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Re: VIR Event [paisan]
by ateixeira
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Feb 28, 2007 (7:08 am)
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Replying to: paisan (Feb 27, 2007 9:38 pm)
Sweet, mike.
Did you actually pop-rivet a metal plate to cover the moonroof opening? That's so ghetto, I love it! 
It's funny to see the dash - so straight forward that even 13 years later it's purely functional.
-juice
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- #2612 of 2660
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Re: VIR Event [ateixeira]
by paisan
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Feb 28, 2007 (7:14 am)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Feb 28, 2007 7:08 am)
Yes it's required to cover the opening from where the moon roof was for safety reasons. It actually is a lot better than some of the roof-plugs I've seen out there. Silicone and then aluminum popped on. Now if we can figure out the mechanical issues we'd be in great shape!
you'll notice only some of the dash is there, the dash-bar that we had to install goes right through the middle of the dash you can see it behind the left-passenger vent.
-mike
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Re: VIR Event [paisan]
by ateixeira
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Feb 28, 2007 (7:15 am)
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Replying to: paisan (Feb 28, 2007 7:14 am)
I'm sure the aluminum saves you a *lot* of weight compared to all that glass plus the entire mechanism to open/close it.
-juice
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Re: VIR Event [ateixeira]
by paisan
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Feb 28, 2007 (7:16 am)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Feb 28, 2007 7:15 am)
Yup, the unit is sitting at the shop, between the glass and the motor (which is mounted high) we saved probably 75-100lbs.
-mike
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Re: VIR Event [paisan]
by hondafriek
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Feb 28, 2007 (7:18 am)
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Replying to: paisan (Feb 27, 2007 9:38 pm)
It's former owner would be crying if he saw it now, a beautiful mint rare car destroyed IMHO.
Cheers Pat.
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Re: VIR Event [hondafriek]
by paisan
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Feb 28, 2007 (7:21 am)
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Replying to: hondafriek (Feb 28, 2007 7:18 am)
It's not destroyed, the car had come to the end of it's usefulness as a street car with over 150k on it, the AC wasn't working, and some other issues like a leaky roof etc made it not able to perform it's day to day duties as a daily driver. So rather than sell it for like $1500 why not bring it to the greatness of standing proudly on the podium showing what a "lesser" car can do?
The great part is that when the windows are up, since they are tinted, the car looks nearly stock from the outside. So people dismiss it until it goes out in the RACE group rather than the HPDE group!
The former owner is actually on this board! Heck if we get good enough, and travel down to TX, he may even take it out on the track!
-mike
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Re: VIR Event [hondafriek]
by ateixeira
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Feb 28, 2007 (7:22 am)
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Replying to: hondafriek (Feb 28, 2007 7:18 am)
I don't think they were rare, not really. It's not like they're a collectible.
I'd cringe if it were an SVX, maybe.
That Legacy has lived its useful life on the streets, and is now getting a 2nd life on the track. That's the way I see it.
-juice
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- #2618 of 2660
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Re: VIR Event [ateixeira]
by paisan
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Feb 28, 2007 (7:23 am)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Feb 28, 2007 7:22 am)
Actually it's rarer than the SVX. There are only about 2000 or so 5MT Sport Sedans made v. many more SVXs.
-mike
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Re: VIR Event [ateixeira]
by hondafriek
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Mar 01, 2007 (3:04 pm)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Feb 28, 2007 7:22 am)
juice, I am surprised that a diehard car enthusiest such as you would consider that a car has to be a collectible before it would be worth preserving. To me any rare car would be worth preserving. Like Paisan says the Legacy Turbo 5MT was rare to begin with, and Paisan has one of the rarest of all, an origional rustfree example.
Cheers Pat.
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Re: VIR Event [hondafriek]
by paisan
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Mar 01, 2007 (3:19 pm)
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Replying to: hondafriek (Mar 01, 2007 3:04 pm)
However in that vain, the turbo legacy was built specifically for racing, this was the first 555 Rally car that Subaru campaigned and essentially brought them to where they are today with WRC, so having it live on as a race car, is not a bad thing IMO. We are trying to keep it as stock-looking as possible and even the drivetrain is 99% stock on it.
-mike
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