Hot Rodding an Outback 3.0 Six

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suburboturbo

Hoping to hear from anyone with long term and/or power modification
experience with the 3.0 six. I currently drive a 2004 WRX wagon and
my wife a 2006 Outback 3.0. The plan is to sell the WRX next fall, I
take the Outback, she gets a sedan, and I buy a used Miata or
motorcycle for my "fun" driving. Love the WRX, but just doesn't fit
the overall plan. The capacity and clearance of the Outback are
plusses, as is the luxo interior, somthing I haven't had for a long
time. '06 was a sleek body design with high ground clearance, so as
looks go, prefer to the WRX. Power in the 3.0 is adequate, and the 5
speed auto at least has a sequential manual shiftgate. But I'm
spoiled by the WRX and would love to juice up the six. Have seen a
supercharger kit offerred for the Tribeca, and this is basically the
same platform minus 500-600 lbs, so if it fit under the hood could be
a screamer. Any others that people have tried?
 
suburboturbo said:
Hoping to hear from anyone with long term and/or power modification
experience with the 3.0 six. I currently drive a 2004 WRX wagon and
my wife a 2006 Outback 3.0. The plan is to sell the WRX next fall, I
take the Outback, she gets a sedan, and I buy a used Miata or
motorcycle for my "fun" driving. Love the WRX, but just doesn't fit
the overall plan. The capacity and clearance of the Outback are
plusses, as is the luxo interior, somthing I haven't had for a long
time. '06 was a sleek body design with high ground clearance, so as
looks go, prefer to the WRX. Power in the 3.0 is adequate, and the 5
speed auto at least has a sequential manual shiftgate. But I'm
spoiled by the WRX and would love to juice up the six. Have seen a
supercharger kit offerred for the Tribeca, and this is basically the
same platform minus 500-600 lbs, so if it fit under the hood could be
a screamer. Any others that people have tried?

I don't think there's a lot for the engine. Probably some
suspension/braking stuff though.
dig around at www.nasioc.com
also, Dale Teague at www.boxer4racing.com will have some
H6/outback/legacy handling and go fast bits.

Carl
 
I don't think there's a lot for the engine. Probably some
suspension/braking stuff though.
dig around atwww.nasioc.com
also, Dale Teague atwww.boxer4racing.comwill have some
H6/outback/legacy handling and go fast bits.

Carl

Carl,

Thanks for the boxer4racing link. As you said, not much for the
engine. I had seen a video clip posted at nasioc of an outback 3.0 on
a track and it was surprsingly nimble despite its height. Subaru did
a nice job with weight distribution on this model with most of the
overhead mass aluminum. At first glance misread that name and thought
of Dick Teague, legendary designer responsible for, among other
things, the Packard Carribean and AMC AMX, Gremlin and Pacer. Wonder
if there's a connection? Would make for an interesting historical
progression.
 
suburboturbo said:
Carl,

Thanks for the boxer4racing link. As you said, not much for the
engine. I had seen a video clip posted at nasioc of an outback 3.0 on
a track and it was surprsingly nimble despite its height. Subaru did
a nice job with weight distribution on this model with most of the
overhead mass aluminum. At first glance misread that name and thought
of Dick Teague, legendary designer responsible for, among other
things, the Packard Carribean and AMC AMX, Gremlin and Pacer. Wonder
if there's a connection? Would make for an interesting historical
progression.

I have no connection with boxer4 other than I bought my stromung
axle-back from him. He even confirmed that it would fit the 06s before
taking my order - no complaints.
They also offer an interesting service - they will install Koni yellow
shocks inside soob struts and swap out with you're struts (like a core
exchange). I've seen a website that shows the steps, but not everyone is
a DIYer.
Anyway - they seem to have a few Legacy bits at decent prices.

good luck!

Carl
 

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