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Reading X "SPECIAL APPEARANCE"
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I have been saying all along that this would be a most special Reading, one that would not be repeated. The Reading of a lifetime... guaranteed! We needed something a little different to mark this anniversary milestone. After much negotiation and numerous emails back and forth we were able to secure the appearance of car #111 of the world-famous SRRT/Phoenix Subaru Road Racing Team. This is one of two cars specially modified LegacyGT spec.B cars that race at Daytona, Watkins Glen, Lime Rock, Mid-Ohio to name a few. The car should be arriving in it's special enclosed trailer at Morgantown Holiday Inn approximately 2:00pm on Friday afternoon and will be there until late Saturday afternoon/ early evening around 6:00pm. The driver and chief mechanic assigned to this car will be staying throughout the duration. Thanks to the Holiday Inn for giving them a room for Friday night free of charge. Enjoy. Do you know this man?... the third guy from the right in the above photo. .
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. Subaru Ambassador 1996 Polo Green LSi #216..138,100 miles...SOLD JFICX8659TH100216.....Date of Manufacture: November 16, 1995..... Fuji Heavy Industries..Ōta North Plant....Ōta City,. Gunma Prefecture, Japan In-Service Date: January 2, 1997 "The Pristine Green Polo Machine” First Polo Green on the Network First Clear front turn signals, JDM Alcyone hood emblem, rear panel, and BOXER engine cover on the Network (US) (2000) First 5000K HID factory fog lights (2007) First SVX JDM BBS wheels on a USDM SVX (2013) HID lighting (5000K) for headlight and H3 fog lights, PIAA SuperExtreme 120W high beams, rebuilt EG33 longblock, Cometic head gaskets, Phase II flexplate, AMR aluminum radiator with custom silicone hoses, 160A high-output alternator in aluminum-ceramic coated case, new design alternator wiring upgrade v.4, rare factory headlight protectors, refinished JDM BBS mesh aluminum wheels and custom, polished billet aluminum new hex center caps, LED grille mod, R1 Concepts high-carbon cryo slotted rotors, Akebono ceramic pads, Goodridge S/S braided brake lines, Smallcar Stage 1 shift kit, ThermalTech aluminum/ceramic-coated valve covers, Energy Suspension urethane front & rear swaybar bushings, Bontrager22 rear swaybar with QS Components Chromoly Teflon/Kevlar endlinks, "$15.00/5 minute" suspension mod. Hella Supertone horns, Custom stainless steel exhaust system with 2" headpipes, Magnaflow cats, AeroTurbine AR25 resonator /AWD "Bullet" muffler. R.I.P. 2010 Subaru Outback Limited 2.5 CVT...338,000 miles. Totaled by a 1,300 lb. COW March 4, 2016 2014 Hyundai Avante Limited ...178,000 miles. Actually quieter and smoother than the Outback 2007 Mazda Miata MX-5 PRHT...102,000 miles. Plenty of parts, service and windshields. 4th Registered Network member —2/21/2001 My NEW locker..I...My Email..I..Wikipedia/SVX . . Last edited by svxcess; 04-13-2009 at 07:50 PM. |
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Re: Reading X "Special Appearance"
any chance of them giving rides across the "mall quarter mile"?
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I guess now I have to come
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actually I wanted you to come so I could see your mirrors. I've been thinking about a set for my car.
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As it gets closer, I will continue to coordinate developments and additional information with Joe Aquilante, President of Phoenix Preformance and the co-owver of ICY/Phoenix Racing, who did the modifications to the Spec.B cars for Subaru. For additional photographs and videos, check out the SRRT website HERE . Here is a little information on this car: This year, the SRRT campaigns the Subaru Legacy 2.5 GT spec.B sedan, with its turbocharged 2.5-liter Boxer engine, SI-DRIVE, and 6-speed manual transmission. The spec.B also has considerable preparation by the team that put together back-to-back championships in the SCCA T2 series in 2005 and 2006 with Impreza WRX STIs. Now it has made the move to the Legacy platform. The spec.B is an impressive street machine, and too often overlooked by enthusiasts. To anyone seeking power, control, handling – everything you’d want in a fun-to-drive automobile – this sports sedan is special. That’s what the team out of the ICY Racing/Phoenix Engineering stables thought. It had proven what the WRX STI could do, and the team wanted another challenge. The concept of campaigning the Legacy 2.5 GT spec.B filled that need. Today, the team takes to the field in the ST Class of the Grand-Am Koni Challenge Series (replacing last year’s Grand Am Cup) with a pair of Legacy 2.5 GT spec.B race cars, #111 and #141. PREPARATION The cars competing in the ST Class are not stock cars (although far more stock than another well-known series’ “stock cars”). The Grand-Am sanctioning body allows varying degrees of modifications for each make, having to do with weight and standard engine output. For the Subaru Legacy 2.5 GT spec.B, the team was able to do a significant amount of preparation. The body was stripped of undercoating and other sealants, leaving it bare, painted metal. It was like a body-in-white. For safety reasons, the original factory roof with its moonroof was replaced by a full metal one. Inside, any unnecessary items such as seats, carpeting, headliner, door panels, and trim were ripped out and replaced by a racing seat and full roll cage. Many of the components under the dashboard were removed as well. Under the hood, the engine had to remain stock, with factory turbocharger and other parts of the air intake system. Even the exhaust was regulated to be stock – so the cars don’t even sound like racecars. In some ways, they’re too quiet. Certain chassis systems were allowed to be upgraded, including shocks and some of the other suspension components. All this work took place over six months at the team’s home base in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. At the beginning of the year, SRRT moved into a brand-new 5,000-square foot building on the premises, and it has access to Phoenix Engineering’s alignment equipment and 4-wheel dynamometer. The SRRT cars have never before appeared a private event, much less for so long a time. There are people I would like to thank for making this a most memorable Reading, but I will have to wait until Reading is underway. You would be most surprised just how we were able to pull this off. I will give details later .
