Good Cars, Bad Tools: The MrSubaru1387 Interview

[@adamgroszkiewicz814]

I like MrSubaru1387. He's the first professional Subby tech I saw making the factual statement that if you mod your Subby, you're probably going to destroy the engine in short order. Respect for the honesty 100%.

[@AndrewB23]

So you've only watched him because literally every Subaru building channel explains the risks

[@adamgroszkiewicz814]

@@AndrewB23 He's just one of many car YT people that get watched from time to time.

[@asherdie]

Sounds like junk cars.

[@asherdie]

@@baronvonslambert lots of engines are junk then.

[@asherdie]

@@QueenCityHornets so you believe one must have worked at a dealer??? You can't grasp the idea of educating yourself on a topic? How sad for you.

[@ctrl-alt-bingo]

Nother BASED ccf colab

[@Road_Atlas]

Netgears never selling the Baja after this.

[@rushnerd]

Car Wizard would have an aneurism.

[@kapedl]

@@rushnerdreal

[@BlackInfernox1]

Subaru nerd status

[@countryboycustoms856]

He wasn't selling it before this either, but definitely not after.

[@JesterMasque]

Subaru is the Audi of Japanese auto modifications & maintenance. I respect them, and they are awesome machines, but I don’t wanna own one without a lift in my garage.

[@fubartotale3389]

They do just fine as long as you maintain them. Highest owner loyalty in the industry.

[@theodorgiosan2570]

Some of them are easy to work on. My daily driver 79 Subaru DL is the easiest car to work on I have ever owned. I can have the engine and transmission out and back in in an hour. Same with a clutch replacement. I can lift my engine by hand if needed, it only weighs 126 pounds. I can carry my transmission across the yard without difficulty. And that generation engine has many more head studs than the later ones. And they are studs, not bolts, from the factory. No overhead cams, just one in the center and it's gear driven off the crank! Literally the most reliable car I've ever owned. And gets 40-50 mpg on the highway.

[@Hallowsaw]

Bro my 2011 legacy 3.6r had me buy my wife a 17 outback 2.5i. And now i want a 2024 impreza rs, and if they ever come out with the baja again im gonna be in line for that too.

[@TexasVexes]

It’s nice to learn about Subarus. Sounds like a wholesome dude. Thanks for the Subaru chat guys

[@rodneywk1]

No "hate" here for MrSubaru1387 ... a solid KZbinr and really appreciate that he's willing to share his knowledge!!

[@MrSubaru1387]

🥰

[@s277garage6]

I always somehow end up buying a subaru wrx/sti's And watching Mr.Subaru has definitely helped me with learning What not to do with mine. And IVE NEVER BLOWN ONE UP. My STI has an exhaust and I'm going to upgrade cooling this year.

[@SK-tr1wo]

“Learning what not to do with mine” *proceeds to mod STI* yea ok buddy

[@sebastianmcdonald9529]

@@SK-tr1wohow is an exhaust and cooling going to hurt a Subaru?

[@s277garage6]

@@SK-tr1wo honestly that's not gonna hurt shit. Probably going to help actually

[@username-tv6uw]

​@sebastianmcdonald9529 just make sure you tune for it.

[@rawrbrz]

I turbo charged my brz to 400hp I’m fuced

[@beatrix-persephone]

I always dread searching anything up and finding a scotty video titled some shit like "This Car Will Ruin Your Life"

[@DonnerPassWhisky]

Thanks for having him on. He is a Subaru myth buster and gives good fact based information. Cheers

[@Shinigamix07]

Aww hell yeah I’ve been watching this guy for a while you guys do the best collabs

[@TheSCARECROW28]

Greatest colab ever! For the subie community!

[@thabangtlaleane3497]

Two of my favorite creators coming together, what a collab ❤CCF to the top👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽

[@MoneyBagD855]

I never expected this Collab

[@julianc.6589]

lunch time never felt so good

[@drewv1785]

"Nobody rebuilds alternators anymore" and the video that followed it 26:15 made me almost choke on my oatmeal! LOL! Subscribed!

[@Nightfire3714]

Awesome content as always!!!! Love watching MrSubaru1387. Funny enough my first car was a 2000 legacy wagon 5mt with the EJ252 cause it was a California car. Had 270k miles before i junked it for the rust. It was far too gone

[@Q.theProducer]

The collab everyone needed 🙌🏻

[@shiloh5199]

Great video guys!! Mr. Subaru 1387 is awesome!! Me Subaru 1387 would make a great voice over guy or radio show host, he's has the perfect voice for the job.

