Gordon Nichols posted:The woman who cuts my hair has the 6-cylinder Suby in her Outback - Absolutely LOVES it!
I remember when I used to get hair cuts.
Hey Tom,
What exactly did you do to the tranny? What did Carey put in for you?
Brand new tyranny beefed up for Suby. It's great!
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What's on it for front brakes now and what are you going to upgrade to?
Whatever standard build is and whatever Carey recommends. The brakes have over 20K miles of "spirited" driving on them.
When I had the wheels off recently, I noticed the left rotor has some grooves. No noise or stopping issues, so hoping to make or through the season.
I can up date you with particulars next spring :-)
Please don't mistake my comments as complaining. I see these things as normal maintenance and my never ending quest to make her the best she can be.
The Tenax will be fixed soon. The backup lamp may be a bad switch or loose connection, but I'm too lazy to crawl under the car for something I can live without. I only found out because somebody pointed it out to me. It could have been out for years.
My license lamps were out too, but that just required a couple of new bulbs. Even I'm not too lazy to fix that :-)
It's like when you renovate a room in your house and then the next one looks shabby. The car goes and shifts great, now I need to upgrade the brakes to match the hp. I should have thought of it sooner, but honestly, she's stopping just fine now, I'm just running out of things to spend my money on :-)
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Sounds like fun... what rpm are you turning at 60 and 70 mph ....just curious to see what gearing you chose and how it is working out .
Tom Blankinship posted:Brand new tyranny beefed up for Suby. It's great!
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Your wife's words, or yours, Tom?
IaM-Ray posted:Sounds like fun... what rpm are you turning at 60 and 70 mph ....just curious to see what gearing you chose and how it is working out .
IIRC, 3K @ 70. I don't know the gearing, but I know that it is matched up to the Suby power curve. On the highway, she runs around 180 the entire time, but that was in lower ambients.
Tom Blankinship posted:Whatever standard build is and whatever Carey recommends. The brakes have over 20K miles of "spirited" driving on them.
When I had the wheels off recently, I noticed the left rotor has some grooves. No noise or stopping issues, so hoping to make or through the season.
I can up date you with particulars next spring :-)Please don't mistake my comments as complaining. I see these things as normal maintenance and my never ending quest to make her the best she can be.
The Tenax will be fixed soon. The backup lamp may be a bad switch or loose connection, but I'm too lazy to crawl under the car for something I can live without. I only found out because somebody pointed it out to me. It could have been out for years.
My license lamps were out too, but that just required a couple of new bulbs. Even I'm not too lazy to fix that :-)
It's like when you renovate a room in your house and then the next one looks shabby. The car goes and shifts great, now I need to upgrade the brakes to match the hp. I should have thought of it sooner, but honestly, she's stopping just fine now, I'm just running out of things to spend my money on :-)
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Btw, knowing me, ill probably get bored sometime this summer and crawl under there anyway. I'm just lucky to have the option of taking my car to Carey every winter, or I'd have no choice but to fix it myself.
I'm happy for you, Tom! I'm very happy with everything about my Subi powered Cabriolet! The car fires right up every time, and I never really have to fuss with anything other than fluids and lube once or twice a year.
The only thing I might add would be power assisted steering 
That is quite fast at 180 
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Your right it is a very torquey engine and pulls very well in higher gears.
Do you have rack and pinion it makes the steering lighter .Ray
Unfortunately no. Rack and pinion won't work on a Beck.
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Oh really, small golf units should fit ...just guessing though
Tom Blankinship posted:Unfortunately no. Rack and pinion won't work on a Beck.
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With the current chassis. They're working on some new things that will remedy that.