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. Subaru Ambassador 1996 Polo Green LSi #216..138,100 miles...SOLD JFICX8659TH100216.....Date of Manufacture: November 16, 1995..... Fuji Heavy Industries..Ōta North Plant....Ōta City,. Gunma Prefecture, Japan In-Service Date: January 2, 1997 "The Pristine Green Polo Machine” First Polo Green on the Network First Clear front turn signals, JDM Alcyone hood emblem, rear panel, and BOXER engine cover on the Network (US) (2000) First 5000K HID factory fog lights (2007) First SVX JDM BBS wheels on a USDM SVX (2013) HID lighting (5000K) for headlight and H3 fog lights, PIAA SuperExtreme 120W high beams, rebuilt EG33 longblock, Cometic head gaskets, Phase II flexplate, AMR aluminum radiator with custom silicone hoses, 160A high-output alternator in aluminum-ceramic coated case, new design alternator wiring upgrade v.4, rare factory headlight protectors, refinished JDM BBS mesh aluminum wheels and custom, polished billet aluminum new hex center caps, LED grille mod, R1 Concepts high-carbon cryo slotted rotors, Akebono ceramic pads, Goodridge S/S braided brake lines, Smallcar Stage 1 shift kit, ThermalTech aluminum/ceramic-coated valve covers, Energy Suspension urethane front & rear swaybar bushings, Bontrager22 rear swaybar with QS Components Chromoly Teflon/Kevlar endlinks, "$15.00/5 minute" suspension mod. Hella Supertone horns, Custom stainless steel exhaust system with 2" headpipes, Magnaflow cats, AeroTurbine AR25 resonator /AWD "Bullet" muffler. R.I.P. 2010 Subaru Outback Limited 2.5 CVT...338,000 miles. Totaled by a 1,300 lb. COW March 4, 2016 2014 Hyundai Avante Limited ...178,000 miles. Actually quieter and smoother than the Outback 2007 Mazda Miata MX-5 PRHT...102,000 miles. Plenty of parts, service and windshields. 4th Registered Network member —2/21/2001 My NEW locker..I...My Email..I..Wikipedia/SVX . . Last edited by svxcess; 04-13-2009 at 07:44 PM. |
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VERY cool, John. It's typically very difficult to get SOA to come to our event, so I know this must have been a lot of hard work on your part. I had to do a lot of string pulling to get them to come to Reading 5.
Thank You, John. And, THANK YOU SOA! (If you're listening in here.)
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You can thank me now... and REALLY THANK the rest of us later once it has become a reality. These teaser photos just don't do it justice.
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. Subaru Ambassador 1996 Polo Green LSi #216..138,100 miles...SOLD JFICX8659TH100216.....Date of Manufacture: November 16, 1995..... Fuji Heavy Industries..Ōta North Plant....Ōta City,. Gunma Prefecture, Japan In-Service Date: January 2, 1997 "The Pristine Green Polo Machine” First Polo Green on the Network First Clear front turn signals, JDM Alcyone hood emblem, rear panel, and BOXER engine cover on the Network (US) (2000) First 5000K HID factory fog lights (2007) First SVX JDM BBS wheels on a USDM SVX (2013) HID lighting (5000K) for headlight and H3 fog lights, PIAA SuperExtreme 120W high beams, rebuilt EG33 longblock, Cometic head gaskets, Phase II flexplate, AMR aluminum radiator with custom silicone hoses, 160A high-output alternator in aluminum-ceramic coated case, new design alternator wiring upgrade v.4, rare factory headlight protectors, refinished JDM BBS mesh aluminum wheels and custom, polished billet aluminum new hex center caps, LED grille mod, R1 Concepts high-carbon cryo slotted rotors, Akebono ceramic pads, Goodridge S/S braided brake lines, Smallcar Stage 1 shift kit, ThermalTech aluminum/ceramic-coated valve covers, Energy Suspension urethane front & rear swaybar bushings, Bontrager22 rear swaybar with QS Components Chromoly Teflon/Kevlar endlinks, "$15.00/5 minute" suspension mod. Hella Supertone horns, Custom stainless steel exhaust system with 2" headpipes, Magnaflow cats, AeroTurbine AR25 resonator /AWD "Bullet" muffler. R.I.P. 2010 Subaru Outback Limited 2.5 CVT...338,000 miles. Totaled by a 1,300 lb. COW March 4, 2016 2014 Hyundai Avante Limited ...178,000 miles. Actually quieter and smoother than the Outback 2007 Mazda Miata MX-5 PRHT...102,000 miles. Plenty of parts, service and windshields. 4th Registered Network member —2/21/2001 My NEW locker..I...My Email..I..Wikipedia/SVX . . |
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Thank you John for the work that was done to make this possible.
