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BURNOUT
It has been a long couple of months for me.
now, I can’t complain too much. Most of my time
has been spent either driving or working on cars in
some fashion or another. but it can get a little tedious
at times especially when it isn’t your car that
is being worked on but someone else’s. but that is
beside the point. While all this wrenching was going
on, it gave me a chance to really think about all
that we do to our cars and why we do it. There are
two basic reasons that I identify with. The first and
most base reason is to go faster. Faster can mean
lots of different things; there is faster in a straight
line, faster through the corners and then there is
braking more quickly and shorter. Of course this
relates directly to installing larger turbochargers,
larger diameter exhausts and big intercoolers,
stiffer springs, adjustable dampers and larger
brake discs and calipers. all of these parts, when
working in perfect concert, will transform your car
from ho-hum stocker to within a hair’s breadth of
dyed-in-the-wool racing machine where the point
is clipping off pass after pass around the track as
quickly as possible with machine accuracy and
consistency.
The other part is the more human side of pushing
one’s self in both the driver’s seat and under
the hood. While some of us will just swipe the old
credit card and hope that a complete and faster car
will appear complete with the parts that we clicked
on, some of us play the dual role of driver and mechanic.
There is no greater satisfaction of installing
a part or parts, complete with bloodied knuckles
and hands, jumping in the driver’s seat and going
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out on the track and shaving a few tenths or even
seconds off your previous best.
Of course, this is all in an ideal world. While
building our 2007 Legacy Gt has gone pretty
smoothly, broken piston aside; building our 1997
Legacy Gt was pure torture. sure, there was that
moment of satisfaction when the build was done
and the car fulfilled its intended purpose, but the
road there brought me to the edge of trading it all
in to become an insurance salesman.
Yet, it has given me vital experience and tools
for future projects; namely, my own 1993 Impreza
wagon which is currently engine-less. however, a
new 2.5-liter that was assembled by myself is done
and ready to be dropped into the engine bay, first
things first, we have to finish this issue.
You Legacy fans are in for quite a treat. We
have three different generations of Legacy sedan
featured in this issue starting with a first-generation
australian Liberty Rs turbo. We also have the
exciting conclusion to our 1997 Legacy Gt Royal
Purple build and a huge section on building-up
our 2007 Legacy. If you are thinking of building a
new engine for any subaru, this is a must-read.
The racing and driving season is here. The
days are getting warmer and longer and it won’t
be long till summer is here. It’s time to wrap up
winter projects and see that our cars are ready to
put rubber to tarmac and start whittling away at
those personal bests.
Travis Geny - travis@subiesport.com
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