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Due to shrinking free space, I moved the Operating System from WD SN750 (500GB) to Kingston KC3000 (2TB) . Using Clone Disk tool of Acronis True Image , process was pain-free and uneventful. Benchmarking results:

So I upgraded from a ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity to  Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING OC 24GB during RTX 4090 release last October 13, 2022. And, oh boy, the memes were exactly right - 4090 is a chonky boi! Photos below show Gigabyte 4090 and Zotac 3090: Luckily, I went big with PC case and PSU 12 years ago so no parts were affected by this upgrade. Benchmarking results show big brother performs bad ass against RTX 3090: Novabench 3090 4090 Not much difference except for the 133% increase in Open CL GFLOPS (Billion floating-point operations per second). 3DMark 3090 4090 Just amazing result!

I replaced the stock exhaust with Borla's Axle-Back Exhaust System S-Type (11967) . I can confirm that sound is a bit more aggressive especially at cold start and at 3,000+ rpm. Packaging - Stock exhaust - Borla unit (task took about 20 minutes from removal of stock unit and installation of the Borla unit) - Cold start video - Crackling at high revs (no crackling with stock exhaust) -

I installed a sump guard plate and CVT guard plate over the weekend... 1) Prepping (sanding, prime etching) 2) Coating 3) Plastic cover to be removed 4) Plastic cover removed 5) Brackets for the CVT guard plate 6) Install done! Bash plates from Road Less Travelled (contactable via Facebook).

Installed this yesterday. Took me maybe around 15 minutes. Spent 13 mins figuring out and installing the 1st piece (RHS) and, after that, took me just 2 minutes to install the LHS piece. RHS photos:

Upgraded from stock suspension to Ironman 4x4 All Terrain Suspension Kit that provides about 60mm lift: Up from 80cm Up from 80cm Ironman 4x4 Kit Link:  https://ironman4x4america.com/2-all-terrain-suspension-kit-suited-for-2020-subaru-outback-bt/

 

Installed on Subaru Outback MY21 (Sport)