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+1 Thanks John, this will make my co-workers very jealous!
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Seth 94' Barcelona Red w/ Tricoat black 2-tone AWD Ls -Sold Mods:AWD conversion/4.44 swap by Budfreak, Custom red interior lights, Custom Satin black dash, Power mode switch, Cold air intake, Permecool tranny filter,Sony xplode 10" sub, Sony xplode 1000w amp, Blitz in-line driver, DDM Tuning 6000k HID's, New paint job/body work by me, 97' Grill, QC shift kit, 17'' MB Motoring rims, 15&20 min mod, front & rear urethane swaybar bushings, Custom fiberglass sub box, Custom red led a/c control unit, perrin lightweight crank pulley, Black wrinkle finish powdercoated intake manifold w/ clear hoses , 02' outback heated/power black leather seats Soon to come:Fiberglass hood, upholster ALL suede to black leather Past subies: 92' Pearl White/black top LS-L-SOLD 96' Legacy Outback-TOTALED 99' Legacy Outback Limited 30th anniversary edition-TOTALED 98' Forester L -Totaled Other toys: 99' Forester S -WRX brake upgrade, soon an 04 wrx motor swap 06' B9 Tribeca-Stock 1982' Yamaha xj650 Maxim Mods: work in progress |
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Quote:
http://www.phoenixperformance.net/ph...aquilante.html
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. Subaru Ambassador 1996 Polo Green LSi #216..138,100 miles...SOLD JFICX8659TH100216.....Date of Manufacture: November 16, 1995..... Fuji Heavy Industries..Ōta North Plant....Ōta City,. Gunma Prefecture, Japan In-Service Date: January 2, 1997 "The Pristine Green Polo Machine” First Polo Green on the Network First Clear front turn signals, JDM Alcyone hood emblem, rear panel, and BOXER engine cover on the Network (US) (2000) First 5000K HID factory fog lights (2007) First SVX JDM BBS wheels on a USDM SVX (2013) HID lighting (5000K) for headlight and H3 fog lights, PIAA SuperExtreme 120W high beams, rebuilt EG33 longblock, Cometic head gaskets, Phase II flexplate, AMR aluminum radiator with custom silicone hoses, 160A high-output alternator in aluminum-ceramic coated case, new design alternator wiring upgrade v.4, rare factory headlight protectors, refinished JDM BBS mesh aluminum wheels and custom, polished billet aluminum new hex center caps, LED grille mod, R1 Concepts high-carbon cryo slotted rotors, Akebono ceramic pads, Goodridge S/S braided brake lines, Smallcar Stage 1 shift kit, ThermalTech aluminum/ceramic-coated valve covers, Energy Suspension urethane front & rear swaybar bushings, Bontrager22 rear swaybar with QS Components Chromoly Teflon/Kevlar endlinks, "$15.00/5 minute" suspension mod. Hella Supertone horns, Custom stainless steel exhaust system with 2" headpipes, Magnaflow cats, AeroTurbine AR25 resonator /AWD "Bullet" muffler. R.I.P. 2010 Subaru Outback Limited 2.5 CVT...338,000 miles. Totaled by a 1,300 lb. COW March 4, 2016 2014 Hyundai Avante Limited ...178,000 miles. Actually quieter and smoother than the Outback 2007 Mazda Miata MX-5 PRHT...102,000 miles. Plenty of parts, service and windshields. 4th Registered Network member —2/21/2001 My NEW locker..I...My Email..I..Wikipedia/SVX . . |
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Its a damn shame that I had to cancel this trip...
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Sweet!!
(Though I was secretly hoping the SVX Pace Car would be there...)
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Okay, I'll bite, who's Joe Aquilante?
-Bill
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Bill-
Did you click on the link I posted? It has a lot of history on him.
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