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  1. Contact this guy: https://performancefuelinjection.ca/ He is pretty well respected around here for injector rebuilds and testing. He did mine on my old car (yellow side feeds). He doesn't show the parts on his site but he can get them for sure. The full rebuild and testing on mine was $100 or $150 with the parts being like $30 I think, for o-rings, filter baskets, and pintle caps (I used the older style with less ports and plastic pintle caps).
  2. Awesome, I didn't realize the front inserts were the same pn, maybe I can yank them out of the strut housings. Rears would be different as the lower mounting bolt is not the same size between 4th and 5th gen (smaller on 5th gen).
  3. Thanks Rumble! I went through your project log and the Kein mounts you have (ksub015) don't seem to be available from anywhere right now. My plan for suspension is either 2013/14 upgrade (front springs and seats from dealership, all other parts from rock auto), or the JDM Bilsteins. I don't want to lower it and I don't want it overdamped like my 4th gen was. I did/do have Konis with King springs for 4th gen and they road much nicer than the Bilsteins but there was an issue with the insert pushing through the bottom of the strut tube so I'm not too happy about that, nor am I happy about the lower spring perch on the WRX koni full body strut. I've had Konis on two platforms and found that I set the damping and then never touched them again. One on platform, full soft was still very harsh, and on the 4th gen full soft is about the same as brand new stock KYBs. Softest to hardest, where do 5th gen JDM bilsteins sit? (I know there aren't 5th gen USDM bilsteins). This is my frame of reference, unless somebody has shock dynos for the 5th gen JDM bilsteins. If they are anywhere in the top half of the list they should be fine for me. Softest 4th gen Konis (soft) 4th gen USDM bilsteins 4th gen JDM bilsteins (rev C/D) 4th gen JDM bilsteins (rev B) 4th gen JDM bilsteins (rev A) 4th gen konis (hard)??? 4th gen B6/B8 bilsteins 4th gen konis (hard)??? Hardest Sorry for nerding out hard on this, lol, and thank you to everybody for your comments!
  4. I'm coming off B8s and pinks on my 4th gen (sold it last night) so if anybody has a comparison to that setup that would be great. I was ok with that setup 4 years ago when I was still in my 30's but its a bit harsh on my back now. I would say they were overdamped. From what I've read, USDM, or JDM OEM Bilsteins would probably suit me better, on the 4th gen chassis. I'm hoping for feedback that the 5th gen stuff is similar. I assume that most 5th gen folks are less tolerant of overdamped suspension than 4th gen since it is not as sharp/precise a vehicle as the 4th gen overall.
  5. Well, I drove it for the last time last night, then bolted on a new plate for the new owners and watched it drive off. 6 years with 4th gens and I have to say, they are great when nothing is breaking. I'll be over in the 5th gen forum mostly now but I'll lurk here since these are still the best looking and performing Legacys.
  6. Has anybody upgraded their rear diff to an LSD unit? I read in another thread that our rear diff is an R160 but the pictures I've seen online of it do not look like a typical R160 case (forward set of mounting holes isn't there, casting shape is different etc.) I've found 3.083FD R160 JDM VLSDs for pretty reasonable prices but I'm not sure if it will 1) bolt up, and 2) accept our axles. Any help? I've also seen the Cusco units that show compatibility with a wide range of models, including ours, but they are close to $2k CAD + setup and install and I'm looking for a cheaper OEM+ type upgrade, or I'll leave it as is.
  7. Yeah, it's not worth it to ship these cars across country at their current value. Even within a province it gets pretty pricey.
  8. I did new low beam bulbs and wiper blades and a good wash on the weekend, then posted the car for sale locally. I will be sad to see it go but it has been very stressful driving the car over the last few months. I'm happy to be driving the 5th gen 3.6R, it is much more comfortable, much cheaper on gas, and much cheaper on maintenance so far.
  9. I personally haven't done it but it may have been done at some point already given the age of the car and the care the original owners (father/son[subaru tech]) took of it. I'll look it up and see. Is it running the pump off a relay with power direct from the battery?
  10. Drove it, broke it (LR spring), took it to the shop to get checked out before getting new tires tomorrow. What is with Subarus and breaking springs? I broke the LF spring in my 4th gen wagon a couple of years ago as well, that car was at 225,000-km while the 5th gen is only at 116,000-km.
  11. That's my plan. Mech's thought is fuel starvation, as was my thought. I'll watch the fuel strategy as well, hadn't thought to do that so thanks for the suggestion.
  12. It'll knock (-2° of FBKC) in open loop under 2000 rpm clutching in and out but I usually let it warm up to 120-130° before driving. Open loop/WOT, I haven't noticed any but I don't drive the car over 4000 rpm often, or WOT often (probably still enough to get to peak requested torque due to how those correlate with pedal position). Usually it knocks at constant speed (my average day I max out at 80km/hr), or moderate acceleration, or high load/low rpm like maintaining speed on hills. I actually very rarely see the knock events but I see the FKL adjusting and have seen it as bad as -3.8 recently, on top of the -5 I've pulled from the A/P itself. I tried to decrease the amount of timing pulled but knock got worse (I think that post is a few pages back in this thread now) so it's back at -5 again.
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