The White Whale

[Deefa]

This is what I bought in November 2004.
Stock as a rock, auto, with only a 3" cat back exhaust.

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And this is what she has evolved into.
Auto to manual conversion:
MY02 Forester GT transmission (4.444) using existing auto rear lsd
Standard Wrx clutch
King springs LOW, front and rear
19mm GC8 front swaybar
Rear GC8 strut brace
Rear Whiteline 22mm adjustable swaybar
Whiteline heavy duty swaybar links, front and rear
GT-B 294 mm rotors and matching calipers + Lucas pads
WRX 16" wheels/Dunlop SP3000A tyres
260 kph Liberty RS electronic speedo + Jaycar corrector
TD05H (Vos chip to suit)
Bosch fuelpump upgrade
RS Turbo sandwich oil cooler
Polished and port matched inlet manifold
Gen 2 airbox and Al[RSLC] replacement resonator
CAI and turbo to intercooler pipework upgrade
Tailgate spoiler and
Eclipse double DIN MD/CD Jap spec stereo tuner with band shifter

Pending mods:
Bellmouth dump - in the exhaust shop - screamer pipe being removed!
Bosch coils - about to be fitted
Bosch BOV - on the way - wife cant stand flutter!
Jaycar IEBC - about to be fitted (from Red is fastest!)
KYB-Excel-G struts, f and r - under the house, need fitting


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[Legacy555]

nice legacy wagon u got mate

[Jarrod|crzyrs|]

chuck on an RS Lib steering wheel mate and i would be complete.

[devej22]

looks like you invested in a better camera since then too!! Great work, love the wagons!!!

[subliber]

very good job, no ricer image about it too, so much hotter!

[mitch]

nice ride old man :P

gotta love those door handles aswell! :wink:

[Deefa]

looks like you invested in a better camera since then too!! Great work, love the wagons!!!

The first 3 shots were taken from prints of emailed photos, so the quality was rats**t!

And yes, new camera recently as well.

[Deefa]

nice ride old man :P

gotta love those door handles aswell! :wink:

Yup, good buy.

How's Hodgey going fitting his "new" doorhandles?

[mitch]

Yup, good buy.

How's Hodgey going fitting his "new" doorhandles?

he is doing who with the what now??

[Jaz]

chuck on an RS Lib steering wheel mate and i would be complete.


Noo!

The leggy one is actually much better :wink:

I have one in my genuine RS, and cringe at the look of the stocko...


Awesome wags D... I don't bother cleaning mine, because I know it can never be up to this standard!

[yods]

Nice wagon, is that..could it be..someone else with checkerplate on their rear bar? :eek:

[Deefa]

Not checkerplate, Peter.

The Subaru factory bumper protector.

[Legalcy]

Nicely presented.Question:could you use the JDM stereo to get the Aus stations?Cheers Ian.

[rs guy]

clean looking wags there mate :tu

[B-rad]

pics do NOT do it justice! This ride is uber clean and is tastefully modified. well done deefa!

[Deefa]

Nicely presented.Question:could you use the JDM stereo to get the Aus stations?Cheers Ian.

Ian,

No, the japanese stations are lower in the FM band.

So, I bought a frequency converter, put it into the aerial circuit and all stations were then on the Australian FM band - 88 - 108 Mhz.

Easy as!

[Baz Sta]

gotta love it, gooks great..... hummm no abs... you have fun stopping that thing? lol

[Deefa]

gotta love it, gooks great..... hummm no abs... you have fun stopping that thing? lol

Oops! Slotted front rotors as well.

No probs stopping - complete brake system overhaul as well!

[Hodgey]

Yup, good buy.

How's Hodgey going fitting his "new" doorhandles?

To answer your question dave haven't had a chance to get round to it yet. Will let you know how I go thought once its done. Thanks again mate for the colour matched door handles.

Cheers

[Rob]

love your wags dave!! (and the fozzie gearbox)

it's deceptively fast too. doesn't make a HUUUGE noise, just does the business in an orderly and timely fashion. Just like you deef!

looked the goods crossing the bridge on friday night too!!

[Legalcy]

Ian,

No, the japanese stations are lower in the FM band.

So, I bought a frequency converter, put it into the aerial circuit and all stations were then on the Australian FM band - 88 - 108 Mhz.

Easy as!
David,thanks for that.I had one out of one of my 'cuts',bought a converter from Supercheap,but couldn't do any good with it at all.Where did you buy the converter,and do you remember the brand?Cheers Ian.

[Deefa]

David,thanks for that.I had one out of one of my 'cuts',bought a converter from Supercheap,but couldn't do any good with it at all.Where did you buy the converter,and do you remember the brand?Cheers Ian.


Ian,

$20.00 plus postage and you can have the frequency converter!

