Skibum0203 build thread

2005 Outback XT 5MT

About 110k

I love this car. Never selling it. Shooting for between 300 and 350 wtq holding there as long as possible. Bought car with about 60k in 2009. Did suspension mods in 2010, difference was night and day. Also did avo catback which was awesome except for the highway drone so went back to stock. Went stage 1 with v1 accessport in 2010 also, stage 2 in 2015, upgraded to v3 stage 2 tune in 2016(noticeable improvement in tune).

Installed Mods:

V3 Accessport running stage 2 OTS 93 map

GS coated uppipe w/ egt resistor mod

Cobb catted downpipe coated from bellmouth to start of cat

Bp tmic mod

Spt turbo heat shield

Avo front swaybar bushings

Avo front and rear adjustable endlinks

Avo rear swaybar, bushings, and support reinforcement brackets

Avo front underbody brace

Avo rear underbody braces

Exedy single mass ff502 lightweight flywheel

Exedy oem clutch kit

Mods waiting to go in:

GS TMIC Kit

Turbosmart Kompact bpv-used

Perrin turbo inlet and afta maf hose

VF52-used

Aem uprated fuel pump

Still need to pickup for install:

Ebcs that the tuner prefers to work with

Would be nice to have:

Oil pressure gauge

Wideband

Maintenance:

Mobil1 5w30 every 3k with blue subie filter-no oil consumption knock on wood

Have blackstone lab kit to test after next change

95k work october 2014

Stock plugs

Rear main seal replaced

clutch/flywheel replaced plus tsk3 kit

Pcv valve

Turbo Banjo bolt swapped kept filter(old one was clean)

Coolant drain and fill

Brake fluid drain and fill

Trans/diff fluid drain and fill

Serpentine/ac belts

Gates blue Timing Belt

Timing Belt Tensioner

Timing Belt Pulleys

Water Pump

Thermostat

Other miscellaneous maintenance items

Raxles front axles

Wheel bearings

Group n control arm bushings, the tennis ball ones i think lower rear?.?.

Oh how time flies, about to bring the wagon in for a new gas tank after a crack was found. I was hoping it was just a cracked pump assembly top but not the case.

116,000 miles now and the only items from the list I have managed to find the time to put on are the gs tmic and turbosmart bpv. The vf52 has been sitting on the bench with the kinugawa actuator on it for months. Had to file down the actuator housing a little so it wasn’t making contact with the turbo housing. I am hoping the millimeter or so gap is enough. Dying to get this installed along with a gs ebcs and the perrin inlet etc but 3 kids are keeping me busy.

Also trying to find someone to deal with some rust around the windshield for a reasonable price, no luck there yet. It’s been fun driving around with a 2 foot crack across the middle of the driver side in the interim.

Happy halloween!