Timo's Turbo, rebuild FCD engine, US bumper, launch control

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Timo's Turbo, rebuild FCD engine, US bumper, launch control

Post by Timo »

Hello Legacy fanatics.

After a tip from another Dutch Legacy driver (“SP-boxer” on this forum) I decide to introduce myself at this forum.

(First: excuse for my English what is not always as good as I want ;) Tips are welcome)


I’m from the Netherlands.
I already found a lot of usefull information on this forum and I hope learn a lot more.

My Legacy stoy:

From my eighteenth I’ve got an 91’er Legacy. It was a 1.8 FWD in white.
After 2 years somebody made me an offer of a 93’er station (1.8 FWD) which has a conversion to an 2.0 Turbo. I decide to buy it and my white 91’er went in ‘long’ winter-sleep in my grandparents hanger.
After 3 years of a lot of fun and driving experience I want my 91’er Sedan more and more back (one of the reasons was the pass away of Colin MCrae)

So I decide to converse everything from my 93’er station to my 91’er sedan. Below the fast picture story of the conversion.
(the station body work was very bad, whit rust holes in the wheel arces etc. :( )

Ather almost 3 years out of her resting-place
(battery placed and the engine turns so beautiful after 3 years of standstill :shock: )
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Back to my parents house! First clean up the garden and make a nice workspace 8)
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Moved to the workspace
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Lift the car for 50 cm so I’ve got a nice height for working
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In a couple of evenings the car was totally stripped.
Very nice to work a car from 91 and really NOTHING was broken or damaged by dismantle. :shock: (good job of subaru engeneers)
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The 1.8 engine
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Not so many pictures of the dismantle. When she was stripped she moved to the hanger and the donor was placed in a big-party tent from a friend of mine.
Cleaned everything from the red station, and place it back in the white sedan.
My workplace:
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White one in the hanger.
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Red one in the tent.
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The ‘new’ black dashboard
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Front side of the dash
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Car without dashboard
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White wheel arc just like the rally cars
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All the little stuff and the electric back in place in the cleaned white engine compartment.
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Engine out of the station and cleaned up
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Engine back in place in the white sedan
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After that it goes really fast and the First meters where a fact!

Don’t look at the tires!!!! They are much to small but I want to know how the wheels will stand under my white sedan! :wink:
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Station became one with the garden :(
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So the project gets to his end.
(tried with and without spoiler, not really sure what I want)
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After that weak I went to the Inspection and it accepted in one time.
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After it, there were some little things:

Shorted exhaust
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New bigger en special made intercooler
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With the little original in front of it
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Removed the 16” wheels and put the 17” inch back on it to make some pictures
(still the little tires)
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And my Memorial to the biggest rally driver ever, Colin MCrae
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Final specs of the car:
Subaru Legacy BC (‘91)
Engine: 2.0 Turbo (open deck EJ20T)
Drive train: Impreza 4wd with 5 speed gearbox and rear diff
Suspension: Impreza dampers with RSR Ti-2000 lowering springs (others stabi’s)
Breaks: front: 294mm with STi-breakpads, back:290 mm Legacy spec-B
Exhaust: Mongoose 3” race-exhaust (down, mid and end)
Interior:
Black dash from a 93 Turbo
Black/grey seats impreza turbo
All original grey plastic caps changed for black from a Turbo
Shortshift
Sparco imitation Steer (deepdish 3.5cm)
Wheels:
1 set Speedline 17” Gold
1 set Compomotice 17” White
1 set original Subaru 5-spoak 16” Gold


Things I want:
-Turbo Bumpers!! (American one's because the JDM's are to hard to find :( )
Somebody suggestions???? :lol:
-Bigger Legacy Spec-B breaks at the front
-Other stabi on the rear



I hope you enjoyed my introduction. If you have questions, just ask!:)

Timo from the Netherlands
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Post by brand »

Very nice car, welcome. I'm so jealous of the EDM trunk lid and it's lack of the giant ugly garnish.
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Post by Legacy777 »

Welcome, and very nice documentation of the swap!!
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Post by Kelly »

I'm always impressed by how well you guys speak english, congrats on the build, and welcome to the forum!
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Post by SP-Boxer »

Good to see you on this board Timo!
Your car is awesome 8)
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Post by G-unit »

looks great, any plans for a jdm bonet? was guna say about the jdm front also but you seem like u have tried 2 find 1
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Post by evolutionmovement »

For turbo bumpers, if no one has one here, you could try www.car-part.com—it's a national US recycling yard parts search. Don't know how the yards are about shipping internationally, but it might be worth contacting a few of them. The bigger ones would probably be willing to do it, though the cost might not be worth it and there's the question of condition, so I'd definitely ask for pictures if you find one.
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Post by entirelyturbo »

The black dash came out of your wagon?

Refresh my memory guys, did we ever get USDM Legacies with black dashes?

I'm definitely going to a black dash now. I was considering it before, as my dash is showing its age a bit, and was considering have an upholstery shop paint/stain it. That looks awesome!

Very nice result! Car looks great!
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Post by ericem »

Ya sweet JDM legacy!!!!

