2006 Outback 3.0R 180kw VDC project

so new car , new project m new plans for it , and gathering new info what could be done witt it and choosing what fits me

what i bought

how it looked in my yard next day

changing inside and some outside bulbs to led's

examples for myself how lift would look with my rims and how bumper cut would look

so normal steps for me do lift at least as much as in that pic, and then maybe cut bumper

car how its sits now, how +5cm would look and then +7cm wheel is in the air
would need bigger tires for better look there.

checked front arches for rust and how it looks, and put some bitumen spray over there , and then put back that plastic cover back

front grill plasti dipped to black

how it looks in dark with some lights

 

[ABFoz]

Beautiful place!

 

[scalman]

Beautiful place!

Sure it was area that has about 200 lakes and many of them are connected between , thats where i like to row a boat mostly not in open lake with waves. In 4 hrs of rowing boat we managed only pass one lake and go into another and then back to boat base.
I was going there in younger age with group we took boats tents food and would going like all day rowing from one lake to another for like 10 days.
Problem with that most lakes just surrounded by tourism stuff all bought and private areas around lakes , so only way to visit all that and see are boats, you rent it or take your own and go by water and in some lakes you cant even get out on ground as lots bushes around and only places you can get out are private or camping places. All just wanna get money now from everything.

 

[ABFoz]

Look at that! Such a good place to tour.

Are you allowed to bring your own kayak/canoe?

 

[scalman]

Yes we allowed or even small boat with engine like this.

There are some lakes that have those places to lower into water your larger boat, but those small kayaks you can just carry to any lake that is public area and go into water.
But renting those small kayaks is not that much if i just go there like 4-6 times in summer it can be like 20-30euros for all day renting from people, you can camp in their yards most times too if you like.
I was thinking of buying inflatable boat and maybe put small eletric motor on it would be nice , but then i think how many times in year i would use it so im not sure its worth it.

 

[Ben Up North]

Ahh, escargot yum!

when properly prepared, you can't even taste them!

@scalman That firebox of yours is pretty neat, good to hear it's working well.

 

[scalman]

We eat ducks too not so often though .
Those small ducks where su cute though they where taking bread from hands. Then when we got back same way after half hour they where all sleeping not even noticed us anymore. Guess it was too much bread for them.
Yh fireplace i just coppied what internet showed me about those folded ones. I just made mine from much thicker steel. Works great.

 

[Ben Up North]

We eat ducks too not so often though .

Love me some duck.
And pretty much anything cooked in duck fat is awesome. If only it wasn't so bad for you. (I'd be the size of a house)

 

[scalman]

Ahh yea good old duck fat, thats why we eat it like once a year . I think my cars made me gain in weight though before i was allways on bycicle now never anymore. Thats why i made that bike rack but used it just once yet.

 

[ABFoz]

Love me some duck.
And pretty much anything cooked in duck fat is awesome. If only it wasn't so bad for you. (I'd be the size of a house)

I am hungry now for some roast duck.

Ahh yea good old duck fat, thats why we eat it like once a year . I think my cars made me gain in weight though before i was allways on bycicle now never anymore. Thats why i made that bike rack but used it just once yet.

Lockdown/quarantine blues?

 

[scalman]

I am hungry now for some roast duck.


Lockdown/quarantine blues?

We now go light on lockdown allready traveling alloud to some countries flying. No mask needed in public spaces anymore.
Yesterday changed injectors one more time , as wasnt happy how its going while did trip now changed between 135 too so now all mixed with 246. Not sure but seems some better. Weird as sometimes now error comes faster on petrol then lpg. Yesterday it was giving too rich fuel mix errors too with cyl2 missfire now it just missfire alone.
More i think of that rattle that it could be sterring rack still. I duno its close to where i sit sound comes deffinetly where i sit very close to me as its loudest there. And in old car its not ratlle just after some driving it appeares meaning when its heats up.
But i moved front wheel on lifted car nothing seems loose or move. Moved it to sides and up down it doesnt move.
But when i look at what angle my sterring link goes to wheel is like allmost maxed whe car is lifted its like on max angle so tight. It cant be healthy for steering rack .
Then again when rattling appear and i release gas pedal its stops so hmm its connected to engine vibrates on those low revs and engine vibration makes something rattle, cant figure out this yet. But i will search.

