Dan's 2007 Subaru Liberty GT Spec B Tuned By STI

[mynameisdaniel]

So as many of you know I sold my SP20 for a bit of an upgrade.

I got myself a 2007 Subaru Liberty GT Spec B Tuned By STI. It's number 47 out of only 300 ever sold!

Only had it a few days at this stage but I'm unbelievably happy with it! It's a truly beautiful car with a finish quality that is up there with similar age BMWs.

Seems to have plenty of power, although I haven't opened it up properly yet. Lots of features, leather, and of course AWD.


So far all I've done to it is detail it, has come up brilliantly.

It ended up raining tonight and I didn't feel like getting it dirty already so no 'photos' yet, so you'll have to live with these snapshots from my phone for now.

[marcs_sp20]

SO very very jealous! And has nearly the same lip you had on the SP20!

So what are your plans for it Daniel?

[SP-20-DB]

very nice and like marc also very jelous...

but shhhh i might just have to steal that lip =]=]

[mynameisdaniel]

Originally Posted by marcs_sp20

SO very very jealous! And has nearly the same lip you had on the SP20!

So what are your plans for it Daniel?

Haha thanks, couldn't be happier with it. It's pretty close, although this one costs more than I like to think about...


Ahh yeah forgot plans
It has so much there isn't much I need to add, and even less that I want to change. Hopefully in a few months I'll start work on installing a Car PC with 7" touch screen integrated into the dash giving it a nice OEM look. Then get that running through the 14 speaker sound system.

Performance wise I haven't really pushed it but it's going to take a while to get used to the power it currently has so I won't need any more for quite some time.

At the moment I'm just changing some of the interior and exterior lights out for LEDs and hopefully get some minor dents removed next week so she's looking new again.

[Ben]

Congratulations on the upgrade! It looks brilliant Dan! Cant wait to see what you do to it!

[DavoAust]

Very nice, my favourite liberty shape too. Now get up here and we can have a AWD Turbo drive through the hills. Its just a short drive to Brissie

[Zenki]

Nice one Dan! Don't you just love silver color cars :P

Wondering how much did it cost you?

[BG1.8sp]

Hey there! Nice car man! Love these, they drive so smooth

My brother has one of these too... Except white
Performance wise, stock... It doesn't put much down to the road... Only put down 100KW at all 4 in full stock form. Which is no where near its potential.
When you do want power, the number one thing to replace is the dump pipe.... The waste gate side is literally completely blocked... If you don't believe me I will take a pic... It's sitting in my shed
This creates a huge restriction.
With just an aftermarket dump and a retune on the ecu, it put out 178KW at all 4 peak... But due to stock inter cooler couldn't repeat this figure, so boost got turned down 1.5 psi which then ran 165KW at all 4 consistently.
So if u are after a bit more, you could easily run 180KW at all 4 all day if you did the dump, aftermarket top mount inter cooler and a retune.
even running 165KW it is still enough to step the car out completely sideways in second through a corner
Plenty of torque.
Keep us updated on the car,
Enjoy.

[z100]

Such a nice car, enjoy it. Interior looks so plush!
Big fan of the Sti Liberty Wagons personally, maybe one day...

[mynameisdaniel]

Originally Posted by SP-20-DB

very nice and like marc also very jelous...

but shhhh i might just have to steal that lip =]=]

Haha thanks, might look a little odd with an STI logo on a Mazda

Originally Posted by Ben

Congratulations on the upgrade! It looks brilliant Dan! Cant wait to see what you do to it!

Cheers, can't wait to get started, I know once I start modding it I won't be able to stop

Originally Posted by DavoAust

Very nice, my favourite liberty shape too. Now get up here and we can have a AWD Turbo drive through the hills. Its just a short drive to Brissie

Thanks, it's a very nice shape, if they released it today I doubt anyone would say it looks old. Haha can't wait to try it through the hills around here, QLD is a little too far though

Originally Posted by Zenki

Nice one Dan! Don't you just love silver color cars :P

Wondering how much did it cost you?

