long travel Outbacks or making Subarus faster and more reliable offroad

[el_freddo]

For weight distribution you’re almost better off putting a quality fuel cell behind the front seats in the foot wells. 

Im loving the bracing work. My L series could do with this! Although if I tightened up the rear end like this the rest of the body would probably take up more of the body flex and create other issues… 

Cheers 

Bennie

[pontoontodd]

5 hours ago, el_freddo said:

For weight distribution you’re almost better off putting a quality fuel cell behind the front seats in the foot wells. 

Im loving the bracing work. My L series could do with this! Although if I tightened up the rear end like this the rest of the body would probably take up more of the body flex and create other issues… 

Cheers 

Bennie

We do have people riding in our back seats from time to time but boxy fuel cells in the rear wheel wells would be pretty simple, cheap, and low center of gravity.

My green Impreza is a little front heavy though, plus putting the fuel tank in the tire well will be easier to slap a piece of sheet metal over for more fire/leak protection.

Excellent point about the bracing.  Certainly a valid concern, guess we'll see what happens.  On the blue Forester in particular the LR strut tower appears to have been replaced in a crash and we've already had to weld it several times.

[pontoontodd]

Video from our trip to the UP June 2022.  Plan to catch up on these over the winter.

 

Edited yesterday at 03:58 PM by pontoontodd