|
Re: Building it up only to let it go - those who've jumped ship. *LONG*
Haven't had my car on the track since I spun a bearing a year ago. Engine is rebuilt. Runs fine, but failed emissions. Long story, but it could pass emissions, if I could get a helpful shop that would let me bring it in warmed up and do the sniffer test right away. My goto shop here broke their sniffer, and it isn't worthwhile for them to replace it for the occasioal OBD1 car that might come through.
So I drive it once a month at night when the cops can't see my lapsed inspection sticker. It is still the same wonderful driver with gobs of torque that I remember from my Watkins Glen drive in May of 2010.
I'll probably soon get around to registering it as a collector car in NJ, so no emissions test, but only 3000 miles per year allowed. At that point, I'm going for a very good quality paint job., and that will be the last mod. Don't know if I will take it to the track again. Takes the entire weekend, and I've got other stuff I want to do. Maybe after I retire.
Regrets? Yeah, a few. If I put this much money in a Porsche 968, it would be a track terror.
But, it sounds great and handles fantastically, and, in the hands of this inexperienced driver, is both forgiving and exciting on the track.
__________________
____________________________________________
95 LS-i Red, 31,xxx; bone stock for now; Daily Driver
94 LS-i Emerald Pearl, 106,xxx,; 246 whp; Tomyx snorkus and HKS Cold air intake; PWR aluminum radiator, silicone hoses; Inline thermostat; enhanced coolant routing; external power steering and oil coolers; Phenolic intake manifold spacers; 2004 WRX 5 speed transmission; ACT Clutch Kit, Heavy Duty Pressure Plate, Lightweight flywheel, performance disc; Group N motor mounts; ‘07 WRX 4-pot front calipers, cryo-treated slotted Tribeca rotors; Hawk HPS ferro-carbon pads; Frozenrotor rear slotted rotors; SS brake lines, Axxis Ultimate pads; Rota Torque 17x8 wheels; 245/40-17 Bridgestone RE01-R's; Koni inserts with Ground Control coilovers, Eibach springs; K-Mac camber/caster adjustable strut mounts; Urethane swaybar bushings; Bontrager rear sway bar; Urethane differential bushing; Custom Whiteline adjustable rear lateral links; Outlaw Engineering forged underdrive pulley; custom grind Web intake and exhaust cams (11 mm lift, 250° duration); solid lifters; CP custom aluminum forged 11 to 1 pistons, Brian Crower coated SS intake & exhaust valves; Brian Crower upgraded springs w/ titanium retainers; NGK sparkplugs; RallyBob (Bob Legere) ported and polished cylinder heads; Eagle H-beam rods; ACL Bearings; Cometic Head gaskets; ARP head studs & fasteners; Hydra Nemesis EMS; Wideband O2 sensor; 740cc Injectors; Walbro 255lph fuel pump; Upgraded WRX starter; Equal length SS headers (3 into 1); dual Magnaflow cat converters; 2 into 1 into 2 SS exhaust with Bullet muffler; OT Fiberglass hood; Oil pressure gauge; Programmable shift light,
2017 Subaru Forester XT, metallic dark gray, 29,xxx
2005 Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabrio, 24,xxx
2006 Subaru Outback LL Bean, 166,xxx sold
92 LSL Dark Teal, Smallcar Shift Kit - sold
|