Sadly I've parted ways with my JETTA GLI. happily I've taken home a turbocharged loaded subaru forrester! Happy! More to come on this subject.....
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Sadly I've parted ways with my JETTA GLI. happily I've taken home a turbocharged loaded subaru forrester! Happy! More to come on this subject.....
So I loved my GLI but it had some quality issues from where it was built. It wasn't a german assembled model like my last Jetta it was built south of the border. Due to this, I believe it was having some interior quality issues and my A/C compressor was on it's last leg (which is a known issue that plagued this model). It was an awesome car to drive and super fun though.
I went to a local dealer that had a good deal on a Subaru forrester that I believed had a few features but wasn't a fully loaded one. It was a 2011 with 5400 miles on it. I drove it and it was alright but it was actually a super plain base model. It was dissapointing coming from a loaded turbo german sedan. I saw another one on the lot and asked about it. It was a 2009 XT limited model. (the T designates the Turbo!!) It had 20k miles on it and a clean service history. It's fully loaded except navigation. Has leather, power seats, leather steering wheel, heated seats, heated windshield wipers even so they don't stick to the Window when things ice over.
It's basically the WRX with a forrester body actually so it's quite peppy.
Here's a pic:
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Looks good man I hope you have fun with it
Nice! At least you didn't downgrade to a crappy jap sedan. I wouldn't mind having a wrx with more room.
Thanks guys. ive already ordereda tuner and new k and n filter to get about 65 extra ft/lbs and 25hp. I love turbos! too easy to modify.
Going to stiffen the chassis after that and the go for an up pipe and down pipe. ill have about 300 hp then when I change the tune. all sti wrx parts fit this baby.
I decided to make a final repair to the somewhat still present clunking noise from changing out the shocks. Most people experience the clunking when swapping to the bilstein 5150s and here is my permenant cure to the issue. First I decided that the hole was much too large where the bolt first went through so I decided to use my welder to weld on a more precise hole with t 1/2" large stainless fender washer. Here's what it looked like after welding it in place.
It's a little messy (i don't claim to make pretty welds) but it's on there pretty well.
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That solved the too large of a hole issue and gave the bolt more support. I removed the nylon bushings that I had previously smashed into place before. Next, the bolt itself was a bit smaller than the bushing on the bilsteins so i figured i'd tighten it up a bit by taking some electrical tape and making one wrap around the non threaded portion. This tightened everything up and I have no movement at all in my shock mounts now. Glad that's done.
Now i've got to replace that bushing that's on the front differential that makes the popping noise when putting it in gear/taking pressure on and off the drive train rapidly (such as selecting first and pulsing the gas rapidly making the vehicle surge and slow down). Anyone remember the part number or proper description of that bushing?
I'm trying to fix a few little issues before going back to the east coast in february for training.
Im not sure on the part number but I'll be heading over to the dealer tonight for the same thing. My differential bushings are shot and I get the clunk. You have the same XK I have so ill get you the part number later today.
Great! I figured i'd just have to look it up. I'd appreciate it so I can go pick em up as well. I'm not looking forward to changing them out. Gulf550 did his and said it was a pain. Not techincally tough but just hard to reach.
No i don't think he did. He may have not even switched all the bushings out, i think he only did the trouble maker which if I remember correctly was the center top one? Not sure. Have to give it a look and start working on it soon. Shouldn't take but an hour or 2 I hope (or less).
We have the parts manual linked in the parts thread.
Thanks SAL I'll check it out.
07 - I think beating will work. I think it's very similar to a shock bushing. It is the front diff bushing right? Or was it the T-Case? I think it was the front diff.
The upper differential bushing part # is 52089516AB. The list price is $35.10, and with military discount it runs about $29.83. That bushing is used for both the top of the differential and also the passenger side of the differential where the extension housing is. The bracket/bushing in front of the differential cover part is part #52114354AA and list price is $137.00 and runs $116.45 with discount. Very expensive because it comes with the bracket. Of course I need one of each. Im going to see if I can find that one cheaper elsewhere. Im not about to pay $116 for it. Hope this helps!
EDIT: Found the upper differential bushing/isolator a lot cheaper right through Quadratec.
http://www.quadratec.com/products/56015_0105.htm
Great find at quadratech. I hope the bad ones are those two cheap ones cause I don't wasn't to get a 100+ dollar bushing if I dont have to. Thanks for the info!
