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[El_Freddo]

Mate a neat write up!

I love the learning curve of these projects! Going to get a second one on the go to completely DIY yourself as a dedicatd track vehicle??

As other have said, I too am not sold on the thought of orange over black. I reckon the black will detract from the awesome orange. My thought would be to consider a dark satin grey instead, not as heavy as the black plus the black trim already in the car will break it up for a very sweet combo in my imagination. And those link bits under the bonnet on the orange... Yeah, not sure on that either!

But it is your car and you need to find what works for you!

Looking forward to catching up with you and this beast again. I'll have to pull my finger out to sort my beast for an intro

Question: that pic looking down on your outback, where was it taken? I can't pick where it is around benders!

Keep up the good work. The rear spoiler will look so sick once the car is all painted!

Cheers

Bennie

[CRUISN]

Spewing I linked that wing to you..... Now Im not the only one.

 

Coming along Nicely, will look good once all painted. 

[Krypton]

I'd love to do a track only car, but as soon as I get this to a desent standed I have a panelvan project to get on the road.
Hmm dark grey isn't a bad one to think about about useing. And the photo was at the poppet head in Molden.

Haha We had this talk before your one come in. But wow it sits close with the tailgate open.

[El_Freddo]

Also, that's a BIG wing! Any GenIII variants that have the middle wing on the tail gate? It's great when out bush, not that your end goal will ever see it out there!



And have you done anything about upgrading the fuel pump yet? I remember the convo with Hypnotic at the meet about it. Better get onto it!

Maldon, another town built on an old mine field! Awesome pic none the less.

Cheers

Bennie

[Krypton]

Wow I've been gone a couple of weeks and I got some builds to catch up on. From what I've seen everybody is making some mad progress. Thought this is due for a lil update, I haven't done to much got a little bit of painting done, eye lids and installed the catch can. I'll put a piece in the how to if it hasn't been done yet( haven't checked yet) look forward to reading up on the rest of your rides.
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Photos are coming in side ways and stuff on my phone so I'll need to update on the computer at a later stage

[Sven Smergberd]

Damn son.

Looking good.

Needs some 17" GD WRX rims.

[Krypton]

Cheers man. I was thinking those or these enkei 17 gta's, change the colour on them tho
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[Sven Smergberd]

Hmm, well 17" suby wheels are dime a dozen, so will be cheaper while you find the perfect aftermarkets. If you go the orange all over, some gloss black rims, or white would look mint.

[Barbbachello]

Hmm, well 17" suby wheels are dime a dozen, so will be cheaper while you find the perfect aftermarkets. If you go the orange all over, some gloss black rims, or white would look mint.

This

Those enkeis are hot. Remind me of the STi Rays wheels. Idk how theyd look on a gen 3 though

[Krypton]

I know i haven't been on here to update this in a little bit. But for 2 reasons 1 i haven't done to much and 2nd i have been away for the last 3-4 months working up at Hotham ski resort.

 

I haven't got much to update except that while driving with the car fully loaded to head away for the last few months. I had a guy smash into the back of me at the last set of lights out of town. The car in front hit the skids went left, i hit the skids went right and the red P plater behind me went straight into the back of me while having heaps of room to avoid (this isnt a dig at all people on the P's. Just that this shows another reason as what a drivers crash course that should be mandatory could have avoided) Luckly with me pulled out to the right side he just managed to hit the chase rail dead on. Me bent exuast and need a new rear bumper. The Ford Broken bumper, headlight, bonnet, guard. Suby 1 Ford 0.

 

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I know it might not look like much but none of the bumper meet's up with anything now. Thankfully he had insurance. All this should be fixed in the next couple of week's

 

Few extra's from the snow

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Road's on the way up

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When i had to dig my car out

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And parking next to a couple of my work mate's that have good taste

 

As for my drive home i was not able to drop a gear to slow down when going the Mt, also had some real bad slippage on the way up. As soon as i got home up onto the stand's the car went and ordered myself a Exedy HD to put in. Not the easiest job i have done, but i was able to do so even with the little bit of knowledge i thought i had. Learnt a lot more about my car too, like the fact i have alloy control arms witch was nice to find. I'll give an update on what i think about it after i run it in a little bit more but so far it's going well.

 

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Some late night's

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Get all the use you can #downtotherivits 

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Decided against getting a light wight after looking at the price to Pro's/Con's money could be better spent else where. Plus the guy's did i nice job at machining it.

