Subaru Questions
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Rosco862003
Adventurer
Theprofessional
Silent Footfalls
well, the rally cars have completely different suspension specs to begin with.
thanks!
this thread needs 200% m0Ar rally pig.
and a TiC rally bull just for good measure.
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machine1
Explorer
Rally suspensions consist of long travel coilover spring setups. The last one I priced out was over $5K, that was just for the coilovers.
The only affordable lift options for the Forester are lift spacers ranging between 1-2" for the 2009-up models. The older Foresters have the option to go up to 6" of lift with subframe spacers.
In the US, the three popular lift kit companies are Primitive Racing, Subtle Solutions, and Sumo Racing. Gorilla off-road made spacers at one point in time.
A newer Forester starts with almost 9 inches of ground clearance with a flat bottom (no pumpkin hanging down). With a 2" inch lift and a 1" larger tire you can approach a foot of ground clearance in a Forester.
SG Forester (2003-2008)
SH Forester (2009-2013)
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Hondaslayer
Adventurer
98 (SF) Forester on 08 (SG) struts (+1) with Ironman (+2) springs and 1/2in spacers.
Now I have added GD (02-07 Impreza sedan) control arms and lateral links to widen the track and trailing arms off a 98 Outback (slightly longer to compensate for the lift in back)
Tires are 215/75-15 Grabber AT2 and barely clear the spring perches.
With the larger tires it doesn't look lifted, it looks "right" When we park next to stock Foresters it's blatantly obvious how much higher it is
Theprofessional
Silent Footfalls
Yeah, i have those tires on my Outback. They should come stock.
Theprofessional
Silent Footfalls
Congrats on the new Subi
WagoneerSX4
Adventurer
I get that a lot with my car too. When it was lifted with the stock tires it was really obvious it was lifted because of the massive tire gap. But with the larger tires fitted it looks normal again. You really only noticed it's lifted when it's parked beside a stock car and it's 4" higher off the ground.With the larger tires it doesn't look lifted, it looks "right" When we park next to stock Foresters it's blatantly obvious how much higher it is
rover4x4
Adventurer
Subarus with the FB engines seem to have a lot of issues. The EJ engines had the headgasket issues early on. The FB engines are in the later foresters and the gen 4 outbacks and legacys. the FB 20 found in the crosstrek also seems to have the same oil consumtopn engine ring issues. Have any of yall encountered this
Theprofessional
Silent Footfalls
Isn't high oil consumption just a boxer thing in general?
reachdean
Observer
Oil consumption has been an issue with the FB engines. It's not just "a boxer thing."
The EJ motors I've had in my cars (1x 1.8L DOHC, 1x 2.5L DOHC, 2x 2.5L SOHC, 1x 2.5L SOHC w Active Valve Lift) have all been fine with oil, losing at most half a quart between oil changes (a couple used more, but as the result of a head gasket failure, not consumption).
The EJ motors I've had in my cars (1x 1.8L DOHC, 1x 2.5L DOHC, 2x 2.5L SOHC, 1x 2.5L SOHC w Active Valve Lift) have all been fine with oil, losing at most half a quart between oil changes (a couple used more, but as the result of a head gasket failure, not consumption).