I think my car has a black dash unless I am colour blind. My wagon definitely had a grey dash. I am pretty sure only 94's had the black dash, maybe 93's too.
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Post by douglas vincent »

That was ALOT OF WORK!!!!
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Post by G-unit »

i know the prefacelift jdm legacys have a brown dash and ugly interior, black would be from late 90-91 model up
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Post by Timo »

Thank you all for the welcome.
:D
G-unit wrote:looks great, any plans for a jdm bonet? was guna say about the jdm front also but you seem like u have tried 2 find 1
I don't like the scoop in the bonet so much :lol:
I'd love to have the jdm bumpers but it's to hard to find :x

DerFather wrote:The black dash came out of your wagon?

Refresh my memory guys, did we ever get USDM Legacies with black dashes?
No, the wagon had also a grey dashbord, this wagon was original also a 1.8.
The black dashbord came out a facelift 93/94 legacy Turbo.
I'm not sure if we had EUDM Legacy pre-facelift with black dashes
evolutionmovement wrote:For turbo bumpers, if no one has one here, you could try www.car-part.com—it's a national US recycling yard parts search. Don't know how the yards are about shipping internationally, but it might be worth contacting a few of them. The bigger ones would probably be willing to do it, though the cost might not be worth it and there's the question of condition, so I'd definitely ask for pictures if you find one
Thank you for this information. I tryed already some options :)
Will place an WTB and otherwise try your opion.
Already know that the cost for shipping are very high :(
Thanks again for the think along, veryusefull!


@G-unit: that braun interior is like you said very ugly :? I only had the grey interiors in my car! They are better than that ugly braun :wink:
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Post by asc_up »

DerFahrer wrote:The black dash came out of your wagon?

Refresh my memory guys, did we ever get USDM Legacies with black dashes?

I'm definitely going to a black dash now. I was considering it before, as my dash is showing its age a bit, and was considering have an upholstery shop paint/stain it. That looks awesome!

Very nice result! Car looks great!
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Post by Matthijs »

Hey Timo! Welcom, nice to see you!
Very nice work, amazing job.


The black dashboard came out of my trashed Legacy Turbo :-)

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Post by 93Leg-c »

DerFahrer wrote:Refresh my memory guys, did we ever get USDM Legacies with black dashes?
My '93 ss and '94 TW have black dashes and in the past others on LCO have had their black dashes for sale.
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Post by 93Leg-c »

Timo, welcome to the Board! Great job on your swap!
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Time for a very big update here.
Some big changes are done in the previous year.

After the rebuild and swap from the red to the white legacy I drove some months till my engine broke down...
Because I was really busy with my study I didn't had time for the car so I left it an half year.

After finishin my study I started with rebuilding a full closed deck block with better parts to make a reliable setup.

Short list of the engine:
2.0 closed deck
RA-heads
ACL race bearings
The more reliable WRX-coils
STi-connectiing rod
550 yellow sidefeed injector
TD05H-18G MHI Turbo
Group-A exhaust manifold
Chip with max 7800 rpm, launch control, knock warning etc
Complete RVS 3" Mongoose exhaust
Hand made ALU front(water) intercooler

The engine:
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Cleaned engine compartiment
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After that I finaly painted my US turbo front bumper which I bought from one of the bbs members (Legacy Rally Guy) Now even more happy with this part! :D
(rear bumper project wil be for the upcoming summer.


Some other specs on the car. and some new!

STI aluminium whisbones
Whiteline 22mm front and rear swaybars
Whiteline endlinks front and rear
H-Brace
WRX shocks with TI-2000 springs
Rear legacy spec-B brakes
Searching for the Legacy spec-B front brakes

Full black turbo interior
VDO gauges
Sparco steeringwheel
Impreza STi seats
placed rear seat in the garage :mrgreen:

Exterieur
Original US Legacy Turbo frontbumper
2 sets Speedline 17" wheels (gold and black)
1 set Compomotive 17"

And more...
And plans enough :wink:

The differnce between the EU en the US turbo 8)
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The check to get back on the road. (easaly made it)
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Completed and driving again
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Together with her little sister (1.8 4wd)
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And my black winter wheels (I prefer the gold wheels, but these are nice for the winter)
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Next month I hope to post some action pictures, because I'm going to take my rally-driving license! 8)
And will do some trackdays this year!


Think that is it for now :wink:
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Re: Timo's Legacy Turbo, rebuild FCD engine and US bumper.

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I like the black wheels better! Car looks stunning. Great work.
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The car and that bumper looks very clean! And OH MAN, that was not fun to ship, but we finally did it huh!
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"And US bumper" that's funny reading that. Its rare to see someone stoked on USDM parts. Cool.
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Re: Timo's Legacy Turbo, rebuild FCD engine and US bumper.

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Haha, yeah, but the US turbo bumper looks much better then the EU or non turbo bumper :-D
I prefer the RS bumper, but that one is impossible to find :(

It was indeed a hell of a job to get it, but I finally have them here :)
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You're probably the only one. I agree the non turbo ones look like crap.
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I think I'm the only one in Europe indeed 8)
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I want a set of those headlights, just can't really justify $300 for them. :) I'd buy some new bushings or save up for some real brakes before spending that much on headlights. After I sanded and buffed and polished mine they look new and function much better than before so I'm not too worried about them.
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Re: Timo's Legacy Turbo, rebuild FCD engine and US bumper.

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Timo, time to ad a lip and foggies to that front bumper. That would set it off!
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