Do you have a burning desire to share your insight and technical expertise with other ozLiberty owners? If so, submit your article to the ozLiberty Technical repository. We are looking for performance, asthetic, audio and visual enthusiasts to document their experiences and build ups that provide specific and useful information that will help members become more knowledgable about their ride.

Before submitting an article, please familiarize yourself with our audience and editorial approach by reviewing previously published technical articles in our tech article archive

Your Audience

The typical reader of ozLiberty Tech articles is: already an owner of a Subaru Liberty; has never owned a Subaru before, or is on their 3rd of 4th Subaru; intelligent, and often largely self-taught in his or her areas of expertise; looking for ways to become maximize performance and maintenance costs; and looking for straightforward, compelling, step-by-step material relevant to his or her needs.

ozLiberty Tech has standing requirements for the following types of articles:

• Maintenance guides, no matter how big or small the task
• Case studies that describe fast paths and pitfalls of actual projects and implementations, ie turbo conversions
• Tips, tricks, and techniques for using a particular product, technology, product feature, or process
• Performance planning and tuning strategies
• Step-by-step articles about using tools such as OpenECU, ECUflash, Delta Dash
• Articles that explain the use of Tuning Equipment such as Dynometer, Wideband 02 Sensor, etc

Your articles should fall into the following categories:

• Brakes
• Electronics
• Engine
• Exhaust
• Exterior
• Interior
• Service and Maintenance
• Suspension and Handling
• Transmission
• Audio & Visual

When writing a technical article, focus on adding value for the reader. Help readers familiarise themselves with terms, tools and part names used. Consider the following questions:

• Who is the intended audience for your article?
• How will readers benefit from reading your article?
• Will they learn a new technique?
• Will their vehicle work more effectively if they implement the list of tips you provide?
• Will they be more likely to purchase any new products/ tools based on your guide and its listed products/ tools?

In your article, be specific about the details of your project. For example, rather than say "this modification takes a while," quantify what you know, even if it's anecdotal: "Full installation and operational testing can take up to 4 hours, depending on your previous experience and skill level."

• Provide rules-of-thumb and guidelines, and including point out obstacles they might encounter and offering workarounds for obstacles.
• If talking about a specific project, what do you know now that you wish you knew before you started?
• Offer part numbers and alternative sources.

In short, articles should give readers the inside track on how to use and maintain their vehicle effectively.

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