phantommaggot

Love that lol What are the lines in the front tied to. I haven't had time or money to do much with mine. I'm gonna research some tires and such. I assume I'll end up with 215/65-16 I don't know if a 70 would fit right now. Kind of worried about the 215/65 fitting and rubbing, but that what size a geolander comes in. I'm gonna read through that suspension thread as soon as I have time. Thanks for linking it!

No, but if you want a 'racing motor' down the road....

you could put an EJ in it.. With a turbo... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhbmfNTNyro

My springs didn't look broken. They still seem to be flat on top. I'll jack the car up here in a bit and take a better look and get back to you on that one. EDIT: springs are fine all around As far as the car not having power. It is decent enough when It's just me. Or me and a little gear. If I put over... 250 lbs or so it gets really sluggish. I pick a friend up on the regular, he is 340ish. With himin the car I'm doing quite a bit of downshifting at highway speed. I bought the car about 2k miles ago now. Fresh clutch, gaskets, and some other stuff. I Just got done putting NGK Gpower plugs and NGK wires in it along with some Mobil 1 high mileage and a fresh OEM filter. Only thing I have left to replace is the air filter, but the one in it is in pretty good shape. It does run rich as hell when I start it, but I'm not seeing a CEL... Funny side note, Those RS wheels and tires speed up my speedo by about 6 mph. ^So, foresters have softer spring or stiffer springs... "I'm not sure the forester struts are much taller than OB, and I think the springs are softer, so that might not get you much lift" "Forster struts are the same between the Outback. The springs are indeed stiffer and will jack the car up more" Most of my driving will be town, highway, and back road driving. Honestly I hate the thought of sacrificing MPG. But there are times when I need to get places that only a lift and tires will allow me to go, so why not do it right.

Turbos are indeed their own headache. I was reading some threads where guys had 100k miles on Getto turbo setups on 2.2s. 22t ecu, up pipe, down pipe, wrx or some other intercooler, BOV, oil lines and 5-8 lbs. I won't sell my grab bar lol. I hated it when I got the car. After I blasted it with some blitz black I like it haha. Honestly I probably just hate chrome. Not something I'll ever be into unless its tasteful. Window trim and a random grab bar are not that. Can anyone suggest a tire size for what I've got. Stock height and RS wheels. I don't think this setup will cut it.. That said, I was considering geolanders since they arent expensive. Possibly 215/70-16 lol I do like the look of these on the outback though. I'm glad I got them. Here are a few more fun pics. Before: After: Cleaned up and dipped the battery tie down bar, cleaned up and flat blacked the tie down bolts and blitzed the nuts. Blitzed the alternator cover and dipped the compressor cover. Cleaned all the caps and stuff. Its not perfect but it looks better. NGK wires Pic came out bad... There is antisieze ALL OVER the battery bar XD. I'll try to get a better one later. http://smg.photobucket.com/user/phantommaggotxxx/media/96%20OBK/IMG_20140322_163647600_HDR_zps9xk3axe4.jpg.html?state=copy And my GT driving on the same road I bottomed out on. This was last year .. September ish.

Hey guys Thanks for the great advice. I accidentally went off roading thrusday night. I went up a mountian 'road' that takes me to one of my favorite hikes. Last year I could do it in my 3rd gen GT sedan.. the other night I bottomed out a couple times with 195/70 - 15s. I was very suprised that I didn't get stuck. 1point for subaru with open diffs. Blizzaks may have helped lol. That said I have blizzaks on there that are brand new. They came with the car. I needed some wheels/tires to get them off there so I picked up some RS 5 spokes. Probably not the best choice for 'off raoding' but they were available locally, weren't too expensive, and will get me of the blizzaks for now. I'm gonna look into tires and order some soon. Suggestions welcome. As far as how much 'Off Roading' I'm gonna do.. Not a huge amount but I'd like to know I can most places whenever I need to and not get stuck. I grew up in subarus. My dad had a quite a few 80s scoobs. Hatchback, dual range Wagon, ETC. They would climb trees and still get you home in the worst weather. They didn't die till the rust just ate them beyone repair. His father sold subarus, my other grandpa gave me my first legacy as my first car. Subaru is in the blood even if I prefer tiny cars... After spending some time in the car. Right now my biggest gripe is how absurdly weak it is. I went out of my way to get the 96 because its the first year for the legit outback body and suspension and the 5 speed came with the bomb proof 2.2. It was also the first year for the 2.5 but it was only mated to an auto and required 92 octane that year. The one I picked up only has 123k on it now and a new clutch and the things that go along with that. Supposedly a new timing belt but I'm suspecting the water pump wasn't done. I hike around as much as I can which leads me up steep, twisty, and sometimes unfriendly mountian roads. I also tend to take people and some gear. So far I've ended up crawling up those mountians in 1st and 2nd gear. Thats a bit depressing. I've had some underpowered daily fun cars but this is by far the slowest and weakest. I have been looking into what 5-8 lbs of boost would accomplish and what kind of wear it would put on the motor. Everything seems positive. Just getto fab an up pipe off he header and do the same for a downpipe. I have single port heads and standard style up pipes are seemingly elusive. I was thinking I could do forester struts and saggy butt spacers, Get my suspension aligned from there. I really would like to get something under the car to protect my exhaust, oil pan, ETC. My motor is in great shape as far as I can tell. I just fed it some mobile 1 with an OEM filter. Put in some NGK G power plugs and NGK wires. And I'm gonna need tires. I'll throw up some pics when I mount those RS wheels in just a little bit. They have 205/55-16 sports car tires now. Anyways, I'm rambling. I'm gonna go mount those wheels/tires and ride the highway a bit. If they seem legit I'm gonna go hike.

O, Nice. Thanks man. On another note, I got to do some... off roading.. tonight. I was acually surprised I didnt get stuck. It was rough.

GT was a sedan. I liked it but it had to go.

Well. I came here because this seems to be the place to figure out how to make my outback more off road capable. I have a 96 outback. Manual trans 2.2. only 'mod' so far is a snorkelectomy. I'm trying to decide if I want to keep it and get it 'off road' worthy or sell it for a different wagon that is better suited for off road. I was a little dissappointed to find out that the car lacked any kind of limited slip. Specially since it was supposed to be the 'off road' version of the legacy. My 00 gt had a vlsd at least. Anyways, here is my car. Its a little beat up but only has 123??? miles on it and is in great running shape. It had the 'dust deflector' spoiler. That had to go, so a buddy of mine welded some nails in and sorted that right out. I haven't done much but clean it up and buff the headlights. Painted the rear grab bar thing blitz black. Have some ngk wires and plugs to go in along with an oil change next week when I have time. I need some tires, These blizzaks are gonna melt off here soon. I can't decide if its worth it to get off road or all terrian tires or just some street tires that are better for gas mileage. I have come across a guy parting an impreza and have considered taking his struts/springs and lowering it sice it is moderatly worthless with open diffs IMO. Lastly.. this thing is WEAK.