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After a few night's and learning some new cus words it was in. I must say im very proud of myself for this

 

Now i can concentrate on better things like GFB Bov and new wheels/Brakes. While saying that i am having a bit of trouble trying to find some good wheels with a +55 Offset everything seems to be 48 or 35 witch i thought would give wheel poke. So what are you guys able to get away with for offset and width. Can it be changed to give a better offset without hitting the springs

 

Sorry such a long post just been busy from getting back and haven't had the time to update slowly

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Barbbachello]

<3 long posts haha. Youd be wanting 48 on an outback. +55 looks stupidly sunken into the guards. *cough cough* Simon...

[Krypton]

And to ansa the question from ages ago. There is a mid wing for these, but not to sure about it and got many thing's to do before anymore cosmetic work is done.

And awesome thought they would fit but wasnt sure. I'm guessing about 8"wide is probly the limit tho

[allpaw4]

Unless you get lucky,and do your research on what rim will fit without guard work, 7.5 is generally the limit on gen 3's. You can fit bigger, but generally that is the limit without extra work.

[Beckers]

<3 long posts haha. Youd be wanting 48 on an outback. +55 looks stupidly sunken into the guards. *cough cough* Simon...

 

Fork you Nicko.

Zero clearance issues for me.

I guess with the neg camber I'm running, a bit less offset would be ok.

 

Nice updates Krypton.

[Krypton]

Wow, over 2 years and I haven't had a single thing to update. Well spose thats what happens when it's been sitting in the shed broken. Yes I still own it, yes I still will finish the things I have set out to do. Been a full on couple of years. Good to see a lot of you still here and been good reading up on other people's builds (new and old)
But it's time to get active on this thing again. First thing I need to do to get it running again is a gearbox. And with this new job driving trucks I have been able to put away alot faster than I thought I would. So my hunt starts with trying to find a DCCD 6speed conversion that will come with a set of Brembos. Any places you have dealt with or recommend would be good. Some of the places I used to source parts have closed. Didn't bother posting earlier asking for places I could ring until I had cash waiting. Now that I have said cash, I would like to depart with it so I can get car parts.
Good to be back, looking forward to reconnecting with some old and new people.

[Barbbachello]

Long time no see. 

Someone like Rising Sun Subaru or maybe Ichiban would be a good place to start. 

[duncanm]

BCS has one that may suit. https://www.ebay.com...w8AAOSw5utabmOy

[El_Freddo]

Hey Krypton!

Always wondered where you ended up! Glad you're back and are still persisting with your outback build.

We all know what it's like having our pride and joy broken. My "best" one was the l series off-roader, broke the box on the Dedick track in the Snowy River National Park - got skull dragged out of there from about the halfway mark, left in Orbost for a week before being trailer home to Shepp (now back in benders). Took me a year to source parts and put the box back together. Using a phase 2 box was an issue for a while :/

Anyway, I'm looking forward to a catch up at some stage, whether it's locally or in Melbs

All the best with sourcing the parts and we'll see you back on the road again

Cheers

Bennie

[Krypton]

Barbbachello

Ichiban was one of the first places I called, they were very helpful when I got my half cut from them. Rising sun i'll give a call. 

 

I sent an e-mail off to JDM Racing motors (located in the US) to see how I could go about shipp one of there kits. Comes with everything I need except Slave and master cylinder. But there kits do come with Brembo brakes. Just comes down to what it will cost me in import tax.

 

duncanm

Cheers for the help, had a look. But I need one Pre 07 so I can get the speedo reading from the box.

 

I know i can convert it, but I want to try and make this conversion as painless as I can haha Thats why im happy going a full kit instead of going the cheaper route of getting a diff from this car that from that car.

 

 

El_Freddo

Yea man, Ive been floating around, doing smaller projects and helping out my mates in there shed with there project's. Be good for another cruise with the subaru's again. Would like to set a goal for HVC but I dont think i'll make that if I have to import parts.

I've seen Bryce around on the odd occasion he still has the black Gen4 Blitzen. Also been taking a young guy out on his L's in his 74 corolla he built himself, recently got his license and got a Gen4.

 

 

 

Been having alot of information to read trying to work other thing's like what diff ratio's I want and if I should get a Helical LSD or a A.P Suretrac and what the difference of the 2 is. At the start I was tossing up should I get hubs with 5x100 or go 114.3 from more wheel options, thats at the bottom of the list now haha. So i'll do my best to find the answers I need but I know at some point i'll prob ask something that has been asked 1,000 times before.

 

But cheer's for the welcome back, would have thought everyone would have forgotten me haha

[Barbbachello]

With the later boxes you can get magic boxes that conver the ABS wheel speed sensors into a VSS signal for the cluster and ecu. Similar cost to the speedo drive machinging but can do it in your shed.

As for going 114.3 is a big job on gen 3s needing custom machining etc