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Old 2011-08-06, 04:06 PM   #14
sperry
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Real Name: Scott
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Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata
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Originally Posted by scootyc View Post
Its nice to see the 'plus size' subarus here.

Power upgrades on the horizon?
Maybe the distant horizon. At most I'd do a downpipe, fuel pump and reflash... and the AVO TMIC if it turns out to need it. But having gone down the route of built engines in my WRX... I'd really much rather have a fun but slow OBXT than a crazy fast one that's always broken like the WRX is.

In suspension news, the rear end bouncyness *does* appear to be because the car is sitting on the bump-stops. There's all of 1/2 a mm of clearance between the bumpstop and the upper control arm... so the slightest deflection puts the stop in play... and that rubber is *stiff*. So I'm betting the car is effectively on an underdamped 15k rear spring instead of the 6k it's supposed to be.

The car is on jack stands right now in my garage... I'll have the bumpstops off as soon as I figure out how the hell you get to the bolts holding them on. Google, don't fail me now!
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