[@MrSubaru1387]

🥰🥰

[@miguelgonzo88]

Hardest I’ve ever laughed watching mr. Subaru was when he stitched a Chris fix video and said “ horse shit helmet boy that’s exactly what you’re doing” 😂

[@spenceradams2908]

Meanwhile he was doing the same thing promoting rebranded tools for more money then you could get them elsewhere

[@mach1mustangguy992]

Yea man my Baja turbo 5mt made it right up to the 250k mark. Well 248k but sane difference, I rly regret selling it after a year of trying to find a GOOD motor for it, but the guy who did buy it drove up to Va from fla with a u haul and is doing right by the car…..but I still regret letting her go

[@mach1mustangguy992]

Love the channel….would be cool to see more Foxbody content but other then that keep it up fuckers!

[@fubartotale3389]

Robert needs a "go fund me" to open his own shop like Rainman Ray.

[@MrSubaru1387]

I've got quotes out right now for concrete and a steel building. Just things are sooo expensive now.

[@Rightchuare]

As a mechanic for over 20yrs I follow both these guys channels, Mr. Subaru is a goon in his game, I'm also a proud original owner of an early model 2002 Acura RSX Type S with full bolt-ons from day 1, with 457,000mi on the original motor, water pump, oil pump..etc, everything still stock including the starter, wheel bearings, Axles, I ordered a Spoon Sports race header for it and waited 4 months to get it from Canada since no distributor was available across the US, aside from the Spoon DC5 Type R throttle body I also ran an injen short ram, Tanabe Sustec Concept G exhaust, numerous clutches and 1 Trans rebuild mostly broken, exedy flywheel, still runs like a champ on a stock ecu, now I pulled the motor and Trans out for an awd swap

[@TopSecretZ]

ANOTHER MATCO ENTHUSIASTS!! I was feeling bad about buying them 😭

[@carfriendsimulator9981]

OOF

[@zmmmzmmmz]

There's value in knowing they only put their name on good stuff

[@audearing27]

My 92 Legacy just hit 200k and now my 4eat trans failed soon after. Going to manual swap it.

[@BigOldBagel]

I have a 2002 wrx it’s completely stock besides a Cobb turbo back exhaust and I don’t think it’s tuned. So do I have to worry about my car killing its self?

[@carfriendsimulator9981]

Catback no, turbo back, yes

[@BigOldBagel]

@@carfriendsimulator9981 damn so ig I gotta buy an access port

[@RayanM50B25]

Damn I'm 'bout to bust

[@robertmunroe3976]

Sorry to hear about the hate for MrSubaru1387. What he should know is that he helped us find a 2010 Forester about a year ago. I watched his “used Subaru buying guides” and feverishly took notes. Always great advice from him; this free form discussion was awesome and he’s just as knowledgeable as I believed

[@Audi0Surferz]

I had my 240s alternator rebuilt, cost less than a reman and got to keep most of the OE parts.

[@nighrow5]

Crazy haha I watched Eric the car guy back when I have my 96 legacy in the day haha.!

[@aldomassa7473]

Mr. Subaru….. Solid tech, thanks for sharing all of your experience and knowledge on subís. Has always been in my top 10 channels. Thoughts on six star head gaskets?

[@mrmistermr1169]

hell yea! Mrsubaru is from South Carolina, extremely based

[@thatstupidsubaru8996]

Blaze yellow was correct for 02 USDM WRX, there a similar colour called cashmere yellow but that was available in almost every other market aside from North America.

[@ItsHappyHourArchived]

To scottys credit. His tutorial Videos just like Netgear said, are TRASH. But the info he gives you about car brands history is priceless. Dont go to him as a novice trying to learn how to change your brakes, cuz he will give u a tutorial like as if your a seasoned mechanic. But NOBODY on youtube, Knows as much about car history ON THE FLY, like he does.

[@toolinaround-est2024]

I cannot tolerate Scotty for even five seconds.

