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05-04-2005, 11:25 AM | #1 |
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Location: Calgary, Alberta
Vehicle:2005 Forester 2.5XT White |
Calgary Noob in the house. XT landed yesterday
Quickly, 2005 5 speed with leather.
I'm not a photographer. Needed a small SUV with basic offroad capabilities. Work pays. Wanted something fun. Work pays. She's pretty quick but of course I've not opened it up. sleeper: Gotta get something to cover that up: The view hopefully many will get: Clean looking interior, 6 dish in dash, with sub out back: Not bad. I would have liked a boost gauge: Seats are comfy, overall just fine. Not as huggy as the SRT4, not as much like a leather chaise as the TL: Unexpected nice little touch.. A fricking HUGE sunroof:
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05-04-2005, 11:36 AM | #2 | |
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Join Date: May 2004
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Location: Alberta
Vehicle:2005 STi WI and all the goodies |
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Welcom to the Subie community. Any plans to mod? An exhaust and Acessport from Cobb would do a lot for you. -J |
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05-04-2005, 11:43 AM | #3 | |
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Exhaust will be done. Shifter on the way. AP. Maybe. I need to do some research. I see you've got it. Any issues? how's that stealthback? Did you get it locally? |
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05-04-2005, 11:52 AM | #4 |
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The AP is great. Not only is it really easy to use but there's are valet and security modes. Unless you want to be FedExing your ECU all over the place or are happy to tune based on highway runs the AP is probably the best way to go (can you tell I'm biased?).
I picked up my Stealthback at Tunerworks (local) but I'll be selling my axleback as soon as I can find a replacement, I need it louder I've seen a couple dyno charts that show that there is no difference between no axlebackw/AP and the stocker w/AP. -J |
05-04-2005, 12:10 PM | #5 |
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ACX - congrats on the FXT. You may want to take a look into getting some of the 3M Stongard stuff for the front end to preserve the condition of the paint and the lights.
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05-04-2005, 12:23 PM | #6 | |
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Jitenshakun Cool. I'm probably going to get a full turboback |
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05-04-2005, 12:48 PM | #7 |
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Nice. Keep in mind that with the 2.5L a TBE can lead to boost creep without EM (the stock exhaust creates enough backpressure to take care of it). I did my Stealthback thinking I wouldn't have the AP for awhile but things worked out so now I'm going TBE too.
-J |
05-04-2005, 01:31 PM | #8 | |
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05-04-2005, 01:45 PM | #9 |
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I know that Cobb expressly worked at tuning out boost creep. I don't know if the TBE/Creep issue it a problem in the Forresters but it did happen every now and again in STis.
-J |
05-04-2005, 02:03 PM | #10 |
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Location: Eats, roots and then leaves
Vehicle:STI, EWG 8cm Green UTEC/ECUtek/WI & SD tune |
At this altitude it ain't gonna happen.
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05-04-2005, 03:58 PM | #11 | |
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Location: Calgary, Alberta
Vehicle:'05 Dirty STi '08 E92 335,'03 E46 M3C |
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2. You can't tune out boost creep. You have to port the turbo. |
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05-04-2005, 04:54 PM | #12 | |
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In any case, good to know I can go ahead with a full turboback. I'll probably get the cobb due to ease.. Unless someone has a horror story about it. |
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05-04-2005, 05:12 PM | #13 |
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ACX- Good to know you've got the paint covered; unfortunately subie paint isn't very "durable" Check your Pm's
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05-08-2005, 07:49 PM | #14 |
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Lookin' good! I didn't want leather in mine but I must say your interior looks great. I will let you know when the Vibrant 3" is installed.
Rob |
05-08-2005, 09:22 PM | #15 |
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I have been eyeballing one of those for my gf.....very nice
how much can it tow???? |
05-09-2005, 12:17 AM | #16 | |
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no idea.. but it is pretty quick... |
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05-11-2005, 12:41 AM | #17 |
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Location: St. Albert, AB, Canada
Vehicle:2004 STi White on Gold |
Congrats & Nice Ride.
That is the exact ride my wife wanted before we decided a Forester was going to be too small for our needs. Welcome to the board. |
05-13-2005, 02:27 AM | #18 |
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Location: Invermere, BC CANADA
Vehicle:'03 TS Aspen White |
I envy you, man.
My next ride will be an XT (unless I can talk the missus into a Legacy GT). |
05-13-2005, 11:46 PM | #19 |
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Those leather seats are slippery.
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