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About Free Range Racing

  • Birthday 12/21/1978

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  • Location
    Portland, OR
  • Car
    2005 Legacy 2.5GT Wagon Six-Speed
  • Interests
    Turning Wrenches, Racing Cars!
  • Occupation
    Mechanic, Fabricator, Shop Owner

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  1. Take that stuff and throw it in the garbage. More fires are caused by oil saturated exhaust wrap than anything else in the racing world. If you need thermal protection, the factory method of clam-shell sheet metal is superior. Excessively difficult to pull off on non factory parts, but at least it won't catch fire.
  2. The guy in portland (The Shock Shop) retired last year. As far as I know there's no one local any more doing shock tuning. And yeah, he was the best. And yeah, he was a pain to work with. -Erik
  3. Student loans are temporary. Racing is forever. Sorry about the fuel issues boxkita, it didn't feel good to flag you guys in over and over again. You shouldn't need a cell, lots of cars run stock tanks and fillers. If you hole-sawed out the anti-siphon flap and teeny fuel nozzle hole in the in oem fill, you may have messed up the sealing surface for the oem cap. A new cap might fix it, or there are marine fill caps that have the large opening and a stout sealing cap. I might be interested in some of that machine shop stuff, hit me up with an email if you're looking to liquidate any of it. (Eriktorgeson@gmail.com). I also have access to some two post lifts, let me know what you're looking for and price range Looking forward to seeing you guys in 2018. - BullDog, AKA Lucky Dog Black Flag Guy
  4. I'm shop-swamped, won't make friday. Plus, kids birthday party etc etc. If you really want to bring the (or any) LGT out to Lucky Dog just let me know and I'll work on Cathy about it. We want the series to be accessible but up-market from LeMons, and what defines that better than a Subaru? Plus, it'll spin the #3 rod bearing in hour 6 so the position is a moot point. (I'm not jaded, I swear). Make an offer on the wagon. Any of you! I need it out of the driveway! Details email freerangeracing@gmail.com.
  5. As an official Official of Lucky Dog Racing League, I can say with great certainty that if you contact us (by us I mean the owner, Cathy) then you can bring the Subie(s) out and race with us. There is a chance you'll be put in the EC class because the car is too new, but you'll still get ~14 hours of racing for a couple hundred bucks, and there isn't any cheaper fun OR development time than that! On the other hand, with the pace of this project, by the time it's road-worthy you'll be within the age range for the series Also Boxkita, I've still got my 05 LGT with the STi trans etc sitting in the driveway if you're interested. Haven't gotten back to trying to sell it with the multiple new race car builds that are more engaging. If anyone has any questions about Lucky Dog, feel free to ask. Erik
  6. Just a quick update - this project (and thus my daily driver) has languished in the corner of the shop while more important (READ: Paying) jobs have totally overwhelmed me. I will get back to it, and update as I can. I'm glad to be busy, but it means the interesting stuff suffers. Sorry everyone who's waiting!
  7. I had a racing buddy ask me if I'd ever seen 'that really cool Legacy wagon that races around here' the other day. People take notice of your car!
  8. GAH damnit. I've sworn off any racing events at all this year, sadly. In the middle of a new-house build and major business expansion attempts, so the time AND the money are totally hosed. Something had to give, and track time was it. I look forward to seeing you out there next year, so keep it together for at least a year!
  9. Hi! *waives You can call me Erik, because Free Range is a silly name Hope to see you out at one of the local tracks once I get back to having excess play money. There's a Porsche 993 ex-25H Thunderhill car in my life that I'll be out learning likely next year, so maybe we'll see each other at an HPDE some time.
  10. Wanted to give those interested a quick update - the car is up and functional. Everything suspension-wise works flawlessly. I have run into some road-blocks with the ABS computer, and its integration into the ECU and CANbus. I have just ordered a VSSpro to facilitate getting a working speedo signal back, and I will work through the rest of the issues once that is going. After that, I need to do some minor tuning for the change in exhaust that came along with the six-speed swap, and then I can really try it out. It will be at least a few more weeks before I can find time to get the VSSpro installed and see what other surprises the computer has for me. I have also become a dealer for all DCCDpro devices, due to my positive impression with the company and their products while looking for a solution to this speedometer signal issue. If any of you need a DCCD controller, a way to create a speed signal output from the ABS wheel sensors (on any car, not just Subaru), or an advanced fuel pump controller for your high performance Subaru, Mitsubishi, or Nissan (or, most likely, many others) just let me know!
  11. Aaaaaand, I'm a vendor. WOOT!!!! I will be working over this conversion in the next month in my spare time between 2am and 4am daily, and will have a definitive offering for those of you who are interested. My goal is to offer a bolt-in solution for the difficult parts, with a list of parts the car-owner must source and simple work they must have done at a local machine shop. I see no reason this can't be set up as a one-day conversion, and that will be my goal. I'll also include as much information about other issues, such as front modifications and wheel fitment, as I can. I'm open to any and all input to consider during my 'free time'.
  12. I've had '13 STi struts on the car for almost a year now. You can drill the welds and pry out the spacer on the OEM LGT struts, and it slips into the STi strut and creates the correct width. Then you just re-drill for the LGT spacing, grind away some pesky reinforcing bumps where the bolt head now lands, and bob's your uncle.
  13. The STi struts/knuckles are wider by about 3mm, and the hole spacing is wider by ~15mm.
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