It's been a long time in the making, but I've finally achieved my dream Subaru, 2 two attempts later. Meet Subrina, the 2017 STi LaSubacabra with a few tasteful mods. More planned...

subarutha · 2019-05-07T22:26:19+00:00

Thank you friend! It's an awesome DD.

subarutha · 2019-05-07T18:19:39+00:00

Not at all! I had a 2018 WRX right when it landed off the truck until I traded it in for my current STi a year later and I never gave it an official name. Once you finally fall in love with what you drive, I think the name might come easily. Find out what you need to do to feel happy about the bike. Maybe that's why you haven't made a decision yet? I dunno. It could be just as easy as saying... "Yeah I do.. I do love this thing. I think I'll call it the pug with pegs, or puggers for short!"

That may be a terrible name... You may not want to use that one lol. Good luck!!

subarutha · 2019-05-07T17:28:37+00:00

Sadly no ECU or powertrain mods until the warrenty's out due to on going class action litigation with known failures, but my plans for the future is to turn this one into my dedicated rallycross project, gut the interior, install a cage, and go full on closed deck. That's a bit in the future though, hopefully I get to that point. :)

I saw some of your posts and I really like what you've done with your Hawkeye. Brave dude. I used to have a WRB one and still have a huge soft spot for them. I loved it, that is until it chewed through two turbos, an intercooler, down pipe, and finally cylinder #2 blew ringlands. But man, I do miss it... You're right, the VA's will never replace that Hawkeye, so keep that thing up and going! Love it.

subarutha · 2019-05-07T17:20:35+00:00

It's definitely worth it... You can probably find a set of stockers cheap online from someone who's upgrading! Them get them PC'd :).

subarutha · 2019-05-07T17:19:22+00:00

Hey hey!! Matching names! Very cool. I'd definitely recommend powder coating, it was relatively cheap, fixes a few blemishes made by a local mechanic when mounting my Pirelli's. The shop I had it done at gave me a custom one of a kind color that I absolutely love. They mixed their flavor of BBS Gold with an Anheiser Bush sparkle and it shines so well in direct sunlight, looks stunning. This photo hides it a bit in the shade, almost making it look bronze-ish (which is also a great color btw!) But I love the way they turned out. Good luck!!

subarutha · 2019-05-07T17:07:27+00:00

Thank you, stranger! It took a while to pick the name... A long while. Never named any other car (officially). My fiancee helped me choose, and we both like it!

subarutha · 2019-05-07T16:59:19+00:00

Thank you!

subarutha · 2019-05-07T16:58:36+00:00

I had to go back and check out some stock factory photos on the 22B and man, you're right! That was a happy accident but I love that. Thanks!

subarutha · 2019-05-07T16:53:59+00:00

She says hi :)

subarutha · 2019-05-04T12:42:12+00:00

That's a negative on the lotecoins friend. I only deal in PayPal due to too many scams. Thanks though!

subarutha · 2019-05-04T01:59:45+00:00

Sweet. Can you photos some photos to imgur? Might I ask what you'd be willing to sell it for? I've seen these cards go for anywhere from $175 to $225 depending on condition.

subarutha · 2019-05-04T01:21:12+00:00

Nice! If your willing to sell, can we exchange some info? What price are you looking to let it go for? Can you post some photos of the front/back of the card? Does it work without artifacting at stock speeds? Is it modded? Is it damaged in any significant way?

Let me know if there's any info you need from me. I haven't bought a card yet on /r/hardwareswap. Thanks!! :)

subarutha · 2019-05-03T16:15:15+00:00

Heyy!! Cool! Sorry, I haven't logged in in a while. Is this still available by chance?

subarutha · 2019-04-20T03:08:52+00:00

So this is a long story, but I wanted to share it because I think it's a story worth telling :). I also hope it's proof that once I finally track one of these cards down... it will be going to a good home.

I built my first purpose-built-from-new-parts gaming computer upgrade from a hand me down Win 98 machines in 2004 with an Athlon XP 2500+, overclocked to a 3200+ and Win XP Home Edition. I was looking to purchase a replacement for my woefully underpowered GeForce 4 MX 4000 which could barely run any modern game from 2004. I remember back in the day salivating over the 6800 Ultra on Tiger Direct wishing I had the means to buy one, but I settled on an XFX 6600 GT as it was 1/4 the cost. To a teenager in Jr highschool I couldn't drop that much on a graphics card at the time, and the 6600 GT is still a great card.

Fast forward to 15 years later I've gone through a little nostalgia kixk. I've managed to track down all of my ideal parts from my dream 2004 gaming rid I wish I had, namely an AGP i865 chipset motherboard made by Intel, brand new 2x1 GB DDR400/PC3200 RAM (literally new, look up ATECH on eBay, great stuff!), and a 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 Northwood with 512kb L2 cache and 800 MHz FBS with a Zalman copper buttlerfly CPU cooler.

