I miss this community

[steven765]

I'm in facebook groups, they're just not the same. Kills me watching people ask the same questions over and over.

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[wrex04]

Exactly the reason i came in here. have had wrx's in the past, now have 2 baja.

[bobjr94]

I have one of each currently, a wrx wagon and Baja turbo, plus a 99 Forester. I agree the FB groups are mostly people asking if it's hard to put a turbo in their non turbo.

[BajaGreg]

Yea guys,
I miss the community too. The Baja forum has been pretty quite for a long time now. After all its been a while since Subaru made any Baja's.
Its nice to see that some people still have their Baja's and are driving them.
I usually only see a couple out on the road now. Although, I didn't see that many 15 years ago when they were new.
I will never get rid of mine. I love the Bratmobile. My wife likes it too, so no problem there. My son helped me turn a wrench on most of the mods, so he appreciates the uniqueness of this Subaru. He gets the Baja when I'm gone.
Later, Greg.

[BajaGreg]

Originally Posted by bobjr94

I have one of each currently, a wrx wagon and Baja turbo, plus a 99 Forester. I agree the FB groups are mostly people asking if it's hard to put a turbo in their non turbo.

Nice !!

[Ih8Hondas]

I'm new and I miss it. Guess this and the lack of aftermarket support is the downside of owning rare vehicles.

[JeremyAgost]

I got my first Baja a couple months ago and I've found that performance-wise, you can do just about anything with them that you could do with a mid-2000s WRX or STI! In no corner of Subie-land is there some common aftermarket part that you can just buy and bolt on for an additional 50HP.

So bottom line, like any real mods, beefing up your Baja is going to cost some cash. Just about the only thing way more difficult for us than a Rex owner is going to be a 6MT swap. Can't use the stock driveshaft so you'll need to get one fabricated.

[frogmonk]

Originally Posted by JeremyAgost

Can't use the stock driveshaft so you'll need to get one fabricated.

Just wanted to make a clarification, use an auto Baja driveshaft in a 6mt swap w/r180. No need to fabricate.

[JeremyAgost]

Originally Posted by frogmonk

Just wanted to make a clarification, use an auto Baja driveshaft in a 6mt swap w/r180. No need to fabricate.

Hah no kidding, I hadn't heard that before. Thanks much for the tip.

[Lt. Dan]

I was active on NASIOC a long time ago, but just picked up a Baja... was hoping to find some other owners!!

[roadsterdoc]

I’ve had an 04 5MT Baja turbo for a couple of years now. Love it. About to buy a ‘17 STI. The Baja has sucked me into the brand. ***128518;

[Patrikman]

I hate Facebook, but I'm 41. Get off my lawn.

[moonzie]

sold my Baja turbo several years back. Drove around a beater 93 legacy 5mt wagon I bought from a friend. Sold it to a family in need (they still drive it around 300k+ miles later!) and bought a `12 Impreza NA hatchback. I really like getting 34+mpg. My Baja T only got maybe 24 once on a long highway drive. I actually had a lot of problems with it over time, but I was stretching my oil change intervals too much (5-9k). What I miss the most was that sound system. Dynamat everywhere and 2 sealed twelves in the back pushing 800watts rms. goooood times.

I was looking at gear ratios on NAs. Subeman90 - are you still on here? I can't believe stock NA 5 speed does 2800rpm at 60mph. that's crazy. My Baja T did 2500 at 60, so did my 93 legacy and my 12 impreza. Sometimes I wish my impreza ran a lil lower rpms as I do a fair bit of hwy miles.

[Flowmastered87GL]

Originally Posted by Patrikman

I hate Facebook, but I’m 41. Get off my lawn.

I'm 2 weeks from 40... but I have a super low member number. Get off my lawn too