[@ItsHappyHourArchived]

@@toolinaround-est2024 the only thing i dislike about scotty is that he refuses to make any car suggestion videos about cars that arent Toyota or honda. Like OKAY SCOTTY WE GET IT! Toyota and honda are the bees knees! But what about for the average middle class guy who has money to spend on a used car, but only 4 or 5 grand instead of 8 or 9. We get that none of them compare to honda or toyota. But FOR THE GUYS WHO DONT HAVE HONDA/toyota money, how about give us some suggestions like ford, subaru, mazda etc. dont Just say THE BEST TWO COMPANIES and something crappy like “if u cant get them then save up”

[@carlraymondgrenier787]

Ccf making insaine fire content as usual

[@Big01021]

Cant believe i missed this stream lmao😂

[@shanetyler9391]

My first car was a Subaru it was a 1985 wagon GL10 didn't even have 4wd but it was a 5 speed manual. It leaked oil bad like 1qt every 100 miles haven't owned one since. That was back in 1999 and sold the car after it completely died when I got home from Iraq in 2005. Nothing would work on it. 195k when it died I sent to the junk yard for nothing didn't get no money out of it and didn't care. The car was loaded though power sunroof which didn't leak ever! Cruise control power locks power windows and digital everything on the cluster. It was ahead of its time in ways I can still smell the Interior to this day.

[@leganderykomodo6325]

My first car was an awd legacy wagon outback

[@melvinbrumski1446]

I wouldn’t mind having a clean(ish) Subaru shell to mess with I just don’t want to work on those factory engines

[@nunyabusiness896]

It’s not just an intake or exhaust blowing engines, it’s people throwing on boost controllers with no supporting mods, blowing it up, then taking the boost controller off and running to the dealer saying “I dunno what happened 🤷🏻‍♂️ “

[@adamogden5212]

Mrsubaru1387 seems like a cool dude still can't convince me Subaru's are good or Snapon isn't overpriced junk.

[@matthewmoore5698]

As a Brit I’d say snap on are good no great if you can get your hands on em

[@iwillCTE]

you guys gotta get Smeedia on

[@HAV0X_]

my mom loves subaru bajas netgear, you might break even selling it to her lol

[@aaronnokaoi]

Mr subaru is the best

[@atotheu7112]

Can someone explain to me the advantage of using 5w-40 over 5w-30? I’ve used 5w-30 every 3k miles with oem filter but drunkkman tuning recommends using 5w-40. Also can I just straight up switch to 5w-40 on my next oil change?

[@kalebmarin7914]

5w-40 is a thicker viscosity oil

[@mach1mustangguy992]

Ya I had my Baja sprayed word rally blue and hit the wheels gold…..she wa sSICK

[@manhoot]

The little soo-bar-oooo. Wow

[@mkloudsql3285]

Traded my 2017 137k in last year for a 2022. Only thing wrong with it was the ac condenser shit out. Other than that ran fine

[@mkloudsql3285]

Singer alternators will make u a bad ass custom alt for any of your subarus. Got 1 in mine now. Subarus stock alts are garbage

[@lieutenantdan8170]

My philosophy with Subaru is if it's not an H6 I don't care for it.

[@kkeanu5032]

02 didn't come with a turbo but 02 wrx impreza will last. i had a friend who owned one for 7 years since she was 15 and it's been sound fine until recently which is when she sold it. with the right owner these cars are amazing. i've seen a gc8 still running from one owner since he bought it at the dealership when it came out 20 years ago and takes it to a track.

[@carfriendsimulator9981]

02 wrx is turbo bro...

[@kkeanu5032]

@@carfriendsimulator9981 thank you for confirming this with me im unfamiliar with subarus and i found out my friends subaru was actually a 2.5rs and not a wrx.

[@beatentoast69]

Subaru good awd good

[@nateTrh]

I get that modding a car has its dangers but idk another car where a cai and exhaust will utterly destroy the engine in short order. Hondas and Toyotas handle bolt ons no problem and people get GTI's and Mustangs tuned with off the shelf tunes all the time without blowing up in large numbers. I guess they just pushed the engines close to their potential and don't build in any overhead like the other Japanese manufacturers do.

[@nicholasagnew2792]

You're not getting 200k out of a turbocharged vehicle, maybe the new twin turbo Toyota motor, but don't count on it. Its physics... If you put 30psi into the intake it might not last 1k. An NA Subaru, if its not a 2.5, could last 400k. If you want a race car you have to prepare for race-car maintenance/rebuild intervals.

[@ISOUPKOBE]

Yaaaaayyyyyt

[@coner3232]

Un related to the video but why are you guys into 240s if you don’t like drifting?

[@carfriendsimulator9981]

Drifting is fine, it's the people it attracts and what they end up doing to cars

[@Nimbus.]

thanks for the free entertainment while I sketch some dumbass shit.

