Vehicle Owner

Member ID: forester_ranger

Location: springfield, OR

Vehicle Info

1998 Subaru Forester

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Jul 07, 2009

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shane’s Subaru Forester
“Forester Ranger”

  • Currently 3.6941176470588 /5 Stars.
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I sold this Forester June 23, 2006. I will be leaving this page up for memory and for reference. The new owner plans to off-road it and modify it more. Hopefully he will put up a page showing off his mods and adventures. Check out my new 07 FJ Cruiser in my garage to see pics of my current off-road vehicle.

Here's a one of kind 98 Forester that I've owned since new. It has seen allot of off-road use. My mods are for improved off-road use. The stereo sytem is a couple years older than the car, but is all top end Sony ES with Cerwin Vega Speakers. Still Sounds awesome and Loud. Also have Sirius and XM radio hooked up. Garmin E-map GPS, Cobra radar Detector, Cobra CB, and a Uniden radio Scanner. It has a 2 inch suspension lift and 2" body lift. the stock EJ 5-speed single range transmission and diffs were swapped for ea82 Dual-range part-time 4wd tranny with 3:90 diffs and Limited-slip lockers front and rear. Future plans were getting heavy duty off-road bumpers, side rock rails, roof rack and rear spare tire and Extra Gas Can carrier.
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pics above show (left) what my Forester looked like at stock height. (right) It now has 4" of lift.

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above are 2 most recent shot of my Forester.

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Lifted Measurements under front Y-pipe is 10" and 11" under rear diff.

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After some BFH fender well adjustments I now run with 29" Super Swamper TSL/Radial 215/85r15's

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GPS, XM, Sirius, CB, Radar detector, Scanner, Stereo with DSP Equilizer, Cell Phone, and 4 cigarette lighter plugs.

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ea82 5-speed Dual-range gear selecter. shown in FWD.

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dual range lever in 4WD Hi on left and in 4WD Lo on right.

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Dual-range 4wd with Phantom Grip LSD in front Diff and Subaru LSD in rear diff, AWD decals modified to say 4WD

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gear behind rear seat includes map folder, socket set, electrical set, climbing rope and Sony Amps.

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View of 10-disc CD changer, 12" Cerwin Vega Subs, Tire Pump, extra motor oil, and Spotlight.

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Spare Tire well under floor is now used to hold tool box, hand winching gear, bottle jack, jumper cables, bolt cutters, Folding shovel, etc.

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Free Flowing off-road exhaust.

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Suba-Xtreme Sump Gaurd

Page 1 Overview and latest mods.
Page 2 Arizona Pics
Page 3 Utah Pics
Page 4 California Pics
Page 5 New Mexico pics
Page 6 Oregon Pics
Page 7 Forester vs. other 4wd's and my SVX
Page 8 1st pics of 4" lift in Coburg Hills
Page 9 Bohemia Snow Run

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jayrocafella32  

Posted by: jayrocafella32

09/14/2009 07:32AM

huh never seen a lift on a subaru how and were u get the parts

WhiteyPressure  

Posted by: WhiteyPressure

05/18/2009 09:44PM

Awesome! Love the tires! I want them at stock height! Check out mine when you get a chance! 5*

bigbobchamp  

Posted by: bigbobchamp

05/08/2009 09:42PM

Hey nice Subie!! You should check out MySubie.com. It's a new Subaru social network w/ tools to help enthusiasts find parts, reviews, mods, pics, events, and more. Let me know what you think.

IronWhite  

Posted by: IronWhite

04/28/2009 12:02AM

How did You put 215\85 R15 on yor forester? I tried to put 235\75 R15, but I can not... do You have ICQ or skype?

tipnotronic87  

Posted by: tipnotronic87

02/01/2009 04:54PM

i like it finaly not a tuned out forester check out my Jeep some time

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Member ID: forester_ranger

Location: springfield, OR