Legacy model help please

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Hi all. Just wondering if anyone can help illumininate me on this....

I have been looking at purchasing a facelift 1998 to 2002ish non turbo manual 2 llitre legacy wagon. I have driven NZ new and import models. Howevever, the NZ new model (2001) I drove appears to be significantly lower in power than the import one (1998). I estimate this at about 20% difference. Is there an obvious reason for this e.g. the NZ model has a different spec engine or is it just a dog?! Any suggestions welcome. Cheers. Obe

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Hi. 2 litre models and non turbo. Did a 0 - 100 test and the NZ one came in at 16secs versus 12secs for the import. Quite different. NZ one nowhere near as peppy or responsive. Could be gearing I guess but even accelerating in a high gear the NZ one was real sluggish.

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The biggest difference I know of is the NZ New ones tend to have Dual Mass flywheels as opposed to solid ones... Also have longer gearing ratios and softer suspension.

In short, they're designed for long straight roads built to NZ Standards (eg; lots of potholes).

If you can get the VIN numbers of the cars (NZ New will start with JF1/JF2, Import will be 7A8) I can tell you what the different specs of them are, as they left the factory.

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Hi Hopai. That's awesome mate! Thanks heaps. Will get the VIN's for you. Very interesting. Cheers. Obe.

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Hi my rsk starts 7A8 and is NZ new?

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 rs2 said:

Hi my rsk starts 7A8 and is NZ new?

Alot of the NZ New Turbo Models in the earlier days were JDM Spec, so Subaru NZ were issued with an array of 7A8 VIN's by the then LTSA to identify the cars, in the parts system we still use the Bxx-xxxxxx chassis number though.

The NA's were generally International, AUDM or Euro Spec (with a swapped cluster, until the later years) so got their own JF1/JF2 number (J = Japan, F = Fuji Heavy Industries, 1 = Gunma Yajima / 2 = Gunma Main), this was in line with international VIN standards.