Yeah, they only released this model in silver and black. Loved the SP20 in silver and I think this one looks pretty nice in silver too

A lot

Originally Posted by BG1.8sp

Hey there! Nice car man! Love these, they drive so smooth

My brother has one of these too... Except white
Performance wise, stock... It doesn't put much down to the road... Only put down 100KW at all 4 in full stock form. Which is no where near its potential.
When you do want power, the number one thing to replace is the dump pipe.... The waste gate side is literally completely blocked... If you don't believe me I will take a pic... It's sitting in my shed
This creates a huge restriction.
With just an aftermarket dump and a retune on the ecu, it put out 178KW at all 4 peak... But due to stock inter cooler couldn't repeat this figure, so boost got turned down 1.5 psi which then ran 165KW at all 4 consistently.
So if u are after a bit more, you could easily run 180KW at all 4 all day if you did the dump, aftermarket top mount inter cooler and a retune.
even running 165KW it is still enough to step the car out completely sideways in second through a corner
Plenty of torque.
Keep us updated on the car,
Enjoy.

Cheers, it is very smooth in intelligent mode. Switch it to sports sharp and it's so responsive, sadly the bilstein the STI version has is pretty solid so it does take away the smoothness a little, but it's worth it

Yeah dump pipe, TBE, FMIC and a tune would be the first things I do for some more power. Although I'd probably do that all at once and that's a long way off

Originally Posted by z100

Such a nice car, enjoy it. Interior looks so plush!
Big fan of the Sti Liberty Wagons personally, maybe one day...

Thanks, yeah I love the interior. It's very classy, electric seat, dual climate control. Wouldn't expect it from the aggressive exterior

[BG1.8sp]

Yeah I'd do it all at once, best way for sure. I found that on stock tune there is slight hesitation at about 4000. That is basically due to the dump pipe.
If u want I can get more info on the dump my brother used... Pretty sure it was a Phat dump. Is a hand made dump, engine pipe and removes one cat. Extremely nice piece of fabrication. Made by a local engineer near me.
Will get more info on it and prices if u want. Also one of the only dumps that are a True bolt on. All others have fitment issues

[z100]

Auto or manual? Not that it matters!

[mynameisdaniel]

Haha yeah, the dump pipe you're talking about is made by a guy who's forum name is Phat_GT on a liberty forum I've been spending some time on. Definitely sounds like it's the way to go. If and when I decide I want more power

Manual, I didn't even consider any auto cars

[Noble323]

Wow !

These are one of my favorite's car for its price range, sister has a 06' version i really loved everything about it.

Enjoy it ! Personally i'd leave it stock as it looks nice as it is ! Maybe wheels - but thats it !

Congratz !

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[Chris_180]

Fkn awesome mate, my fave Liberty too!!

[BG1.8sp]

Originally Posted by mynameisdaniel

Haha yeah, the dump pipe you're talking about is made by a guy who's forum name is Phat_GT on a liberty forum I've been spending some time on. Definitely sounds like it's the way to go. If and when I decide I want more power

Manual, I didn't even consider any auto cars

Yep that's the bloke.
Wouldn't even consider any other dump. Perfect welds, thick gauge stainless. Just a top piece of fabrication. Changed the dump in just over an hour, no issues at all. And it has plenty of proven duno results

[Rupewrecht]

Cool. A mate's got one of them. Not a bad thing to drive.

[Rhys]

I'd say you lucky devil but I know you've worked damn hard for that so congrats Looks awesome.

I'd hate to see what your insurance is like though!

[xeon8]

So.... Very.... Jealous....

Congrats on the car mate, looks stunning!

[mynameisdaniel]

Originally Posted by Noble323

Wow !

These are one of my favorite's car for its price range, sister has a 06' version i really loved everything about it.

Enjoy it ! Personally i'd leave it stock as it looks nice as it is ! Maybe wheels - but thats it !

Congratz !

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Cheers, it's a great package which is why I chose it. Plus it's not something you see every day like a BMW or Audi.
Exterior wise I don't plan on changing much at all

Originally Posted by Chris_180

Fkn awesome mate, my fave Liberty too!!

Thanks

Originally Posted by Rupewrecht

Cool. A mate's got one of them. Not a bad thing to drive.

Yeah the more I drive it, the more I'm loving it.

Originally Posted by Rhys

I'd say you lucky devil but I know you've worked damn hard for that so congrats Looks awesome.

I'd hate to see what your insurance is like though!

Haha that I have, and it's definitely worth it. Plus I now have bragging rights as it's nicer than some of my mates' cars which they took out loans for

Insurance is pretty bad, a rare performance car driven by a teenager... but I was expecting that

Originally Posted by xeon8

So.... Very.... Jealous....

Congrats on the car mate, looks stunning!

Thanks