brian's LIFTD96OB :) BUILD SO FAR

1996 outback bg9
purchased from a family totally stock for $5500
drove it for about a year and had a slight HG leak, but was during the winter so just kept topping up until it actually blew mid summer.
Decided if I was doing HG's I might as well do a full rebuild while it was at the doctors lol
original plan was a jdm 2.2 but we had problems with the ecu. So then I was offered a h6 and declined it as I didnt like the fuel usage in them.
Ended upo scoring a 2.5 engine that was in perfect condition that had just been serviced.
So we stripped it down and rebuilt it so we knew what had been done.
We also did the same with a 4eat trans,
and the front and rear diffs.




I got this car as it suits what I use it for
cruises, offroad/dunes & rallies, camping, fishing and it holds all my gear for cricket and photography.


Atm im about half way done with it as I had a bid of a setback the day I drove it home from my rebuild I was bumped by a semi driver that “ couldnt pull his truck up” then told the police he didnt know how heavy his load was :/ yeh so.....


so ive had to replace the rear bumper cheers to CRUIZIN !. The rear tailgate and I need to find a new front bumper as it has a few deep cracks that cant be patched up :(
other than that I just have small stuff left to do on it.


Would love a respray, thinking about top half satin black and the bottom keeping it silver or wrc blue all over.
Msd coilpack,
suspension bushes replaced,
would like to get a momo steering wheel and quickrack,
manifold plenum spacer,
6000k hids
new engine and trans mounts,
removing the roof lights and replacing with a wind deflector and then maybe some hella 1000s rectangle x4.


after all this it will be hitting the 300000k point so ill be going over the chassis and suspension to make sure its all safe and secure nd drive onto the next 100000k :)






Build
New engine rebuilt with
Light flywheel
Extra thick hg
Water pump
Oil pump
Oil pickup
Bottom end bearings
Harmonic balancer


Mods on engine
95 lib intake
no resonators
Fender resonator delete
Catch can
600cca battery
All new engine grounds
Bigger alternator
Rebuilt steering pump
Throttle body 1" spacer
Secondary trans oil cooler
Iridium plugs with eagle 22mm ultra leads
2.25 cat back with mid resonator and diffback oval xforce with 4" tip


Handling
Gtb 17" wheels with federal super steel 225/45.17s
Sachs forester struts for +1" lift 1" strut lift blocks
Bendix ultra pads all round
Oem replacement discs and calipers
Goodyear brake lines


Exterior
Covercraft mm series car bra
02 outback subaxtreme nudge bar
Custom made roof crossbar
Yellow tinted stock for lamps in bumper running 100w
2x 100w 4" lights on nudge bar
Headlights are narva plus 120
Bright white led parkers
4x55w 2" lights on roof mount
15% tint all round
Carbon fibre windshield strip


Interior
Jvc avx736 dvd headunit
4x 6" sony xplod 2ways in the doors
12" underseat sub
Trans temp gauge Volt gauge Vacuum guage
Gc8 red/grey front seats
Led strip lighting in footwell and along trunk roof . Negative triggered from door switches.
Custom made fuel/water storage in trunk Drivers water sack in trunk compartment with hose running through roof liner to check valve. "Really long trips"






RIP POSSUM BOURNE.
LEGEND!!!!






FOR PHOTOS PLEASE CHECK OUT MY FORUM POST ON SUBYCLUB

https://www.subyclub.com/topic/9586-brians-liftd96ob-build-so-far/
 
Nice mods !

I see you have Sachs struts…any pics ?
 
some pics of it :)

sorry i can only upload 5 :( so if you want to look at by build thread just click on the link on the first post at the bottom
 

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Nice build and welcome to the forums. Love that colour green.

Sachs is german quality and very affordable. Had them on my e34 525i. Weighing up whether to stick with the kyb's or to go with the sachs myself.
 
Nice :lildevil::monkeydance:

just a small point, if you get LEDs or HIDs, avoid 6000K as its too blue. You lose depth & its horrible in rain or fog, you get massive reflection off the water drops
 
cheers mate yeh when i was deciding what to go with these were a good option atm and i love them !!! hey if they use them on a porche then there good for me haha

been on here for a few years now just never finished my build or typed it up haha


Nice build and welcome to the forums. Love that colour green.

Sachs is german quality and very affordable. Had them on my e34 525i. Weighing up whether to stick with the kyb's or to go with the sachs myself.
 
ohh thanks for that mate wasnt sure how they would be , im new to this hid crap haha i like old school hellas all the way but i like the idea of having light spread out the front when im on the twisties with the road cruise gang :)

thanks heaps mate

Nice :lildevil::monkeydance:

just a small point, if you get LEDs or HIDs, avoid 6000K as its too blue. You lose depth & its horrible in rain or fog, you get massive reflection off the water drops
 
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