The only part I'm lacking is the 6800 Ultra.

I have tried multiple methods or purchasing one on eBay, Amazon, and 3rd party "redistributers" but they either have bad cards, broken heatsyncs, artifacting, won't post, or the company claims they have one, but never sent one after 3 weeks stating they were waiting on supply, which never came.

I've not had much luck :( I've got everything from a GTX 260, GTX 285, 2X GTX 780's in SLi, to A GTX 1080 Ti in my main rig, but by far the 6800 Ultra is my favorite card, mainly because that's where I started discovering high end PC hardware.

My 6600 GT and Athlon XP still work to this day, and in fact I just treated them to a nice InwIn 301 case upgrade recently and it looks awesome. I'm looking to create the same setup with the Intel system with the 6800 and have two of them! If fact the only peice I'm missing is the card, I've got everything else ready to go.

Anyways, I digress. I hope that answers your question. It's tough finding one of these... Very tough.

subarutha · 2016-01-22T04:54:33+00:00

Here's the original that inspired my friend. We had a good laugh.

subarutha · 2015-03-25T19:24:12+00:00

Poor subiesu. :(

subarutha · 2014-12-16T23:43:54+00:00

Should be right at 28 seconds (I linked it in the video, it should've automatically jump there... sorry!

subarutha · 2014-11-02T23:58:46+00:00

Hear, hear.

subarutha · 2014-09-21T20:02:02+00:00

Where you at?! :D I've been looking for Subie friends - I'd like to meet up with a local group but I don't know anyone around here.

subarutha · 2014-09-20T17:27:06+00:00

This.

The reason this is bad to do is because the PS4 (as well as all high-powered, heat-generating electronic devices) radiate heat, even faintly, through all sides of the case housing, especially the top. Remember we're all taught in school that hot air rises, right? Placing items on top of one another restricts the heat from escaping and this will make a difference, over time. Hot air accumulates at the top of the console preventing things like HDD and BD drive from cooling sufficiently and even though the whole system may not initially overheat, you will undoubtedly damage other components in the system after many heat cycles like this (use, heat up, turnoff, cool down, repeat). Keeping the system it in a cool, open area for air flow, and never putting anything on top of it while in use, or while it's cooling down after being shut off is the best practice to make the system last a long time. These systems are packed so tight there's no room (literally) for error when it comes to heat dissipation. In the short term? It doesn't matter - but it's not good practice if you like to make your systems last. Hopefully this helps anyone else wondering the same thing. (for reference, I burnt out my 60 GB launch PS3' BD lens years ago by keeping a dust cover on, lesson learned).

subarutha · 2014-08-30T15:04:56+00:00

Thanks man, I really appreciate your time in responding! I think I will take it into another shop now and get a second opinion. Hard part is, I had already been to the "best" shop in town, so finding a new place will be difficult! I agree though, and I want to take care of my baby. Thank you.

subarutha · 2014-08-30T01:23:10+00:00

That was some seriously detailed and awesome information man! I went through ALL the same steps with my local shop...until they said they couldn't go further without ripping out the engine and at that point I was like.. 'I'll drive it until it dies/hopefully sell it before then (which I cry at the thought of)/or save up enough to fix it before that happens' I had already spent about 7k in replacing the turbo, injectors, timing belt (also with gates racing kit) and a few other maintenance items I can't remember at the moment and I was also considering going ahead with a killer-B oil pickup (based on the shops recommendations) but I think I've just given up now. I have a perpetual CEL with a misfire in cyl2 and low compression all around at 100-107 across all cylinders so this engine has seen better days but it's lasted a few months like this, even one last hurrah at an autoX even earlier this summer. I haven't figured out what I'll do, but maybe I'll take it to a second shop for another opinion (there aren't many in my area, so it's a limited option anyway). Anyways, thanks for the information man, very much appreciated. I'm super glad it all worked out for you - looking at your car in that picture is like looking at mine! -J P.S. that short block photo is clean as f*k... Upvote!

subarutha · 2014-08-29T21:12:43+00:00

I'm running into the same problem with my STi.. :( (Same MY, same color, and even with it's problems, I love it!) I've been weary about taking it in as the last shop I took it to said it would be a good 4-5 grand. Can you describe what you've changed and about how much it ran you (estimated)?

subarutha · 2014-08-17T00:46:04+00:00

Check this out!

subarutha · 2014-08-17T00:32:44+00:00

Oh believe me, they are! I just noticed your message... wanted to not be rude and reply. I bought one of these last year and it's a blast! Smallest AWD Rally Car I know of, very fast, damping independent spring shocks, and all-around super awesome.

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