 

[scalman]

And then found that those wires that comes to injectors not in best shape isolation is cracked on some of them allready. Put some electric tape for now on those. But think not cor long as its really hot in that area from engine need to change those sockets maybe for good.

 

[Ben Up North]

I think my cars made me gain in weight though before i was allways on bycicle now never anymore.

I know that feeling. When I was younger and working in hotels etc. I didn't own a car. It was quicker a lot of times on the bike and I never gained weight (people used to tell me I looked like a junky though, no fat on me at all: 10-12 hour shifts & a hundred or two kilometres a week on the bike. )
20 years and 20kg later...

 

[scalman]

I went 20kg in like 4 years though... i was rly skinny all life up until my second car. Maybe age changed smt too before i could eat anything any amount and was skinny, and now its not gaining more but not dropping too. And im lazy

 

[scalman]

Damn that clicking sound was just...ummm air box shaking much and hitting that lpg ecu box thats all. Haha .

 

[scalman]

Did some 666 km trip to sea then overnight then visiting near country and exploring it city with bikes, was amazing was first time in that city no maps no nothing , just parked car at beggining of city and then just drove by cyclist tracks up to city center and around for hrs taking pics and then back swiming in sea couple times , almost noone was in water because was not hot weather but water was warm enough for us at least.
I allways go for swim everywhere i visit.

Hit nice number too there.
Was not happy about mpg it did on higher speed it does worse then if going up to 100km/h, well engine doesnt work fine so it cant be just good.
On highway its more up and downs parts not steep but that 5th gear just couldnt keep speed so switching a lot to 4th or even on 3rd if fast overtaking. Yh imagine overtaking at speed 120 and its switches to 3rd gear revs goes up to 5 or even higher still because all errors what i could expect. It goes bad. Its doesnt feel that up to 100 speed is kinda ok but i felt it there on those higher speeds. In all trip mpg maybe is fine that screen in car showed average 12.8l for those 666 km but for first 250 km it was like 15l average because most times it was goim going on 4th gear not 5.
Still weird for me that changing injectors places changes errors too . Like they dont like to be on other cyl or smt. Dont get it. Reseted ecm many times like full reset and still.
Someone said its getting like 7.5l for 100km average , well that would be great then for trips. Not this engine. I can go as low as 12l maybe even whe it was going better before.
Maybe i do have bad valve after all there.

 

[scalman]

And again checked stuff that might be not clean or causing probs and they where ok clean, pcv valve too i can blow through it just fine cleaned again just in case.

 

[scalman]

never tried yet how my loud mode sounds , pretty loud and low noise i like it when im alone , not for passengers for sure. but its easy to open that hole or close so it .

and once again took all injectors out and put them as their where originally , put all back even driver side those 135 as well, cleaned all stuff and pcv valve now it works better . not good but more like before . doesnt have much torque in reverse still nto so much forward also but thats better with little momentum.
p.s. is that normal that after that test drive up step there i tried it for maybe 15 min or so and my coolant temp was 113 celcious. then i drove away and it cooled down. and yes it was pretty hot outside .

 

[ABFoz]

never tried yet how my loud mode sounds , pretty loud and low noise i like it when im alone , not for passengers for sure. but its easy to open that hole or close so it .

I like that sound. The passengers may not like it but it's a treat when you're wheeling alone.

The car does rather well considering there is some limping.

 

[scalman]

Now im reading some stuff about tuning 5eat , interesting stuff about line pressure and how you can try to change it yourself and such with romraider. Learning new stuff is cool.

 

[ABFoz]

Now im reading some stuff about tuning 5eat , interesting stuff about line pressure and how you can try to change it yourself and such with romraider. Learning new stuff is cool.

Your ECU may be supported. It only supports a few Subaru ECUs.

FreeSSM is also another much more comprehensive tool. It's still being maintained on github. Here is the link to the subaruoutback.org megathread by ntippet: FreeSSM - Complete access to your ECM and TCU

I haven't used that yet as I am looking at more compact, though more toned-down units, like ScanGauge II.