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    Chevy Malibu SS

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  1. All of it. You don’t seem to understand how a Cobb Accessport works and what it’s capable of, which is why it’s better to sell it to someone else. It’s not just a power chip. It can do a slew of parameter monitoring, act as a boost gauge, change a few parameters on the fly and most importantly data log. Data logging is the most important aspect. Have you pulled a single data log? This is coming from someone that has done extensive data logging and some level of tuning by using Accessport in conjunction with Accesstuner Race. Yes you are. Start with identifying what hardware is on your car. Better yet start pulling some data logs before you blow something up. If your Spec.B has an STi turbo it shouldn’t feel down in power. Or maybe it feels down on power because by modern standards, it’s slow. If you are running a VF52 or an STi turbo on a VF46 tune that’s a problem. You got two choices here. Throw money at a shop to take your Subaru and figure out exactly what it’s running, get it tuned and give you the keys back ready to go, or get involved and learn a thing or two. You don’t seem receptive to the second part and I don’t want to derail this further so I’m out.
  2. I’ll try. Go ahead and sell it to someone that knows what they’re doing. You need a pro tune some other way.
  3. The LGT was an animal in the snow with good tires on it. Nebraska doesn’t give AF about snow removal, there’s been many, many occasions with snow up to the door sills and the only issue was accumulation in the front of the car. I have some fond memories waking my ass up at 5AM in a snow blizzard to give my wife a ride to work because her Mini didn’t stand a chance. When I bought the Legacy I ended up going to the DMV to get it registered on a day when work was closed due to weather. That car didn’t give AF. The 4th gen interior IMO from a design and fit and finish standpoint has held up well, better than newer Subarus that are cheap hard scratchy plastic everywhere. I find the reintroduction of the turbo Legacy rather surprising but it probably plays into SOA long term plans whatever they may be.
  4. I wouldn’t mind owning another Subaru, I kinda dig the Ascent, but I have some bad news for you. I think you’re dead from the waist down if you can’t tell Subaru has been ******* you for a long time now. I still can’t get over the introduction of the CVT in a WRX and that the STi is at the same power level since forever. I get it. It’s a cliche at this point for 4th gen owners moving on to other cars and shitting on Subaru, but I basically sacrificed 4 mpg going from 280-ish hp 2.5 liter to 414 hp 6.2 liter in a four thousand pound car that can give an STi a run for its money on a track. That simply should not happen in my opinion, but I’m open to being wrong. I also think the 4th gen Legacy GT is the Subaru master race. Long gone though. Or maybe I’m just rambling on a late Friday afternoon exhausted after work.
  5. Yeah but Subaru owners died from spun bearings and ring land failures. Died on the inside.
  6. Just look at what experience WRX owners are having. I’ll save you the reading: it’ll grenade the CVT
  7. I've done both tables and I couldn't tell you for sure if it's placebo or actual performance changes.
  8. I can't recommend bushings for a daily driver, unless you're pushing enough power to squish the stock ones. I have the Rallitek blue insert in my trans mount and tend to regret it when it gets cooler outside. According to Rallitek, they developed their inserts as a response to the engine pushing 400hp and squishing the stocker. I'm nowhere near close to that. Unless you want to feel vibrations in the dash, console and floorboard, and hear the engine, don't do it.
  9. I'm not aware of there being different versions. I just checked on their site and the differences come in if you want dino, blend, or full synthetic. It's the viscosity that matters, so just get 75w90 of whatever formulation you want. I went with the full synthetic.
  10. Only if I don't end up using a prybar and sledgehammer, because after trying it the first time and failing, second time I'm definitely going to be more pissed. The only items I took out were the glovebox (basically just the door that opens), and the covers for the air filter. Maybe others have had success with that, but I did not. The whole passenger side bottom plastic part under the dashboard needs to come out, otherwise I don't see how the job can be accomplished, and I have yet to see a DIY guide for that part. Luckily, I have the Legacy service manual. And I am comfortable pulling the stereo out since I've done it 3 times while doing a proper AUX-IN mod.
  11. I think I will follow this procedure to replace my vent actuator and then just take it in to the dealer as is, and have them swap out the airbag. If they balk, then I'll document my car up the wazoo and then hold them up to the job. Taking the dash apart is not a 45 minute job, and the SOA recall letter says this is a 45 minute job, so clearly that indicates taking the dash apart isn't the way SOA is suggesting going about it.
  12. Great with the horror stories guys, now I'm completely discouraged from having the dealer do this, especially since they did say they would take the whole dash apart, when in the recall letter it said this is a 45 minute job. So, as Scooby2.5 correctly pointed out on the procedure that sounds like the right one, have any of you been successful in "talking them into" doing it that way, or is there an official SOA resource I can point them to? My 2005 has an impeccable interior with no rattles, and being OCD, I'd like to keep it that way.
  13. Right around the 100K mile mark I would just do a transmission fluid replacement and keep the car for longer.
  14. That's because you live in Minnesota, where it takes 30 minutes for anyone to move at a 4-way stop sign, because everyone is being nice to everyone else and insisting they go first. Lived there for 4 years. This is Dallas area now. In the 3 years I've been here, I've spotted more exotic cars than other Legacies
  15. Oh don't worry, that feeling will be right back when you pass by one and they don't wave back.
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