Grandpa’s Toy
Overview
- Condition: Used
- Make: Subaru
- Kilometers Run: 65
- Engine Capacity: 2.5ltrs
Features:
- ALL Mechanical work performed by FW & M45 performance shops
- Car: 2005 Legacy GT & using many Spec B parts from a wrecked Spec B
- Tuner: Travis Barnes-at M-45 Automotive- Current tune up ( Aug.2025) for Road Racing = 560whp and 475 ft.lbs of torque on only 20 lbs of boost. Maximum power capability = 800+ whp and over 700 ft.lbs of torque at 40lbs or 45lbs of boost.
- Dyno Info: Dyno-Jet, STP correction
- 1)Transmission: STI – Spec B - 6 speed,
- First four gears are STI gears, fifth and sixth are much taller providing much more top end than an STI Transmission.
- 2) Triple Disc Competition Clutch -up to 800ft lbs of torque
- 3) Cobb Quick Shift Kit,
- 4) Oil: Amsoil Synthetic 10-40wt. (approx. 8qts)
- 5) Fuel: VP E98
- 6) Weight: Stock-3485lbs, Lightened-2735lbs (with fuel)
- Engine/Power Modifications:
- 7) Outfront Motorsports V4-2.5Liter Closed Deck Block
- 8) Haltech Elite 2300 ECU and Boomslang Loom 9) Using- Speed Density- instead of MAF system
- 10) Perrin Heavy Duty Motor & Transmission Mounts
- 11) CSF Oversized Radiator, w/built-in oil cooler
- 12) Cosworth HP Oil Pump
- 13) PTFE fuel system
- 14) Crawford High Pressure water pump
- 15) RCM 160 degree Thermostat
- 16) ETS FMIC w/ 4" core
- 17) CP 8:4 pistons
- 18) Supertech +1mm Inconel larger valves, valve guides with matched springs
- 19) Currently using, Custom Demi Elgin cams matched to the flow of the heads and boost of the Turbo go with the car!
- 20) Process West Intake
- 21) ID 2000cc top feed injectors & Radium fuel rail 22) Radium TGV Deletes
- 23) Radium Engineering Surge Tank
- 24) ETS Custom 4” Cool Air System (modified by M&M)
- 25) 3-Walbro 455 LPH Staged Fuel pumps
- 26) Comp Turbo Cust. Twin Scroll Turbo-CT4x-6065-3bb unit, Designed to be used with new heads and cams.
- 27) Manley Turbo Tuff I-beam rods
- 28) ATI Crank Pulley
- 29) King Bearings
- 30) Crawford Catch Can
- 31) STI crank in existing motor,
- 32) Tomei Adjustable Cam Sprockets
- 33) M & M Custom 3” Down Pipe
- 34) M & M Custom 3” Exhaust, Up-Pipe T4 mount, 35) Dual dump tubes w/twin 44mm Tial wastegates
- 36) ARP 625 head studs,
- 37) ARP bolts and studs used throughout the entire motor 38) However, the new motor uses custom Heads and head work by Replika Machinsen Porting & Valve job. These heads flow 18% more than IAG Stage 4 heads from .025 lift to .550 lift. All parts in the new heads, cams, valves, Valve springs and guides are WPC and Cryo Treated
- 39)IAG- EJ Competition Oil Pan, V2 Oil Pickup, Competition Baffle and Windage Tray
- Driveline Modifications:
- 40) B8 Bilstein Shocks & Struts
- 41) Whiteline Differential Reinforced Chassis mounts
- 42) Rallytek Springs
- 43) AVO End Links
- 44) Rallytek Sway Bars
- 45)Torque Solutions Full Support Driveshaft Carrier Bearing
- 46) Megan Racing Adjustable Front and Rear linkage
- 47) All bushings on car have been replaced with Polyurethane bushings
- 48)Drive Shaft Shop – Custom Carbon Fiber Driveshaft capable of handling 900whp.
- Wheels & Brakes
- 49) New Front Brembo Brakes
- 50) Motul High Temp Brake Fluid
- 51) Subaru rear calipers, EBC Pads and much larger rotors 52) RPF1-Custom Powder Coated Enkei Racing Rims 53) New Falken Azenis 660 Red Dot High Performance Tires
- 54) Stainless Steel Brake Lines
- Interior
- 55) Kirkey Seat and cushions
- 56) Custom Rollbar
- 57) Custom Removable Lexan Windows
- 58) Innovate-Data logging Digital Guages
- 59) Element Fire Extinguishers
Description
GRANDPA’s TOY
Project car, has not been raced! Took eight (8) years to complete.
In 2018, this 2005 Subaru Legacy GT was no longer being driven on the street and was just sitting around gathering dust in the garage. It had 100,000 easy miles on it. So, (Grandpa) having built muscle cars many years ago, got together with a number of his racing buddies and associates (mostly engineers) and made the decision to build something different and memorable. Our team enlisted the best technical people we knew who were available on the West Coast, none of our folks, except the great teams from M-45 & FW Motorsports in Northern California had built a Subaru. However, each member of our group was very curious, experienced and knowledgeable about how to build a legitimate full-on race car!
The car presented here is really more suited to Time Attack / Road Racing. The car has the Spec B -6spd transmission, which uses the first four ratios from the STI gearbox, but on the straights, gear 5 and 6 are much taller than the STI gearbox and will provide a very scary top end. Everything on the car has been developed for ease of use. The custom Turbo, Heads and Cams are unique to this engine only and are the reason that our tuner- Travis Barnes of Snail Racing who has tuned 1000’s of Subaru’s stated that this engine is one of the most efficient he has ever tested. It will run all day because of the quality of the parts and the WPC & Cryo treatments that have been done to the Turbo, Cams and valve gear. Water temp stabilizes at 180 degrees and oil temps are 200 degrees the oil pressure idles at 55lbs. The Haltech Elite ECU and gauges provide a spectrum of information that can be used to evaluate and easily make changes as needed. Everything is fresh and ready to go! Of course anybody buying this car will have to set it up for them both with the interior and exterior suspension adjustments with the caster and camber and sway bar adjustments. There is also a front air dam that has not yet been installed on the car as of yet.
The windows are Lexan and can be quickly removed and replaced if need be. The roll bar is NHRA certified and overbuilt for road racing but is safe as hell! However, Grandpa says he is getting too old to drive this beast and is willing to sell it and about $9,000 worth of new parts and one old part (Engine cases) to someone who will take this to the track and have a ball! However, don’t waste Grandpa’s time with ridiculous offers. If you know anything about Subaru’s or building them you know they are not cheap to build! This particular Subaru uses only the very best parts and metal treatments Money can buy! Oh, and by-the- way, speaking of money, Grandpa invested $120,000 to build this gem! Please, very serious inquiries only! I have many more pictures that could be sent by email, as I could not get any of the other pictures I have reduced enough to include them in this format.
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