Edit: just ordered two of the ones from quadratec and it cost with shipping: $43.
Ordered the super chips flash paq from jegs and am looking forward to changing my odometer and going to the 87 octane mode. Is there any other cool things I might enjoy doing with it? I'm not sure of all the possibilities that are useful.
Trans tune and you should be able monitor sensors like trans temp and stuff. Tow tune 93 octane tune clear and read codes to name a few.
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With the transmission tune can I change my shift points? That would be nice. Need to compensate for the tires a bit
Mine came in today but i'm in VA and won't get to it till the weekend. But i'll get some extensive mileage runs with it in the next few weeks. I think you can't set the tranny shift points on the XK but you can on the JKs. If memory serves me correct. Which will frankly be a bummer. But oh well.
What would happen if you set your tire size a size taller than what you actually have? For example, instead of keying in 32", put 33" or 34". Would that screw everyting up? or make your shifts points change where you want them, in essence?
SO I finally figured out why my flashpaq doesn't work. I called customer support and they said that my vehicle's particular calibration is not on file. They will update their database within the next couple days and call me when it's finished so I can download a new update again. Apparently the software on my Jeep has a different version than normal (maybe cause I got the transmission updates) and they have never seen it before. At least its coming eventually.....
I've been trying to catch up with some posts, so sorry if this is a little late. Here is a picture of the bushing I replaced. This is the new one.
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What a PITA!
I didn't not drop the whole front axle. Just beat it out, and used a ball joint press to press in the new one.
I just recently replace the one in the very front, which was pretty easy, more or less just bolts in place.
Success!!! Superchips finally got the update right for the XK! The tune worked and I can tell right off that the throttle response has become much more lively and it feels like it doesn't struggle as much to get up to speed. It's been forever since i got that thing and have been wrestling with Superchips to get it to work. Well technically it's been almost 3 months but waiting for a mod to work makes it seem like an eternity.
In the meantime the Subaru has had some stuff done to it. More precisely a new 3" downpipe and high flow cat, a new midpipe, a larger front swaybar and sound proofing with RAAMAT (kinda like dynamat). At the moment I'm also having a specialty tune done to the ECU where I log data and send it to a tuner and they change my tune and send it back. I'm right now about 300 HP to the Crank and about 230-250 to the wheels (all wheel drive really sucks out the horsepower). My 1/4 mile time is hovering in the 14.0-14.3 range and 0-60 about 5.5secs. It's beginning to be quite fun!
Wow at least it's working now.
Sounds like the Subi has a lot of work to it, must be a trip to drive.
I need to redo my programmer on my XK being more laggy lately
The subaru isn't quite as fun as the vw was but its already a hair faster. It just doesnt handle or stop as good. Ill be working on those issues in the next few months. I'm still about .5 - 1 sec behind a stock subaru wrx sti probably due mostly to gearing and weight. Sometime by the end of the year I hope to swap the turbo and fuel pump out which should get me to the high 12's. Thats my goal at least.
Next week the jeep and family are doing a wheeling for the wounded trip where I'll be a trail guide in the XK.
Pic are needed & have a blastQuote:
Next week the jeep and family are doing a wheeling for the wounded trip where I'll be a trail guide in the XK.
At PMJR: That's a quick accord! Must have had alot of stuff done to it.
At Sal: The event is at Hidden Falls Adventure park. The same place I've been a few times already. StrokeZ may be coming along with the new Rubicon.
Just took my 3rd row seatbelt buckles off. I had one that was broke and need to replace it before wheeling this weekend. Both back buckles are tied together so I have to replace them both. It's 88 dollars from jeep.
To remove the buckles I simply had to take off the 3 main bolts holding the seat down Plus the one going through the buckle and into the body of the jeep. Then you have to pry a rivet like grommet off with a screwdriver or crowbar and punch it back through the hole. Not too hard. I also got to clean out all the kid food that was under the seats plus the stuff that the last owner left in there before 2009.....Gross.
What psi were you running the turbo at?
Almost done getting the custom tune on the subaru's ECU. Right now I'm showing at the wheels 257hp and 279tq. That's not bad. That puts me right between 310 and 325 at the crank. Its doing about 16.5-17 psi throughout the mid range where the turbo does its best.
Edit: Looked up the avg percent loss for my era subaru and edited the previous 300hp to what is above. Not bad at all for a car that was 224hp(crank) stock.