David

[cruisEH]

hey dave, i have a strange feeling that pod at the corner of your A pillar used to be in my car ;)

i got it from Kevlar RS who got it from MRT :)

the shaggin waggon looks good.. christened yet ?? :D

[Jaz]

the shaggin waggon looks good.. christened yet ?? :D

Yes, but D doesn't know it yet :wink:

[Deefa]

hey dave, i have a strange feeling that pod at the corner of your A pillar used to be in my car ;)

i got it from Kevlar RS who got it from MRT :)

the shaggin waggon looks good.. christened yet ?? :D

Jaz,

Correct me if I am wrong. You told me the pod came from BJM in Launie?

AND next time I'm in Launie, you are going to clean the footprints off the roof lining, right? And repair the glovebox lid, eh? :P

[Jaz]

I did get one from canberra, but I bought it off PDRSRA, but I'm not sure if that was the one I sold to you, or the other one... can't remember where I got the second one from! THinking about it, probably got it from BJM when I borrowed his boost guage...

and hey , at least theres less squeaks in the car now... :wink:

[Raz]

hawt! but then you knew that didnt you dave! Apparantly Jaz did too! hehe

[Deefa]

Thanks boys.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Besides, with an old fart like me driving it, the Pointer is all but invisible!!!

[99_FGT]

the shaggin waggon looks good.. christened yet ?? :D
Gee Paul, thanks for that. NOT!
I'm surprised with all the horse trading you get up to you even remember where you got anything from, or where it went.
Not too sure about the chrome doorhandles, not dissing your ride or anything, just not too my taste.
It is surprising how things have progressed over time, in a good way of course. And yes, I'll get around to updating my pics sometime soon.
Al..

[Deefa]

gotta love it, gooks great..... hummm no abs... you have fun stopping that thing? lol

Not any more! :wink:

294 mm GT-B front brakes now resident behind the Wrx wheels - cheers Mickey! :D

[Raz]

why would he have a drama stopping it anyway??

[B-rad]

yeah your right raz 277mm rotors, some new fluid and some decent pads will pull up just as well if not better than 4 pots

i know mine will lock up at ANY speed.

[Jaz]

yeah your right raz 277mm rotors, some new fluid and some decent pads will pull up just as well if not better than 4 pots

i know mine will lock up at ANY speed.

But try and do that multiple times on a cruise/race track and compare it to 4pots that had new fluid and decent rotors...

[B-rad]

were not taklign about a race track, and im SURE daves wont see the bitumen track anytime soon.
but as for braking exessively, do you count coming down poatina hill as fast as one possibly can? enough exersize for the brakes? tbh ive never expeirienced fade

[Jaz]

I've experienced fade so bad with the stock RS brakes that all I heard was a metal on metal grinding noise... have yet to experience fade at all with the four pots...

[grug]

I've experienced fade so bad with the stock RS brakes that all I heard was a metal on metal grinding noise... have yet to experience fade at all with the four pots...
Your obviously not having a go then!

Great history of your car there Deef.

[paddo]

yeah your right raz 277mm rotors, some new fluid and some decent pads will pull up just as well if not better than 4 pots

this'd make sense... if it were true. but its not.

a larger diameter rotor will dissipate heat better. not to mention the pad surface of 4pots is larger than 277mm 2pots = greater breaking power.

new fluid and decent pads will have a marked improvement as in most cases the fluid is prob 10 years old!

but your formula has no real sense to it. if there were no improvement in having larger brakes, then there would be no point in using them.

bigger brakes = better stopping... not the other way round

[Deefa]

Officially went out in a blaze of glory on 17/08/2007!

[grug]

/ forms honourary salute

[Hodgey]

Officially went out in a blaze of glory on 17/08/2007!

What happened deef? House fire?

Dammit

[Deefa]

What happened deef? House fire?

Dammit

No mate, stolen and torched!!!

[RSTurbo]

got pics deef? i'd be interested to see the aftermath

[Deefa]

got pics deef? i'd be interested to see the aftermath

Tim,

I'll post them up after I visit the ol' girl on Monday!

[Raz]

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[rs guy]

*holds hand over heart*

[djc]

RIP Whitey! :(

[Marv]

Commiserations on your loss. Cars burning just seems like such a God-awful waste it makes you sick to your stomach, eh? :(

[Deefa]

Well,

The saga of the White Pointer is now finished with the removal of the remnants of the shell yesterday from Mendham Manor!

Close the post please Mods!

[RS-TERMINATOR]

How much did the manual conversion cost?

[kezza]

looks way more impressive with a manual gear knob compared with the auto shifter there.....!

[Jarrod|crzyrs|]

Its a shame that some thieving bastards took it and then burnt it out.