[@dongonzulman6478]

ORION DAJNOWICZ DAMIAN MONTE HAGGARD GARAGE ARSON

[@quintin359]

I was eating a bagel

[@CollectorCarFeed]

Keep growing mentally and physically

[@midnightfirews6]

the clips are always so based. lmao @ the sad zoloft blob

[@poinendev2932]

Oh yeah, 1387 is your lucky number and birth year, suuuuure 🤫

[@Hallowsaw]

Prime motoring just put a 3.6L to over 1000hp.

[@loosieclocker]

Boxer engines rule

[@blitzscreen243]

What are they talking about property tax on your car never heard of this where I live u pax tax on car when you buy at dmv and that the last time we pay tax on it . Are they talking about paying and renewing the registrations?

[@MrSubaru1387]

No, annual property tax. We pay that yearly property tax to get our plate sticker.

[@nicholasagnew2792]

If you want Audi Quattro performance just get a W8 Passat.

[@buss1205]

one does not just simply sell their baja turbo

[@SMUDESS]

aye my crosstrek

[@MrSubaru1387]

My favorite color.

[@SMUDESS]

@@MrSubaru1387 same! My only complaint is it chips easy af

[@matthewmoore5698]

Baby poop yellow!

[@mr2loverboy]

Subaru guys will defend Subaru bad engines till eternity lol

[@nowiecoche]

No, Subaru guys will defend good engines till eternity. Despite the head gasket debacle, the EJ25 is a solid engine that will run for years with great care and maintenance. You abuse and neglect it, engine will become toast. Take good care of your engine.

[@lieutenantdan8170]

@@nowiecoche Ooooo we got one

[@fujiwatertofumi5363]

GOB BLESS

[@91fox29]

Let’s be 100% clear Subarus do not compare they are weak just say that lol they can’t take a beating and the head gasket is definitely a weakness souly because of the design of the engine it’s junk they don’t make power or do anything cool other then sound cool. I still love them but I’ve never seen or known of a good running fast one they always always break lol

[@Edgar_84]

Mr Subaru is a nice guy but he is definitely sugarcoating well known Subaru issues. There’s literally no excuse for even stock engines blowing up, head gaskets issues, oil starvation issues like in the BRZ, and all kinds of other problems that manifest more frequently than just about any other serious manufacturer. Oh… and don’t even get me started on the rust issues. So basically it seems like if you want to drive your Subaru on the long term you need lots of preventative maintenance, drive it lightly and don’t let it see any wintertime- which paradoxically is what Subarus are marketed for: their notorious symmetrical 4WD system. The golden age Subaru cars are hard to find - anything between probably 1997-2009 was a pretty good package when new but at the current time it’s just too old and prone to breakdowns. As for the newer ones-they’re just bland products with cheap plastics and no driver engagement.

[@okniceguy]

I was not loving the Kilmer hate. I like how it was redirected to something postive.

[@anotherseoulnative8781]

Hot take: adding a cold air intake shouldn’t blow the engine. That doesn’t make any sense at all dude

[@MrSubaru1387]

Leaning out an already lean engine with a CAI doesn't make sense?

[@3ToeCo]

Changing the intake on any MAF car should absolutely be tuned to prevent fueling issues. Most of the time aftermarket intakes don’t actually bring in colder air than a factory setup The most important feature of an aftermarket intake in the extra noise. My IATs are higher with an intake on my Baja Turbo, but it makes the good whooshing noises

[@Hanschepu]

Subaru be way too finicky - MrSubaru claims that putting an intake could blow up your engine YET the OEM ECU's from subaru have the advance multiplier value that can add/reduce fuel and timing yet they blow up. fun cars, but the EJ is a weak ass engine, no if's/but's and in case of the VA WRX's the stock tune from the factory is shit those be knocking at random 100% stock even with premium gas. Heck dont get me started on the new FA24 from the BRZ.. shit be losing oil pressure just from right hand turns.. like WTF?!

[@fireemblemaddict128]

He says Subarus aren't unreliable but then has 25 Subarus. Hmm

[@HAV0X_]

one for each day next month you fix all of them

[@spitsomefire]

Half of Matcos tools are rebranded junk

[@MrSubaru1387]

All. lol

[@spitsomefire]

@@MrSubaru1387 Mac tools makes it obviously with their impacts

[@91fox29]

Bro there are so many better cars out there buying a Subaru makes no since. The best shop in my state can’t even get my boys wrx to handle and drive good I grew up around these cars every variation since the 90s and up to now is slow and unreliable no I mean absolutely zero potential stop protecting Subarus they need to step the game up Subaru owners don’t even try to race anymore because they know the outcome no question

[@deazy3409]

Is anyone else getting spammed with ads every 2 minutes??