Looking for good mods

[JND]

Hi everyone

I recently purchased a 1997 Subaru Legacy RS B-Spec

At the moment it has:

ZeroSports Super Direct Flow Kit

ZeroSports Sequential Controller

FUJITSUBO - Legalis Super R Exhaust

Intercooler water spray

Jamex springs

STI Clutch

Just wondering what some recommendations are for the next few mods.

I\'m looking for performance i.e handling, power. Rather than looks, although any info would be appreciated

Thanks

[tydon]

single turbo conversion lol

http://www.clubsub.org.nz/forum/index.php?topic=74.0

[JND]

hahaha i was just reading that. But i\'m still quite partial to the twins

[Joker]

sounds like Job done!

maybe have a hunt for some newer turbos from a B4 VF26/27 are reputed to be the best combo

maintenance : Tappet cover seals, cambelt/water pump, radiator, radiator hoses

good brakes/pads/fluid/disks

good tires

BP98

[lachlan]

wide band o2 gauge / dyno run with plots so see if you are giving anything away for free .

bigger tmic / scoop

reset ecu

[Joker]

TMIC on the TT of that era is the best you can get OEM even compared to a STI

wide band waste of time unless you go for a LINK ECU

[JND]

will definately look into bigger TMIC/scoop

yes i did hear about the 26/27 combo, however i can only find 27\'s.

i\'ve read that a ESL ECU is the way to go??

[Marky]

Just go single

Trusto me-o

[tydon]

 Marky said:

Just go single

Trusto me-o

+1 !!!

[Joker]

ESL ECU? what\'s that?

[Marky]

Its a uk company I think

They do a thingy with a daughterboard ecu and then it gives you 338.432bhp if the uklegacy forum is accurate

Small degree of sarcasm in quoting britishhp there

[czar loc]

+2 on single

[JND]

yeah its a UK brand. i hear good things but not convinced lol.

what sort of price range are we looking at for a single conversion? 5K??

[tydon]

 JND said:

yeah its a UK brand. i hear good things but not convinced lol.

what sort of price range are we looking at for a single conversion? 5K??

much less unless your going all out and want to use a twinscroll setup aswell

[JND]

how much less?

[Marky]

Try 1k and a weekend if you do it yourself

My last legacy would have made maybe 200kw on an optomistic dyno during a snowstorm, and I was running out of things to do to it keeping twins. Record iveseen ever was about 230kw with a 2.2 motor and piggyback ecu

Single swap with the usual bits will make 200 without breaking a sweat and have about 100hp more in the midrange where you actually use it

[Marky]

As for handling, whatever struts you want or can afford, big swaybars if you can find them, any underbody braces you find and an anti lift kit

Brakes the 4 pot sti ones are a bolt on swap

Lots of cheap but effective stuff you can do, depends on ultimate aims and budget obviously

Www.subaruspeed.co.nz will be of some use to you

[czar loc]

Cost me 900$ all up. Not paying Labour as did it myself, depends were and what parts you can source

[tydon]

yeah its very cheap and well worth it i got sick of the VOD on all my TT\'s lol so they all got converted haha the most costly one i did was 1500-1700 with quite a few mods front facaing manifold front mount etc etc

[JND]

oh ok. perhaps i will look into it thanks guys

also, ive looked around for things like brake rotors, calipers also shocks, sway bars etc..

unless im looking in the wrong places i can\'t seem to find anything to fit? but then i hear that a lot of subaru parts are interchangeable. what kind of parts would be interchangeable to my car?

[tydon]

get some 4pot fronts a whole conversion will direct bolt up

[Marky]

Nearly everything, haha

Some parts bespoke for legacy (struts and swaybars?) but most other things interchange, they are quite lego-y like nissans... sort of

Subaruspeed is a good place to start, otherwise they are being wrecked constantly

[tydon]

 Marky said:

Nearly everything, haha

Some parts bespoke for legacy (struts and swaybars?) but most other things interchange, they are quite lego-y like nissans... sort of

Subaruspeed is a good place to start, otherwise they are being wrecked constantly

haha i see what ya did there marky haha

[Guest]

 JoKer said:

TMIC on the TT of that era is the best you can get OEM even compared to a STI

wide band waste of time unless you go for a LINK ECU

The piping is the restriction. Free up the intake pipe and charge piping seems to work well. And the funny turboy BB thingy marky did.

[Munkvy]

High quality tyres, a fresh alignment and a big rear swaybar makes them turn a lot better. But remember you are still driving a heavy car with most of the mass over the front end. So if you want to go quickly, be ready to throw the car at corners, rather than drive them into corners. 4 pots will help with preventing fade, but won\'t improve the stopping distance, that\'s the difference tyres make.

Completely agree that a single turbo conversion makes for a faster car, but if you are ok behind the wheel you can certainly keep a TT humming along nicely at speed on the road.

One thing I can\'t see/may have missed - what do you want the car for? Is it just a more enjoyable daily, are you after an overtaking or traffic light weapon, are you into drag racing, or track? What do you want the car to do for you? That will kinda define what to do with it...