Wow.....
LOVELY exhaust note, Tom!
No suspension mods that I'm aware of.
New trans, radiator, fan, & shrouding up front, wiring, exhaust...that's the big stuff.
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New trans, radiator, fan, & shrouding up front, wiring, exhaust...that's the big stuff.
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When you hit 2nd gear, it feels like somebody released the Nitrous.
Sound great, it certainly was a short ride to 50 
.... correct me if I am wrong but it looks like Carey hid the wire completely is that correct? Looks good. How about posting a few picts of the Mirror flash now that you have it in real life ... that looks like a cool upgrade. Ray
Bob: IM S6 posted:Stan Galat, '05 IM, 2276, Tremont, IL posted:Wait. A woman cuts your hair?
Her name is Delilah. Haven't you noticed a change in Gordon?
Wait.....he's even weaker now! 
And he's taken to wearing spandex.
Mirror video per request
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Suck it!
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I wonder if I could get an iPhone app to run my heater........
Start it up from inside the house and the car would be warm by the time I walk out to the garage!
Now, to expand on a previous post from our "Dear Leader" (currently homeless but working on it), who took his precious time to (electronically) write:
"Wait. A woman cuts your hair?"
Yes, Virginia, one of my many "Kathys" cuts not only MY hair (and has done so since 1979) but my wife, Kathy's hair, my son's hair and both of HIS son's hair. It's a hair-cutting dynasty, much like the Boston sports teams. She is thinking of retiring in the next few years, and after that many years of standing on her feet all day, I can't blame her, although none of us know what to do after that - the idea of looking like Lane (or Tom or Paul or Danny) does not seem to be an option for me/us.
Fear not......We are tough Irish New Englanders and will cope.
On a brighter note for you'se Illinoisians (friggin spell check - you can't even slip into colloquial! What would Damon Runyon think? It won't even let me type his NAME!)
I can just feel it....
THIS might just be the year.
For what? You might ask......
For the Cubbies to finally break their curse. Just like the 'Sox did in 2004.
Hey! You've got Theo Epstein - the greatest statistician that Baseball has ever seen, pulling in cast-aside players from less-enlightened teams on what they're capable of performing, given the right environment. He did it for us, he can do it for you. Many New Englanders were pissed when John Henry (that dumb-ass) pitched him from the 'Sox, but we can't think of a better place for him to land. The 2016 cubs now have THE strongest defense ever seen in baseball and some of the best offense players seen in years.
THIS could be your year, long-suffering Cubbies fans....This could be your year.
All you need is just one player to unite your disparate bunch of self-serving egos into a TEAM, like David Ortiz did for the 'Sox back then. (No, you can't have him.....he's trying to retire this year.) Pull them together into a team and you've got a real chance, this year.
For Real.
Red Sox Nation is praying for you. Give it hell. We'll be there wit'cha.
And now.....Back to Tom's 'Resurrection of Natalie' thread.
You're playing with fire here, Tom.
It's just a very small step to an automatic transmission, with the weak excuse that floppy paddle shifters are very 'sporty'.
And then, you're finished.
You start drinking instant coffee, eating dinner in front of the TV from TV trays, and wearing white patent leather belts.
If I were you, I'd switch that damned thing off and forget you ever saw it.
Yea but fire is fun and fast, very very fast.
Remember to watch "Vanna" and then Alex while you're eating your TV dinner...
But white patent-leather belts go with Old Man Pants, and they're BACK IN FASHION!
Gordon Nichols posted:...But white patent-leather belts go with Old Man Pants, and they're BACK IN FASHION!...
Maybe so, Gordon, but I ain't showing up for Cars and Coffee dressed like that.
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You'd look better in THAT than in your "Daisy Duke's"...
STOP IT NOW!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!! 
The visuals forming in my head were... AUGH!
I gotta go ground myself by putting on some old blue jeans and a greasy T-shirt that I wear to work on the car.
Sorry Tom, but you knew the eventual hijack was inevitable.
Oh dear, look at those shear shirt sleeves. What is next? I swear my mother had pants like that in the 50's-60's. There was/is a name for those high waisted slacks.
And Lane where do you find blues jeans, that fit old guys with no butt anymore. I have taken to using suspenders, oh my.
"There was/is a name for those high waisted slacks."
'Sans-A-Belt'?
"And Lane where do you find blues jeans, that fit old guys with no butt anymore. I have taken to using suspenders, oh my."
I have never been accused of being butt-less. 
Luckily the cycling keeps it under control. 
Yikes---looks like a "Full Cleveland!"
Much worse than a 'Half Cleveland'! 
In a mea culpa effort to get this thread back on course, I just went back and looked at the pictures of Tom's engine build (on page two, if you're inclined to go look) and realized that the engine designers/builders of the Subaru boxer engine have come a LONG way from the Type 1 case and block of the 50's - 70's VW boxer engine. From a manufacturing standpoint, that is a pretty complicated casting, both the block and the heads. Wow. There's a lot going on in that engine.
