 One issue that's going to come up when you start getting to some serious power levels is fuelling. Simply put, your stock fuel system can't keep up after even a mild turbocharger upgrade. So we're going to go over one of the items you'll need to install, an AVO high-flow 245l/hr fuel pump. You can buy the pump alone and install it in the assembly, but that does take a bit of work. Or you can buy one of the AVO fuel pump assemblies, which makes it a loooot easier…
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 Next on the list is the rear endlinks replacement. These stock rear endlinks were coming out, and heavy duty AVO endlinks were going in. As with the front suspension, it's an easy job. You will probably spend the majority of your install time finding your 14mm socket. This is another job that can be difficult to do unless you do it on ramps. If you jack up the entire rear of the car and put both sides on jackstands, it can be difficult as the suspension may swing down further than the swaybar can travel. As long as the car is sitting on it's suspension as normal, there is no tension on the swaybar, making this much easier. |
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 AVO Heavy Duty Front endlinks are one of the easier jobs to do, especially if you are using ramps. It will be more difficult to do if you jack the car in the air, as that causes the swaybar to twist, and can make it difficult to get the endlinks on and off. When the car is sitting on it's suspension as normal, there is no tension on the swaybar, making this much easier. |
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 21mm Front anti-roll bar Polyurethane Bushing install guide.
This, generally, is a quick job to do. It should take 30 minutes to an hour at most, depending on the state of the various nuts/bolts you need to remove. Older cars should probably get some loosening agents on them before hand. This is another job that is perhaps easiest with the car on some ramps, instead of jacking it up into the air and putting it on jackstands. That is so there is no tension on the anti-roll bar, which makes bolting and unbolting of parts much easier.
I recommend some safety glasses, overalls, and a hat while you are doing this. The underside of the car gathers a lot of dirt, and you'll get liberally sprayed with it while you are working.
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 The first thing to go on our Project 2.5i Outback is some rear underbody braces. Not exactly the most exotic place to start, but I wanted to start tightening up the rather loose feel to this car. Despite being only 3 years old, it has been driven over 60,000 miles a year, now sitting at 182,000 miles and climbing. That's not km, that's miles. So while in fairly good nick, the entire feedback from the car's suspension is fairly loose. So I took a couple of hours on this job... |
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 Project Outback 2.5i has officially started! What we have here is one recently purchased Subaru Outback 2.5i (2.5-liter naturally aspirated flat four) with 5MT transmission. It has, well... a bit of mileage (182,000 miles!). So, yeah, it feels about as loose as a 48 year old Dallas cheerleader. Definitely been well broken in. But otherwise in good mechanical condition, with a few scrapes here and there and in dire need of a refresh. |
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 Superlap/World Time Attack at Eastern Creek International Raceway
AVO's got it's grubby little fingers stuck in a lot of pies, stirring up some racing action in all corners of the globe. The latest work in Australia was on Clayton Sinclair's time attack Impreza. The crew there had been working day and night to get Clayton's old 5-speed GC8 Impreza up to snuff for the Superlap/World Time Attack Open Class. It's been a right hard bit of work too, with little time to spare. |
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 2010 HyperMeet at Tsukuba - Evo vs. STI
Let's get this out of the way first. See that thing that Ross's daughter is holding up? That's right, a podium finish in the 5 lap battle (3rd place), and we were the fastest Impreza in that as well. And, I think, the fastest Impreza of the day. Yes, it was a good 2010 Hypermeet.
It got down to good driving, and better preparation. We were a bit faster out of the corners, and had a bit more power. Just another 70+ hp.... Under the hood was the same Cosworth built 2.5-liter that we started with 4 years ago. That's right, it's still plugging along, running like an absolute champ even after 4 years of track usage. It hasn't been opened up once since we got it, and if that isn't a testament to Cosworth's engine building talents, I don't know what is. It hasn't been running a light load either. Up till our race in December we've been running about 520hp, and for this event we bumped up the odds by running nearly 600hp. |
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 AVO Turboworld is proud to announce the new AVO380 v2!
The AVO380 is one of our smallest upgrade turbochargers for turbocharged Subaru's, yet it is quite a large size increase from stock. With 44 lb/min of air flow, it's a hefty increase over your stock turbocharger, up to 35% more! More air into your turbocharged motor means power - a lot more power. But how much air a turbocharger can flow is only part of the equation, for the efficiency of your compressor and exhaust housing design is just as important. That is why we've gone back to the drawing board and re-designed both of those elements. |
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