El_Freddo

Dunno that we’re keeping it alive. I stopped posting here because I was posting after myself on more than one occasion.

Ppl seem to avoid forums like the plague!

And the Ultimate Subaru Message Board (USMB) went down a few weeks back - maybe even two months ago. Sad day, that forum was somewhat still moving. This one is at a stand still.

In other news, the brumby punched out a solid 1100kms last weekend without missing a beat. We were on a mission…

Dunno if I mentioned it before - in Jan I finally brought home the ver4 STI converted SF foz that a mate gave to me with blown head gaskets. Fuck me that car is fast - I can’t change gears quick enough when I first drive it while giving it a boot full! Looking at club rego-ing that one. Would make a good daily but would be wasted on our flat straight roads. It was built for the daily commute in the Dandenong ranges as a complete sleeper. It’slowerd stance and performance are the only thins that give it away.

Not much else going on, just work and stupid fuel prices - which got me wondering about whether or not we’ll make it to Subinats this year ;(

Someone got itchy feet.

What happens when Mrs Barbs is driving a more powerful Subi than Mr Barbs?? That’ll be interesting.

Sounds like an awesome plan. The booster H6 is a real animal! I enjoyed a trip in the passenger’s seat of Marty’s Levorg - that thing was sick and it wasn’t on the full boost it could run, I think it was only 8psi - it was tuned for 24 on the corn juice. That’s one modern modded vehicle I’d own if I could afford it! Alas that’s not an option now.

I’m sure you’ll cook up an awesome setup that’ll go hard. Dare I say, you won’t look back after a boosted H6.

You were warned!!

Is it possible for the bore to go out of round with this sort of work being done to it?

I thought you’d have it close decker then bore out the cylinders. I could be wrong as I’ve never done a closed deck job on an engine before.

Glad to hear stuff is getting done!

Thanks for the update Tim!

My primary question was around na-t conversions for EJs. I don’t have any EZs to play with, I’m still firmly in EJ land and that’ll do me for a while.

It’s all good info non the less!

New front end items - ball joints, tie rods, rack ends, steering boots - and new shoes. She drives very well now and no longer sports bald tyres up front…

Took her out last night to photograph the Aurora Australis and was not disappointed. Brumby became the subject, whoops! Not sorry though. Didn’t pack a torch so the phone torch was used to fill in the brumby. Central Vic, 10:50pm - 12:30am.



^ this is a phone pic of the actual pic on the computer, colours are thus enhanced a bit more than they look on the computer screen. Other than that, no editing to the image.

From memory, ISO 4000, f3.5, 10s exposure, might be 8s, either way I’m pretty stoked.

I broke my tripod that is well Oder than I am so I’m doubtful on any good shots tonight as I can’t keep the camera locked it - it snapped the swivel lockout off the tripod. It’s pretty brittle now!