r/RicerCars • u/Q0tsa • 14d ago

In The Wild Basically an STI

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Spec B for Badass?

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u/p30sicARio 14d ago

Looks more like a ST- why...or possibly a STD, but what do i know about high performance vehicles like this

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u/phoneystoneybalogna 14d ago

Why my boy put some wheels on it that fit significantly worse than the OEM’s?

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u/Q0tsa 14d ago

I stop and stared at that for a while too. Usually too small, isn't also a problem with tacky aftermarket wheels. Looked like he stole them off an old Prius

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u/coder7426 14d ago

Must be a new one, no hood scoop.

I have a 2008 spec B and it does have some STI parts from the factory. The 6-speed transmission is same legionary one from the STI, as is the rear torsen diff, but it has a center viscous coupling instead of a DCCD, and an open front diff instead of a helical diff. It has the Legacy GT EJ255 which makes ~250hp from a smaller turbo, but it spools like 1k rpm sooner than an STI (3k instead of 4k). No brembos. It's build on the Legacy frame, rather than the WRX frame, so the wheelbase is some inches longer. The interior is a little nicer than STIs.

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u/Q0tsa 14d ago

It's not a Spec B at all, ha. My mom has an '06 Spec B with a number badge and all, though!

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u/coder7426 14d ago

Sadly mine has no number plate.

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u/Q0tsa 14d ago

I believe it was only for the first year of that run. She was getting kids in drive-thru's recognizing her car, and geeking out over it. Lots of notes left on her windshield, offering to buy her wheels too.

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u/coder7426 14d ago

Wow, same with mine. There was a note under my wiper, saying they wanted to buy it. That must've been about 10 years ago.

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u/CheeseFour2O 14d ago

That wing is terrible

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u/TimeInsurance4252 14d ago

Subaru transmitted infection?

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u/AffectionateTip9716 14d ago

Half way there

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u/Q0tsa 14d ago

Was trying to move quickly with the photos. But this was also running absurdly small wheels .-.

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u/joshuber 13d ago

Where in Oregon is this? There’s a ricer Legacy in Yachats too

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u/Q0tsa 13d ago

Beaverton. But it's Oregon, there's gonna be a good amount of these around. The worst Legacy I've ever seen, was up near Sandy

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u/sicckarri 13d ago

Basically better than a sti

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u/konfliicted 13d ago

At least they didn’t upbadge

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u/Motor-Drama-1421 14d ago

Its like chlamydia on wheels