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Old May 15, 2006 | 04:51 PM
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My dad has a 2005 subaru baja turbo. He wanted to make it quicker so i figured a simple tune,intake,and uppipe and or downpipe would do it. No come to find out this doenst work with this. Some cars dont like certine intakes bla bla bla. Its soo gay why cant it be easy like all fords. Add a intake,exhuast and a tune and its a whole new animal. ****ing subaru's. Atleast they run forever.
 
Old May 15, 2006 | 04:55 PM
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I never liked the baja's....
 
Old May 15, 2006 | 05:02 PM
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shoulda went with the STI
 
Old May 15, 2006 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by roushrider81
shoulda went with the STI
why so i cant have a bed or the fold down rear seat to hold more ****?
 
Old May 15, 2006 | 06:48 PM
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Try checking out Turbo XS, they have alot of UTEC stuff for subi's you might be able to find something there. Also try a simple Turbo XS manual boost controller...$75 along with an intercooler upgrade like the STI top-mount...much bigger.
 
Old May 15, 2006 | 07:07 PM
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like i said we werent looking to much just a tune,intake upgrade, and maybe some exhuast work. As of now were just gonna do a drop in K&N, pull the intake silencer out (he wants to be able ot hear it a bit more, as you cant hear it at all now.) and get a flasher from cobb tuning. That should be good enough for this car err truck.
 
Old May 15, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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The place where my brother got his car supercharged (1.7KB, then went back and tuned it, making 366RWHP with 6psi non-intercooled!) also does alot of subaru work, in fact they are subaru first, mustang second... XXTuning is the shiznit if u live in CT, and they have a TON of fast subies...
 
Old May 15, 2006 | 08:09 PM
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Get on the subaru forums and ask them whats best.
 
Old May 15, 2006 | 09:52 PM
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Get on the subaru forums and ask them whats best.
have been, thats how i found out modding them sucks deek.
 
Old May 16, 2006 | 06:14 AM
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i used to have a suburu baja turbo also... i agree they were a pain in the *** to mod, i ended up selling it within a year. good luck.
 
Old May 16, 2006 | 06:37 AM
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i know one mod that garontee's horsepower . . it doenst care what car it is on. . or who . . its a little friend i like to call





Nitrous.
 
Old May 16, 2006 | 06:39 AM
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not gonna happen ont he baja rusty. Found a tuner that is gonna kick the boost up from 12 to 16-17 psi and remap the fuel aand timing curves all for 300bucks. From a tuning company gonna get that and a intake and see how it is.
 
Old May 16, 2006 | 07:04 AM
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ahh thats sweet, should pick up some horsepower.


we're going to have to go out cruising in the sweet 'bu


p.s. A guy i work with does rally-x all the time, can we please take the baha and go rally it?

PLEASE
 
Old May 16, 2006 | 07:06 AM
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So your dad is the one guy who bought a Baja j/k

But seriously those are Aztek ugly
 
Old May 16, 2006 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by 04DarkShadowGT
So your dad is the one guy who bought a Baja j/k

But seriously those are Aztek ugly
Its more like a subaru outback without an ***
nothing against them though
 
Old May 16, 2006 | 04:28 PM
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no its really a Legacy GT wagon but high up and with the bed, and the cool back part that folds down like the avalanches which my dad also has. He loves the rear fold down part. Makes the baja's bed about 2-3 feet longer when the backs down.
 
Old May 17, 2006 | 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by spike_africa
no its really a Legacy GT wagon but high up and with the bed, and the cool back part that folds down like the avalanches which my dad also has. He loves the rear fold down part. Makes the baja's bed about 2-3 feet longer when the backs down.
If your dad has an avalanche, why did he buy the Baja?
 
Old May 17, 2006 | 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by 04DarkShadowGT
If your dad has an avalanche, why did he buy the Baja?
because he like the rear fold down option that it has like the avalache does. Plus its sporty so my mom drives it. Plus it gets almost double what the avalanche gets MPG wise. And because he can.
 
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