Which Legacy to get........

[Guest boostin]

No, compression is the same. Any more than the rev a,b & c and they would detonate their heads off!!

[GravelBen]

Rev D has 9:1 compression - A and B are 8.5:1, not completely sure about Rev C.

[dvs-b4]

have u had a look on turners? thats where i got my 2003 b4 from for less than 10k ;D has 114k on it and cambelt was done 2 not braging or anything jst look around and you might be suprised at what you can get cheap

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 GravelBen said:

Rev D has 9:1 compression - A and B are 8.5:1, not completely sure about Rev C.

No, EJ206 is 8.5, EJ208 is 9.

[GravelBen]

Where do you get that info from? Its different to all the figures I've seen.

[Guest boostin]

Workshop manuals.

[GravelBen]

Perhaps more reliable than my interweb-sourced info then The only BE/BH workshop manual I have is for the Australian models and states 9:1 for both manual and auto, but they were lower power versions as well.

[BlkPnthr]

I'm partial to the '03 onwards as well (BP/BL). Used to like the older shapes, but for some reason have "grown" out of them. That tradecarview site is a lot of fun to look through. Think i know how i'm gonna be spending my day now Already found a WRC edition 2000 Type R (0295/1000) that looks in mint condition... whole new world of possibilities!

If i see a nice BP/BL in your price range in my searches, i'll let you know

(Edit: Sorry this isn't on topic, but there's a bunch of the ltd edition Type R's on there, price range from $10k to over $20K)

[lord_jagganath]

^ remember to allow 5K for Shipping, compliance etc etc.. so the budget he would be looking at is 10k NZD...

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 GravelBen']

[quote name='jake_the_muss said:

the engine "optimization" between the '99 and '02 models is pretty much nothing. the only time it was truly "optimized" was for the S401, which you aren't looking at. Other than that, consider all the B4s to be pretty much the same, mechanically.

/quote]

Rev D (01 facelift) has different ECU, different turbos, higher compression, and so on. Significant differences.

'01 and up ECU's can be reflashed, previous ones can't. turbo differences as well. end result? correct me if I am wrong, but you still ended up with 205 kw (280 hp). little bit different feel, but I haven't heard of any differences that would make one year stand out against the others, except for the S401.

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 boostin']

[quote name='GravelBen said:

Rev D has 9:1 compression - A and B are 8.5:1, not completely sure about Rev C.

/quote]

No, EJ206 is 8.5, EJ208 is 9.

My 2001 e-tune (revision d) has the EJ208 under the hood.

[GravelBen]

 jake_the_muss said:

correct me if I am wrong, but you still ended up with 205 kw (280 hp). little bit different feel, but I haven't heard of any differences that would make one year stand out against the others, except for the S401.

VOD is practially nonexistent in my '02 E-tune - I guess it could be down to individual car differences but I've heard a lot more VOD complaints about older versions. Agreed that its mostly small incremental improvements for each revision though.

[stira]

 BlkPnthr said:

I'm partial to the '03 onwards as well (BP/BL). Used to like the older shapes, but for some reason have "grown" out of them. That tradecarview site is a lot of fun to look through. Think i know how i'm gonna be spending my day now Already found a WRC edition 2000 Type R (0295/1000) that looks in mint condition... whole new world of possibilities!

If i see a nice BP/BL in your price range in my searches, i'll let you know

(Edit: Sorry this isn't on topic, but there's a bunch of the ltd edition Type R's on there, price range from $10k to over $20K)

Buy it if you can it looks immaculate, the gear booot even looks new. No coin scraping in the tray etc. Would be a good buy if you were to hang on to it.

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 stira said:

Buy it if you can it looks immaculate, the gear booot even looks new. No coin scraping in the tray etc. Would be a good buy if you were to hang on to it.

Which car were you talking about?

[Guest]

 JoKer said:

2003 3.0R - but I'm biased

Why the 3.0R instead of the turbo?

[BlkPnthr]

Tell me if i'm wrong, but this seems to fit the bill... other than being a loud brash colour Changing the wheels to something more understated might help?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Subaru/Legacy/auction-235614289.htm

[stira]

 Grifter730']

[quote name='stira said:

Buy it if you can it looks immaculate, the gear booot even looks new. No coin scraping in the tray etc. Would be a good buy if you were to hang on to it./quote]

Which car were you talking about?

The blue type r

[BlkPnthr]

 stira']

[quote name='Grifter730 said:

Which car were you talking about?

/quote]

The blue type r

They've told me they can't import GC8's anymore which is a shame, i thought they just had to be less than 10years old. Anyway, back to the Legacy's..