you need to swap the pistons or spend money for a custom tune or aftermarket ECM. The JDM motor may not be complete either. Your best bet is finding a donor but as I am sure you’re experiencing is they are rare and hard to find.
  5. I worked on my 2010 GT yesterday. It has been using coolant which I can smell under the hood and my drivers front wheel needs air every 2 weeks or so. I took the wheel and it has not punctures so it must be leaking on the tire bead or at the tire stem. I kind of doubt it is the stem since I bought new stems TMPS for the car. I have friend with a tire shop, so I have him look at it. I checked the coolant system pressurized it with mityvac coolant system kit I have, it has a leak on the passenger top side and it is pooling on the block and leaking down into the under body tray. It must be something I messed up when I assembled it or maybe the prior lessened something I didn't check or wasn't expecting. It will probably be a cheap fix but may not an easy one. I will wait until it warms up and I can pull the accessories off the top of the motor for a better look. Hopefully I don't have to remove the intake manifold.
  6. Yesterday we had a near 60F degree day so I washed and vacuumed my '12 Legacy GT. Today I changed the oil and took it out for a ride. I haven't driven it since late November. I am going to miss this car when I sell it.
  7. I keep my Koni/Eibachs at 1 turn F / 0.5 turn R. As I wrote this, I remember that my ‘12 2.5i rode better with this set up than my ‘12 GT. The 1st owner of my GT used whiteline poly bushings all through out my suspension. I removed the front lower control and put in stock one to help with the ride. I have group N front struts mounts. I went to in mid my rear with oem upper rear control arms but once I pulled the rear subframe assembly down I found that poly rear control arm bushing used non stock bolts (threaded into the bushings) and I found the rear spindle had a solid bushing pressed in where the lower bars bolts to. I never bothered to go back and fix it, so my 2012 GT does probably ride stiffer than your car.
  8. Yeah I am getting older (50). I like having the back up of all those safety features. The reason I ordered the limited was for the blind spot detection. I talked to my sales guy, the person who authorized the orders will be in this afternoon. He said it looks like the TR can be ordered from his screen but he won’t know until that person comes in. If it can be order, I will be getting the TR.
  9. Maybe I should have ordered a TR with the Recaro's, Brembo's, 19: wheels. I am doing my research now, I left a message with my sales person.
  10. I thought that I ordered a 2023. I looked at my pair work and apparently I ordered a 2024. (The pricing matches what is in 2024 WRX press release) The 2024 prices were released in late December, I do not know when Subaru ordering opened up for 24 but they told me 2-3 months for delivery. I would guess that March would be the earliest a 2024 would show up on the lot.
  11. I went to the Subaru dealership yesterday and I ended up ordering a 2023 WRX Limited. I have been looking to update my cars and maybe getting rid of one of them. I have a 2009 2.5i Outback that my daughter seems to have taken over, 2010 Legacy GT as my winter driver and my 2012 Legacy GT which I store in the winter. I also have a 1991 GMC Syclone. I test drove the Legacy Sport and I really liked it. I test drove the WRX and it had the feel of my 2012 Legacy GT with an update interior. (My GT has Eibach spring/Koni Struts, Q300, short throw shifter and tune) It was slower than '12 GT but I know with Cobb AP, the WRX will be just as fast if not faster. The WRX should be here in 2-3 months, so I have to start selling my 2 5th Gen Legacy GT.
  12. Definitely check them, so if them are hard to access. I actually made that mistake on my 2010GT and got similar codes when I installed the motor.
  13. Was the timing belt and tensioner replaced? Most likely it jumped timing from someone not doing the timing belt or leaving guides/off or misadjusted if they did the timing belt. It could also be that someone pulled the motor and did not fully seat the OCV valve connectors.
  14. It can be removed. I put dynamat on my collectible vehicle’s doors and had to do window regulator. I used heat and adhesive remove and it come off relatively easily.
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