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Name: Tj Location: Auck Occupation: Auto Electrician Subaru's Owned Before: 89 Mi-Extra Legacy, 89 GT, 91 RS, 91 GT Wagon Subaru's Owned Now: 1989 Subaru Legacy GT A-Spec (Auto spec) Length of Ownership: 3-4months Other interesting facts: i love all the beers people think are shit (i.e; double brown and VB) Favorite quote of the week: LATA

are we talking about header tanks here? because yeah, one flaw subaru made was making plastic header tanks (where the radiator cap is) i got told to replace mine by my co-worker as soon as i bought it, upgraded to an alloy one, was only $50 trade price from isuzu & subaru bits

dnt wrk

sc14 would be fine, you would get quite a few kms just using that on your standard engine, as its not too powerful I put a sc14 on my old 2.3L straight 6 BMW e30, went very well, idle was shit, but when driving it went hard, only made about 6psi, my e30 was just my play car really so i didnt care about the idle. only mods i did to make it run were fuel pressure regulator and upgraded fuel pump, the bracket cost the same as the supercharger ($250 2nd hand out of a toyota previa or astina i think??) has to be perferctly plumb and align or it will just strip belts. the sc14 has an electronically activated clutch, i wired it to a switch so i could run my car with the supercharger off if i needed to. probably not worth it at all though doing it to a suby I bought my e30 mtech1 for $800 as a non-runner with no wof and reg on hold (it had leather interior, 5spd and full mtech body kit, looked pretty mint, fixed it myself, then spent just under $1000 getting rid of rust (did it myself) including getting the supercharger completed (did it myself) and getting a wof, and $400 on 17" mags sold it for $4200, running algd but with a shit as idle mint profit really, there are some old dudes out there willing to pay big bucks for mint e30s, expecially mtech ones

yeah, my uncle had his rx7 batty stolen a few years back, insurance paid out like 18grand or something around there then a year later they find the car has a new owner in whangarei, had been fully resprayed and different wheels, cops impounded it and it was auctioned. me and my uncle where the only ones at the auction, and he bought it back for $2200 sweet system really

127.4 Custom exhaust off turbo the pokes out the side behind the passenger side front wheel (is only about 1 metre long, completely free flow)

wouldnt the water that drips off the intercooler onto your engine may the engine go that orangy colour ? like the colour your engine gets from the radiator water leaking onto the engine (if you have a radiator / headder tank leak)

eh

hate: Twin turbos of any model pretty much, the "FWD" fuse that makes the car FWD (why the fuck didnt they just make it a RWD switch?) love: suby rumble, the way the engines look (most old people look under the bonnet of a suby and go how the fuck does this work?>>) how gt/rs come standard with momo shit (steering wheel etc) interchangable parts definately an awesome one, like swapping vf10 with vf22 alot of the standard 17" wheels on newer subis look GANGS on older subies (i.e; mine with gtb wheels) the sound of a subaru with a wastegate = thumbs up, when the misses is bitching, theres no way she can yell louder that a screaming wastegate (yeah fuckit i love wastegates), aftermarket bits are piece of piss to get a hold of. yeh i cant be fudgd typing anymore

yeah wrx to me is like an externally vented b.o.v they are alright, but tbh stfu :-* ;D ill always love the BC5 shape, even when im old i want a BC5 in my garage just laxin

well youve got the red T piece correct (piece in between wastegate and turbo) now the pipe that comes off the red T piece will go into your cabin onto your controller knob (larger red piece with turny knob) there should be an arrow on the unit to indicate which bit to hook the pipe onto the remaining pipe just goes back into the intake for the air to be recycled, you can hook it up but its not that important tbh sorry if you've already sussed it i just couldnt be fricked w8n for pictures to load lol

OMFG I'M IN LOVE WITH DCCD :-*

those are a piece of piss to install there are arrows on the unit itself, and also on the vacuum line splitter (smaller red thing that may or may not have come with yours) Pretty much ................cut here and .............put boost controller Turbo -----------/--------------- Wastegate ( "-" represents a rubber pipe)

haha yeah i live just off dominion road near balmoral ways non kebab rs? i suppose ill take that as a compliment lol 8)

Subaru engines = Reliable But if your subaru engine = fast deemed subaru engine = not reliable My car = low kms, services regularly and properly, drive like a nana unless i suddenly get the urg to strip some vtec honda = reliable as fuck, never breaks down, starts first pop every time and doesnt make any sticky lifter noise. (had to fix a few things on the car when i bought it like radiator headder upgrade to steel tank, new starter motor, new Idle control valve) and since doing that ive had no problems what so ever just remember lads, it may be cool to boost 20pounds au but it aint cool when you gotta fork out for that replacement turbo / bottem end

top mount ftw, the intake piping is soo short makes fuck all lag fmic, yeah they are all good, but i rekon most of the time upgrading to a fmic is just for looks tbh, unless you're running high horse power then of course fmic would own up, (assuming the car is moving foward, but obviously no-one would give a rats ass about modding their car if it didnt actually move foward)

of course I was drifting on a track ;D

I would definately be keen on a RWD conversion in my car (gen1 legacy) But if I'd do it i'd do it properly thats for sure, I.e; upgrade cvs to a higher tensile metal by getting custom ones mate, and probably get a diff from a wrx and have it rebuilt with much stronger parts, the 6speed dccd gearbox would be mint to have to but fark those things cost a fuck load (but worth it imo) Meh, my car is still auto so RWD is a long way off for me, but hey I can always put the fuse in and go FWD (ahaha..not) My car makes all 4 spin in the wet easily, with boost on standard and 215/40/r17 directional tyres, drifting in the wet is sooo sweet with 4wd, its so hard to loose control lol, its like its 4wd is ment for drifting if your a noob and you drifting your rwd skyline there is a 95% chance is going to wrap right around that telephone pole / over that curb

Aye? I don't want anything aye. cheers though

Shell 5w30, The jazz they use on ferraris (apparently) cost $70 for 4L so it better be good shit haha

where can I get one of these? intake things

pretty sure thats a sensor which makes your boost cut once it reaches a certain point (ie 16psi) unplug this and you will have no boost cut (rangi mod which is bad for your car but it does work) my mate has a legacy gt wagon and he runs 16psi strong without an aftermarket boost controller, he just pulled off some pipe and unplugged the senser and now the car doesnt have a boost cut. **I WOULD NOT RECCOMEND DOING THIS**

would upgrading to wrx coils be a worthy upgrade for a gen1 legacy?

Just did it, in the dark too lol, and yup reads vacuum now WOO HOO! thanks man! reads 20vac on idle, and 7psi when boosting, till 4500rpm then it peaks at 11ish psi :-*

O true, sweet as i'll give that a go and see what happens, yeah one of my mates told me to rig it to there, I don't really care for gauges usually but I got given this as a gift so thought I might aswell use it lol