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rwd has its pros not in a subaru tho i mean i love coming around corners that say 25 at like 75 or so in my legacy you cant beat the grip haha

y do you need a boost tap on a TT legacy i mean my one is already doing a little over 1 bar on secondary which is pretty much the limit and doesnt have a boost tap

hey i took the old nut off my turbo to an engine re conditioner shop and he just gave me a turbo stud as they had millions of bolts lying around try that

well the way i see it factory forester vs factory gtb once on secondary turbo im sure the gtb should pull away its a fair bit of a power band

lol gtb by miles this is the way i see it if you want a real station wagon buy a legacy not a forestor haha also faster

what about factory set up and if you want the lowered look what about compressed factory springs

well tbh ive only sort of just realised it i have quite a loud exhaust but it took quite a few weeks to realise it haha

lol yeah i always wait even when its warm i hardly thrash it mostly do town driving

neodowd did you get a quote or a price on how much it costed to fix cant imagine it was cheap almost a full rebuild job

yeah i thought it was fairly common as the side walls of the pistons wear out and the pistons are small (when cold) on start up and expand with heat and no longer make that noise once warmed up. was my under standing of it and in no way does it affect the performance of it haha it still goes very hard was just getting some other opinions

hi all i get a bit of piston slap on cold start up goes away once warm would i be right in saying that thats ok at this stage or should i start looking for a new motor?

well it appears that the whine has now gone was ther on the first night that i had it installed next morning it was gone and hasnt come back

sorry for a late reply unfortuanately a relay is the big square box and you cant visally inspect them as you cant see inside of them

well if its still going with the key out id suggest you disconnect the battery so it doesnt kill the battery over night and take it into the auto sparky in the morning and they will fix the problem at a guess it will be a relay that has blown which is in the fuse box in the engine compartment

im guessing its just the blower that is still going and if that is the case the blower motor relay has died you need to replace the relay to stop it pull the relay out

no its an older sony head unit unit id say its from around 2006 ish

ok so i have got everything going but now i have a whine from the alternator i believe and goes up and own in pitch and in time with the engines rpm from what i read its cause by having the rca leads and the powere wire being close together but ive wired specifically so this wouldnt happen any ideas on how to fix this?

hmmm turns out the CEL has been coming on and it now has the code for 45 or map sensor so your idea is bang on the money

all yours mate im sorted now

hi all a mate of mine has swapped his car and cash for a very good condition legacy but i noticed it only does about 7psi on both primary and secondary turbo and doesnt feel as fast as mine would like to know what could cause this possible boost leak? BOV on the way out? EDIT: car is a 1997 Legacy GTB BG5

hi there i have brought a 12" sony xplod 300 watt rms Sub from repco for 60 bucks this morning and im looking for a 300 watt rms amp to go with it does anyone know of a reasonable quality one in the 100-200 dollar range otherwise i might have to look at spending more

Model: 1998 Subaru Legacy GTB (BG5) mods: 3" exhaust BOV and Podfilter insurance company NAC age: 19 how much/year and type $290 for third party only dealing with them (both to get insureance and if you had to make a claim?: yes they were excellent told them i crashed filled in there form payed the excess of $800 and bam payed for the other persons car was hassel free at my end not so much at the other persons end lol

lol my bg5 has been nothing but reliable last one i had was ex impound and wasnt so reliable in terms of boost however it started first pop yes i can imagine that the gen 1's legacys arent fast atleast my bg5 feels fast for a wagon

just take it down to repco and ask for a replacement

lol so if you purchased it how did you go about putting it in your name when the car had stolen numberplates on it