What have you done to your car today?

Amassed more pieces for Frankengearbox.

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STi 6 speed helical front diff, machined to fit 5 speed.
 
Mmmmmh, you'll love your helical !

What about the DCCD, is it in yet ?
 
I wish, still just completing the pieces of the puzzle. Picked up a 4.44 rear LSD last week, just the 1.59:1 gearset now and I'll have everything.
 
Replaced ball joints, tie rod ends, lathed hubs down to fit the Honda 14's, and I dropped my hood off so my buddy can sandblast it.
 
After nearly sliding off the road a handful of times on the weekend I installed my winter tires last night! In the nick of time, a freezing rainstorm rolled in 2 hours after I finished!!

Had a super hairy time, trying to drive up the cottage road. Got 3/4 of the way up and suddenly the car just started to slide sideways. Took some fancy driving to not slide into the ditch backing down. :O
 
Had the car in for the 150k service and took a loaner for the day yesterday...

After driving a Impreza 2.0L 4EAT I've learned 2 things:

1) The 2.0L and standard 4EAT is not a good combination
2) I cannot live without the XT goodness anymore!!

Pedro.
 
With the winter tires on, drove back up to the cottage to do some more insulating. Huge difference between the all seasons and winter tires, so happy to have swapped them over! The winter tires are way louder than the all seasons... the noise is worth the grip though!
 
bobbotron, sounds like you're having some fun in the snow lol :iconwink:
Good thing you got your winter shoes on :biggrin:

sjm, pity bout your pinstripes...mine match my hail dents :rotfl:
 
bobbotron, sounds like you're having some fun in the snow lol :iconwink:
Good thing you got your winter shoes on :biggrin:

sjm, pity bout your pinstripes...mine match my hail dents :rotfl:
Yeah, it's fun driving in the snow. Gotta be careful though, the snow here in Canada can claim you real fast, even if on paper you're well prepared for it. The AWD sure gives you confidence too, had enough close calls last weekend to temper my enthusiasm for a while, it was like my tires were greased with the all seasons.

When these winter tires wear out some day, I think I'm going to try finding a slightly narrower and taller tire if such a thing exists, could be fun to have some pizza cutters on the forester.
 
the noise is worth the grip though!
Sure is! Did you get "standard" winter tires, or studded? I've got standard ones, but I've been thinking of going studded for better grip on ice... Possibly next year as mine are at their 3rd winter now.

As for the noise, well... for me the solution is just to turn up the music :P

Yeah, it's fun driving in the snow. Gotta be careful though, the snow here in Canada can claim you real fast, even if on paper you're well prepared for it. The AWD sure gives you confidence too, had enough close calls last weekend to temper my enthusiasm for a while, it was like my tires were greased with the all seasons.
Yeah, yesterday here in Quebec we had a lot of snow. At least 50 accidents, with 1 (maybe 2, I can't remember) being fatal... Lots of minor stuff that don't get reported in these 50, too.

People don't drive accordingly. #1 one rule is not necessarily to go slower, but to use your brakes the least you can... so keep a lot of distance with other cars and slow down before turns, not with the brakes during turns. (btw, this isn't aimed at you, just a general remark^^)

A semi-pro rally driver in the area (he's in the local Subaru club) is hosting driving classes every winter to get tips and master snowy/icy driving. Should be fun with the Foz, though it'll be different for me with the much higher CG (especially with the lift) from all the lowered STi's and WRX's.

Maybe upgrading my swaybar might help to keep better control? Hmm..
 
I don't think so, for driving on snow, you need a "soft" car and the height is not more an issue than on the tarmac.
 
Sure is! Did you get "standard" winter tires, or studded? I've got standard ones, but I've been thinking of going studded for better grip on ice... Possibly next year as mine are at their 3rd winter now.

As for the noise, well... for me the solution is just to turn up the music :P


Yeah, yesterday here in Quebec we had a lot of snow. At least 50 accidents, with 1 (maybe 2, I can't remember) being fatal... Lots of minor stuff that don't get reported in these 50, too.

People don't drive accordingly. #1 one rule is not necessarily to go slower, but to use your brakes the least you can... so keep a lot of distance with other cars and slow down before turns, not with the brakes during turns. (btw, this isn't aimed at you, just a general remark^^)

A semi-pro rally driver in the area (he's in the local Subaru club) is hosting driving classes every winter to get tips and master snowy/icy driving. Should be fun with the Foz, though it'll be different for me with the much higher CG (especially with the lift) from all the lowered STi's and WRX's.

Maybe upgrading my swaybar might help to keep better control? Hmm..

Edit, my winter tires are studless. I'm an ontario resident, I don't think I can get studs, plus these came with the car (free is good!)

I guess it depends what kind of snow driving you're doing. Deeper stuff, your forester will have a big advantage over the lower CG cars. :) Keeps your bumper outta the slush too.

Amusingly, if you do get ditched w/ a skidplate, you might go sliding farther than you would otherwise as your car toboggans along on the plate. A friend of mine saw a skid plated car do this during a winter autocross event years ago.

Yeah, didn't take it as a dig. I always keep a ton of distance between cars in the snow (and dry!) My misadventures only started off the highway, on the less plowed, snowier side roads, and went thoroughly bad trying to go up semi plowed private road, on packy snow. It was here I realized how bad my avids are in the snow.
 
A semi-pro rally driver in the area (he's in the local Subaru club) is hosting driving classes every winter to get tips and master snowy/icy driving. Should be fun with the Foz, though it'll be different for me with the much higher CG (especially with the lift) from all the lowered STi's and WRX's.

IME many people who drive high performance/lowered cars would be better off sticking to a shopping trolley, more suited to their skills :rotfl:

Stick it to 'em! :monkeydance:

Maybe upgrading my swaybar might help to keep better control? Hmm..
That will help on high grip roads. On wet, loose or slippery surfaces you want a softer, more compliant suspension...

I guess it depends what kind of snow driving you're doing. Deeper stuff, your forester will have a big advantage over the lower CG cars. :) Keeps your bumper outta the slush too.

As they get stuck, wave as you pass them by :rock:

PS: Just saw on the news big snow storms in the mid west US & tornados down south. Lets hope no fatalities...
 
The class is hosted on the ice banks of St-Lawrence river, actually. Ice usually gets thick enough by mid-late january and lasts that way until early march. So the surface will be hard, but really ##### slippery :p
 
Started my foz for the first time in nearly 2 weeks. Can't drive it still as I'm waiting on unreliable people for another rear diff :(

Dont ya hate that :shake:


I got a card in the letterbox today saying my saggy butt spacers have arrived :biggrin:

So I dug out my body lift kit (the box has been sitting there for months now :( ) & had a play :iconwink:

Gotta tie the trailing arm spacers together 1st though. What I'll do is get 2 trailing arm plates & weld the blocks to them with a bit of 2"x1" RHS in between. That should provide a nice platform against the rails & at the same time give the correct spacings to weld the RHS in.
 
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