@@aidanh4550 272k. Just had a piece of unknown material go through the #2 main bearing and kill rod bearing #1. Likely happened when the oil filter went into bypass. Pretty good for 110 autox runs and 30k miles on 20psi E85.

@@the_machine_lord gotta get her to 300k!

Ehhh wouldn't recommend in stock form. This single event I ran with this car told me everything I needed to know. I ended up putting all the time and effort into making my Forester XT into a dedicated autox car. Lower the car on Legacy struts and get some 200 treadwear tires, solid combo that will feel great at an autox.

Yeah, they'll do that when you max out the torque request 😂

Kind of, I bumped up the requested torque a bunch and did the resistor mod for more line pressure.

I tuned it myself. Had to update the ECU to a Legacy ROM that is defined, then went ahead and further defined that ROM to get more control. Tuned the car using ECUFlash and a Tactrix OP2.0. Logged with Romraider Logger. The car is going on a Haltech Elite piggyback currently.

looks like 16x6.50x8

Thank you @@the_machine_lord

Unless it's severe corrosion from fertilizer, you can wire wheel and paint the rims then install install inner tubes. You should be able to drill and tap a new hole for a grease zerk then weld the old hole shut. Lots of methods to keep your original parts going.

www.scag.com/company/about-us/ just going off what scag's historical timeline suggested. Once I looked a little closer I discovered the code date on the engine was 1993...assuming the engine is original...

Yep, any aftermarket exhaust for a 08-14 Subaru WRX Sedan will fit the 09-13 Forester XT

It's a Yonaka 3in catback meant for a 08-14 WRX sedan and a catless 3in downpipe. Wouldn't recommend it necessarily for daily driving as it drones pretty bad and has house shaking rumble on cold start. Head on over to my instagram @themachinelord to see an outside clip of the car shooting flames.

Welcome to the naturally aspirated Subaru life, gotta plan passing maneuvers well in advance.

Your Camry probably is faster, this car weighs 3,600lbs with me in it and only makes 130whp at best. Power gain from everything I did was probably only 15hp. The point of all of this was driveability not necessarily power (these cars drive like absoulte shite stock). It may be slow, but it's way more fun as a daily driver than any automatic car out there.

Absolutely, the stock tune is garbage. I'd really recommend swapping the turbo out to a VF52 before you go get it tuned as the stock TD04 turbo is a bit of a quitter and runs out of air up top (falls to only 6psi by redline!). The VF52 came stock on the 2009-2014 WRX which had the same engine as the 09-13 Forester XT. With a proper tune on 93 it makes a HUGE difference in power from 4,000-6,000 rpm and spools just as well as the TD04. Also it is extremely important that you delete the filters in the banjo fittings that feed the turbo and AVCS!!!

Indeed, an EJ253. They never gave any USDM car with a 6 cylinder a manual transmission sadly.

​@@the_machine_lordOnly the XT6 (Alcyone), no other USDM Subaru was offered with a 6-cylinder and manual transmission from the factory.

@@AWDfreak ah right, I totally forgot about those!

Definitely faster, 0-60 for this run was 8.1s (could have been faster had the traction control not cut power. A NA Forester of this year 0-60s in the 10-11s range. At peak, the XT only gives a 40-50hp boost over the NAs, but the mid range torque gain is insane. This car is now tuned on E85 with a WRX turbo, makes about 260whp and 330ftlbs.

@@the_machine_lord any other supporting mods? i recently bought a VF52, waiting for summer to install and tune.

@@happybeer1000 Honestly depends on what your goals are and if you need to be smog legal. If you're going to be running 91-93 octane, I would highly suggest upgrading your intercooler. The stock fuel pump and injectors are plenty to make over 300 at the crank. 3 port boost controller is a must. Silicone turbo inlet is a nice addition since the stock ones like to rip and tear. AOS is recommended but not mandatory. I assume you've already upgraded the throttle body to intercooler coupler to silicone since those things leaked boost off the assembly line. Upgrade the downpipe if you want, but not really req'd for a lil VF52.

not yet, I think my clutch is starting to let go(starting to smell it every once in a while), gonna put a new clutch in this summer and then do this again with the 91

@@the_machine_lord On this 2.5l it will make no difference

@@Aashishkebab this thing pings so bad on 87 oct I had to move to E20, it definitely makes a difference; even taking off from a stop it used to ping pretty heavily on the 87, doesn't do that anymore with the 20% corn juice

@@jeremiahjorenby2275 yes it might prevent knock (I use 89 or 91/93 on mine for that exact reason). But on my 1999. The 2012 EJ25 is really resilient.

@@Aashishkebab it has been really reliable, never a cel in the past 3 years and 50k miles I've had it

the speedo is a little off (reads about 2 mph higher than actual), 55mph happens on the rev limiter in 2nd, a shift to 3rd is required to hit 60mph........so essentially it hits 60 in about 10s flat, but it hits 55 in 8.7ish, the cvt version of this car also does 0-60 in about 9 seconds

@@the_machine_lord I think my 2006 with the 4spd auto was actually a little faster, like 8.5 but that's only from 2nd topping out at 62 and 4spd so worse on gas

@@the_machine_lord Is it really that slow? Somebody tested the CVT and got 8.5 seconds. And the CVT has torque converter losses (though it makes up by always being in the right gear ratio). My 1999 Legacy Outback 5spd does 0-60 in 7.3 seconds.

The 06 manual Outback gets 8.6 and the automatic gets 9 seconds