If you've seen a naked Type 1 engine, it's pretty simple, although it was advanced for its' time. We've all come a long way, for sure.
Tom: You had a lot of stuff done over the winter, much of it pretty cool. Can you do a post and collect the pictures of the more interesting stuff in one post? We all know the engine upgrade, of course, and the Aero mirror blinkahs, but I know there was more stuff that some of us might have forgotten about. I seem to remember a list you posted in the past as you were thinking things through - maybe update it for us?
Thanks.
Hi Gordon. I think I was pretty comprehensive in picture posting.
New engine & trans. Signal mirrors. Custom fan shrouding. New battery box. Surge tank. Water temperature gauge replacing cylinder head temperature gauge.
The only thing I didn't picture was the LED headlamps & improvements to the shift linkage (I have no photos).
There's also some carpet replacement covering old heater vents & knob, but I didn't figure that that would interest anyone.
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New engine & trans. Signal mirrors. Custom fan shrouding. New battery box. Surge tank. Water temperature gauge replacing cylinder head temperature gauge.
The only thing I didn't picture was the LED headlamps & improvements to the shift linkage (I have no photos).
There's also some carpet replacement covering old heater vents & knob, but I didn't figure that that would interest anyone.
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... And custom dual exhaust
Here is a detailed picture of Tom's engine, I can say it looks fantastic.
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I'm glad your car has turned out so well!
If you talk nicely to Gordon, perhaps he can do a video of your upgrades...
I wish I could go to Carlisle to see it in person, Tom. She sure is beautiful!
Tom, do you know which model of ODBII wifi unit your using? Does it tell you all the fault codes and will it allow you to clear them? I am thinking of getting one of those.
By the way your mods look good from here
Thanks Ray
Here's the one I bought based on very little research
Panlong WiFi OBD2 for Android iOS(iPhone iPad),Car Diagnostic Scanner,Check Engine Light,Read &Clear Diagnostic Trouble Codes https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019...cp_awd_4UabxbARESEW1
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Panlong WiFi OBD2 for Android iOS(iPhone iPad),Car Diagnostic Scanner,Check Engine Light,Read &Clear Diagnostic Trouble Codes https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019...cp_awd_4UabxbARESEW1
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That is a cool gadget and much cheaper than most stand-alone code readers, I think.
That one is VERY inexpensive. The one I bought was closer to $80, but came with software you can load onto a PC or Mac.
Either way, the dashboard on Tom's phone looks very similar to mine. I can read every code, and create either a digital or analog gage for it. I can read trouble odes and reset them.
The funny thing is that I thought that the Suby might be TOO refined, with a wimpy exhaust note, etc. Just the contrary, with the flat cut gears in the beefed up tranny, dual exhaust, power, and gearing, she absolutely feels savage now.
Glad you like it, Tom! I'm very happy with my purchase. Now if the weather would cooperate...
Oooooo, Savage Natalie!!! Sounds kinky!
Yeah, the snarl of a Suby Boxer is pretty cool and the various exhaust systems used by the tuners can make it even hairier. A massaged WRX always gets my neck-snapping attention!
Let the record record:
This thread (and it's drifts) are the very reason I keep coming here. You gentlemen are the most interesting thread-drifters on the world-wide interweb.
I've gotten SOME seat time between crappy weather. She drives like a completely different car. I'm getting used to the new clutch, power and gearing.
One of the biggest changes is shifting around town. Turning through an intersection, before, I would down shift to 2nd and power around the corner. Now, with so much torque, I just leave it in third and brake into the corner and pull through in 3rd (of course 2nd is always there if I need it :-)).
Also, I'm more likely to cruise in 4th at 45 because the engine isn't lugging and drive through my neighborhood in 3rd to keep the noise down.
On the highway, it really doesn't feel wanting for a 5th gear.
Finally, I LOVE my signal mirrors. They put a smile on my face every time I use them.
Awesome Tom, the "SEG' on your face is priceless!
Hey Tom, for double fun put your four way flashers on.
Have I mentioned how awesome Natalie is? :-)
After a couple of weeks of driving, I'm feeling at home with the power, gearing, & clutch.
Really looking forward to showing her off in Carlisle.
I'm REALLY enjoying the new and improved Natalie. Yesterday, I drove around town for about an hour in traffic in 85 ambient and the cooling system is working flawlessly.
I need to replace one Tenax stud that sheared off, my backup light is not working (too lazy to tackle this summer), and I think it's time to upgrade the front brakes next winter....but she's perfect enough to enjoy the heck out of this summer :-)
What a fantastic ride that just keeps getting better!
Thanks as always Carey!