GD/GG/GE/GH Impreza style shifter on BC/BF/BJ Legacy UPDATED

ultrasonic · Post by **ultrasonic** » Sun May 02, 2004 4:08 pm

THAWA wrote:? whats this roll pin you're all tal;king about?

The roll pins attach that adaptor piece to the final linkage rod that goes into the transmission housing.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Mon May 03, 2004 1:55 am

cool, but whats this roll pin inside a roll pin deal?

ultrasonic · Post by **ultrasonic** » Mon May 03, 2004 2:20 am

THAWA wrote:cool, but whats this roll pin inside a roll pin deal?

I don't know how to say it any more directly- there's a roll pin. Inside that roll pin there is another roll pin.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Mon May 03, 2004 2:21 am

confusing but okay

NICO · Post by **NICO** » Mon May 03, 2004 8:04 am

i have read all about this topic and by the looks of it are you guys 100% sure that the wrx shifter will work on our cars, also does it really make it better to shift cuz i got one sitting in my shop at home, my dad looked at it and he siad that the one on our cars is a closer shift, is he fucking with me, should i really put it on.

NICO · Post by **NICO** » Sat May 08, 2004 7:36 am

does anyone no if its a shorter shift with the wrx shifter in

Brat4by4 · Post by **Brat4by4** » Sun May 09, 2004 6:06 am

Couldn't really tell you until I get mine installed Nico. But I do know you get all new bushings, linkages, etc... so I would say it's worth it. You can put in a short shifter any time you want, there are plenty of them made to fit the WRX shifter.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Sun May 09, 2004 8:25 am

okay now I'm reconfused. Does anyone have a picture of the stock linkage?

NICO · Post by **NICO** » Wed May 12, 2004 5:09 am

thawa i will take pics of the stock one and the wrx one i want to get to the bottom of this, cuz i got the wrx one just sitting at my house and my father siad my shifter is short and they dont match up that good, eather he is just saying it so i dont put it on or it really dont work.

NICO · Post by **NICO** » Fri May 14, 2004 8:46 am

i cant post pic how does it work

ok the wrx shifter fits in and i had to get the link its a little better thats with out driving it, cant wait to drive it with it in, its good to do its like a pice that should came in the car from scratch like more force it adds.

legacy92ej22t · Post by **legacy92ej22t** » Fri May 14, 2004 1:59 pm

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BoostAddict · Post by **BoostAddict** » Mon May 17, 2004 6:31 pm

Does anyone happen to have a picture or a diagram shot of the "Adapter" that is needed to make the WRX shifter fit into the Legacy Turbo?

I have taken my whole shifter linkage apart... except for that "famous" pin (inside of a pin), which doesn't want to come out. I think that I need a impact-hammer to get that one out...

Any help (pics) would be greatly appreciated.

ultrasonic · Post by **ultrasonic** » Mon May 17, 2004 6:41 pm

BoostAddict wrote:Does anyone happen to have a picture or a diagram shot of the "Adapter" that is needed to make the WRX shifter fit into the Legacy Turbo?

I have taken my whole shifter linkage apart... except for that "famous" pin (inside of a pin), which doesn't want to come out. I think that I need a impact-hammer to get that one out...

Any help (pics) would be greatly appreciated.

That thing that you are trying to remove the pin from.... THAT is the "adapter." That sleeve where the pin goes, and the first joint- that's it. I could get a picture tonight, maybe.

mTk · Post by **mTk** » Mon May 17, 2004 7:01 pm

Check the first page for pics.

MK

BoostAddict · Post by **BoostAddict** » Tue May 18, 2004 9:43 pm

Ok, so my question is: do I need to buy an adapter to make the WRX shifter linkage fit onto my Legacy, or does the "adapter" which I have on my Legacy right now fit the WRX linkage?

Sorry to ask a dumb question like that, but I can't seem to picture the whole setup. Any pics/descriptions of the "adapter" would be greatly appreciated.

mTk -> the picture of the adapter on the first page of this post... Is that a stock part that comes on the Legacy, or is that a stock part off the WRX? Or are they exactly the same???

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Wed May 19, 2004 12:06 am

you need the adapter, the picture is of a wrx tranny/shiftlinkage

mTk · Post by **mTk** » Wed May 19, 2004 12:56 am

That is the adapter you NEED. The part number is in one of my other posts in this thread

M

ej22t · Post by **ej22t** » Thu May 20, 2004 8:26 am

Just asked a shop to changed the WRX linkage to my turbo and I was lucky to ask the shop to do it for me since the pin on the adapter were seizessss up and it tooks them almost an hrs to do the replace.
After the swap, its a night and day different and it worth all the pennys.....
I also have a chance to get the STi short shifter from the STi Short shifter linkage, but I have to install the short shifter later since I have to get used for the WRX linkage.
What a good modify for our Legacy turbo and I must say its a "must" upgrade parts for our Legacy turbo.

Ben

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Thu May 20, 2004 1:41 pm

Are the bushings compatible between the WRX shifter and the Legacy Turbo shifte? Like, if I got a newish WRX shifter assembly could I swap the bushings in to replace my worn ones and get most of the improved feel without dropping 40 bucks on the adapter piece?

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Thu May 20, 2004 3:46 pm

I believe they're the same size. Least they look like it.

mTk · Post by **mTk** » Thu May 20, 2004 6:35 pm

yeah, they're the same size. You could buy the kartboy shifter bushings

MK

ultrasonic · Post by **ultrasonic** » Thu May 20, 2004 6:42 pm

mTk wrote:yeah, they're the same size. You could buy the kartboy shifter bushings

MK

It may be that the large bushing is the same size, therefore you could use the kartboy. But I think there are other bushings in some of the other joints in the linkage. I know the linkage side of the adapter piece is a different size, that's why we have to have that piece.

mTk · Post by **mTk** » Thu May 20, 2004 6:46 pm

Not sure if the size is different, it's the way that the linkage bolts up to the adapter that is different. You could say that stock is a male rod and the wrx is a female rod (on the adapter end of the linkage)

MK

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Thu May 20, 2004 6:47 pm

there's only two bushings. the round one and the square part that attaches to the subframe.

mTk · Post by **mTk** » Thu May 20, 2004 6:49 pm

THAWA wrote:there's only two bushings. the round one and the square part that attaches to the subframe.

There's a bushing in the shift lever too, but it's poly on both, so no need to replace.

MK

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GD/GG/GE/GH Impreza style shifter on BC/BF/BJ Legacy UPDATED